Life In London; Or, The Day And Night Scenes Of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. And His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied By Bob Logic, The Oxonian, In Their Rambles And Sprees through the Metropolis

London: Sherwood, Neely , And Jones, 1821. First edition. leather_bound. Orig. red leather morocco rebacked with gilt florets, spine labels in black and red. Aeg. Near fine. Cruikshank, George and I.R. Cruikshank. 376 pages. 23 1/2 x 15 cm. Second issue,. Thirty-six colored aquatint plates by George and Isaac Robert Cruikshank, host of wood-cuts, three sheets of engraved music. ABBEY LIFE 281. TOOLEY 198. "An enormously popular work translated into French, and a version prepared and acted on the stage." Page 9 of the second & third issues with footnote to lower margin (not present in 1st issue). The first leaf of music is unnumbered in the first and second issues. Page 376 in the second issue has 'good-bies' to the first line. Later issues were altered to 'good-by's' and also 'good-bye's'. Bound by Riviere, Oxford. Generally clean copy, occasional light offsetting to text opposite plates, very minor scattered toning (mostly confined to music leaves), Small brown leather armorial bookplate of Valentine Hollingsworth lettered in gilt inside front cover. Raised bands and inner dentelles. (Inventory #: 24540)