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‎DICKENS Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield‎

‎Norwalk: Easton 1979. hardcover. fine/fine. Austen John. Illustrations by John Austen. 821pp. Very thick 8vo gilt-stamped brown leather a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press 1979. A fine copy.<br/><br/> 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 299838

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield‎

‎New York and London: Hodder & Stoughton 1911. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/No. First edition thus with illustrations in color by Frank Reynolds. 1911. Tissue guards present. An unfaded copy in quarto sized decorated red and gold cloth binding. Prior owner inscription from 1911 to front endpaper. Minor soiling to covers. Unfortunate tear to the binding near the spine crown see photo. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 30918

‎DICKENS Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield‎

‎London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated by H.K. Browne. 8vo early 20th century full dark blue crushed morocco by Sotheran with gilt spine & dentelles raised bands all edges gilt & portrait of Dickens on the front cover. London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First Edition.<br/><br/> With most of the first issue points except "screamed" on p. 132. Engraved vignette half-title with date and errata page present. The plates are exceptionally clean with very occasional light foxing.<br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 295520

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall 1863. xiv errata2624pp. Large thick octavo. Publisher's original olive green cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Engraved frontis and title- page vignette. 38 engraved plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". Ink name on front free endsheet slight cracking of rear inner hinge some sunning and rubbing to the spine and wear to lower fore-tips otherwise an unusually nice clean copy very good or slightly better. Uncommon in this condition in the publisher's cloth. Chapman & Hall hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT82706

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield‎

‎Bradbury & Evans 1850. First Edition. wrappers. Very good. 20 vols. in 19 a serialization sequentially published over 1 1/2 years. 1st edition 1st issue in the original monthly parts preceding all other editions and read the next sentence deliberately because the distressing phrase you inevitably see is "almost every" while the happy phrase you are about to see is "each and every." This set conforms to each and every point in Hatton & Cleaver all erratum the correct covers all ads all samples and all 40 inserted plates by H. K. Browne including the frontispiece and vignette title. And perfection is important in a Dickens parts serialization because later ads are the telltale sign of later issue in many cases months later so do not discount comprehensiveness as mere frill or turn your back on it the way you would on a drunk woman haphazardly seated nearby at a dinner party who relentlessly keeps insisting that you name your favorite Powerpuff Girl. Original wrappers neat repairs to backstrips light wear at edges else a very good set the old-fashioned very good infrequently offered for sale so clean complete upright and intact a stirring combination of quality magnitude precedence and inclusiveness. Full dark blue morocco case. Collation: Octavo 8 1/8" X 5 9/16". i-vii viii ix x-xii xiii xiv xv-xvi 1 2-624. Reference: Hatton and Cleaver pp. 253-272. Eckel pp. 75-77. Raising his game at the height of his powers Dickens explores writing in the first person and achieves the great novel of initiation finding the ideal balance between the bustling energy of his early works and the mature sense of design exhibited here for the first time. The plotline is pierced by an unsettling exposé of the treatment inflicted on Victorian children and this is buttressed by poignant statements about the terrors and torments of youth coming of age most of which apply in any era and successfully concluding his quest the novel ends with a glimpse of the grown man. Dickens began to write it as pure autobiography but he found the naked facts too personal accordingly many of the events are drawn from his personal experiences but many more are fictionalized from his keen reconnaissance of life. However Micawber can be no other than Dickens' father and there is no doubt that David Copperfield is Dickens himself. And knowing that he had laid the needle against the redline pin on the great-ometer he openly stated more than once that Copperfield was his favorite from among all his books. Bradbury & Evans unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 66

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield‎

‎London: Hodder & Stoughton 1983. Full blue leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration to the front board with four raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine all edges gilt decorative endpages and gorgeous tissue-guarded illustrations by Frank Reynolds R.I. Fine lacking the slipcase. A beautifully produced book. . Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by ReynoldsR.I. Frank. Large 8vo. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 002798

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield with Signature‎

‎London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First edition. Near Fine. H.K. Browne. Bound by Bayntun in full red polished calf Dickens' portrait stamped in gilt on the front board blue and green morocco spine labels all edges gilt marbled end papers. Tipped in to the first blank is an envelope signed by Charles Dickens. Internal contents are in excellent condition clean and bright. Slight wear to the outer joint of the front board still holding well. A lovely copy of one of Dickens' best and his most autobiographical novel. <br/><br/>"David Copperfield has always been among Dickens' most popular novels and was his own 'favorite child.' The work is semi-autobiographical and although the title character differed from his creator in many ways Dickens used him to relate early personal experiences that had meant much to him -- his work in a factory his schooling and his emergence from parliamentary reporting into successful novel writing" Britannica. Like many of Dickens' novels David Copperfield uses an individual tracing his widening system of relationships as he moves through life to explore the interconnectedness of humans the way race gender and class can affect their paths and the degree to which we have free-will. Near Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 3315

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield.‎

‎London: George G. Harrap 1924. Finely bound example of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo bound in full morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine tooling to the front and rear panels frontispiece marbled endpapers. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond. In fine condition. With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick. it would be strange if it had been otherwise" Eckel 77. "Dickens and Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. "Charles Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. George G. Harrap unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 119346

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield.‎

‎London: Bradbury and Evans 1850. First edition in book form of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with black morocco spine label lettered in gilt tooling to the spine and raised gilt bands frontispiece pictorial title page and 38 etched plates by H. K. Browne. In very good condition. With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick. it would be strange if it had been otherwise" Eckel 77. "Dickens and Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. "Charles Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 11567

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield.‎

‎London: Bradbury and Evans 1850. First edition in book form of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments raised bands red morocco spine labels. With frontispiece engraved title-page and 38 plates inserted throughout. Plates by H.K. Browne. In near fine condition. With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick. it would be strange if it had been otherwise" Eckel 77. "Dickens and Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. "Charles Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 99845

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield.‎

‎London: Bradbury and Evans May 1849-November 1850. First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Original serial issue. Twenty parts in nineteen octavo four to thirty-two pages of preliminary advertisements; text continuously paginated 1-624; eight leaves of preliminaries follow text in final part. Frontispiece vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates the majority with tissue inserts as issued. Original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers. Several backstrips chipped at head and foot; some light soiling wear at hinges; some parts skewed. In excellent condition an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work. Includes the scarce insert "Lett's diaries" advertisement at end of Part VIII which unfolds to a 26 inches with ten specimen diary leaves. According to Hatton & Cleaver this is a "particularly scarce" insert. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 253-272. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A very nice example. With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick. it would be strange if it had been otherwise" Eckel 77. "Dickens and Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. "Charles Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. Bradbury and Evans unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 91369

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Coppperfield‎

‎London New York Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton. Hardcover. VG Minor wear to cloth at extremities of slipcase; Light foxing to some early and later pages; Overall clean and tight. Frank Reynolds. Cardboard slipcase covered in deep red cloth; Full leather binding with gilt decoration and titling and raised bands to spine and gilt decoration to covers; All edges gilt; Marbled endpapers; 572 pp.; 21 color plates tipped in with tissue overlay. A beautiful copy of this Dickens work; Includes illustrations by British artist Frank Reynolds known for his illustrations of some of Dickens's works as well as for Punch magazine. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 121586

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Personal History. of David Copperfield.With Illustrations By H. K. Browne In the Original Monthly Parts‎

‎London 1850 i.e. May 1849-November 1850: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. The present set collates complete with ALL the ads and slips called for by Hatton & Cleaver; ALL wrappers are correct. Twenty monthly parts in 19; octavo i-viiviiiixx-xiixiiixivxv-xvi 12-624. Forty inserted plates including the frontis and vignette title. Plates are very good to fine the majority being fine. Spines expertly renewed on several parts. The subscriber's name appears on the front wrap of 10 parts. The scarce Lett's Diary in part VIII has the leaf which folds out to 26 inches and 7 specimen leaves. In part XII the "Industry of All Nations" ad is unopened. Internally clean and bright throughout - an outstanding set in every respect. Housed in a turn-of-the-Century red full-leather pull-off-top solander clipcase with chemise. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 253-272. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 09151

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands‎

‎London: Henry Colburn 1841. First Edition second issue with the error "publisher young" corrected in the Introduction. With illustrations by George Cruikshank Phiz &c. In Three Volumes. Vol. I II. III. Volume I with frontispiece and another plate by Cruikshank two plates by Phiz; Volume II has a frontis and three plates by Phiz; Volume III has a frontis and five plates by Robert J. Hamerton. 3 vols. 12mo. Original olive-green cloth uncut. Plates with foxing and browning some fading and stains to covers spines faded variously Volume II with new endpapers very slight rubbing to spine ends; overall however this is an attractive set internally quite clean. First Edition second issue with the error "publisher young" corrected in the Introduction. With illustrations by George Cruikshank Phiz &c. In Three Volumes. Vol. I II. III. Volume I with frontispiece and another plate by Cruikshank two plates by Phiz; Volume II has a frontis and three plates by Phiz; Volume III has a frontis and five plates by Robert J. Hamerton. 3 vols. 12mo. In Original Cloth. Eckel pp. 143-145; Gimbel B109 Henry Colburn unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 13502

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Pickwick Papers‎

‎Modern Library 2003. Very Good. Dickens Charles. The Pickwick Papers. New York NY: Modern Library 2003. xxxi 779pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Modern Library paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : UDICPIC01fp ISBN : 0812967275 9780812967272

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Pickwick Papers‎

‎Easton Press 1964. Special Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. EASTON PRESS CT 1964. Limited Edition. Collector's edition. Gilt ornate full dark blue leather binding. Gilt page edges. Silk endpapers and ribbon page marker. Near Fine. Previous owner's small stamp on half-title page. Complete with publisher's brochure. Easton Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 107630

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Pickwick Papers. With Forty-Eight Illustrations in Steel from Designs By Phiz and Cruikshank. In Two Volumes‎

‎Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson Charles Dickens's first novel consists of these tales which originally appeared serialized in April 1836 to November 1837 under the title "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club". No Date circa 1861. One of the earliest American editions and quite SCARCE. Embossed in blind front covers "Peterson's Uniform Duodecimo Edition of the Complete Works of Charles Dickens 'Boz' ". Two volumes gilt pictorial decoration on spines stamped in gilt and blind 454 455-882 pp 44 p. publisher's catalogue frontispiece portrait of "Boz" Vol. I with title illustration two frontis illustrations Vol. II. Very Good cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends wear to front joint at top edge Vol.I prior owner name in ink both volumes faint dampstain top edge first 150 pages Vol. I moderate toning throughout both volumes tear to tissue guard Vol. I. . Peterson's Uniform Duodecimo Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. T.B. Peterson Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 007973

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎THE POOR TRAVELLER: BOOTS AT THE HOLLY-TREE INN: AND MRS. GAMP‎

‎London: Bradbury & Evans 1858. 1141pp. Small octavo. Original green wrappers printed in black. Extracted from nonce volume t.e.g. Wrappers a trace dust smudged residue of old spine otherwise a very good copy. First "reading" edition of these texts sold initially both in bookstores and on the occasions of Dickens's public readings. GIMBEL D31. Bradbury & Evans unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT67036

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Poor Travellers; Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn; and Mrs. Gamp‎

‎London: Bradbury & Evans 11 Bouveries Street 1858. First Edition thus. 114 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full brown levant with original green wrappers tipped in by Zaehnsdorf and dated 1906 with exhibition binding stamp at back. First Edition thus. 114 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. EXHIBITION BINDING. Gimbel D31 Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouveries Street unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 259057

‎DICKENS Charles‎

‎The Posthumous Paper of the Pickwick Club‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1857. First. hardcover. very good. R. Seymour and "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne. 43 black and white illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne. 609 pages thick 8vo 3/4 dark green morocco over marbled boards gilt stamped spine raised bands marbled edges & end-papers.<br/><br/> Later state. The plates which have titles rather than numbers are very clean.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 275513

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB‎

‎1836. Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations Perils Travels Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations. 20-in-19 monthly serial parts. London: Chapman & Hall 1836-1837. Original light green pictorial wrappers. First Edition in the original 20-in-19 monthly serial parts issued from April 1836 through November 1837. This was Dickens's first novel and his first book to appear in monthly serial parts; the sketches that would become SKETCHES BY BOZ appeared first in periodicals then in two-plus-one volumes in 1836-1837 and finally once Chapman & Hall took over in serial parts in 1837-1839. PICKWICK in parts is extremely complex bibliographically mainly for two reasons both of which came to a head with the fourth part. Dickens at the time was essentially unknown even as "Boz" because all he had written were the above sketches not yet in book or serial form; in fact C&H decided to publish PICKWICK only because the great illustrator Robert Seymour was involved -- and merely engaged the unknown Dickens to write something to accompany the illustrations. Seymour provided four plates for the first part and had prepared three of four planned for the second part when he died suddenly by his own hand. C&H quickly engaged Robert Buss to take on the illustrating which he did with two plates for the third part; with the great Seymour no longer involved the publisher agreed to scale back the number of plates per part from four to two -- which also meant more writing and money for Dickens. But both Buss and C&H quickly acknowledged that Buss was not the right illustrator for PICKWICK and beginning with the fourth serial part the little-known Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" was engaged for the remainder of the book -- and for many Dickens novels thereafter. Meanwhile PICKWICK was not selling well. Only 1000 copies of the first part were produced and only about half of those sold so only 500 of the second part were produced. As C&H struggled to find an illustrator the third and fourth parts were not big sellers either perhaps dropping to only 300 copies or so. But in the fourth part the first to include "Phiz's" plates Dickens introduced the character of Sam Weller -- and the public loved him. The book's popularity soared with each subsequent part; people who had missed the early parts now wanted copies of them and people as late as 1838 wanted sets of the parts too. As a result the publisher was constantly having to print new copies of the parts especially of the first four for some of which "Phiz" designed new plates to replace the much-maligned two by Buss. Thus there are many issues of most of the parts and a "Prime Pickwick" a set with the first four parts in first state are legendarily scarce. All of that said this set is generally later-issue. Only Parts 9 10 14 15 16 17 18 and 19/20 are in first-state wrappers and only Parts 9 plus 12-through-19/20 have the preliminary "Pickwick Advertiser" ads later issues were generally published without time-sensitive ads. Part 3 has the replacement plates by "Phiz"; in general most of the plates in the second half are first-state while most in the first half are as usual second-state. Of the "Address" slips called for after the plates in seven parts this set has all but the first two -- as usual. Contact us for further details. As for general condition it is remarkably near-fine. There is very little edge-wear and only four parts 11 plus the last three appear to have deftly-repaired spines. The plates in Part 9 are slightly browned around the edges and have very minor foxing but otherwise the plates are unusually clean and sharp. A set of first-issue parts in this condition would easily bring $25000 and a "prime" set few are known to exist would be numerous multiples of that. In all the fact that just over half of the parts are later-issue reduces the price significantly for the collector who wants a good-looking PICKWICK in parts that costs less than a new car. Hatton & Cleaver pp 1-88. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 14549

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1887. First Edition. Octavo; G/No jacket; Bound in 3/4 brown leather; <br> NOTE: Tipped-in autograph of Charles Dickens on front paste down </br> Gilt lettering and 4 raised bands on spine; Some wear to all sides and spine; Some bumping and fraying to the corners and along the spine edges; Marbled end papers; Some cracking to binding at the gutter repaired at front by tape; Binding tight; Pages discolored and toned plates darkened; First Edition early issue points: Includes "suppressed plates" by William Buss; page 341 "inde-licate"; <br /> <br /> <br>NOTE: previous owner has hand-corrected point on 342 and crossed out original error: Page 400: "this friends" instead of "his friends"; Page 432: "F" in headline "OF" is imperfect. </br><br /> <br /> ; shelved in Case # 4. 1243708. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Chapman and Hall unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1243708

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall 1837 Illustrations by Robert Seymour Robert William Buss and Hablot Knight Browne. First edition first printing three of the first issue points called for by Smith: "S. Veller" uncorrected on p. 342 "this friends" on p. 400 and "OF" imperfect on heading of p. 432. Contemporary full red polished calf with five raised bands and two spine labels in dark green spines lettered and beautifully decorated in gilt all edges gilt blue and red marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy with only some light scattered foxing and the usual toning to the plates early former ownership signature to second blank. An excellent and extremely bright copy in a fine binding. Smith I 3. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was originally published serially in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly installments from April 1836 - November 1837. This first edition was published shortly after on November 17 1837. The project was originally conceived by illustrator Robert Seymour who envisioned a series of humorous stories about the adventures of amateur Cockney sportsmen. Chapman and Hall employed Dickens to create a cohesive narrative that provided a background story for the illustrations. However the bold young writer purportedly wrote with little regard to the illustrations even making suggestions for their alterations at times much to Seymour's displeasure. After the second installment was completed Seymour committed suicide and was replaced in the Pickwick project by Robert Buss. However Dickens found Buss' work unfavorable and Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz" who would continue to illustrate many of Dickens' subsequent novels took over as the Pickwick illustrator. Smith comments on the complicated history of Pickwick's illustration: "The history of the creation of the plates is perhaps as complex as that of the printing of the text and different states of a plate and different plates for the same subject may vary from one bound copy to another…seldom in fact are all of the plates located in copies in the original cloth or rebound ones" which he partially attributes to the lack of a list of illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. London: Chapman & Hall hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : CD122

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition. Fine. 8vo: xvi 609 1 complete with 43 inserted plates and the half-title. Many of the textual points are corrected as usual for the book issue. Most plates are in their early state with page numbers rather than captions and without the Chapman and Hall imprints. Both Buss plates are laid in as well as various other variant states of several plates. <br/><br/>A lovely 20th century binding by Riviere and Son in full purple crushed morocco five raised bands on the spine gilt detailing top edge of page block gilt lovely turn-ins and solid blue end papers. Binding in Fine condition internal contents are generally clean although laid in variant plates show moderate darkening and foxing. <br/><br/>Dickens' first novel showcasing his astounding talent for sketching charming sympathetic characters helped to launch his career. "Its main literary value and appeal was formed by its numerous memorable characters.The Pickwick Papers are mostly a series of humorous misadventures with a bit of satire that give some insight into the mores of Victorian society. You can witness Dickens here working on a few prototypes that will show up in later novels.you also see his social consciousness manifesting itself" Inverarity. An important early work that remains beloved by Dickens' fans for its sensationalism and humor. Fine. Chapman and Hall unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 2256

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 vi-xiv 3 2-609 1 pp. Bound in recent brown calf spine with red morocco label and 4 raised bands with gilt ruling and gilt lettering patterned endpapers and pastedowns. Illustratedy with an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page and with 43 plates by Robert Seymour first 7 plates following the vignette titlepage Robert William Buss 2 plates following those of Seymour and H. K. Browne "Phiz" frontispiece vignette titlepage and final 32 plates. First edition bound from the parts. Bound without the half-title mixed issue but many earlier points present both Buss plates are included sign in vignette titlepage reads "Veller" and plate is signed "Phiz fecit" pp. 341 and 342 are Hatton & Cleaver variant A early plates lack captions but have page numbers later plates lack both. Smith I 3 Eckel pp. 17-58; Gimbel A-15; Hatton & Cleaver pp. 3-88. A pleasing attractively bound copy of Dickens' first novel. Modern binding is close to Fine scattered mild darkening and foxing to some leaves and plates tiny tears to pages 237 and 273 not affecting the text. Chapman & Hall hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 00007177