£5,500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 630
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1937-38, 25 volumes, 8vo, one of 877 copies, including original steel plate entitled "Nicholas attracted by the mention of his sister's name in the Coffee-room", engraved by H.K. Browne ("Phiz") for Messrs. Chapman & Hall Ltd, original vari-coloured cloth, spines with black morocco letter-pieces gilt, t.e.g., steel plate in uniform cloth box with signed letter of authenticity; Meynall, Francis A Note on the Format. London, 1937, 8vo, original red paper covers, sunned (25)
Note: Comprising copies of Edwin Drood and Christmas Stories; Martin Chuzzlewit; Christmas Books; The Old Curiosity Shop; Great Expectations, Hard Times; Our Mutual Friend; Dombey and Son; A Tale of Two Cities; Pickwick Papers; David Copperfield; American Notes Etc.; Barnaby Rudge; Oliver Twist; Bleak House; Little Dorrit; Reprinted Pieces; Sketches by Boz; Nicholas Nickleby; Collected Papers I; Collected Papers II; The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume I, 1832-1846; The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume II, 1847-1857; The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume III, 1838-1870