The political "A, apple-pie", or, The "extraordinary red book" versified : for the instruction and amusement of the rising generation / by the author of "The house that Jack built" ; with twenty-three cuts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator.

Johnston, J., bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--1800-1837.

Great Britain.

Political satire, English.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Humor.

Verse satire.

Physical Description:

[32] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Political "A, apple-pie"

"Extraordinary red book" versified

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author : And sold by J. Johnston ..., 1820.

Notes:

A political satire in alphabetical verse form, from A to Y, each with illustration.

Sometimes attributed to William Hone. For an argument against this attribution, see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, volume 10, numbers 13588-13610.

Illustrations, including title-vignette, by George Cruikshank. See Cohn.

"Price One Shilling."--Title leaf.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center RBC 2026 102 purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2026. Manuscript contents list in pencil on first blank leaf in volume.

Cited in:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, X, 13588-13610

Cohn, A.M. Cruikshank, a cat. raisonné, no. 659

OCLC:

35717912

Bound With:

Kislak Center RBC 2026 102 copy bound with: The political house that Jack built.