George Cruikshank's Magazine Numbers 1 and 2 bound together

CRUIKSHANK, George / SMEDLEY, Frank E. (Frank Fairlegh).

Published by London D. Bogue 1854

About this Item

First edition. The complete run (there were only two) of Cruikshank s magazine. Bound in one volume. Complete text and illustrations. Full leather binding, with gilt dentelles to the boards. Bound by F. Bedford. The spine has been repaired, and the gilt decoration and leather label have been re-laid to the spine. All edges gilt. Bookplate of Cortlandt F. Bishop to the inside board (see below). There is a second, small bookplate (seems to be french) laid down after. This volume contains number 1 (January 1854) and number 2 (February 1854). The detailed contents (and order) are as follows: Title page #1 with adverts to verso. Folding plate "Passing events, or the tail of the comet" ; To our Readers; Heads of the Comet s Tail (descriptive text) by Frank Fairlegh. plate, "The seat of War"; "The provocations of Miss Polly C___" by Cuthbert Bede; plate "The provocations."; The Dangers of Contributing to a Magazine; "The Forfeit Hand" a poem by Frank Fairlegh; "Tobacco Leaves No 1."; Folding Plate "The Narcotics we indulge in."; Issue one contains three vignettes. Pages 1-40. This is the end of Issue one. The title page for issue two is bound in to the rear of the book, so the work continues with: Folding plate "Elephantine performances."; "The forfeit hand" continued; "A honeymoon on the Kafir Frontier" by Alfred W. Cole; "The Provocations of Miss Polly C___" Provocation the second; "The Overflowings of the Late Pellucid Rivers esq" by Edmind H. Yates; "A College Career in Twenty Chapters" by Vaughan Dayrell; "Table talk"; Folding plate "Trying to Cure a Bear with a Sore Head"; "A Letter from Hop-O -My-Thumb to Charles Dickens"; Title page for issue two with adverts to verso; 2 pages adverts. Issue two contains four vignettes and pages 41-80. Over both issues we have a total of four pages of adverts. The only other copy we have seen has more adverts to it. This was the complete run of the magazine. "Only two numbers were published when the magazine came to an abrupt termination" (Cohn, Albert Meyer. George Cruikshank; a catalogue raisonné. New York, Collectors Editions, 1969; p. 63). Our copy conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 13179002. Frank E. Smedley (1818 1864) was an English novelist and satirist whose works were often illustrated by George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank (1792 1878) was among the foremost British caricaturists and illustrators of the nineteenth century, widely celebrated as the "modern Hogarth" for the biting wit and moral insight of his art. Over a long and industrious career he executed more than ten thousand designs, ranging from political and social satires to illustrations for leading writers of his day. His spirited draughtsmanship and acute observation left an enduring imprint on Victorian visual culture, exposing with equal skill the follies of public life and the darker habits of the age, notably the evils of intemperance. Francis Bedford (1799-1883) was a renowned London bookbinder. Cortlandt F. Bishop (1870-1935) was a fascinating man. He was an American pioneer aviator, balloonist, Car driver, book collector, and traveller. As an automotive pioneer, by 1909 he had been arrested for speeding, given driving lessons to locals and been injured in a car crash. He owned an auction house, which was later (after several incarnations) acquired by Sothebys. He had a complex marital life. In his will, he left half of his fortune to his wife and half to his mistress with the stipulation that the two, (whom had never before met), must live together in harmony until one of them died. His book collection was sold by his auction house (American Art Association Anderson Galleries) in 1939-1940. 22cm x 14.5cm. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: George Cruikshank's Magazine Numbers 1 and 2 bound together
• Publisher: London D. Bogue 1854
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition