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DICKENS, CHARLES (Editor). THE MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI IN TWO VOLUMES. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$76.09 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: pp: [iii]iv-xxi [1]2-288; [v]vi-ix [1] [1]2-263. Two volumes bound in half leather over beige cloth boards, raised bands with lettering stamped in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. Binding by Baynton Riviere of Bath. A library copy that lacks one plate from volume I and two plates from volume II. There is debate about how much of this book was written by Dickens. Forster, his friend and biographer, claims only the Preface was Dickens'. The publisher, Richard Bentley, on the other hand, stated a considerable portion of the text was written by Dickens. An attractive copy, even considering the missing plates. A very good example of this early Dickens effort.

Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada

Joseph Grimaldi; Charles Dickens. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, Vols. I and II. [bound as one book] - Joseph Grimaldi; Charles Dickens. Richard Bentley, 1838.

Price: US$94.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First U.K. edition (though not first issue). Three-quarter leather binding, with marbled boards, five raised bands on spine. Text clean, unmarked, with just a bit of foxing throughout. Binding is strong. Exterior lightly worn, rubbed. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.)

Seller: Big Star Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.

Joseph Grimaldi; Charles Dickens; George Cruikshank. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Richard Bentley, 1838.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: GRIMALDI, Joseph (1778.1837); DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz”. In two volumes. With 11 illustrations by George Cruikshank. London, Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition. 8vo, 288 pp + 263 pp. . Half-leather. Spine leather dried and cracked along the joints. Light foxing, more visible on the plates. The Book Cellar & Henschel.

Seller: Daniel Zachariah, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Grimaldi, Joseph [1778-1837]; Charles Dickens, Editor, Writing As "Boz"; Illustrations By George Cruikshank. Memoirs Of Joseph Grimaldi, Volume Ii (First Issue, Bound By Bayntun With Original Cloth Spine And Covers Bound In). Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Ix, 23 Pp. Complete With Half Title, Publisher's 36 Pp. Catalog, And Cloth Spine And Wrappers Bound In At Rear. Volume Ii Only. First Edition, In First Issue Without The Grotesque Border Around The Last Plate, With First Issue Salmon Cloth Covers Bound In At Rear. In A Fine Bayntun Binding Of Full Red Morocco, 5 Bands, Two Black Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt In All Compartments And On Ribs, Date In Gilt At Bottom Covers With Three Gilt Rules With Devices At Corners, Elaborately Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, Top Edge Gilt, Elaborately Embossed Salmon Covers And Spine Bound In At Rear. Book Near Fine, Some Rubbing At Edges, Original Covers Also Fine Or Nearly So.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles.. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz". With illustrations by George Cruikshank.. Richard Bentley. 1838, 1838.

Price: US$286.04 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 2 vols. Half titles, fronts. & plates rather spotted in places, 36pp cata. vol. II (first 16pp removed). Untrimmed in orig. pink floral cloth, spies lettered in gilt; unevenly faded, crudely rebacked. Internally clean & fresh, but a fair copy only externally. The plate 'The Last Song' appears without a border (1st issue).

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

HOGARTH (George). Memoirs of the Musical Drama.. London: Richard Bentley., 1838.

Price: US$286.04 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION. 2 Volumes. 8vo, 228 x 132 mms., pp. xii [xiii List of Portraits, xiv blank], 465 [466 colophon, 467 - 468 adverts]; viii, 464, including half-titles, engraved frontispiece in each volume, one further engraved plate in volume 1 and 5 further engraved plates in volume 2, contemporary embossed cloth, spines blocked in gilt; portraits in volume 1 water-stained, a little shaken in binding, but a good set with the bookseller's ticket of Kenneth Mummery, Bournemouth, in volume 1. The music critic George Hogarth (1783–1870) moved back to London in 1834 and began writing articles on music and politics for the Morning Chronicle, where he met Charles Dickens, who later married, in 1836, Hogarth's daughter Catherine. He was appointed music critic for the Daily News in 1846. Reviewing this work in 1838, The Monthly Review judges the books to be successful and elegant, concluding that "his candour, his freedom from the prejudices of schools and sects, and the entire absence of every thing like affectation, are recommendations that are not more agreeable than they are rare on the part of historians and critics."

Seller: John Price Antiquarian Books, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United Kingdom

Dickens, Charles, editor. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz.". Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 vols. 13 black & white plates (including frontises), xix, [4], [1], 288, ix, [1], 263p. plus 36p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. Rebound in polished calf. Portions of original variant ribbed dark cloth binding (backstrip and front and back covers) bound in at ends of both volumes. 20cm. Modest scuffing. Joints a bit tender. Internally sound and clean. Top edge gilt. 1st ed. 1st issue [last plate without border].

Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$412.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo. First issue with the last plate without a border, edited by Boz. In two volumes, 288 and 263pp., illustrated by George Cruikshank. Grimaldi, a famous performing clown left his memoir in manuscript to his executer who attempted to have it published. The publisher bought the memoir edited by the executer but it needed too much work to be saleable. Dickens received from his publisher the opportunity to publish this work. Dickens signed an agreement and reworked the memoir adding his own flair. Dickens never had the opportunity to consult the manuscript as the executer sold it. Bound in contemporary 3/4 polished calf over marbled paper covered boards raised bands with compartments decorated in gilt, dark brown and green morocco spine labels gilt, all edge marbled with matching endpapers, occasional spots of foxing to plates, from the library of Charles B. Gilbert. A very good set.

Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two volumes. xix, 288 36 (publisher's ads); 263. (1)+ (1) ad pp. Illustrated with 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank; plus copper engraved frontispeice portrait of Grimaldi in first volume. 7 1/2 by 4 3/4 inches, later half dark maroon morocco and marbled boards, ruled in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Bound by T. Raines of London. First edition, early issue. Spines a bit sunned, light shelf wear, occasional foxing, very good or better.

Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First State with last plate facing page 238 without 'grotesque' border, frontis portrait by W. Greatbatch after a paintingby S. Raven, lacks half title. Full polished calf binding signed by Morrell, teg, inner dentells decorated in gilt, 5 raised bands with 6 decorated compartments. VERY GOOD both volumes have minor scuffing and corners are lightly bumped, shelfwear. Volume 1 has abrasion at head of spine with wear to two of the bands, Volume 2 has minor loss of gilt at head of spine.

Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.

Grimaldi, Joseph. 'Boz' - Editor. [Dickens, Charles]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi [Complete in Two Volumes]. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition, First State. Hardcover. Signed fine binding by London's Root & Son. First issue, without the 'grotesque' border added to V2 p. 238 [Eckel, 140]. Includes 13 superb engraved illustrations by George Cruikshank. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a presentable (and repairable) set of this minor classic. Moderate shelf/edge wear, spine darked and dry (likely exposed, shelved, to a house fire), spine labels missing, all joints tender and/or split, front board of V2 free, light sporadic foxing, focused at preliminaries, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Signed full tan leather binding, five raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled endpages, tissueguard, teg. 8vo. 288; 263pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles ["Boz"]; Joseph Grimaldi. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi in two volumes. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 volume set. 20.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. xix 288pp, ix 263 36pp ads. Bound in publisher's pink embossed cloth. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi in volume one and 11 etched plates by Cruikshank, 5 in volume 1, 6 in volume 2. First edition first issue with "The Last Song" plate having no border. Front gutter of volume 1 cracked. Spines are toned. Dicken's edited and wrote large sections of this autobiography of the actor from Grimaldi's rough sketch. Eckel page152-155.

Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

[DICKENS, Charles]; "BOZ". MEMOIRS OF GRIMALDI Volumes 1 & 2.. Richard Bentley, 1838.

Price: US$500.56 + shipping

Description: First edition. Two volumes, half bound in brown leather with gilt lettering on the spine, marbles boards and marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A very good copy, slightly worn along the joints, corners and edges. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

Charles Dickens; “Boz”; George Cruikshank. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. First Edition, Second Issue. Original Publisher’s Cloth. London, Richard Bentley, 1838.

Price: US$700.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An early 19th century first edition, second issue of Dicken’s retelling of the memoirs of English clown Joseph Grimaldi, an English actor, comedian, and dancer, who was renowned for being the most popular English entertainer of the Regency Era. There are twelve etched plates by Cruikshank. These volumes are present in the original publisher’s cloth, with a gilt title and pictoral vignettes to the spine. Two volumes in octavo, XIX+288, IX+263+36 pages These volumes are in very good shape, with minor rubbing and sunning to the bindings. There is foxing and staining throughout.

Seller: That Guy With The Books, Toronto, ON, Canada

Edited by Boz [Dickens, Charles]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$722.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, complete in two volumes. A very good set in variant publisher's dark green cloth with gilt decorations to spine, some rubbing to the joints, but overall a solid set. Armorial bookplates to front pastedown and front end paper, some browning to a few places in the text, complete with the 13 plates, engraved by Cruiksank, most of the plates have the tissue guards intact, first issue with the last plate is without the grotesque border.

Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland

Boz' [ed.] [Dickens, Charles, pseud.]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Two volume set. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$846.41 + shipping

Description: 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xix, 288pp; ix, 263pp. 12 plates by George Cruikshank, including frontis in vol 2. Frontis portrait in vol 1 by Greatbatch after Raven. Second state with grotesque border around 'The Last Song'. VG : in very good condition. Rebound by Thomson of Exeter with marbled eps and edges. Light shelfwear to edges and corners. Age-toning within and occasional spotting, impacting on some plates. Half title pages absent, also ads Full leather marbled calf rebind with floral gilt tooling to spines

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

Dickens (Charles). Edited by "Boz". The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Richard Bentley,, 1838.

Price: US$887.37 + shipping

Description: Engraved portrait frontispiece after S. Raven, and twelve etched plates (including frontispiece to volume 2) by George Cruikshank Two volumes Last plate in volume 2 in second state with grotesque border. A little wear to extremities, especially at head and foot of spines, some marking to sides, some foxing throughout, first few leaves of volume 2 with short tear at upper inner blank margin, nevertheless a nice, bright copy; armorial bookplate in each volume, one partly removed Original variant green blindstamped cloth, spines pictorially gilt

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

[DICKENS, Charles].. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi.. London Richard Bentley, 1838.

Price: US$907.50 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression; 2 volumes; 8vo (20 x 13 8 x 5 in); armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each vol., numerous illustrations by George Cruickshank, with ads. to end of vol. I; early half morocco, green cloth boards, gilt spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, spine faded, very minor areas of wear to extremities, original pink cloth and spine bound in; xix, [3], 263, [1], 36; xix, [3], 288pp, a very good set. The first edition of the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by Charles Dickens (under the pseudonym 'Boz') with introductory and concluding chapters by the author, and illustrations by the noted caricaturist George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Grimaldi (d.1837), a comic actor and pantomimist, regularly performed at the Sadler's Wells theatre, and counted Lord Byron among his patrons. He is best-known today for first donning the white face paint and garish costume archetypal of the modern clown.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom

DICKENS, Charles.. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz". With illustrations by George Cruikshank.. Richard Bentley. 1838, 1838.

Price: US$929.62 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 2 vols. Half titles, fronts. & plates rather spotted in places. Sl. later half dark green morocco, spines with raised gilt bands, gilt devices & lettering, marbled board. Armorial bookplates of of J.H. Bankes. v.g. The plate 'The Last Song' appears without a border (1st issue).

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

Dickens, Charles. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$975.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Dickens’ popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's decorated dark green cloth with gilt titles and gilt pictorial vignettes to the spines, frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi and 12 illustrations by George Cruikshank. With the 36-page undated publisher's catalogue bound-in at the end of vol.2. and plate facing page 238 in the second state. In fine condition. Housed in two half morocco and chemise slipcases. After the legendary pantomime's death, Dickens was invited by Richard Bentley to edit and improve Thomas Egerton Wilks's clumsily written Life of Grimaldi, which had been based on the clown's own notes, which Dickens did under his regular nom de plume, "Boz". As a child, Dickens saw Grimaldi perform at the Star Theatre, Rochester, in 1820. The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, illustrated by George Cruikshank, sold well, to Dickens's surprise.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Grimaldi, Joseph. 'Boz' - Editor. [Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. MEMOIRS Of JOSEPH GRIMALDI. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$1045.00 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes. Frontis & 12 plates by Cruikshank. 8vo. Gilt bright. A solid Very Good set. Original publisher's later-issue brown cloth with elaborate gilt stamping to spine (professionally recased)

Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Boz' (Charles Dickens). Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. (2 volumes). Richard Bentley., London., 1838.

Price: US$1170.15 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: xix, 288 + ix, 263pp, 12 illustrations (Cruikshank)Very light wear Andrew Grieve binding, 1st state, text is clean, some plates are spotted (please ask for photos) aeg. Will require insurance. 1.2kg

Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Editor. Grimaldi, Joseph [1778 - 1837]. MEMOIRS Of JOSEPH GRIMALDI. Edited by "Boz". Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$1375.00 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes: xix, [3], 288; xix, [1 (blank)], 263, [1], 36 pp. Publisher catalogue concludes Vol II. Illustrated with 13 plates by Geroge Cruikshank. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5" Spines sun-tanned. Some foxing. Vol I with gutter break prior to the 'B' gathering. A VG set in a worn cloth clamshell case. Original publisher's pink ribbon-embossed cloth bindings. Yellow eps. Housed in a custom red cloth clamshell case

Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens. Memoirs of Joseph Grimald. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$1625.21 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Charles Dickens. Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1838. A scarce find of first edition, first issue 2 volumes of  The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi edited by "Boz" with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Richard Bentley. Cohn 237; Eckel page 140. first issue without the "grotesque" border to the final plate. Two volumes with original pink cloth boards with blind stamped floral designs. Gilt lettering on the faded spine. Frayed spine ends and dust soiling of the covers. Some chipping to the spine ends. Good tight binding. 12 etched black and white plates by George Cruikshank, no tissue guards, including the engraved portrait frontpiece. Spotted throughout the volumes and some offsetting of the plates. 8vo with 36 pages of publishers catalogue at the rear. 288 and 263pp.

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

DICKENS, Charles.. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi.. Richard Bentley. 1838, 1838.

Price: US$1787.73 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. 2 vols. Half titles, front. port. vol. I, plates by George Cruikshank, 36pp undated cata. vol. II; some spotting & browning. Untrimmed in orig. vertical-grained black cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines pictorially blocked & lettered in black; expertly recased with some minor repairs to head & tail of spines. v.g. Cohn 237. Gimbel B64. The plate 'The last song', opposite p238 in vol. II, is in the second state, with elaborate 'pantomimesque' borders. In a black cloth variant not mentioned by Gimbel, with different blocking from the pink-brown cloth. The introductory chapter is by Dickens and explains the origins of the work. Grimaldi, Dickens notes, 'was employed in writing a full account of his life and adventures' for about a year before his death, producing an account of himself that was 'exceedingly voluminous'. Dickens explains that in his role as editor he has not embellished the memoir in any way, but rather carried out 'a double and most comprehensive process of abridgement'.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

DICKENS, CHARLES, Editor. (BINDINGS - RIVIERE & SON). MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$1820.00 + shipping

Description: 204 x 125 mm. (8 x 4 7/8"). With half titles and with 36 pp. of ads at the end of Vol. II. Two volumes. HANDSOME FOREST GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY RIVIERE & SON (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with French fillet borders, raised bands, spines gilt in delicately tooled compartments with scrolling centerpiece within a lozenge of small tools, volute cornerpieces, gilt titling, turn-ins densely gilt with floral rolls and plain and decorative rules, purple endpapers, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Original purple cloth binding bound in. With 13 plates by George Cruikshank. Eckel, pp. 140-42; Kitton, pp. 177-83; Gimbel Collection B-64. ◆Spines evenly sunned to tan (as usual with green morocco), faint offsetting from final plate, otherwise A VERY FINE COPY, with only the most trivial imperfections internally, and in a sparkling binding. This is an extraordinarily attractive copy of the biography of Joseph Grimaldi (1779-1837), called by Britannica "the most celebrated of English clowns," and generally considered without equal as a clown of pantomime. There has been much debate about the exact nature of Dickens' role in the writing of this book. Forster said that Dickens wrote only the introductory chapter; others have said that he edited the manuscript, with the help of his father; and Bentley has stated in print that Dickens wrote a significant portion of the work. Eckel says, "It is plain that the last chapter is in Dickens' style and that other parts of the book are his. Grimaldi laid the foundation for his memoirs, but in a rough and diffuse manner. He gave the manuscript to Thomas Egerton Wilks, who, after some condensing, sold the manuscript to Bentley, who, in turn, passed it to Dickens for the purpose of embroidery." According to Kitton, copies with the frame around the final plate (as here) are more valuable than others because of their relative scarcity; the border was added without Dickens' consent, and when he expressed his displeasure, it was quickly removed. The especially pretty Riviere binding is typical of the firm's first-rate work and use of the best materials. FIRST EDITION, Second State (with frame around final plate, "The Last Song").

Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." (2 Vols.). Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The 1838 true 1st edition (with no border to "The Last Song"), in a sumptuous, light-blue, full-leather binding. 5 raised bands, highly-decorative, gilt-ornamented compartments along the spine. Clean, tight and Near Fine and, internally, bordering on immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. 12mos, all edges gilt, full-page illustrations thruout by the great George Cruikshank. Also includes a handsome, custom-made, blue-cloth slipcase housing the set.

Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.

BOZ. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by 'Boz'. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. LORD ROSEBERY'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. Richard Bentley,, 1838.

Price: US$2080.27 + shipping

Description: 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with 2 engraved frontispieces (one a portrait; original tissue guards present) and 11 engraved plates (all original tissue guards present), some occasional, light and wholly inoffensive age-staining; handsomely bound in contemporary full light tan calf, sides with triple frame border enclosing at four corners a floral spray, back with five raised bands, second and third compartments with red and green leather labels framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, gilt tops, marbled endpapers, uncut, very neatly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a fresh, crisp and most attractive copy. 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.

Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom

[DICKENS, Charles] [1812-1870] (Editor).. Memoirs Of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited By "Boz".. London: Richard Bentley, 1838., 1838.

Price: US$2250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xix, [1 leaf]plate list, 288; ix, 263, [1] + 36(ads). with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait of Grimaldi by W.Greatbach after S.Raven & 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank. original pink floral-embossed cloth (some soiling to cloth, extremities trifle frayed, occasional light mainly marginal foxing). morocco-backed slipcase with inner cloth folders (corners rubbed, cloth sides bit soiled). First Edition, primary binding, last plate in Vol II in the first state (without the added "grotesque" border). Podeschi B64. Eckel p. 152-155. Cohn 237.

Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada

[Dickens Charles] 'Boz,' ed. MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI. London Richard Bentley 1838, 1838.

Price: US$2695.00 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes. First edition, first issue, first state without the "grotesque" border added at Vol. II p. 238. 13 illustrations by George Cruikshank. In addition and extra are two very finely executed unsigned watercolours at the end of Volume II. 8vo, very handsomely bound and signed Bartlett in full red calf, the spines beautifully decorated with ornate gilt tooled panels within compartments between raised bands, the covers ruled at the borders with double gilt-fillet lines and corner tools. Marbled endpapers and gilt tooled turn-ins. Original cloth covers bound in at the end of each volume. xix, 288; ix, 263, 2 watercolours on two leaves, 36 ads. pp. A fine and very handsome copy with some very minor evidence of age. FIRST EDITION. A unique copy with two very fine watercolurs added to the end of Volume II and with the original cloth covers and spine panels bound in.

Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles.. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz". With illustrations by George Cruikshank.. Richard Bentley. 1838, 1838.

Price: US$4004.52 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 2 vols. Half titles, fronts. & plates rather spotted in places. Later 19thC full scarlet crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt spines, double-ruled borders & dentelles; leading hinge a little weak vol. I. With the orig. pink cloth bound in at end of each vol. Bookplates of J.F. Hinckley. t.e.g. The plate 'The Last Song' appears without a border (1st issue). This copy has been bound with one of George Cruikshank's original designs for one of the plates. The pencil drawing is signed by Cruikshank, and bound in opposite the printed version between pages 238 and 239 in volume one. The plate is Mr Mackintosh's Covey, portraying a scene where Grimaldi went pigeon shooting with his friend Bologna.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

DICKENS, Charles; CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. Oliver Twist. London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 1838.

Price: US$4950.00 + shipping

Description: Charles Dickens Unromantic Portrayal of Criminals and Their Sordid Lives DICKENS, Charles. Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. Author of "The Pickwick Papers" In Three Volumes. Vol. I. [II. III. ] London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition of Dickens' second novel. The "Charles Dickens" issue, with the title-page authorship credit to Charles Dickens instead of "Boz" and with the "Church" version of the final plate. First state of volume III with "pilaster" instead of "pier" or "pedestal" on page 164. Almost all the internal flaws according to Smith present. Three octavo volumes (7 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 202 x 124 mm.). Volumes I and III in twelves, volume II in eights. [iv], [1]2-331, [1, blank], [4, advertisements]; [iv], [1]2-307, [1, blank]; [iv], [1]2-315, [1, blank] pp. No half-title called for in Volume III. Twenty-four engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Small piece (3/4 x 3/8 inch) torn away from upper corner of second plate in volume II, repaired tear to top margin of following pages (61/62; E7). Original (Smith primary binding; Carter binding variant B) reddish brown fine-diaper cloth, front and back covers stamped in blind with an arabesque design, spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt, original pale yellow coated endpapers. Some light foxing to plates as usual, some light occasional marginal soiling. Spine ends and inner hinges of volume three expertly and almost invisibly repaired, spines very slightly faded but gilt still bright. Armorial bookplate of Adrian Hoffman Joline on front paste-downs (bookplate for volume two removed). Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell case. An excellent and very attractive set. For this novel, Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form, Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: Volume I was printed in a twelvemo format by Samuel Bentley; Volume II in octavo format by Whiting; and Volume III preliminaries and signatures A-F and probably G by Whiting with the remaining text by Samuel Bentley, again in twelvemo format. The three-decker publication date was 9 November 1839, and within a week, at Dickens's insistence, the title-pages were changed to include his name, and the "Church" version of the final plate was substituted for the "Fireside" version. Smith I, 4. Oliver Twist, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, and was first published as a serial 1837-39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin. Oliver Twist is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century. "My dear child,' said the old gentleman, moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal, 'you need not be afraid of my deserting you, unless you give me cause.' I never, never will, sir,' interposed Oliver." In this early example of the social novel, Dickens satirizes the hypocrisies of his time, including child labor, the recruitment of children as criminals, and the presence of street children. The novel may have been inspired by the story A Memoir of of Robert Blincoe, (1832), an orphan whose account of working as a child laborer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences contributed as well. Oliver Twist has been the subject of numerous adaptations for various media, including a highly successful musical play, Oliver!, and the multiple Academy Award-winning 1968 motion picture which featured Mark Lester as Oliver, Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger, Ron Moody as Fagin and Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes.

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Charles Dickens. Joseph Grimaldi Memoirs. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: George Cruikshank. First Edition. Leather Bound. H: 8", D: 5 1/4", W: 1 1/4" 2 Volumes. Charles Dickens, Joseph Grimaldi Memoirs. First Edition. Bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with the covers displaying figures in multi-color inlay and gilt-tooled borders. The spines display gilt-tooled detailing. All of the edges are gilt with gilt-tooled turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Published by Richard Bentley in London, 1838. Housed in a linen slipcase.

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DICKENS, Charles; SPARKS, Timothy; BAYNTUN, binder; CRUIKSHANK, George. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 1838.

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Description: "The Most Celebrated of English Clowns" Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Superbly Bound by Bayntun ca. 1920 Four Magnificent Color Pictorial Inlaid Characters Handsomely Extra-Illustrated [DICKENS, Charles]. BAYNTUN, binder. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [II.] London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, first issue, with no border around final plate and correct page listing in list of "Embellishments." Two octavo volumes (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 191 x 117 mm.). [i]-xix, [xx, blank], 288 pp; [i-ix, [x, blank], 263, [264, printers imprint]. Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I, and twelve engraved plates by George Cruikshank. The frontispiece to each volume hand-colored (volume I. "Joseph Grimaldi" & Volume II. "Grimaldi's kindness to the Giant"). Extra illustrated by the insertion of forty-eight engraved plates, eighteen of which are hand colored. Six of the hand colored plates are by F.W. Pailthorpe; six by Isaac Cruikshank? and two by George Cruikshank. All three of these artists are famous Dickens illustrators. Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun, stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on rear silk endleaves. Full forest green crushed levant morocco, covers triple-ruled in gilt surrounding a thin inlaid border of black morocco. Spines with five raised bands, decoratively bordered in black and gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, gilt board edges and decorative gilt turn-ins. Front and back doublures of each volume with a superb figure and background inlaid in various colored morocco's. Green watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise very fine. Housed in the original, fleece-lined, green cloth slipcase. A spectacular example of a pair of early Bayntun bindings, typical of the firm's first-rate work and use of the best materials. The four inlaid designs include "Gaby Grin, The Eccentric Clown." and three other characters from the book. Joseph Grimaldi (1779-1837), called by Britannica "the most celebrated of English clowns," and generally considered without equal as a clown of pantomime. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi is the autobiography of the nineteenth-century clown Joseph Grimaldi. There has been much debate about the exact nature of Dickens' role in the writing of this book. Forster said that Dickens wrote only the introductory chapter; others have said that he edited the manuscript, with the help of his father; and Bentley has stated in print that Dickens wrote a significant portion of the work. Eckel says, "It is plain that the last chapter is in Dickens' style and that other parts of the book are his. Grimaldi laid the foundation for his memoirs, but in a rough and diffuse manner. He gave the manuscript to Thomas Egerton Wilks, who, after some condensing, sold the manuscript to Bentley, who, in turn, passed it to Dickens for the purpose of embroidery." According to Kitton, copies with the frame around the final plate (as here) are more valuable than others because of their relative scarcity; the border was added without Dickens' consent, and when he expressed his displeasure, it was quickly removed. Bayntun of Bath. George Bayntun (1873-1940) served his apprenticeship with the Taylor family in Trim Street and started his own bookbinding business in Northumberland Place in 1894. He employed London binders to raise the standard of craftsmanship and soon moved into a larger workshop in Walcot Street. Book Auction Records for 1906 recognized his success: "He has brought intelligence into play as well as high craftsmanship". In 1920 he purchased the bindery business of George Gregory, and in 1939 the Bayntun and Rivière binderies were incorporated into a new set of premises on Manvers Street (Bath), from where the business still operates today. George Bayntun had an especially good relationship with many of the pre-eminent American dealers including Brentano's. Gimbel B64. Eckel pp. 140-2.

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Dickens, Charles. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz". Richard Bentley, London, 1838.

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Description: 288, 263 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Half-titles, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 61 ENGRAVINGS including the 12 etchings by George Cruikshank, many hand-colored and folding (including a play bill from the Drury Lane Theater announcing his last public appearance, Friday, June 27. 1828), several proofs before letters. Grimaldi was considered the most celebrated of English clowns, know particularly for his pantomime. An early work of Dickens, who wrote the preface, the last chapter, and edited this work on the famous English actor and clown according to Johnson's biography. Gilt stamped, bound by Baytun; issue with the plate "Last Song" without a border. Spine in six compartments, raised bands gilt lettered, inner dentelles, original brown cloth bound in at end, marbled endpapers with spine lettered at foot noting "Extra Illustrated." ECKLES p.152-153. GIMBEL B64. Full green levant with large central pictorial inlays of Grimaldi as a clown and as another theatrical character in various color morocco's within a geometric gilt frame. Aeg. Two vols

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