{"product_id":"memoirs-of-joseph-grimaldi-edited-by-charles-darwin-1838-first-edition","title":"MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI EDITED BY CHARLES DICKENS 1838 FIRST EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DICKENS, CHARLES]. \u003cstrong\u003eMemoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by \"Boz\". With Illustrations by George Cruikshank.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: Richard Bentley, 1838.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, without the border added to the plate The last song of the second volume. Complete in two volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (19 x 11 cm); pp. [i]-xix, [xx, blank], 288 pp; [i-ix, [x, blank], 263, [264, printers imprint]. English text. Handsomely bound in contemporary full polished tan calf gilt by Sangorski \u0026amp; Sutcliffe; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers; half-title to volume II, engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I, and twelve engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Printed in Great Britain by Samuel Bentley. Condition: NEAR FINE. Bindings tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Covers well-preserved with some trivial rubbing to the extremities. Interiors fresh and clean with very light toning. Without previous ownership markings. A most handsome set.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes: First edition of Dickens' popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. 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, much to Dickens's surprise.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFR Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56941861208439,"sku":null,"price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0456\/6872\/8995\/files\/image_a05d2f2c-7058-40fb-ab8a-c12397b053e7.jpg?v=1774670751","url":"https:\/\/rarebooksboutique.com\/products\/memoirs-of-joseph-grimaldi-edited-by-charles-darwin-1838-first-edition","provider":"MFR Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}