Master Humphrey's Clock by DICKENS, Charles - 1840

1840-41. First editions. Tall octavo. 194 engraved illustrations, chiefly after drawings by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne (with one by Daniel Maclise). Full polished tan calf by Riviere & Son, gilt stamped spines with raised bands and floral decorated compartments with tan and red spine labels, covers double ruled in gilt, gilt inner fillets and dentelles, edges extra gilt, marbled. Fine. No foxing, text remarkably clean. 3 volumes in one complete. Tan cloth slipcase. No signatures or bookplates. Fine first edition (also incorporating "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge"). Eckel, pp. 69-70.