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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

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“BOZ” [pseudonym of DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. Memoirs ...

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?BOZ? [pseudonym of DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. London: G. Routledge & Co., 1853. New Edition, with notes and additions, revised by Charles Whitehead. Contemporary half black calf over marbled boards, spine ruled, tooled, and lettered in gilt, speckled edges. Portrait frontispiece of Grimaldi, 10 plates illustrated by George Cruikshank. xvi, [1]-256 pp. Some wear to binding, text a bit toned with occasional thumbsoiling. Dawes? bookplate and the bookplate of Louisa Mander to front pastedown. A very good example of this famous biography of clown and acrobat Grimaldi.