Nov 21, 2013 - Sale 2332

Sale 2332 - Lot 89

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
[DICKENS, CHARLES.] Brewster, David. The Life of Sir Isaac Newton. Frontispiece and engraved title, in-text illustrations. 12mo, 1/2 red morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt, joints and spine tips rubbed with slight exposure, marbled edges; minor foxing and toning to preliminaries, bookplates of Dickens on front pastedown; preserved in custom chemise within morocco gilt pull-off case with green morocco onlay centerpiece with Dickens' initials and lion motif in gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. London: John Murray, 1831

Additional Details

first edition. charles dickens' copy, bearing his bookplate featuring a lion with a Maltese cross in one paw, and just touching below this is his additional label reading "From the Library of Charles Dickens, Gadshill Place, June, 1870."