Cruikshank illustrated books

George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

George Cruikshank was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the ‘modern Hogarth’ during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience.

Collectible George Cruikshank

Popular works during a very productive career include: Pierce Egan's Life in London 1821; Grimms'Fairy Tales, published in two volumes as German Popular Stories, 1823; The Comic Almanack(1835–1853); and of course Oliver Twist, 1838.

Latest Cruikshank Illustrated Books

[DICKENS, Charles].

Sketches by Boz.

First one-volume edition; 8vo (21.5 x 14 cm); armorial bookplate to front pastedown, 40 illustrations by George Cruickshank including frontispiece, light toning to margins of plates; brown morocco, covers ruled in gilt, gilt spine with raised bands, all edges gilt, very minor wear to extremities; viii, 526pp.

£1,250
CRUIKSHANK, George, Illustrator; Henry David Inglis.

Rambles in the Footsteps of Don Quixote.

First edition. 8vo. Title vignette, 6 etched plates and tailpiece by Cruikshank. Turn-of-the-century green crushed morocco gilt by Hyman Zucker with original covers bound in, housed in a custom blue-green cloth slipcase.

£1,250
COHN, Albert M.

George Cruikshank.

4to. Half-title, frontispiece, title, dedication, [1] p. contents, [1] p. list of illustrations, [6] pp. introduction, 376 pp. Original brown cloth over bevelled boards, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., others untrimmed; lightly rubbed.

£220
DICKENS, Charles.

Memoirs Of Joseph Grimaldi.

First edition, first issue; 2 volumes, 8vo; 12 illustrations by George Cruikshank, occasional, light foxing, mostly to preliminary and terminal leaves, publisher's floral-patterned, embossed, pink cloth, spines gilt, a little rubbed and dust-soiled, spines faded, otherwise very good; xix, [3], 288; ix, [1], 263 [1], 36 (ads) pp.

£2,200