Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] — SKETCHES BY BOZ
London: Chapman & Hall, 1850. 1st Cheap edition (in volume form). Period tan half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. xiv, [2], 303, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" The "Cheap" edition the first systematic reissuance of Dickens' works and begun in 1847, with Pickwick Papers, in weekly, monthly & volume formats. The edition characterised by the double column format and illustrated solely with a frontispiece, and contains a new preface by Dickens written expressly for this edition. Modest wear. 1850 pos ["Mary Ann Sutton"] to ffep. Light foxing, primarily to end sheets. A VG copy.