Sketches by Boz
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
Category
Books
Date
1906
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Castle Drogo, Devon
NT 3191751.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1, plates :. ill., facsims. ;. 8vo.,. 24 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Anthony Drewe. Written in pencil on verso of flyleaf: '40 vols (Lacking vol. 29)' and stamped above in both vols.: 'J. & E. Bumpus, 350 Oxford Street, W.' [booksellers, London]. Binding: Half red leather binding, with red cloth over boards and gold lettering on spine; raised bands. Red linen bookmark attached. Gilt top edge. Bound uniformly and shelved with rest of collected edition. Damp stains on covers and pages.
Makers and roles
Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870), author George Cruikshank (London 1792 - London 1878), illustrator Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' (London 1815 - Hove 1882), illustrator Bertram Waldrom Matz, editor