PICTURES FROM ITALY.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 2 pp undated ads. Original blind-stamped blue cloth.
First Edition of Dickens's account of his 1844 tour of Italy.
His description of the coaching trips which took him from place to place for five months is full of wonderful observations of his fellow-men... His account of a public execution in Rome is remarkable -- his emotional reaction is held firmly in control but revulsion at the whole proceeding is implicit in every line [CGEL]
This copy is in the primary (fine-diaper cloth) binding; copies were also issued in ribbed cloth of the same color. This is a very good copy, with little wear but with some soil on the covers; the endpapers are old but not original. The front flyleaf bears the penciled signature of Walter E. Smith, bibliographer of Dickens. Smith II pp 44-58. Item #10703
Price: $295.00