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[DICKENS, CHARLES.] [Davenport, Richard Alfred.] Sketches of Imposture, Deception and Credulity. Small 8vo, contemporary 1/4 maroon morocco over marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, marbled edges, joints rubbed; housed in chemise and full morocco gilt pull-off case with Dickens' monogram device, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. London: Thomas Tegg, 1837
first edition. charles dickens' copy, bearing his bookplate as well as the 1870 Gadshill Place sale label, both mounted to front pastedown. "A sample of the manifold frauds which have, in all ages, been successfully employed to frighten and gull mankind."
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