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CRUIKSHANK, George.
Charles Westmacott.
Points of Humour; Points of Misery.

A fine set of the coloured issue of George Cruikshank's 'Points of Humour,' uniformly bound with a fine copy of his older and overshadowed brother, Robert Cruikshank's 'Points of Misery.'

Published
London: C. Baldwyn, Newgate Street, 1823 and 1824; London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternoster-Row, 1823
References
Cohn 176
Plates
20
Binding/Size
S=8vo
Value
0-5000
Published
London: C. Baldwyn, Newgate Street, 1823 and 1824; London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternoster-Row, 1823
Ref
1065

2 volumes. vi, 7-48; vi, 58 pp. With 20 full-page etchings and 20 woodcut vignettes, extra-illustrated with 20 hand-coloured versions of the etchings. Tall 8vo., 245 x 160 mm, bound in full, early 20th-century red morocco, with title in gilt to spine, elaborately gilt doublures, top edge gilt. Coloured endpapers. Bookplates of "John Francis Neyland" amd "H.L. Tevis" on front pastedown. Excellent condition. WITH: Charles Westmacott, 'Points of Misery.' viii, 98 pp. With 20 woodcut designs by Robert Cruikshank. Tall 8vo., 255 x 165 mm, bound in full, early 20th-century red morocco, spine gilt, elaborately gilt doublures, top edge gilt, original grey paper wrappers bound in. London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternoster-Row, 1823. FIRST EDITIONS, later issue of 'Points of Humour' (with the first part on white paper rather than on yellowish tinted paper, and with the second part having the last line on p. 5 ending with the word "ran out" rather than "and did"). Points of Humour lacks advertisements, small white stain on the back cover of 'Points of Misery.' Points of Humour. Volume 1. 1. Point of Honour. 2. The Short Courtship. 3. Yes or No? 4. Exchange no Robbery. 5. The Jolly Beggars. 6. As above. 7. As above. 8. Air. 9. The Downfall of the Holy Church. 10. A Visit Without Form. Volume 2. 11. The Three Hunchbacks. 12. A Relish before Dinner. 13. The Haunted Physicians. 14. The Four Blind Beggars. 15. The Consultation. 16. The Dinner. 17. The Duel. 18. The Quack Doctor. 19. A New Way to Pay Old Debts. 20. A Scene from Shakespeare.