Lot 043 - "Old Faces in New Masks" Antique Book by Robert Blakey with Etched Frontispiece by George Cruikshank, Published by W. Kent & Co., London, 1859, Arnold Wood Ex Libris Bookplate Cordeliascloset Light corrosion and patina consistent

Light corrosion and patina consistent with age and use

but it still has an excellent look

and land or property descriptions

” Both are printed cardboard stereotype-based gag novelties

Lot 043 - "Old Faces in New Masks" Antique Book by Robert Blakey with Etched Frontispiece by George Cruikshank, Published by W. Kent & Co., London, 1859, Arnold Wood Ex Libris Bookplate Cordeliascloset Light corrosion and patina consistentAntique half leather bound copy of "Old Faces in New Masks" by Robert Blakey, Ph. D., published by W. Kent & Co. (late D. Bogue), 86 Fleet Street, London, 1859. The frontispiece was designed and etched on copper by George Cruikshank and faced with steel by F. Joubert's Acierage process. The etched title page also features grotesque masked faces and creatures by Cruikshank. The binding has a dark leather spine with gilt stamped title and decorative