Vallance Rosalind Compiler (2 results)

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, oatmeal cloth lettered brown to spine, dust jacket not called for in this edition, a good tightly bound copy with an unmarked text but lacking the slipcase, illustrated, 239pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Stated fourth impression, 1972. Compiler Rosalind Vallance has provided a number of sketches of people and scenes around London during the time of Charles Dickens. Various occupations and ways of life are depicted, and illustrated with eye-catching engravings by George Cruikshank. These writings first appeared in various journals, such as the "Evening Chronicle" and/or in Dickens' "Sketches by Boz." --- In full tan cloth-covered boards with Cruikshank image of a parish beadle to front cover; brown topstain. Volume housed in brown paper-covered slipcase. --- The book itself is in excellent condition: unmarked, tightly-bound and bright. The slipcase is another matter, having numerous small holes to paper covering (which is likely the work of silverfish) but remaining structurally sound.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [6], 5-239 pages.…