DICKENS, CHARLES; VALLANCE, ROSALIND (COMPILER); CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE (ILLUSTRATIONS) — Dickens' London

London: The Folio Society, 1972. Hardcover. 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. Near Fine .