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Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi

( George CRUIKSHANK ) BOZ, [[pseud. Charles, DICKENS] (ed.)., ]

Edited by 'Boz'. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank.

LORD ROSEBERY'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE

Published: Richard Bentley, 1838

Stock code: 25813

Price: £1,600.00

THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF LORD ROSEBERY AND BEARS HIS RED 'DURDANS' BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. ALSO PRESENT ARE CHARLES DICKENS CENTENARY TESTIMONIAL BOOKPLATES ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. With half-titles, misprint '128' for '182' (Embellishments, vol. I; plate 5), last plate without grotesque border, and undated 36pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Archibald Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery and 1st Earl of Midlothian, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1894-5. AN OUTSTANDING AND MOST DESIRABLE COPY, COMPLETE IN EVERY RESPECT AND WITH NOTABLE PROVENANCE. Eckel, p.152.