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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Very Good. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. New Edition, Complete. Octavo. 526 pp. 40 plates including frontispiece and engraved title page. Lacking half title. Bound in early 20th-century three quarter maroon morocco over cloth. Five raised bands; gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Light edgewear to boards. Binding is sound. Plates browned and foxed. Pages show a few stray contemporary ink stains but overall unmarked. [Gimbel A7].

Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People is Charles Dickens's first book, a collection of stories and essays that had been previously published in various periodicals.