Lot 342
Dickens, Charles
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1847. First edition in book form, engraved frontispiece, additional titlepage and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"], with 4 additional plates by H.K. Browne bound in [Little Paul, Florence, Alice, Edith], without half-title, contemporary half calf, plates spotted, very worn; [Idem] The personal history of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, additional titlepage and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"], half-title, errata leaf, nineteenth century blue half morocco, somewhat dampstained, two marginal tears, rubbed; [Idem] Pictures from Italy. London: for the author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, 8vo, 2 page advertisements at beginning and end, wood-engraved title vignette, original blue cloth, blindstamped design on covers, lettered in gilt on spine, slight stain to endpaper, ownership inscription dated 1847 on half-title deleted, spine recased with slight loss at head of spine; [Idem] Our mutual friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition in book form, 2 volumes, 8vo, 40 plates by Marcus Stone, later blue half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., half-titles, marginal repair to plate at p.97 &124, a few plates slightly stained; [Idem] The mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition in book form, 8vo, engraved portrait, additional vignette title and 12 plates, recent red half morocco, spine gilt, one plate misbound, some spotting to preliminaries; Forster, John The life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, [n.d.], 4to, illustrations, contemporary half calf (7)
Footnote
Note: Eckel, p. 71, p.75, p.135, p.96, p.99