[Dickens first edition, in original binding.] Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." With illustrations by George Cruikshank. In two volumes.

2 vols: xix + [1] + 288; ix + 263. With frontispieces to both volumes (both with tissue guards) and the eleven other plates called for. First edition, first issue, with the plate facing p.238 of vol.2 in its first state (without the 'grotesque' border), and the 36-page undated publisher's catalogue bound-in at the end of vol.2. In primary binding of pink cloth with floral pattern, and the gilt titles on the spine held up by an image of a clown. A good, tight copy, on lightly-aged paper, in lightly dulled and worn bindings, with good strong hinges; lacking the half-title to the second volume, and with endpapers of plain white paper (not yellow coated). Loosely inserted is a printed advertisement for the book laid down on a postcard with manuscript note on reverse: 'This Advertisement I found in an old book, dated 1854 | Wm Taylor | Sep 9. 07.' Printed slip with catalogue entry for the book laid down on front pastedown of first volume, with two similar slips loosely inserted.