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DICKENS, CHARLES. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." London, 1838. 2 vols., 8vo, original plum cloth, blocked in blind and gilt, gilt spines, spine faded, wear at heads of spines, inner hinges tightened, cloth case. FIRST EDITION, Eckel's second issue binding (the first is embossed pink cloth) but first issue text (with no border around the last plate in vol. 2) 36-page publisher's catalogue at end of vol. 2, with etched portrait and 12 plates by George Cruikshank ( nearly all spotted ). Eckel, pp. 140-142 -- DICKENS. A Child's History of England. London, 1852-53-54. 3 vols., square 12mo, original rose-brown cloth, marbled edges, worn at ends of spines and fore-corners, cloth case. FIRST EDITION, 3 frontispieces by F.W. Topham ( foxed ), tissue guards. Eckel, pp. 128-130. (5)