DICKENS' LONDON
Written by Charles Dickens, Rosalind Vallance
Illustrated by George Cruikshank
Published by Folio Society
in 1966
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DICKENS' LONDON
Written by Charles Dickens, Rosalind Vallance.
Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1830590
2009.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Essays selected and Introduced by Rosalind Vallance. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. Light brown pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations. 239 pages. Eighth impression. Minor browning to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- Gone Astray
- The Streets-Morning
- Greenwich Fair
- Early Coaches
- Private Theatres
- A Parliamentary Sketch
- Gin-Shops
- Astley's
- The Prisoner's Van
- Meditations in Monmouth Street
- Scotland Yard
- The Theatrical Young Gentleman
- Doctor's Commons
- A Visit to Newgate
- The Chinese Junk
- The Amusements of the People
- On Duty with Inspector Field
- Arcadian London
- Wapping Workhouse
- Lively Turtle
- The City of the Absent
- Down with the Tide
- Titbull's Almshouses
- Some Recollections of Mortality
- Shy Neighbourhoods
- Night Walks