The IDENTITY Of MR SLUM. Charles Dickens and the Blacking Laureate

by Charles. 1812 - 1870 Dickens, Wilfred Partington

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First edition

London: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1937. 1st edition. #27/35 cc. 14 pp. 'Times' article 9 June 1938 mounted & bound-in at rear. 8vo. Custom bound in brown qtr calf with blue silk moire boards. A VG+ copy. Item #26805 Mr Slum , described by Partington as a pathetic and whimsical person from The Old Curiosity Shop who wrote the poetical puffs for Mrs Jarley's

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