[HISTORY] SKETCHES FROM LIFE [3 VOLUMES] EMBELLISHED WITH A PORTRAIT, AFTER A DRAWING BY DANIEL MACLISE, R. A., AND SEVERAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS, FROM DESIGNS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, KENNY MEADOWS, AND FRANK STONE

London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1849. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Three 8vo. volumes; in green embossed cloth with decorations and titling in gilt to the spines; xliv, [1], 2-296 pages; v, [1], 2-396 pages; iv, [1], 2-416 pages; with canary yellow endsheets (the front flyleaf of Volume 3 is torn at the bottom corner where the corner adhered to the title page where it remains to this day). There is some wear to the extremities of the spine.~~Mr. Blanchard was an English author and journalist.~~. Very Good binding.