Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi / edited by "Boz" ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank ; in two volumes.

General note: Boz is pseudonym of Charles Dickens. From 'Introductory Chapter' [pp.xvi-xviii]: "For about a year before his death, Grimaldi was employed in writing a full account of his life....The manuscript was confided to Mr. Thomas Egerton Wilks, to alter and revise....Mr Wilks...having concluded hislabours, offered the manuscript to the present publisher....The present editor...has edited it to the best of his ability....He has merely to add, that there has been no book-making in this case...".