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Waverley Book Company, nd c 1912. reprint.. Hardback. Red cloth gilt, F. xviii+435pp+x+430pp, b/w frontis, 38 b/w plates, slight foxing to the fore edges, otherwise a fine copy in bright cloth. A facsimile of the 'Author's Favourite Edition' originally published by Chapman & Hall. On the verso of the half title it states : This is an exact facsimilie in every detail of text and illustration, excepting on the title pages, of the last edition of his works published under the eye of Charles Dickens, and described by him as 'this is the best edition of my books.' The Style of Binding being also copied from the original. Dickens' tale of the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies & featuring some of Dickens' most memorable characters.
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by DICKENS Charles BROWNE Hablot Knight - 1838
by DICKENS Charles BROWNE Hablot Knight
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Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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1838. First Edition . DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1838-39. Twenty parts in nineteen. Octavo, original printed green wrappers neatly respined or repaired. Housed in a custom morocco clamshell box. $7800.First edition, first issue, in original parts of one of Dickens' most popular works, illustrated with 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne (""Phiz""). A nicely refurbished copy with almost all of the advertisements present.The plot, the characters, the dialogue—indeed ""everything about [Nickleby] has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow large and brighter than the reality"" (Ackroyd, 283). Illustrated with 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne (""Phiz"") and an engraved plate of Dickens after a portrait by Daniel Maclise in the final part. First issue text: Part 4 with ""visiter"" instead of ""sister"" on page 123, line 17, and Part 5 with ""latter"" instead of ""letter"" on page 160, six lines up. Almost all advertisements are present with the following exceptions: Part 8 without ""Tyas"" leaf at rear; Part 19/20 without 12-page ""Tyas"" insert at rear; the scarce ""Hill's Seal Wafers"" leaf is present at the rear of Part 19/20, though without the sample wafers, as often—""more often than not, the wafers are lacking"" (Hatton & Cleaver, 135). Part 3 WITH the large folding ""Amesbury's Supports"" described in the bibliography as ""scarce."" (The non-essential Ashby slip in Part 16 is not present in this copy.). Hatton & Cleaver, 131-160. Eckel 64. Smith 40. Old owner signatures to the front wrappers of two parts. Previous dealer collation notes laid in.Text and plates generally quite clean, with only a hint of foxing to a very few plates. Wrappers generally respined or with neat repairs along spines; Part 6 and Part 7 rear wrappers have been swapped, possibly at time of respining, as they are quite similar. Light wear and creasing along wrapper edges as often. An extremely good set in the original parts.
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The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
by Dickens, Charles & Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) [illustrator]
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 [author]; Phiz [Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882] [illustrator]
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1854. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with black leather to spine and corners, marble paper to boards, leather has wear to spine caps raised bands, hinges, and corners, paper has light rubbing/shelfwear; Text block has marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, paper is stiff with light puckering, foxing to plates, else clean and tight; xvi, 624 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). 1350229. FP New Rockville Stock.
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY.
by DICKENS, Charles; illustrated by Phiz [BROWNE, Halbot Knight]:
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London: Chapman and Hall., 1839.. First edition. Octavo. Handsomely bound for Henry Sotheran Ltd. in early twentieth-century half brown calf over red-brown linen boards, the spine with five raised bands and titles in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pale marbled endpapers. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece, with tissue-guard, and 39 further engraved plates by Halbot Knight Browne (aka 'Phiz'). Lacking the half-title. A very good copy, the binding square and tight. The contents with spotting to the plates (heavier to some), two plates with minor tears neatly repaired with tissue verso, and a stain to the bottom margin of one plate, are otherwise in good order. The first edition in book form of Dickens's third novel, originally issued in parts between 1838 and 1839, smartly bound for Sotheran's of London during the early twentieth century.
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
by DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870), [BROWNE, H.K. 'Phiz', and MACLISE, Daniel, illustrators]
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Classic Fiction] FIRST EDITION, bound from mixed issue parts. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624. With 39 engraved plates by Phiz, and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Maclise. This copy does not have "visiter" for "sister" on p.123 line 17, but it does have "latter" for "letter" on p.160, 6 lines up. The frontispiece and first four plates have the imprint of Chapman and Hall, which indicates that they come from the 'earliest issues of the monthly parts' (Hatton and Cleaver, p.134). Bound with both the half-title and one green cover (no.IX) from the original parts to preliminaries. Recently re-bound with a cream paper-covered spine, a plain paper title label, and contemporary blue paper-covered boards. All edges untrimmed. Masonic bookplate of James Barr Lamb to front pastedown. Repairs to hinges. Extremely heavy spotting and browning to plates (more so than usual), but text generally quite clean. Rubbing to boards, especially corners. Professionally re-bound.…
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
by DICKENS, Charles; illustrated by BROWNE, Halbot K. "Phiz":
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London: Chapman and Hall. 1839. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Bound from the parts in contemporary half red morocco, ruled in gilt, purple cloth boards. Five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. All edges marbled. Half title discarded by the binder. Portrait frontispiece of the author [in the first state], engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise. Illustrated with 39 full pages plates by "Phiz". A handsome copy, the binding square and firm with minor rubbing to the extremities. The contents, with the bookplate to the front pastedown and contemporary ownership name of William Frederick Fownes Tighe, Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny (1794-1878) at the head of the title page and some spotting to the plate margins are otherwise clean throughout. A very attractive example. Nicholas Nickleby originally appeared in 20 numbers, bound in 19 monthly parts between April 1838 and October 1839. The novel was first published in book…
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Extra Illustrated)
by Dickens, Charles; Browne, Hablot K. ("Phiz" and Meadows, Kenny (Illustrators))
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Browne, Hablot K. ['Phiz"]; Meadows, Kenney. First printing, mixed state, octavo size, 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) third novel, widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists, blending drama and comedy into compelling stories. In this novel Dickens explores the social issues that his works are known for, such as, harsh boarding schools, the privilege of royal title and wealth, social customs of the day and the plight of the working class. The plot focuses on the hardships courageously navigated by young Nicholas Nickleby after his father passes away. The extra illustrations provided were drawn by Joseph Kenny Meadows (1790 - 1874), best known for his drawings published in Punch magazine. He was a friend of Charles Dickens and several other writers of the period. These caricatures add a visual element to the characters depicted by Dickens [n.b. above…
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