Editor Grimaldi Joseph 1778 (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ix, 23 Pp. Complete With Half Title, Publisher's 36 Pp. Catalog, And Cloth Spine And Wrappers Bound In At Rear. Volume Ii Only. First Edition, In First Issue Without The Grotesque Border Around The Last Plate, With First Issue Salmon Cloth Covers Bound In At Rear. In A Fine Bayntun Binding (For Dutton's, New York) Of Full Red Morocco, 5 Bands, Two Black Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt In All Compartments And On Ribs, Date In Gilt At Bottom Covers With Three Gilt Rules With Devices At Corners, Elaborately Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt, Elaborately Embossed Salmon Covers And Spine Bound In At Rear. Book Near Fine, Some Rubbing At Edges, Original Covers Also Fine Or Nearly So.…

1st edition, 1st issue (Eckel, p. 140). 2 volumes: xix, [3], 288; xix, [1 (blank)], 263, [1], 36 pp. Publisher catalogue concludes Vol II. Illustrated with 13 plates by Geroge Cruikshank. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5" Spines sun-tanned. Some foxing. Vol I with gutter break prior to the 'B' gathering. A VG set in a worn cloth clamshell case. Original publisher's pink ribbon-embossed cloth bindings. Yellow eps. Housed in a custom red cloth clamshell case.…