[DICKENS, Charles, editor]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by 'Boz'. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 2 volumes, 12° (199 x 124mm). Engraved portrait after J. Raven, and 12 etched plates by and after George Cruikshank. (Plates a little soiled and spotted at blank margins, title to vol. I offset, title to vol. II lightly soiled, some marginal thumb-soiling.) Publisher's pink embossed cloth, spines gilt, uncut (spines faded).
FIRST EDITION. Final plate without grotesque border; the sixth plate correctly placed at p. 182 on plate list. Grimaldi's manuscript had previously been edited by Thomas Egerton Wilks who sold it to Bentley before Dickens was commissioned to re-edit it for publication. The introductory chapter revealed 'his childhood veneration for clowns and his insatiable curiosity about them' (Dickens Index p. 164). Eckel pp. 140-142; Gimbel B64. (2)
[DICKENS, Charles, editor]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by 'Boz'. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 2 volumes, 12° (199 x 124mm). Engraved portrait after J. Raven, and 12 etched plates by and after George Cruikshank. (Plates a little soiled and spotted at blank margins, title to vol. I offset, title to vol. II lightly soiled, some marginal thumb-soiling.) Publisher's pink embossed cloth, spines gilt, uncut (spines faded).
FIRST EDITION. Final plate without grotesque border; the sixth plate correctly placed at p. 182 on plate list. Grimaldi's manuscript had previously been edited by Thomas Egerton Wilks who sold it to Bentley before Dickens was commissioned to re-edit it for publication. The introductory chapter revealed 'his childhood veneration for clowns and his insatiable curiosity about them' (Dickens Index p. 164). Eckel pp. 140-142; Gimbel B64. (2)
