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Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Full green levant with large central pictorial inlays of Grimaldi as a clown and as another theatrical character in various colo
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, second issue. leather_bound. Full green levant with large central pictorial inlays of Grimaldi as a clown and as another theatrical character in various color morocco's within a geometric gilt frame. Aeg. Two vols. Cruikshank, George. 288, 263 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Half-titles, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 61 ENGRAVINGS including the 12 etchings by George Cruikshank, many hand-colored and folding (including a play bill from the Drury Lane Theater announcing his last public appearance, Friday, June 27. 1828), several proofs before letters. Grimaldi was considered the most celebrated of English clowns, know particularly for his pantomime. An early work of Dickens, who wrote the preface, the last chapter, and edited this work on the famous English actor and clown according to Johnson's biography. Gilt stamped, bound by Baytun; issue with the plate "Last Song" without a border. Spine in six compartments, raised bands gilt lettered, inner dentelles, original brown cloth bound in at end, marbled endpapers with spine lettered at foot noting "Extra Illustrated." ECKLES p.152-153. GIMBEL B64.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23785
- Title
- Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Cruikshank, George
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Full green levant with large central pictorial inlays of Grimaldi as a clown and as another theatrical character in various colo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second issue
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Theatre;
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ardsley, New York
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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