“THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE.” Or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. By one who has been “almost Worried to Death”

(London): David Bogue, [1847]. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean. Two spines with neat repairs; rear cover of last part detached but present; early owner name in ink at the top of each front cover. Very Good in chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Scarce first edition in the original 6 parts, each bound in decorated beige 5" x 7-1/4" wrappers. The Mayhew brothers were journalists and authors who wrote several books in collaboration with one another, including this humorous work about a woman's struggles balancing her happy family life with the challenges of managing domestic daily affairs. Embellished with 12 full-page illustrations by British caricaturist and book illustrator George Cruikshank. House in a cloth chemise and brown morocco-backed slipcase with gilt lettering on the backstrip. (Inventory #: 021527)