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London: John Macrone, 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: iii[1]2-377 [29]. FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND SERIES complete in one volume. Bound in half red morocco by Riviere. Banded gilt decorated spine, uncut edges. Original cloth covers bound in along with original endpapers and remains of the spine. 29pp. of adverts bound at the end. There is slight foxing. The style of this book "...broke new ground...written in a new style...seemed to bring a refreshing breath of reality into the literary atmosphere..." (Gissing, 'The Immortal Dickens', 1924).

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.

Checking the name of the publisher, presence of illustrations by George Cruikshank, and the absence of 'Revised Edition' on the title page can indicate it's a first edition. It was published in two volumes.