Tom & Jerry Life in London
Pierce Egan
£75.00
1 available
Book Details:
Publisher:Chatto & Windus
Published Date:30th November -0001
Binding:Hardback
Condition:VeryGood
Notes:ierce Egan's humorous novel about Tom and Jerry, illustrated with colour plates by George & Robert Cruikshank. A later edition. First published in 1821, with the publisher's Chatto and Windus being the successors to John Camden Hotter, the earlier publishers of the work.Illustrated by George and Robert Cruikshank with a colour frontispiece and illustrated title page, musical scores and 34 colour plates. Collated, plate facing pp. 382 has been moved to next to the frontis illustration..Humorous work was written by Pierce Egan and tells the story of two young men and their associates as they explore London, finding adventure and misadventure along the way. The work was adapted into a very successful stage play.Undated, dated by copies held institutionally.Publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally worn with fading to the spine with loss to the tail, marks to the boards and bumping and slight rubbing to the extremities. no stamps or inscriptions.
