[England] Egan, Pierce. Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, London, 1821. First edition, first issue, with first music sheet unnumbered and no footnote on page 9 and the word "good-bies" in the first line of p.376. 8vo, xvi (1) 376 pp., later cross-hatched polished calf with gilt blind tooled borders, recently rebacked in brown calf with gilt lettering on spine, light wear to edges of covers, a.e. marbled, recent marbled endpapers, recent bookplate with name of binder bottom obverse upper endpaper, title with woodcut vignette, illustrated with 36 hand colored engraved plates by Isaac and George Cruickshank, b/w engraved tail-pieces, 6 folded engraved pages of music. 21 smaller wood engravings and 6 folding plates of music on three leaves, all plates bright, offsetting to opposing leaves, some slightly cropped at bottom credit when originally rebound, lacks half-title and 8 pages of ads at rear. Tolley 196. Abbey, Life in England, 281; Cohn 262; Ray 111; Evans p. 44. Some leaves slightly cropped at bottom credit when originally rebound, lacks half-title and 8 pages of ads at rear.

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