John Grego — Cruikshank&Apos;S Water Colours

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1903. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of illustrations from the work of George Cruikshank. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and sixty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of water colour works from George Cruikshank, a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. Presenting artworks from Oliver Twist, The Miser's Daughter, and History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803. With an introduction from John Grego. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine with additional splitting to the rear joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Cruikshank. Good .