PUNCH AND JUDY

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to spine tips and along edges. Near Fine in a close to Fine chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in color by Cruikshank never before printed. Issued unsigned. Of a total edition of 1500 copies printed, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed number "1473" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the publisher George Macy's very own copy.