Old Sailor, 1790-1846, Tough yarns , 1835
- Title(s):
- Tough yarns : a series of naval tales and sketches to please all hands, from the swabs on the shoulders down to the swabs in the head / by the old sailor, author of "Greenwich hospital," &c. ; illustrated by George Cruikshank.
- Published/Created:
- London : Effingham Wilson, 1835.
- Physical Description:
- [8], 351, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR4063.B23 T68 1835Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria ScheuerView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3605125
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Full-page etchings by George Cruikshank, and wood-engraved vignettes drawn by Cruikshank.
Printed by Maurice & Co., Howford Buildings, Fenchurch Street.
Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 55
BEIN 1978 1173: Second issue noted in A.M. Cohn's George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, no. 55, but lacking advertising matter at end and with last plate at p. 185 rather than p. 153.
BAC: British Art Center copy is the first issue. Bound in later red calf, with gilt edges. Printed on dark cream paper. Last word of page 1 is "Ah". No advertisements at end. Last plate at p. 153. - Subject Terms:
- Effingham Wilson -- Publisher.Maurice & Co. -- Printer.Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.Sea stories, English.Seafaring life -- Fiction.
- Form/Genre:
- Etchings -- 1835.
Wood engravings -- 1835. - Export:
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- Greenwich Hospital
- Tom Brookes
- Daddy Davy, the Negro
- Ghost stories
- Frère du diable
- The fisherman's family
- The red flag at the fore
- The prisoner
- The confict
- The burning ship
- The veteran soldier.
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