Bowring's Minor Morals for Young People, Illustrated by Cruikshank

John Bowring; George Cruikshank and William Heath, illus. MINOR MORALS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ILLUSTRATED IN TALES AND TRAVELS (Title for Parts I and II); MINOR MORALS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ILLUSTRATED BY TALES AND TRAVELS, PARTICULARLY IN THE EAST (Title for Part III). London: Whittaker and Co., 1834 and 1835 (Part I and II) and Edinburgh: William Tait; London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; and Dublin: John Cumming, 1839 (Part III). (3) volumes (complete). Beautifully rebound in half red polished calf, gilt-stamped spines with raised bands, with top edge gilt and marbled and fresh endpapers. Crown 8vo; xii, [1]-261, [1]pp.; [vi], iv, [1]-264pp.; [iv], [1]-249, [1]pp. Vols. I and II with half-title, title, and dedication; vol. III with title page only. Each volume with list of plates; illustrations include: vol. I with frontispiece by Cruikshank and eight plates by Heath; vol. II with four plates and frontispiece by Cruikshank; vol. III with six plates by Cruikshank. The first volume is one of the reprints mentioned by Cohn (see condition report below). Cohn 83.

Each 6 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.

A Private High Point, North Carolina Collection

George Cruikshank was a London-based artist best known for his caricatures and for illustrating novels by well-known writers such as Charles Dickens.

Boards with rubbing to corners and spines (mostly to ends), light soiling and scuffing, and spines slightly browned; occasional hinge cracking; interiors with various degrees of toning, scattered foxing (mostly light but with occasional heavy spotting), and infrequent grime, offsetting, and handling wear such as a small tear; vol. II with tiny repair to recto of frontispiece leaf; vol. III with a couple of damp stains and title page with small repairs at inner margin. Vol. I with heavier wear such as the second free endpaper through the title page with tears and/or partially detached; it is a later printing with different types of paper used, with most sections heavily browned, and with occasional cracking and tears to leaves due to brittleness. Still a mostly sturdy and clean set with great illustrations, a section on vampires, and with a few leaves remaining partially unopened.