Nicholas Nickleby

by Dickens, Charles

Nicholas Nickleby finds himself penniless after his father's death and turns to his wealthy uncle to help him find work in effort to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to navigate  his own way in the world. This adventure gave Dickens the opportunity to portray an extraordinary gallery of rogues and eccentrics: Wackford Squeers, the tyrannical headmaster of Dotheboys Hall, a school for unwanted boys; the slow-witted orphan Smike, rescued by Nicholas; and the gloriously theatrical Mr and Mrs Crummles and their daughter, the 'infant phenomenon'. Like many of Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby is characterised by his outrage at cruelty and social injustice, but is also a lively work, revealing his comic genius at its highest.

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The story was originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839 and first published as a book in 1839 by Chapman & Hall, London. The first editions feature 40 engraved plates by Phiz.

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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition - 1839, with 'visiter' corrected to 'sister' line 17, page 123, but 'latter' for 'letter' 6 lines up, page 160; First Issue of the illustrations. Original half brown calf over marbled sides, morocco title-label lettered in gilt, drab endpapers and all edges speckled. A good copy which has wear and rubbing to… Read more about this item
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UK: Chapman & Hall, 1839. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens First Edition Chapman & Hall 1839. Quarter leather binding with raised bands and marbled covers. Contents clean and unblemished throughout. With 'Sister' (p.123) and 'latter' (p. 160) left uncorrected. VG+. "Nicholas Nickleby" is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, April, 1838 - October, 1839. Thick 8vo., 24[ads], 8[ads], 8[ads], 2[ads], [4 original wrappers], [4 ads], xvi, [1]-624, [4 ads], [6 ads], 8[ads], 8[ads] pp., 40 plates including frontisportrait. Full dark-brown calf, backstrip with maroon label and title stamped in gilt. All plates are foxed, though text and binding are bright; very good. §… Read more about this item
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UK: Collins, 1920. New Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good ++. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. W H C Groome. New Edition Circa 1920. Undated. Illustrated with full page drawings by W H C Groome. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Includes the original card slip case which is good with rubbing to… Read more about this item
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Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens's third novel and brilliantly combines his exuberant comic gifts with his crusading social conscience. Nicholas is a young man of "impetuous temper and little or no experience" who saves his family from dire misfortune at the hands of his villainous uncle, Ralph. And all around him is a great gallery if Dickensian types, who range from… Read more about this item
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UK: Chapman and Hall, 1870. Reprint . Full-Leather. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Phiz. A later edition C1870 in the same format as the 1st edition. Illustrations by Phiz. Beautifully bound in a contemporary full green calf with gilt tooling to spine and board edges, gauffered board edges, raised bands and… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes. mixed state, 40 engraved illustrations by Phiz, 320, 321-624pp., text is clean, plated do display foxing as well as facing pages. Bound in contemporary 3/4 brown polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, red and black contrasting leather labels gilt, spines have changed to a lighter brown. A… Read more about this item
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Chapman and Hall, 1839. first. hardcover. good. First issue with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123, line 17; "latter" for "letter" on p. 160, line 43; "flys" for "flies" on p. 245, line 10; "visiters" for "visitors" on p. 272, line 2. Book in good condition, foxing mostly on plates but also elsewhere.
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Nicholas Nickleby; Hard Times; A Christmas Carol (Complete and Unabridged)
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Octopus Books Limited, 1983 Three classic Charles Dickens novels together in one book: Nicholas Nickleby, Hard Times and A Christmas Carol. Illustrated by Ian Beck. Includes 3-page introduction. Bound in publisher's two-tones of green, bonded leather, gilt lettering to front board & spine, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.». Couverture rigide. Neuf.
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UK: Collins, 1920. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good+. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. W H C Groome. New Edition Circa 1920. Undated. Illustrated with full page drawings by W H C Groome. Uncommon with the wrapper. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Boards a little lightened in areas. … Read more about this item
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1982
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This is a large-format copy of Charles Dickens' classic Nicholas Nickleby, first published in 1839. In 1980, The Royal Shakespeare Company staged a production of this book, the production was staged in London, Yorkshire and Portsmouth, and it was filmed for the BBC. In 1982, Toronto's Stoddart Publishing gathered the cast lists and still photos from the production and produced… Read more about this item
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Nicholas Nickleby; Hard Times; A Christmas Carol - Treasury of World Masterpieces Series

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New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [2], 3-140 pp. Light green publisher's cloth with blue decorations and gilt lettering and two gilt borders on the front board, navy lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with several black and white full-page illustrations by Sarah Noble Ives. An edition done for young… Read more about this item
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Nicholas Nickleby; The Works of Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens

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New York: James G. Gregory, Publisher, 1861. Household Edition. Hardcover. VG. Octavo. 7.25 x 4.5. 1861. Four volume set. Each volume has a frontispiece protected by tissue. V1. 306pps. Shelf wear, some bubbling to green cloth along front right edge and in the middle of the back cover. V2. 312pps. shelf wear. V3 306pps. some bubbling along spine… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Illustrated edition of Dickens' novel featuring the b/w original drawings of Phiz. No date but c. 1910. Light wear to boards. Previous owner's name and prize plate to endpapers. Tanning to page edge. Contents clean and tight. Good.
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by Dickens, Charles

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1978
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A very thick paperback. The story is long enough, but this volume has over 60 pages of added attractions. Some minor wear at teh edges and corners, plus a number of spine creases. Pages remain tight, clean and intact. Originally published in 1839.
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