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London : Chapman and Hall, 1874. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked and blind-tooled cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 577 pp., 39 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Manners and customs. English literature 19th century. Social life and customs.

Boston: James R. Osgood & Company; Illustrated Household Edition (1871). 571 pages. Illustrated by 16 plates. NearFine Hardcover, no dj. Embossed Brown cloth, Gilt stamping and lettering. Hint of wear to the ends of the spine. Clean Unmarked throughout. Excellent binding. 7.3"x4.75"x1.1". be2x259.

London: Chapman and Hall, Circa [1890s]. [Literature] LEATHER BINDING, library edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; xiv; 475; [1], blank. Tan half calf with marbled paper over boards. Raised bands with gilt embellishment to spine, as well as gilt titles to blue and red labels. Speckled edges. Illustrative frontispiece, black and white illustrated plates by George Cruikshank. Some ink transference from plates, warping to boards, wear to edges, some leather chipped to spine and corners. Very good. 'Sketches by Boz' is a collection of short writings by Charles Dickens. These pieces were originally published in newspapers and periodicals between 1833-1836. This one volume edition of these works is a library edition, elegantly bound with decorative marbled boards.

London: Chapman & Hall [from 1837], 1863. First Edition thus. Decorative Cloth. Fine. Later printing, in original cloth, of the so-called First Collected Edition (the first issue of series one and series two appeared in three volumes) of Dickens's first book, introducing a introducing a major literary talent to Victorian England. Demy 8vo (220 x 135mm): viii,526pp, with 40 steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Publisher's olive-green fine-diaper cloth, Smith's secondary binding style with chain design in blind within triple-ruled borders in blind to covers; spine in five blind-paneled compartments, the second and fourth lettered in gilt; pale yellow coated end papers. A beautifully preserved example in bright original cloth (spine, as inevitably, faded to pleasing brown), plates and pages generally clean and bright with only sporadic foxing. In February, 1836, John Macrone published Sketches by Boz, illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People, which came to be known as the "first… Leer más

London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early reprint edition. Octavo (8vo). viii, 526 pages of text. Full dark green leather binding is rubbed at the extremities, with minor shelfwear and darkening, with both hinges expertly repaired; intact and attractive. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece entitled "The Election for Beadle"; engraved title vignette; title; blank verso; advertisement dated London May 15 1839; blank verso; Contents vii-viii. Ilustrated by 38 engraved plates as well as the frontispiece and title vignette. A few spots of staining to several pages. Two pages with browning from old newpaper clipping. As many as six plates are moderately to heavily browned, especially to the page edges, and a few plates are affected by offsetting. An early edition, not a first edition..

London: John Macrone [from 1836], 1837. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine+. Second series" of this collection of short pieces of literary journalism that marked the launch of the young author's meteoric career. Crown 8vo (194 x 120mm): [4],viii,377,[1],]pp, with 10 steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece and vignette title page dated 1836) by George Cruikshank. Complete with catalogue of Macrone's publications, dated December, 1836. Page vi is misnumbered "viii;" list of illustrations gives "Vauxhall Gardens by Day" twice in error and omits final plate, "Mr. Minns and his Cousin." All required first edition points present, per Smith, who notes: "it does not appear possible to associate definitely early or late copies totally with states of the spine, endpapers (pale yellow or blue), location of the plates and whether or not they contain the volume number, the absence or presence of the list of illustrations, and internal flaws." Publisher's original moderate red morocco-grain cloth,… Leer más