Author: Dickens,Charles & Quiz =(Edward Caswall) (Phiz =Harblot K Brown illustrations)
Title: Sketches Of Young Ladies: In which these interesting members of the animal Kingdom are classified According to their several Instincts, habits, and general characteristics, BOUND WITH SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN dedicated to the young Ladies
Description: London, Chapman and Hall 5th and 2nd edition 1837, 1838 Plates (6 + 6) by Phiz . TWO VOLUIMES BOUND IN ONE 154x100mm half calf with contrasting spine label (worn/covers detached/spine deficient) viii+80pp and viii+76pp+(4p)=publisher's catal. Coat of arms bookplate on FEP, a few signs of use but clean and tight and worth a reback. *Sketches of Young Ladies was written anonymously in 1837 and Dickens wrote the Sketches of Young Gentlemen in "answer" to the first.

Keywords: humor Victorian courtship


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