Dickens, Charles
12 books, first and early editions
£688
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
The Poshumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1838. First edition in book form, later issue (although frontispiece appears to be first issue) with 'Weller' instead of 'Veller' on the engraved title and imprints to plates, 8vo, original cloth neatly rebacked, retaining original spine, slipcase; [Idem] Master Humphrey’s Clock, [containing The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge]. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. 3 volumes, 8vo, first edition in book form, frontispiece, contemporary half calf; [Idem]Martin Chuzzlewit. Leipzig: Bernhardt Tauchnitz, 1844. 2 volumes, 16mo, contemporary quarter calf, published in the same year as the first Chapman & Hall edition; [Idem] Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evansm 1848. First edition bound from the parts, 8vo, contemporary half calf neatly rebacked; [Idem] Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First edition in book form, 8vo, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, bookplate; [Idem] Household Words. London, 1854. Volume 9, 8vo, containing the first edition of Hard Times, contemporary cloth rebacked; [Idem] Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition in book form, 8vo, contemporary diced calf, rebacked; [Idem] Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. First edition bound from the parts, 2 volumes bound as one, 8vo, contemporary green half morocco neatly rebacked retaining original spine; [Idem] The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition bound from the parts, 8vo, contemporary half calf rebacked (12)