DICKENS, CHARLES. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Illustrations by Phiz. 8vo, contemporary full brown morocco by the Rose Bindery, covers gilt-ruled, spine gilt in compartments, light rubbing to front joint and corners; all edges and turn-ins gilt; abrasion to front pastedown corners, scattered foxing, particularly to plate margins, penciled ownership inscription to prelim leaf, p. 209 plate with short closed tear, p. 390 plate repaired, bound without half-title. first edition in book form, early issue, with "sister" corrected on page 123, line 17. Eckel 64. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839