Sketches in London. London: W.S. Orr, October 1837-September 1838. 12 parts. 8vo (222 x 142 mm). 24 plates by "Phiz" and others. Original buff pictorial wrappers. Custom chemise and slipcase. Offsetting to plates of most parts, minor spotting to edges, mild wear and darkening to wrappers of part 1. Provenance: Thomas Barton (period ownership inscription to front wrapper of four parts). FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. Not to be confused with the prolific Victorian novelist James Grant [1822-1887], to whom NCBEL incorrectly attributes this title, the present James Grant was the editor of the Elgin Courier, the London Saturday Journal, and the Morning Advertiser, as well as the author of Random Recollections, The Great Metropolis, Lights and Shadows of London Life, etc. cf. Wolff 2675.
Sketches in London. London: W.S. Orr, October 1837-September 1838. 12 parts. 8vo (222 x 142 mm). 24 plates by "Phiz" and others. Original buff pictorial wrappers. Custom chemise and slipcase. Offsetting to plates of most parts, minor spotting to edges, mild wear and darkening to wrappers of part 1. Provenance: Thomas Barton (period ownership inscription to front wrapper of four parts). FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. Not to be confused with the prolific Victorian novelist James Grant [1822-1887], to whom NCBEL incorrectly attributes this title, the present James Grant was the editor of the Elgin Courier, the London Saturday Journal, and the Morning Advertiser, as well as the author of Random Recollections, The Great Metropolis, Lights and Shadows of London Life, etc. cf. Wolff 2675.
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