Old Miscellany Days; A Selections Of Stories From Bentley's Miscellany. By Various Authors

London: Richard Bentley, 1885. Hardcover. Orig. publisher brown cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Very good. 350 (2) pages. 25.5 x 17 cm. 33 illustrations with tissue guards from the original etchings on steel representing some of Cruikshank's contributions to this series, or the first fourteen volumes: January 1837 to December 1843, out of a total of 124 for which he was responsible. They were first issued in monthly parts in yellow paper wrappers. One Cruikshank illustration for each of the 33 stories. COHN 69. Bookplate, small ding to bottom cover, slight nicks backstrip head and foot, interior contests pristine.