Dickens (Charles)

A Child’s History of England, first edition in book form, 3 vol. bound in one, lacking half titles and ads at end of vol. 1 & 3, 3, wood-engraved frontispieces by Francis Topham, some spotting and dust soiling, contemporary red half calf, rubbed, [Smith II, 10; Eckel, pages 128-130], 12mo, Bradbury & Evans, 1852-54; with Browne (James) A History of the Highlands; and of the Highland Clans, FIRST EDITION, 4 vol., occasional spotting, light age yellowing, armorial bookplate of James William Mitchell, later half black morocco, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, A. Fullerton & Co., Glasgow, 1838 (5)

*** First work. The work, which Dickens dictated to his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth, was first issued serially in Household Words.