Dickens' London / essays selected and introduced by Rosalind Vallance ; engravings by George Cruikshank - The Folio Society
1966, 1st edition. London : Folio Society. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth in slip-case. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. The classic Folio Society design. Item #414006
Physical description; 239 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Compiled chiefly from 'Sketches by Boz' and 'The uncommercial traveller.' In slipcase. Contents; Introduction -- Gone astray -- The streets -- morning -- Greenwich Fair -- Early coaches -- Private theatres -- A Parliamentary sketch -- Gin-shops -- Astley's -- The prisoners' van -- Meditations in Monmouth Street -- Scotland Yard -- The theatrical young gentleman -- Doctors' commons -- A visit to Newgate -- The Chinese junk -- The amusements of the people -- On duty with Inspector Field -- Arcadian London -- Wapping workhouse -- Lively turtle -- The city of the absent -- Down with the tide -- Titbull's almshouses -- Some recollections of mortality -- Sly neighbourhoods -- Night walks. Subjects; Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Dickens, Charles 1812-1870. Dickens, Charles John Huffam 1812-1870 novelist. England London. Literary societies. Literature - England. English Fiction.
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