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[DICKENS (CHARLES)] Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz", 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Richard Bentley, 1838 image 1
[DICKENS (CHARLES)] Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz", 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Richard Bentley, 1838 image 2
CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
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Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz", 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Richard Bentley, 1838

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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[DICKENS (CHARLES)]

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz", 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, second issue or later state (with grotesque border to last plate and more elaborate binding), half-titles, engraved portrait, 12 etched plates after Cruikshank, 36pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some oxidisation to plates, detailed condition notes by Collis loosely inserted, publisher's purple cloth, covers with blind-stamped corner-pieces and large arabesque, spines elaborately decorated in gilt with clown figures, covers spotted, spines slightly faded [Eckel pp.140-42; Gimbel B64], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1838

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Provenance: "From Elly, 28 Feb 1938", note from Collis at foot of loosely inserted sheet of notes.

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