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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Hardcover. First Edition, First Issue in One-Volume: with the engraved half-title/frontispiece, error on p. 526, "186, Strand" present on the title page, publisher information printed on all plates after p. 120, etc. [Eckel]. 5.25 x 8.5in. viii. 526pp. + 38 plates. Bound in later three quarters calf over marbled boards with gilt ruling. Spine with 4 raised bands and 5 compartments with gilt titling and decoration. Marbled edges. NEAR FINE. Shows extremely occasional thumbing of some margins, several plates with the slight hints of oxidative stress in the margins, otherwise Fine having been exceptionally well maintained. As pictured.

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.