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1838CD169London: Richard Bentley 1838 Three volumes. Illustrated with twenty-four steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank. First edition mixed issue with many first issue points to the text early "Boz" on the title pages and the later "Church" plate in Volume III. Lacking half-titles and advertisements. Finely bound in late 19th century half black morocco marbled paper-covered boards five raised bands to spines lettered decorated and ruled in gilt and marbled endpapers. Near fine with some mild flaking to spine ends and joints some corners lightly bumped light rubbing to boards and some very light soiling and spotting internally. Overall a beautiful tight and square set of one of Dickens' most beloved works. Housed in a navy slipcase. Smith I 4. Published shortly after the enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 which mandated that state poor relief would only be given to workhouse residents Oliver Twist served as a vehicle for Dickens' criticism of the effects of poverty left unabated. Specifically this social novel tells the story of poor orphaned Oliver Twist who is drawn into the dark worlds of child labor petty crime and life in the London slums. The book features some of Dickens' most colorful characters including Fagin the Artful Dodger Bill Sykes and Nancy. The book has received many film adaptations over the years including David Lean's classic 1948 version starring John Davies as Twist and Alec Guinness as Fagin and the 1968 musical film Oliver! which won six Academy Awards and was itself adapted from the same-titled 1960 Tony Award-winning musical. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: Richard Bentley hardcover
186479507London: Chapman & Hall. Very Good. 1864. First Edition; First Printing. Original Printed Wrappers. A very nice example of Dickens' OUR MUTUAL FRIEND in the original parts. The printed wraps show modest wear chipping at spines with a very few evidencing restoration. First issue text "pricipal" in #14. 40 wood engraved illustrations by Marcus Stone. Most ads and inserts present with the following defects/variations: #14 lacks "Economic Life Assurance Society;" #15 back wrapper separated but present; #16 only 4 pages of ads at back not 6; #19/20 1 2. 1516 at front 3 - 14 at rear; bank notes insert Present. Housed in custom 1/2 leather/marbled slips with gilt titling and matching box which is broken. The slips bear the small leather collector bookplate of "William Bunker" Long Island estate. . Chapman & Hall unknown
185069239London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. BROWNE Hablot Knight. . The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne London: Bradbury & Evans 1850.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> DICKENS Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne London: Bradbury & Evans 1850 i.e. circa 1859.<br> <br> First edition later issue. This is a copy that was issued by Chapman and Hall after that firm retrieved Dickens' copyrights in 1859 from Bradbury and Evans. This copy has the inserted Chapman and Hall engraved title-page replacing the original one from Bradbury and Evans. The printed title-page is the original Bradbury and Evans 1850 first edition title-page as are the sheets and plates. The only distinguishing factor is the inserted engraved title-page. All internal flaws of the first edition per Smith show in this copy with the exception of replacement "screwed" on page 132 but this first issue point is only present in the very earliest copies. Octavo 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 218 x 140 mm. xiv 1 errata 1 blank 624 pp. Complete with forty etched plates by Phiz including the frontispiece the vignette title-page and the dark plate "The River."<br> <br> Original publisher's variant binding of green fine-diaper with the blind stamping on the boards matching that of the primary binding of Dombey and Sons. Newer peach endpapers. Edges uncut. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine slightly sunned. Small professional repairs to joints and top and bottom of the spine. Corners lightly bumped. A few spots to cloth. Previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller sticker on front pastedown. Some minor foxing and toning. This is an exceptional example of one of the significant Dickens octavo novels in original publisher's cloth. Housed in a quarter brown cloth over orange paper clamshell.<br> <br> The binding on this copy has different blindstamping on the covers and spine: a wider ornamental frame is present on the covers around a blank center without the globe-shaped design; the spine has no ornaments just simple panels. Spine also reads "Chas. Dickens."<br> <br> Hatton and Cleaver pp. 253-272. Smith Dickens I 9.<br> <br> HBS 69239.<br> <br> $3000. Bradbury & Evans unknown
183769152London: Chapman and Hall 1837. SEYMOUR Robert; BROWNE Hablot Knight. BROWNE Hablot Knight illustrator. SEYMOUR Robert illustrator. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1837.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> DICKENS Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1837.<br> <br> First edition in book form. Octavo 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 212 x 130 mm. xiv 1 directions 1 errata 609 1 blank pp. With the half-title. With forty-three inserted plates by Seymour Buss and 'Phiz'. With the Seymour and Buss plates and with the 'Phiz' plates from early steels. Frontispiece is second plate with signature undivided. Engraved title ia the first plate with "Veller" and "fecit". None of the illustrations are captioned but all are signed. All other plates match up to Smith's list except plates 24 2nd plate no dog or kitten 25 2nd plate no face 26 1st plate 4 stakes 36 2nd plate legs are square 37 1st stairs with handrail 40 1st signature is not centered 41 1st signature is not centered and 43 1st there is a bottle. With all of Smith's internal flaws except for page 18 23 35 53 and 178. With all first issue points from Hatton & Cleaver except for page 25 does have a signature "E".<br> <br> 341-342 with the correct spellings and with "S.Veller". Includes marginal note on page 9 that was suppressed in later issues. Extra-illustrated with an additional 31 engraved plates bound throughout the volume some signed "Sam Weller delt." some signed "TO delt."<br> <br> Additionally with a fore-edge painting of a man's portrait and house.<br> <br> Bound by Morrell in full 20th-century tan calf. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spine elaborately stamped in gilt. With two red calf spine labels and one black lettered in gilt. Edges tooled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Some very minor scuffing to boards. Occasional toning to plates. Overall a very nice copy.<br> <br> First edition in book form of one of Dickens' greatest works. Originally issued in 20 parts from April 1836 to November 1837.<br> <br> "From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been. firmly established. It was written by Dickens when he was twenty-four and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed. It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book exceed "Pickwick Papers" in circulation" Eckel 17. "Never was a book received with more rapturous enthusiasm than that which greeted the Pickwick Papers!" Allibone I:500. Pickwick would be the first volume in which Dickens was acknowledged as the author rather than using his pen name "Boz.<br> <br> Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver. Smith Dickens I 3.<br> <br> HBS 69152.<br> <br> $3000. Chapman and Hall unknown
1837362973London: John Macrone 1837. Hardcover. Fair. First edition second issue. 12mo. 4 vi 377 20pp. engraved frontispiece engraved title and eight additional plates. Complete with the ten etched plates by George Cruikshank and the final catalogue of Macrone's publications dated December 1836. Page vi is mis-numbered "viii"; the list of illustrations gives "Vauxhall Gardens by Day" twice by mistake and omits the final plate: "Mr. Minns and his Cousin." In the original publisher's pink cloth with embossed wreath centerpieces on both boards and the black pigmented lettering panels on the spine. Small ownership stamp on the rear pastedown. The front joint is split with the front board still attached at the spine ends rear joint partially split else a good copy of Dickens's first book. Eckel pp.12-13. John Macrone hardcover
1845310165London: Chapman and Hall 1845. First Edition First State of Dicken's Second Christmas Book. Engraved title in first state colon after London on t.p. and p. 39 so numbered. Vignette title frontispiece and illustrations after Richard Doyle John Leech Clarkson Stanfield and Daniel Maclise engraved by F. P. Becker Groves W. J. Linton Gray and the Dalziel Brothers. A4 B-M8. Pp. i-viii 1 2-175 176. 1 vols. 12mo. Original ribbed red cloth gilt a.e.g. Signed F.S.L. on ffep. Very Good with spinwe laid down with some loss. First Edition First State of Dicken's Second Christmas Book. Engraved title in first state colon after London on t.p. and p. 39 so numbered. Vignette title frontispiece and illustrations after Richard Doyle John Leech Clarkson Stanfield and Daniel Maclise engraved by F. P. Becker Groves W. J. Linton Gray and the Dalziel Brothers. A4 B-M8. Pp. i-viii 1 2-175 176. 1 vols. 12mo. Smith 2:5 Chapman and Hall unknown
18501508046Bradbury & Evans 1850. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good first edition with most first issue points. Rebound. Some water damage to first few pages before main title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
183742820892<p>FIRST EDITION. Dickens's first great success the Pickwick Papers transformed him from an little-known journalist into England's most famous writer. "From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been … firmly established … It was written by Dickens when he was 24 and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed …. It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book exceed <em>Pickwick Papers</em> in circulation" Eckel.</p><p><em>The Pickwick Papers </em>was first issued in monthly parts and then appeared in a single volume. This copy contains the later states of the text points and the plates are re-etched adding the Chapman and Hall imprint. The title bears the original 1837 publication date whereas reissues with later dates are known.</p><p>Brown morocco gilt upper board with mounted portrait of Mr. Pickwick after a drawing by Kyd top edge gilt. Age toning plates foxed and stained as usual. A handsome copy.</p> Chapman & Hall hardcover
310413London: Chapman and Hall. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons nd. Gadshill edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Three quarters brown morocco and grey boards t.e.g. Very Good. Gadshill edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Chapman and Hall. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1894332199Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1894. Limited. hardcover. fine. 32 volumes. Illustrated in b/w and color. 8vo handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 red crushed morocco with marbled boards and matching endpapers; gilt-decorated spines top edges gilt other edges untrimmed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1894. Limited edition. A fine set with several lightly rubbed and worn at extremes and one vume neatly repaired at joints.<br/> <br/> Large Paper Edition -- number 223 of 500 copies. Illustrated with steel portraits and engravings from the original designs by Browne Cruikshank Leech and others.<br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown
1890RDICWOR00tpmSumuel E. Cassino Circa 1890. Very Good. Dickens Charles. Works of Charles Dickens. 45 volume set. Boston: Sumuel E. Cassino Circa 1890. Cruikshank Edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Very good. Edges are lightly rubbed and a few volumes have light bumping. Spine ends are rubbed several have fraying and short tears. Titles on spines are toned and a few have slight chipping. David Copperfield vol. II has a short loss obstructing the title partially. Pages are softly toned. Each book in the set is numbered 143 of 500 limited copies. A complete and attractive set with clean and clear pages. Sumuel E. Cassino hardcover
FORT880542Chapman and Hall. Used - Very Good. First Edition Early Issue. Extra illustrated. In signed leather binding by Sangorski and Stucliffe London. Thick octavo. Red leather with simple gilt decoration raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. All outer edges gilt. Grey endpapers. 1837. Includes 32 coloured plates by Thomas Onwhyn sometimes signed with pseudonym Samuel Weller bound in throughout along with 43 uncoloured illustrated plates by Seymour reengraved by Phiz after his death and Phiz. The Buss plates Dickens' didn't like are not present in this copy replaced by Phiz. Issue points include: Title page states 1837 with no subsequent dates 'E' on page 25 6 line errata includes Directions to the Binder ruined wall on page 43 "holding" in loose type on page 260 x2 on page 261 "Pickvick" line 6 on page 261 Chapter XXVIII repeated on page 282 and 299 Page 342 line 5 reads "S. Veller" "his friends" on page 400 has been corrected the headline of page 432 contains an imperfect 'F' "considding" is misspelled Chapman and Hall hardcover
185324348<p>London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First edition. leather_bound. Housed in full crimson morocco felt lined clamshell box with raised bands spine panels with gilt arabesques and lettering expert repair to front hinge. Near fine. 624 16 16 14 pages. 22 x 13.5 cm. From The Library of Jean Hersholt with his signed bookplate inside of slipcase. First edition in the original 20 issues in 19 parts with 40 inserted plates including frontispiece and vignette title by Hablot K. Browne. With the Bleak House advertiser in each back cover ad wrapper in first state issues one to five lacks the eight page "Grace Aguilar's Works" slip in part 16; however all others are retained and with the scarce "Village Pastor" booklet in part 15. Also lacks the "New Geographical and Educational Works" ad in part XIV. First issue of the text uncorrected thus: in Part 1. p.19 line six with "eligible" & Part VII p.209 line 23 with "chair." Part IX p.275 line 22 with "cousinship" i-viivii-xxixii-xivxvxvi12-624. Spines expertly renewed on a few parts. Some light soil to a few wrappers. Neat subscriber's name to margin of Part XIX/XX. Tissue guards in place. Plates of Parts VIIIIX and XII lightly tanned at edges but not affecting illustrations. Two of the ten dark plates with light offsetting onto the adjacent plate. Remaining plates are very good to fine. Part X unopened ergo unread. Overall a sharp set. Dickens's assault on the abuses in the Courts of Chancery "many of the characters in the book were identified as having for their prototypes several of Dickens's friends." ECKEL pp.79-81. HATTON AND CLEAVER pp.275-304.</p> Bradbury & Evans
98770London Richard Bentley 1838. . First edition first issue; 2 volumes 8vo; 12 illustrations by George Cruikshank occasional light foxing mostly to preliminary and terminal leaves; publisher's floral-patterned embossed pink cloth spines gilt a little rubbed and dust-soiled spines faded otherwise very good; xix 3 288; ix 1 263 1 36 ads pp.<br /> The first issue Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Charles Dickens is identifiable via the appearance of the plate at page 238 in volume two in its first state without the grotesque border which was added later.<br /><br />Girmaldi was one of the most renowned English actors of the Regency period. In the early 1800s he greatly expanded the role of the Clown in the Harlequinade and made it his own to such an extant that a clown became known as a 'Joey' and his white-face make-up became standard for all types of clown. <br /><br />Eric Stanley Quayle 19212001 was a noted British bibliophile with a collection of 16000 volumes collector historian and author. His own work was mainly related to the themes of collecting books but he also produced a noted biography of R. M. Ballantyne 1967 and two books of folk tales: one of Cornish Tales The Magic Ointment and one of Japanese Tales The Shining Princess.<br /> Eckel p.141. London, Richard Bentley, 1838. hardcover
1869252708London : Chapman & Hall 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copies bound in half aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; twenty-two volumes. Notes; over 500 issues. Subjects; All Year Round. Weekly Journals. Charles Dickens 1812-1870. Genre; Periodical. London : Chapman & Hall hardcover
1853166327London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Very Good in decorative boards. Small owner printed stamp on bottom of both volumes' FEPs. Rubbing along panel edges. Bumping on bottom of Vol. II's panel corners. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. Page 19 line 6 with "elgble" page 209 line 23 with "chair" page 275 line 22 with "counsinship. Bradbury & Evans unknown
1865166238London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1865. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Both volume Near Fine. Small clipping affixed to both volumes' front pastedowns owner printed stamp on each FEP. Rubbing along panel edges. 1st Impression 1st issue with 'pricipal' misspelling for 'principal' to p.115 in volume two. Smith 1.1. Chapman & Hall, Ltd unknown
1870166326London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1870. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Very Good in decorative boards. Small owner printed stamp on bottom of 2nd FEP. Light rubbing along panel edges and spine. First issue published in 1870 with "Tower" on p.1 "sentiment" on p.131 "years" on p.149 no "very" on p.168 and "reflection" on p.169. Chapman & Hall, Ltd unknown
18678076Boston: J.M. Whittemore & Co 1867. First Edition. A game consisting of 80 cards ca.2.5" x 3.75" each with text printed in black within a double-ruled border on thick orange stock. Together with the original "Directions" sheet with text printed in black on cream coated stock 3 13/16" x 5 3/16". All housed in a two-part green patterned paper-covered box with printed title label mounted to lid. Pinpoint wear and and light handling to cards two of them showing faint creases; Directions sheet reinforced neatly and professionally along the fold on verso; modest wear and toning to the box lid with a few small scuffs to the label with the base showing more pronounced wear particularly along the lower edge and joints with some faint creases and minor paper loss and some old skillful strengthening. On the whole a clean complete sound and well-preserved example. <br /> <br /> A delightful parlour game consisting of 16 "sets" of five cards each containing the name of one of Dickens's stories and four or more of the principal characters in that story. "The name of each card is printed at its top and is that by which it is invariably to be called the names of the other cards in the Set being printed below to serve as a key to the whole and the name of the Story itself being in a more prominent type." A rare piece of Dickensiana; OCLC notes 3 holdings AAS Free Library of Philadelphia Brown University with only two found in the auction record. 8076. J.M. Whittemore & Co unknown
186449341London: Chapman & Hall 193 Piccadilly 1864. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. The first edition. 1864-65. Complete in the original twenty parts in the original wrappers with only very shallow restoration to the spine ends. The set is textually complete with all illustrations present though advertisements vary from the ideal copy carefully checked against Hatton and Cleaver. Parts 1 and 2 are complete with all ads. Part 3 is missing the ads on pp. 7/8 with a small chip to the ad on p. 9. Part 4 lacks the bottom half of the ad on pp. 13/14 and the rear ads on pp. 5/6 are also missing. Part 5 is without the final ad for Glenfield Starch and Part 6 lacks the final leaf of ads for Cramer & Co. and Glenfield Starch. Part 7 is missing the rear ads for Slip Kaye's Worsdell's Pills and Thomson's Prize Medal Skirts while Part 8 lacks the ad at the front on pp. 13/14 and one rear ad. Part 9 is missing the front ad on pp. 11/12. These first nine wrappers remain in good condition overall with a few minor paper repairs to the spine tips and some chipping to the corners of the first part's cover. Part 10 features the "Our Mutual Friend Advertiser" with page 13 misprinted as 31 as noted by Hatton and Cleaver. Part 11 is missing the final ad "A Slip-In Twenty Parts.The Headless Horseman." Parts 12 and 13 each lack the front ad on pp. 3/4. Part 14 is missing the front ad on pp. 9/10 and the Economic Life Assurance Society ad following the plates. Part 15 lacks several rear ads including Slip-Keating's Persian Insect Destroying Powder and two of the four pages of The Book of Perfumes; the Liverpool London & Globe four-page catalogue is missing half of the first page. Part 16 retains all ads though the Mappin & Webb ad appears in a different position than usual. Part 17 is lacking one rear ad Mappin otherwise complete. Part 18 contains a duplicate four-page Norton's Pills ad at the rear and lacks two pages of the Mappin & Webb ad. Parts 19 and 20 are missing the Economic Life Assurance Society ad following the plates as well as the rear ad for The Anthelmintic Big Bon; the Boosey & Co. ad is missing pp. 1-2 but retains pp. 3-4. Overall a very good and textually complete set in the original parts with the ads in various states and levels of completeness as detailed above. The wrappers are bright and well-preserved a nice copy in its original serialized form. Hatton & Cleaver 345-370. Housed in two half green morocco slipcases with marbled edges gilt titles and devices to the spines the issues divided between the two. Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly unknown
191529684J B Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1915. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in full vellum covers Limited to 100 copies SIGNED BY RACKHAM #63 tight binding clean text endpapers lightly toned/darkened no foxing pages clean and unsullied deckled-edged contains 12 tipped-in color plates else VG or slightly better. N. B. : The vellum covers have slight bow as usual with these type of covers. A rarity and a classic of printing. ; 4to . J B Lippincott hardcover
08983London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19 original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver. First issue of text with the word "Delight" instead of "Joy" mentioned twice on page 284 part IX; with "Capatin" in the last line of page 324 part XI; first state of Advertiser in part XIII with "October 1847" in unbroken type on p. 1; the word "if" omitted on page 426 line 9 page number 431 is present in part XIV; Part XIX/XX with first issue title page showing Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm and with the 2 line errata. Part XV with 10 diary leaves in the Letts Son & Steer ad. With 40 inserted plates by Hablot K. Brown Phiz who also designed the green wrappers. Spines are expertly renewed on parts I VII XVI and perhaps a few others. Light soiling to wraps of some parts; neat owner name on front wrap of part XII. Booksellers' ticket on front wrap of several parts. Plates are very good to fine light tanning at edges of a few. There are a couple of "firsts" in Dombey and Son: the plate "On the Dark Road" in part XVIII is the first of what became known as the "dark plates" - also this is the first appearance of the "horizontal plates" on which the subject is rotated 90 degrees. Altogether an outstanding set. Housed in a turn-of-the-century solander pull-off-top slipcase 3/4 leather with chemise. Armorial bookplate on chemise and inside the slipcase. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 227-250. Bradbury and Evans unknown
09571London May 1864-November 1865: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. In the original monthly parts 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present except for the rare ad "The Economic Life Assurance Society" following the plates in part 14 known in only a few copies. FIRST ISSUE of the wrappers without the imprint at the foot of front wrapper of part 1 and with the FIRST ISSUE TEXT with the misspelling "pricipal" in part 14 page 115 line 38. In the Advertiser of part 10 Hatton & Cleaver states "In a few copies seen p. 13 was misprinted 31." The present copy has this misprint. Part 17 with the Advertiser partly unopened. The plates are very good to fine; the text and wrappers are clean and bright. Laid into part 12 is an autograph note in pencil by Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton: "M. F. / 12 / f. cover spots - / wants b. cover" in reference to another part 12. Several spines are expertly and invisibly renewed. Our Mutual Friend has more of the Advertiser ads than any of Dickens' other works having 320 pages and 89 insets and slips in the rear of the parts. Altogether a lovely set lacking just one rare ad and having the first issue points in the wrappers and text as well as a scarce misprint in the Advertiser of part 10. This lovely set is the best we are likely to find and it has a pedigree - it is from the famed Thomas Hatton & Cleaver bibliographers collection. Housed in a handsome green 3/4 leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver Collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Rare Books. Chapman & Hall unknown
1865130506London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First edition of Dickens' final completed novel. Octavo bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel gilt signature on the back panel inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Illustrated by Marcus Stone with forty plates. An exceptional presentation. Our Mutual Friend originally appeared in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts the last part forming a double number from May 1864- November 1865. The first volume was published in book form on January 20 1865; the second on October 21 1865. 11s. each." Smith Dickens 15. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1839130269London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition of one of Dickens' most popular novels. Octavo bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel gilt signature on the back panel inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Illustrated with 40 plates. An exceptional presentation. The plot the characters the dialogue everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" Ackroyd 283. Chapman and Hall hardcover
