First edition, first impression. xx, 376pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece and further monochrome plate illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Boards are worn, rubbed around edges and rounded on corners and spine ends, faded and indented over a creased spine, scatter mild marks. Text block edges toned. Bookplates and labels on front paste down. Lacks front free endpaper. Some toning to endpapers and spotting on first and last few leaves. Firmly bound and robust.
The memoirs of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens (1849-1933), barrister and one time Common Serjeant of London, and the eight of novelist Charles Dickens' ten children. Full of anecdotes and personal recollections of his father, the first part of Sir Henry's memoirs are primarily concerned with his childhood and recollections of his father.
