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Chapman & Hall, 1839-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. viii, 526p. ill. Bound in later 3/4 black moroccan leather. Marbled boards. AEG. Gilt lettering to spine. 5 raised bands. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Sunning to spine. Clean, unmarked pages. Includes frontis, title page vignette, and 38 pl. by Cruikshank. Dampstaining to bottom edges of plates. First impression of the 1839 edition, with the publishers address, 186, Strand, added to title page. Cohn, 234; Eckel 15-22; Gimbel A7; Hatton & Cleaver, p.103; Jerrold, p.364

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.