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[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870), editor]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz." With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 8vos. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait in volume I and 12 plates by Crookshank. 2 volumes. 288; [264], [36, ads] pp. Half-titles present. Bound in modern full dark blue calf, boards double-ruled in gilt, spines lettered in gilt in compartments, four raised bands (edges untrimmed, text slightly toned, occasional foxing in text, plates foxed, occasional soiling in text). Fine. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (no border around the final plate in volume II, “The Last Song.") This famous autobiography of the clown, Grimaldi, was edited by Dickens early in his career. Eckel, p. 140-41.