MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01722cam a22002771a 4500
001 16016967
003 DLC
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008 760909s1838 enkac 000 0aeng
010 $a 16016967
035 $a(OCoLC)2420258
040 $aDLC$cAzU$dAzU$dTxU-Hu$dDLC
042 $apremarc
050 00 $aPN2598.G68$bA3 1838
100 1 $aGrimaldi, Joseph,$d1779-1837.
245 10 $aMemoirs of Joseph Grimaldi /$cedited by "Boz" ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank.
260 $aLondon :$bR. Bentley,$c1838.
300 $a2 v. :$bill., port. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aGrimaldi's original ms. was first altered and revised by Mr. Thomas Egerton Wilks, who sold it to the present publisher. "The present editor ... accepted a proposal from the publisher to edit the book, and has edited it to the best of his ability, altering its form throughout, and making such other alterations as he concieved would improve the narration of the facts without any departure from the facts themselves"--Introductory chapter.
500 $aPoints of issue for this edition: 1) cloth binding: pink for both volumes (1st issue) or black for v. 1, green for v. 2 (2nd issue); 2) the plate, The last song, has no border (1st issue) or has a border (2nd issue); 3) the leaf "Embellishments" which follows the introductory chapter in v. 1 lists the sixth plate at p. 128 (1st issue) or, correctly, at p. 182 (2nd issue).
500 $aCharles Dickens autographed letter in volume 1$5DLC
510 4 $aPodeschi, J.B. Dickens & Dickensiana,$cB64
510 4 $aCarr, L. VanderPoel Dickens,$cB599
600 10 $aGrimaldi, Joseph,$d1779-1837.
700 1 $aDickens, Charles,$d1812-1870.
700 1 $aCruikshank, George,$d1792-1878.