(London: Chapman and Hall, 1850).

Dickens s rendering of his journeys in America. He went as far West as St. Louis and describes the people and characteristics of many of the cities and towns along the way including Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Cincinnati. An especially nice copy of this printing. Item #15783

First single volume edition. Engraved frontispiece. 8vo, handsomely bound in a contemporary Victorian binding of gilt-bordered three-quarter crushed green morocco over marbled boards with marbled endleaves, spine lettered in gilt and in compartments separated by gilt-decorated wide raised bands. xiii, 175. A fine and handsome copy, very nicely preserved copy with only the lightest mellowing to the spine pane.. Internally very bright and clean with no foxing, unusual for this period.