892. Cruikshank (George).- [Thackeray (William Makepeace)] The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman, first edition, first issue , 12 engraved plates by George Cruikshank, including music page, publisher's advertisements at rear, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original limp cloth, gilt, housed in morocco-backed slip case with original hand-coloured illustration depicting upper cover illustration opposite, [Slater p.184 51], 12mo, 1839.
est. £400 – £600
Thackeray wrote the verses which were edited by Dickens who also wrote the tongue-in-cheek scholarly notes and preface.