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DICKENS, CHARLES. Master Humphrey's Clock. 20 monthly parts. Illustrated by G. Cattermole and H.K. Browne. Large 8vo, original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, scattered foxing, slight edge creasing, but remarkably bright and unsoiled, expert restoration to some spines; custom chemise within morocco pull-off case, by Stikeman, case defective, top portion broken in pieces. An excellent copy of this rare first edition in original monthly parts. Provenance: laid-in is a typed letter from Hammer Galleries on their stationery stating that these volumes offered as part of the William Randolph Hearst Collection (Hammer Galleries, New York, March 1941; lot 750, Article 432A) London: Chapman and Hall, April 1840-November 1841
first edition in monthly parts, the second of four original forms of publication of Master Humphrey's Clock. First appearing in 88 weekly parts, this was followed by the 20 monthly parts, then a three-volume edition ("triple-decker"), and finally separately bound volumes of The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Lacks the scarce "Tyas's Popular Illustrated Publications" ad in part 1, retaining most others. Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 163-82.
