The Works of Charles Dickens: Sketches by Boz, Parts One and Two
New York: Bigelow, Brown and Co., [circa 1868].
Price: $20.00
Hardcover. Reprint. National Library Edition. Two volumes in one. Brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title faded, top edge gilt. Gutter cracked before title page, preliminary pages lightly dampstained on edges, thus good only.
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Charles Dickens
birth name: Charles John Huffman Dickens
born: 2/7/1812
died: 6/9/1870
nationality: Great Britain
Biography
English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Random Dickens trivia - the first professional baseball team was the Dolly Vardens, a Philadelphia, PA all-African-American, all-female baseball team formed in 1867 (two years before the Cincinnati Red Stockings). Their name came from a character in the Dickens's novella Barnaby Rudge. The Dolly Vardens folded after a short time due to lack of support.more