Sunday Under Three Heads.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1836.
16mo, 49 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers, in an elaborate custom green morocco box with floral gilt decoration. A near fine copy of this fragile pamphlet with very occasional spotting and a short split in the hinge of the front wrapper.
§ First edition of a pamphlet written by Dickens under the pseudonym of Timothy Sparks, defending the rights of the working class to a free Sabbath, in opposition to a proposed law which would have banned recreation on Sundays. The pamphlet was never reprinted in Dickens' lifetime. Two facsimile editions appeared in 1884; the first edition is distinguished by the words "Sunday Under Three Heads" beginning page 35, and the spelling "hair" rather than "air" on page 7, line 15. One of Dickens' scarcer minor works and scarcer still in the original wrappers. Eckel p. 102. Item #126441
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