MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. MDCCCXL [1840] - MDCCCXLI [1841]. First Edition, from Weekly Parts. Three-Volumes. [i]-iv,306,[i]-vi,306,[i]-vi,426 pp. Frontispiece to each (of 3) section. Text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Two frontispieces, 130 woodcuts, and twenty-five initials by Browne; one frontispiece and thirty-eight woodcuts by Cattermole; one woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. Bound in original green half-calf with gilt decorated compartments to the spine, marbled boards, plain edges. Occasional blemish but otherwise a clean, tight attractive set. Binding a little rubbed to extremities. 1st Edition. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Master Humphrey's Clock was an ambitious weekly literary magazine published by Dickens himself. Lasting only from 1840 to 1841, it spun off some major works, including "The Old Curiosity Shop" and this collection of stories and sketches. The narrator is Master Humphrey , not "churlish" and not a "misanthrope", who describes his daily life and his encounters with vivid characters including Mr. Pickwick. The clock is his old companion, where he stores manuscripts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G127
- Title
- MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Charles Dickens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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