Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi in two volumes.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set. 20.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. xix 288pp, ix 263 36pp ads. Bound in publisher's pink embossed cloth. With engraved frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi in volume one and 11 etched plates by Cruikshank, 5 in volume 1, 6 in volume 2. First edition first issue with "The Last Song" plate having no border. Front gutter of volume 1 cracked. Spines are toned. Very Good. Item #70803
Dicken's edited and wrote large sections of this autobiography of the actor from Grimaldi's rough sketch. Eckel page152-155.
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