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DICKENS, CHARLES.
Dombey
and Son.
Frontispiece, vignette title and
plates by Hablot K. Browne (“Phiz”). 8vo,
contemporary full tan calf by F. Bedford,
top edges gilt, covers paneled in gilt, spine
gilt in compartments, inner dentelles, front
joint cracked, few stray marks; armorial
bookplate, front wrapper of No.VII of the
original parts bound in at front.
FIRST EDI
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TION IN BOOK FORM
.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848
[350/500]
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DICKENS, CHARLES.
The Life
and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
Illustrations by Phiz. 8vo, contemporary
full brown morocco by the Rose Bindery,
covers gilt-ruled, spine gilt in compart-
ments, light rubbing to front joint and
corners; all edges and turn-ins gilt; abra-
sion to front pastedown corners, scattered
foxing, particularly to plate margins, pen-
ciled ownership inscription to prelim leaf,
p. 209 plate with short closed tear, p. 390
plate repaired, bound without half-title.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM
,
EARLY
ISSUE
, with “sister” corrected on page 123,
line 17. Eckel 64.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839
[300/400]
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DICKENS, CHARLES.
Oliver
Twist.
3 volumes. Half-titles in vols. I-II,
etched frontispieces and plates by George
Cruikshank, 4 pages advertisements at end
of vol. I, 1 page advertisements at begin-
ning of vol. II. 8vo, contemporary full tan
calf by F. Bedford, gilt paneled, spines gilt
in compartments with lettering pieces, top
edges gilt, inner dentelles, front cover
detached on vol. I, few mild stains to cov-
ers, light rubbing to spine tips.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
,
EARLY ISSUE
,
with vol. 3
containing the suppressed “Fireside” plate fac-
ing p. 313 and “pilaster” in two places on text
of p. 164, and authorship ascribed to “Boz” on
each title-page. Cohn 239; Eckel p. 59;
Gimble A27; Smith I:4.
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