A Comic Alphabet; An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank's Comic Alphabet
Language: English
Published by Leadenhall Press, Los Angeles, California, 1978
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Head to Tail Books, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Head to Tail Books
AbeBooks seller since April 9, 2025
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 110.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Two-volume miniature set containing a facsimile edition of George Cruikshank's "A Comic Alphabet," as well as an essay describing the work. One of 350 copies published upon the 100th anniversary of Cruikshank's death. The essay was printed by Philip Lewis from Herman Zapf's 7-point Medici Script and Palatino Semi Bold type. Bound by Gailing Bindery in printed cream paper over boards, with a green paper sleeve. 2.625 x 2 inches; 2 volumes (1 accordion-folded sheet (25 unnumbered panels); 36 pages). From the library of miniature book collector Dorothy Rowe Shaw, with her bookplate on the front pastedown of "An Essay." Ghost pencil markings and small tear at one corner of the sleeve enclosure and crease at edge of final leaf of "A Comic Alphabet", else clean and crisp. Near Fine.
Seller Inventory # 000334
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Comic Alphabet; An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank's Comic Alphabet
- Author
- Cruikshank, George; Vogler, Richard A.
- Publisher
- Leadenhall Press, Los Angeles, California
- Publication year
- 1978
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Cruikshank, George
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 64mo - up to 3" tall
- Seller catalogs
- 20th Century, Art, Miniatures
Head to Tail Books
Westport, CT, U.S.A.
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Head to Tail Books is a bookstore for rare, vintage, and collectible books, open online and by appointment in Fairfield County, Connecticut. We sell books of all eras, from handpress to modern. We are interested in the quirky and unusual, miniature books, books by authors of color, bindings, books and ephemera about dogs, and other subjects. Let us help you develop your book collection and enhance your library. The proprietor is a former Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS) and Rare Book School, and a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and Miniature Book Society (MBS).…
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