London

First edition.

First edition.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece engraving.
Lacking the back cover, worming.

The London printing and publishing company, London & New-York s.d. (circa 1860), 23.5x31cm, bound.
First edition.
Publisher’s half black and brick-red shagreen, spine in six compartments with gilt floral motifs and blindruled compartments, very lightly soiled, gilt friezes to head and foot, head- and tail-pieces slightly bumped, double gilt fillets to covers, central gilt medallion and portrait of Hogarth to upper cover, corners scratched and rubbed, white moiré silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges.
Hors-texte illustrations, introduction by James Hannay.
A little spotting, mostly to beginning and end.

First edition.
Publisher's full blue boards, complete with its dust jacket marginally faded on the back panel and bearing small tears with very minor lacks of no consequence.
Precious double autograph inscription by Alan Scham (one on the front endpaper, the other on a card pasted below the first inscription in which the author specifies his address to the dedicatee) to the son of Marshal Lyautey.

First edition.
A very good copy retaining its photographic dustjacket.