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Charles Dickens. Group of 4 First Editions.Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. 3 volumes, large 8vo. Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne. Publisher's purplish-brown cloth, boards decoratively paneled in blind, front boards with gilt central clock whose time is set to the number of the volume, spines decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Master Humphrey's Clock was originally serialized in weekly parts which appeared from April 1840 to December 1841. The work includes short stories and the first appearance of two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. This set contains an additional plate bound in facing p. 264 in Vol. I by Thomas Sibson. Spines slightly faded and frayed a bit at ends; a little wear to extremities; corners bumped; covers with minor rubbing and soiling. Some occasional spotting or soiling. Smith I:6.
Charles Dickens. American Notes for General Circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles. With single ad leaf at front of Vol. I, and 6 pp. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. Later half calf and marbled boards, black leather lettering-pieces on spines, top edge gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, published without Dickens' preface. Touch of rubbing to binding extremities; text block outer and lower edges a little roughly trimmed. Occasional minor soiling, otherwise internally fine. John Calswell (pencil signature on each title-page). Smith II:3.
Charles Dickens. Pictures from Italy. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 8vo. With vignette illustrations on wood by Samuel Palmer. With 2 pp. ad leaf at front and 2 pp. ad leaf at end. Publisher's blindstamped blue vertically-ribbed cloth. FIRST EDITION. Front cover with finish/color damage and board weakened (with slight damage through to pastedown); touch of rubbing to extremities. Gimbel A98; Smith II:7.
Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. 8vo. 40 plates by Hablot K. Browne, including frontispiece and vignette title. Errata slip tipped-in at p. 480. Later half black calf and marbled boards. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" in Chapter 15, pp. 467-74. Some foxing to plates; occasional minor soiling or spotting to text. References: Smith I:12.
Provenance: The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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