Lot 78
Dickens, Charles -- First editions in book form
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. 8vo, additional title & 39 plates, contemporary black morocco gilt, double gilt fillet on sides, p.609 loose, some spotting; Idem Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 8vo, engraved portrait & 39 plates, contemporary black morocco gilt, double gilt fillet on sides, some spotting; Idem Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. 8vo, additional title & 39 etched plates, contemporary black morocco gilt, double gilt fillet on sides, slightly spotted; Idem The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. 8vo, additional title & 42 etched plates by Phiz & R. Seymour, contemporary diced calf, some spotting and slight offsetting to some plates, spine worn; Idem Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857; 1857. 8vo, additional title & 39 etched plates, rubbed; Idem The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. 1844. 8vo, additional etched title and 38 plates, contemporary calf, spotting and slight offsetting to some plates, spine faded; Idem The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 8vo, portrait & 39 plates, contemporary half calf, half-title, some spotting, rubbed; Idem Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 8vo, additional title and 39 etched plates by Phiz, 2 line errata leaf & 12 line errata slip, contemporary half calf, some spotting, worn; Idem Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. 3 volumes bound as 2, frontispieces, wood-engravings, 1 plate bound in, contemporary diced calf, lacking labels (10)