Tim Bobbin's Lancashire Dialect and Poems

Tim Bobbin [John Collier]

Published by Hurst, Chance, and Co, London, 1828

About this Item

The first edition thus of this charming work of satirical poetry and prose, illustrated by George Cruikshank. First published in 1750, this is the first Cruikshank edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five further plates. Collated, complete.Four of these plates are by George Cruikshank, and two by Robert Cruikshank.The work of English caricaturist and satirical poet John Collier, who was known by the pseudonym of Tim Bobbin. Collier styled himself as the Lancashire Hogarth.This work takes the form of a comic dialogue between two people, Thomas and Mary, and also includes examples of the author's poetry.With the armorial bookplates of William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme to the front pastedown and the recto and verso of the front free endpaper. He was an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician. Lever founded the multinational company now known as Unilever alongside his brother, and briefly sat as a Liberal MP for Wirral and later, as Lord Leverhulme, in the House of Lords as a Peer. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing. Joints starting, with boards a touch tender. Armorial bookplates to front pastedown, and to both the verso and the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Light spotting to plates. Good. Seller Inventory # 886F18

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tim Bobbin's Lancashire Dialect and Poems

Publisher: Hurst, Chance, and Co, London

Publication Date: 1828

Binding: Hardback

Illustrator: G. Cruikshank

Condition: Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book