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[DICKENS, CHARLES]. Sunday under Three Heads. By Timothy Sparks. London: Chapman and Hall, 1836. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 2 plates after Hablot K. Browne. 12mo, original pictorial beige wrappers, upper cover detached, lower cover splitting along joint, some rubbing and soiling; some minor marginal soiling and wear; quarter morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION. Originally announced in Part III of the "Library of Fiction" this pamphlet is a strong plea for free, reasonable use of the Sunday, and against a Bill then recently rejected in Parliament which sought to enforce "better observance of the Sabbath." Eckel, pp. 106-08 ("...one of the scarcest minor booklets").