The 3-volume edition, in original condition, is quite rare; according to Dickens bibliographer John Eckel ... it was acquired from Goodspeed's Book Shop in Boston. This copy was featured on the cover ...

Almost universally appreciative when he is writing of Dickens’ books, Biographer Leacock is also sympathetic when it comes to his hero’s private life. But he considers that Dickens never ...

and the book is blackened with their fingerprints, likely to have been due to the seal blubber fire that heated the cave. Also on display will be the work of Dickens' favourite illustrators ...