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Item Details
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| Author: |
Dickens, Charles |
| Title: |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Place: |
London |
| Publisher: |
Chapman and Hall |
| Date: |
1839 |
| Item # : |
125436 |
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| Sale Number |
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257 |
| Lot Number |
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26 |
| Sale Name |
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| Fine & Rare Books |
| Sale Date |
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02/10/2003 |
| Price realized |
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$ 345 |
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| Description: |
| [iii]-xvi, 624 pp. Illustrated with 69 plates, 39 of them designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), 29 designed & etched on steel by Peter Palette; the other being a portrait of Dickens engraved by Finden from the painting by Maclise. 8¼x5-1/8, bound in period half calf and marbled boards, ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label, spine decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. First Edition in book form, first issue. |
| This copy with the two first issue points, i.e. p. 123, line 17, "visiter" for "sister"; and p. 160, line 6 up, "latter" for "letter." First state of the first two issued plates, both having the the publisher's imprint; second issue of the frontispiece and third and fourth issued plates, without the publisher's imprint. The bound book form originally was issued with a total of 40 plates (including the frontispiece); however, this copy contains an additional 29 plates. The additional plate titles include: Newman Noggs (p. 7); The Committee of the “United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin…” (p. 8); “Newman places his hands upon his knees…” (p. 32); “The figure fell back a pace or two, regarding the baron…” (p. 57); Smike (p. 59); “What are you bothering about, Smike…”(p. 61); Mr Squeers (p. 65); “As Squeers spoke, he caught up the boy’s hand by the cuff…” (p. 71); “Then do not vex itself…” (p. 94); “How lovely your hair do curl tonight, Miss!…” (p. 101); “Better” sighed Miss Squeers, laying a beaver bonnet of reddish brown… (p. 105); “What!” cried John Browdie… (p. 118); “The company being all ready, Miss Petowker hummed a tune…” (p. 127); “Cook, Tom” said the fat lady… (p. 140); “Do my eyes deceive me” said Mr. Gregsbury… (p. 144); “Don’t go away Mortimer” said Miss Knag… (p. 166); “The young lady, who was a very lively young lady…” (p. 168); “They are going through the Indian Savage and the Maiden”… (p.217); “The procession up the aisle was beautiful.” (p. 245); “Kate disengaged herself suddenly…” (p. 267); “Do you see this, monster?”… (p. 286); “So good bye,” said Nicholas… (p. 298); “Nicholas gained the heavy handle…” (p. 315); “Pretty well swelled out an’t he?”… (p. 332); “And when his companion threw down the cards…” (p. 369); Arrival of Mr. Browdie & Miss Squeers at the Saracen’s Head (p. 379); John Browdie (p. 382); “Bobster, by the Lord!” (p. 396); “You won’t vex me, child…” (p. 414). Bound without the half-title. Smith Vol. I, 5. |
| Condition: |
| Front joint tender with top 1" splitting, spine a bit darkened and rubbed, some rubbing to extremities and joints; front hinge cracking, frontispiece detached, 1" paper mending to upper right corner of title page, occasional faint foxing and light pencil marks, bookplates of Horatio Noble Pym and Horace Sanford Baker, small bookseller's label, else very good or better. |
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