Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Sketches of Young Gentlemen, Sketches of Young Couples, the Mudfog Papers and Other Sketches. Two Volumes.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1910,
Centenary Edition in recognition of Dickens' birthday. octavo, green cloth with spine stamped in gilt and front cover with decorative design stamped in blind. xxii, 393; x, 416 pp. Chapman & Hall, Item #33932
From a preliminary page, "BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. The first series of 'Sketches by Boz' was first published in 1836, the second in 1837, and the two series in monthy parts...This Edition contains all the emindations made in the text as revised by the Author in 1867 and 1868, and reproductions of the original illustrations by George Cruikshank and Phiz." Includes the elaborate vignette title-page by George Cruikshank with facing frontispiece. Both volumes with top edge dust soiling, volume one with minor water staining and dent to back cover.
Price: $125.00