Jun 20, 2013 - Sale 2319

Sale 2319 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
DICKENS, CHARLES. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. 20 parts in 19. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). 8vo, original bluish green wrappers printed in black, scattered soiling and short tears, edgewear, backstrips chipped at extremities, ownership inscriptions along upper margin of most front wrappers; plates with some overall foxing; housed in custom silk-lined full green gilt morocco case with folding front cover lid, shelfwear. London: Chapman and Hall, 1838-1839
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first edition in original parts, mixed issue. Part 1 with no ads to front; Part 2 first ad with corner torn away; Part 3 with 2 pp. missing following plates and ads to back absent; Parts 4-6 complete; Part 7 with 1 page ad "Immense Saving in the Purchase of Tea" inserted at front, rest absent; Part 8 front ads absent, 2 pp. ad for "Heads of the People" present (not in Hatton & Cleaver); Part 9 lacking ads; Part 10 first 4 and all back ads absent; Part 11 with 5 ads at front largely excised; Part 12 no front ads and 4 pp. of ads missing from rear; Part 13 with 8 pp. of front and 2 pp. of back ads absent; Part 14 no ads in back and 2 pp. in front absent; Part 15 with 2 pp. front ads absent and missing two plates which are bound in previous part; Part 16 with 4 pp. of front ads absent and only "The Dublin Discussion" ad at back; Part 17 missing back and a few front ads; Part 18 absent 2 pp. front ads and with back wrapper and yellow ads differing from Hatton & Cleaver; Parts 19/20 with 1 p. front ad only, but portrait with publisher's imprint. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 131-160.