Present Indicative

First edition; 8vo; publisher's orange cloth lettered in blue, mildly rubbed on corners and spine ends, unclipped dust jacket, priced at $2.00 indicating first issue state, spine panel slightly faded with minor rubbing near head and foot, rear panel toned, front flyleaf with rectangle of offsetting (from small former bookmarký), resultant milder offsetting to opposite flap, mild glue(ý) residue from possible former bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise a near-fine copy.

First edition, first printing; 8vo; previous owner's initials to front free endpaper, last leaf with chip to fore-edge from clumsy opening presumably at time of publication, overall internally fine; publisher's grey cloth, slightly sunned at spine ends and corner tips, dust-jacket by Fred Uhlman, slight wear to fore-corners of front panel and spine ends, overall a very good, bright example.

First edition, first issue (without advertisements or date to title verso); 8vo; half-title, frontispiece and 11 plates by T.M.R. Whitwell, device to title, some minor toning and oxidising, usual toning to endpapers, contemporary lending library label & stamp to front pastedown; publisher's green cloth with with cricket scene in white, black and red to upper cover and spine, with title in gilt to spine, spine slightly dulled, some minor rubbing and bumping to extremities with small closed tear to cloth at head of spine.

Second edition; 4to; two hand-coloured plates and further engraved illustrations and vignettes within the text, neat, contemporary ink gift inscription to front flyleaf, a few random spots, otherwise very good, contemporary gilt-panelled calf, all edges gilt, cockerel endpapers, staining and wear to boards but still a very handsome binding; xvii, 298pp.

Third edition; lge. 8vo (25 x 16 cm); engraved, hand-coloured frontispiece a further 9 engraved plates, three of which hand-coloured, near-contemporary ink inscription, dated 2nd April 1829 to half-title, slight staining to top edge with resultant weeping to top margin of early leaves but only prominent on margin to plate opposite p49, not affecting image or text, some very random, light spotting to a few pages, otherwise very clean and bright; near-contemporary diced calf gilt, speckled edges, rubbing to boards, else very handsome; xxii, 470pp.

First edition, signed presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper; 8vo; 8pp. advertisements, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket correctly priced at 7/6, some minor edge-wear and light marking, clean split to upper joint near foot of spine but overall an excellent example.

First American edition; large chromolithographic map titled 'Jewish East London', hardbacked and framed; book: 8vo, (190 x 125 mm); publisher's blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine, edges slightly rubbed, some marginal chips, light worming and browning to page edges, not affecting text; half-title, title, vii-xlv, [3], A, 2-238 pp.

First English edition; 12mo (140 x 105 mm.); usual slight toning to text-block; publisher's patterned wrappers, pictorial dust-jacket, original bilingual Obi wraparound, a little minor rubbing but overall a very good copy.

First UK edition; 8vo; rear advertisements correctly dated June 15, usual toning to endpapers, front free endpaper clipped and chipped at fore-edge, otherwise internally very good; publisher's red cloth blocked in black to covers, gilt lettering to spine slightly tarnished or missing, a little minor rubbing, but overall very good; vi, 392pp.; 31, (1) advertisements.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; very light toning to text-block but overall internally fine; publisher's cloth, minor bumping to corners, otherwise fine, in the original first issue dust-jacket designed by Youngman Carter, price removed from from both flaps, presumably for gift presentation, neat conservational restoration to fore-edge folds, corners and spine ends but in effect an excellent example of this iconic dust-jacket.