Life in London; or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis

Authors:

Egan, Pierce (1772-1849)

Hotten, John Camden (1832-1873) (Ed.)

Published:

London : John Camden Hotten, 1869

Format:

thick post 8vo., cloth

Catalogue description:

numerous coloured illustrations, reproduced from the designs of I. R. and George Cruikshank

Number of volumes:

Languages:

English

Sale price:

7s. 6d.

Appears in:

Stonehouse Catalogue (1878)

Other sources

Source reference:

S041.09; J2016.870

Current location:

Jarndyce

Jarndyce:

Tom & Jerry. With numerous coloured illustrations from real life deigned by I.R. & G. Cruikshank. John Camden Hotten. Half title, col. front. & 35 col. plates, 26pp ads (undated, but with mention of 'Special List for 1870); text a little browned. Orig. blue sand-grained cloth, pictorially blocked & lettered in gilt; spine a little darkened & carefully repaired at head, inner hinge sl. splitting. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Dickens, and Sotheran's 'from the Library of Charles Dickens' label, June 1870. Initialled in pencil 'C.D.E.'
Listed in the Catalogue of Dickens's Library, p.41, offered at 7s. 6d. With a 26pp introduction by Hotten, dated November 1869.

DLO admin:

For sale by Jarndyce at £1,100 (Summer 2016).