Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz."

First edition of Dickens' popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo, two volumes bound in full polished calf by Root with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt titles and tooling to the spin in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt rulings to the panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Original cloth covers bound in at rear. Ownership plate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. An exceptional set.