DICKENS, Charles (?Boz?) (1812?1870). editor.?Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi.?London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half?titles, EXTRA?ILLUSTRATED WITH 61 ENGRAVINGS including the 12 etchings by Cruikshank, many hand?colored and folding, several proofs before letters. Full green levant with large central pictorial inlays of Grimaldi as a clown and as another theatrical character in various color moroccos within a geometric gilt frame, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, gilt?lettering in two, remainder with gilt?tooling, all edges gilt, turn?ins with gilt fillets and cornerpieces, GILT STAMP?SIGNED BY BAYTUN (spines a bit sunned with tiny spots of wear along joints, tiny surface scratch to upper cover of Vol. I); original cloth bound in at end. FIRST EDITION, second issue with border to final plate in Vol. II. Eckel, pp. 152?155; Gimbel B64.