u003cpu003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eCharles Dickens was one of the great chroniclers of London life. From the colorful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, he captured the grime and the glory of the English capital with singular brilliance.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eOrphans and beggars, lord mayors and murderers, actors, criminals, cab drivers and prostitutes; all rub shoulders in this wonderful selection from u003ciu003eSketches by Boz.u003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eChosen and introduced by the playwright J. B. Priestley, these thirteen marvelous sketches are accompanied by George Cruikshanks evocative illustrations.u003c/pu003e
