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DICKENS, CHARLES. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Illustrated with author portrait frontispiece, followed by one engraved plate ("Miss Nickleby introduced to her Uncle's friends") by "Phiz." 8vo, original 1/4 tan linen over boards, printed paper spine label, small split to top of front joint, extremities rubbed with some exposure, corners bumped; rear hinge tender, foxing chiefly confined to front and end matter. New York: James Turney, 1839
presumed first american edition. The Contents pages only mentions vol. I but the book is complete and there is no designation for the beginning vol II. "The entire work (Nicholas Nickleby) was issued in 1839 in one volume, having for a frontispiece the Lawrence portrait of 'Boz' also used in one of the Turney editions of Pickwick" (Wilkins, Early American Bibliography, p. 17). Seldom seen edition, with no copies listed on ABPC or Rare Book Hub.
