The Life and Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

by Dickens, Charles

Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.

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by Charles Dickens

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1839
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Mixed state. Beautifully bound by Riviere in full calf with 5 raised bands, gilt trim to boards, and gilt text block edges. Tightly bound and square. Marbled end papers. Sophisticated owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Very clean internally. Virtually no foxing. A beautiful copy in collector's condition. Mostly first issue, thus, mixed state. Frontispiece… Read more about this item
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by Charles Dickens

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London: Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd Book. Illus. by Phiz. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The third novel by Charles Dickens, originally published as a serial in 1838-39 and in book form in 1839. Undated edition circa 1930-35, printed from one corrected by the author in 1867-68. 720pp illustrated with black and white drawings.… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839 Book. Illus. by Phiz. Fair. Half-Leather. First Thus. Fair red half-leather with marbled boards, five raised bands; front joint split about 3" from top; all leather heavily rubbed at corners, joints and spine ends; marbled edges and epp; most illustrations moderately tanned at edges; ALL FIRST ISSUE POINTS PRESENT.
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The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby; With Illustrations by "Phiz." [Frontispiece after a portrait painted by Daniel Maclise]

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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition, Mixed Issue. Quarter Leather. Very good. First Edition of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, with two mounted envelopes with signatures of the author to close associates.. Octavo, xvi, 624pp, [1]. Marbled boards, three quarter green leather, title in gilt on spine, five raised bands with gilt-ruled… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Very Good. Bound in the original publisher's deluxe full green morocco binding, gilt titles, stamped in gilt and blind, yellow end papers, all edges gilt. A Very Good copy with creasing and wear to the spine (one short tear at the head), some foxing to the plates. Armorial bookplate of Henry… Read more about this item
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London : Chapman And Hall, 1839. Book. Illus. by Phiz. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, Bound From The Parts. Burgundy Half-Calf And Peach Cloth. Designed And Lettered In Gilt. Marbled End Papers. Top Edge Gilt, Other Edges Trimmed. Old Stain To Upper Corner Of Frontispiece & Preliminary Leaf, And The Last Few Leaves ( All From The Final… Read more about this item
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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Book. Very Good +. Cloth. First Edition Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two-volume complete set. First American edition of Vols. XIII and XIV of the original 27-volume deluxe illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens, with title pages dated 1868. Statement from Charles Dickens on copyright page authorizing this edition… Read more about this item
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Chapman and Hall, 1839. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Phiz. First printing. Rebound in 3/4 leather. Front hinge partially detached. Last two page detached, but present. Covers worn. Moderate fowing throughout. As-Is.
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Very Good. A rare copy of Nickleby in the original publisher's cloth. This copy without some of the earliest issue points: pg. 123 and pg. 160 with corrected spellings, first four plates without Chapman and Hall imprints. A Very Good copy with wear to the cloth along the lower spine hinge… Read more about this item
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London, Chapman & Hall, 1839. . First edition in book form, early issue (with 'visiter' for 'sister' on p.u 123, 'latter' for 'letter', p. 160; 'flys' for 'flies', p. 245; 'visiters' for 'visitors', p. 272, 'incontestible' for 'incontestable' p. 297; 'suprise' for 'surpise' p. 586) but only first and second plates with imprint of Chapman and Hall, therefore frontispiece,… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. The plot, the characters, the dialogue, everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" (Ackroyd, 283).
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Life and Adventures of Nicholas NIckleby.

Life and Adventures of Nicholas NIckleby.

by Dickens, Charles.

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New York. : John W. Lovell Company., c. 1880.. First edition thus. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Octavo.. Very scarce in this condition.
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Chapman and Hall, 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, mixed state. Frontis and 39 plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens third novel and was issued in monthly installments March 1838 October 1839 before it was published as this single volume. An instant success, it both solidified Dickens voice as a social critic… Read more about this item
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by Dickens, Charles

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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1903. Fully bound in smooth brown leather with gilt printing and decoration to spine plus gilt page block head. Bookplate to FEP and bookshop sticker to front paste down. Light foxing to some internal pages. Cover edges rubbing and front and rear covers scored. AD. leather. Very Good. Used.
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The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens

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1875
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1875 hardcover as pictured. This handsome small volume is part of a multivolume Dicken's set. It is in fair condition given its age. Three quarter bound in marbled paper and tan leather with gold stamping. Spine with raised bands, black and red stamped paste on labels and head/tail bands. Binding is intact though front hinge is cracked at preface and… Read more about this item
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Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; with Illustrations by Phiz
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Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; with Illustrations by Phiz

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1839
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. Full leather. Near fine. First edition, mixed state of Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, finely bound by Bayntun.. Octavo, xvi, 624pp, [1]. Full green morocco, portrait and signature stamped in gilt to covers. Five gilt-embellished raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Ornate gilt trim, turn-ins, and… Read more about this item
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Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: Vol. II

Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: Vol. II

by Charles Dickens

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1897
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Chapman and Hall, 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897. No Edition Remarks. 497 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates throughout. Volume II. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing… Read more about this item
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
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1839
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, early issue: "sister" corrected from visitor; "letter" instead of letter. Half leather likely late 19thC binding. Spine heavily scuffed. Internals quiet nice. Dicken's third book.
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by Dickens, Charles

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1910
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London: Chapman & Hall, Limited ; and Humphrey Milford ca. 1910. Small 8vo. 959 pp. Full brown leather with blind stamped decoration, and gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt, reader's ribbon. Boards slightly warped, and few spots to prelims; otherwise very good condition. With 39 black & white illustrations by Phiz (aka Hablot Knight Browne) and a portrait of… Read more about this item
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