Memoirs of Grimaldi.

First Editions. Grimaldi’s original manuscript had been a rambling affair deemed by a succession of publishers to be unprintable. Dickens took the editorial job on himself in part as a mark of respect to this most popular of popular entertainers.

2 volumes, 12mo. Bound in red half morocco, red cloth boards, titles and infilled box design to spines gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Bookplates to pastedowns, some occasional light foxing, boards a little rubbed at edges otherwise a very good set.