St Marys Books

First Edition in book form, volume one only although this contains two early pieces by Charles Dickens as Boz, "The Tuggs's At Ramsgate" and " A Little Talk about Spring and The Sweeps". Both stories were collected in Sketches by Boz published later in the same year. Handsomely bound in half leather with marble paper-covered boards. The boards do show a little surface wear with light loss of the leather to the corners. There is slight cracking to the front outer hinge although the front board is still pretty secure and the binding is generally in good condition. There is some pencil notation to one of the prelims and a beautifully written inscription at the top of the title page. The rest of the pages are toned with heavy foxing in places, although generally in a good clean condition, with fourteen illustrations from various artists including R. Seymour. pp. viii + 384. Overall a handsome copy.