xxix, [1], 817, [3] pages, [57] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This edition of Sketches by Boz and other early minor works of Dickens, part of the Nonesuch Dickens designed by Francis Meynell, is limited to 877 copies. The text has been printed in Scotland by R. & R. Clark Ltd., in this specially-cut version of Martin's type; the etchings were pulled by hand from the original plates by A. Alexander & Sons, Ltd., ; the binding is executed by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co., Ltd.; and the paper was made by the Worthy Paper Company Association of West Springfield."--Colophon.
Contents:
Sketches by Boz -- Our parish -- Scenes -- Characters -- Tales -- Sunday under three heads -- Bentley's miscellany -- Sketches of young gentlemen -- Sketches of young couples -- Master Humphrey's clock.
Subject Terms:
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction. | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.