Master Humphrey's Clock.
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall,, 1840-41. The pinnacle of Dickensian Gothic First edition in book form of what Gordon Ray describes as "the pinnacle of Dickensian Gothic", a particularly nice example in the original cloth. Ray goes on to note that Phiz (H. K. Browne) "is in excellent form" and that George Cattermole's "wonderful clutter of antiquarian or architectural detail is well suited to Dickens's chosen subjects". Master Humphrey was a publishing experiment on Dickens's part, unique in his canon, of issuing two novels together: The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. The publication was issued in three forms, in weekly parts, monthly parts, and the present book form copies in cloth upon completion. Three volumes, tall octavo. Original purplish vertical-ribbed cloth, gilt lettered and decorated spines, covers elaborately blindstamped, front covers with gilt clock motif, marbled edges and endpapers. Housed in green cloth pull-off case. Printed frontispieces and 194 woodcut illustrations, of which 154 are by Browne, 19 by Cattermole, and 1 by Daniel Maclise. A very sharp copy, the spines uniformly sunned to tan, and the contents clean. Eckel p. 67 ff; Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, 60; Smith I, 6.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153415
- Title
- Master Humphrey's Clock.
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Chapman and Hall,
- Date Published
- 1840-41
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...