Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Old Sailor, 1790-1846
Title:
Land and sea tales / by the old sailor ; illustrated by George Cruikshank ... ; in two volumes.
Published / Created:
London : Effingham Wilson, 1836.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4063.B37 L36 1836
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Old Sailor is the pseudonym of Matthew Henry Barker.

Printed by Maurice & Co., Fenchurch Street.

With added engraved title pages.

Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 56

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gilt-tooled half red morocco. Later issue: frontispieces and engraved title pages are on brownish tint paper as described in Cohn. Does not included 4 p. of advertisements at the end of v. 2 as described in Cohn.
Contents:
v.1. The farmer's daughter -- I drink to heads -- Belvoir castle -- The great belt -- The painter of Dort -- v.2. The warlock.
Subject Terms:
Sea in literature. | Wilson, Effingham -- Publisher. | Maurice & Co. -- Printer. | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1836.
Contributors:
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill.