Lot 72

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). A group of 8 first editions, comprising:

Lot 72

Status:

Open

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Estimate$1,000 – $1,500

Status

Open

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). A group of 8 first editions, comprising:

1) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. 8vo. 43 engraved plates after Robert Seymour, Robert William Buss, and Hablot Knight Browne. Contemporary calf gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the first issue points listed in Smith, but this copy with signature E on p.25 (Smith found in only one copy). Smith I:3.

2) Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. 3 volumes, small 4to. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 7 PLATES ON INDIA BY FINDEN for The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Contemporary half black calf. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Smith I:6.

3) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. 8vo. 40 engraved plates after Browne ["Phiz"]. Modern green levant gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Smith I:7.

4) Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8vo. 40 engraved plates after Browne ["Phiz"]. Later half green calf, marbled covers renewed. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Smith I:8

5) The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. 40 engraved plates after Browne [“Phiz”]. Later half green morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Smith I:9.

6) Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. 8vo. 40 engraved plates after Browne ["Phiz"]. Contemporary half red calf gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Smith I:10.

7) Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. 8vo. 40 engraved plates after Browne ["Phiz"]. Later polished calf gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Smith I:12.

8) The Story of Little Dombey [and] The Poor Travller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. 2 volumes in one, 12mo. Contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITIONS.

[With:] FORSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. 3 volumes, 8vo. Numerous engravings. Contemporary half morocco gilt. Mixed set: vol.1 "fifth edition;" vol.2 "tenth-thousand;" vol.3 FIRST EDITION.

[With:] DICKENS, Charles, Jr. Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens Jr."), London, 11 January 1871. 2pp. on bifolium, 8vo, on Office of the Year Round letterhead, with black mourning borders for his father. Charles Jr. was the eldest son of the author and editor of his father's magazine All the Year Round. Charles Dickens died in June 1870. [Tipped into:] DICKENS, Henry F., Sir. Memories of My Father. London: Victor Gollancz, 1928. 8vo. Original blue cloth.

[With:] ECKEL, John C. The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and Their Values. A Bibliography. London: Chapman & Hall, 1913. Small 4to. Illustrated. Original vellum-backed cloth, gilt-lettered spine (spine darkened, some rubbing at ends). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, LARGE PAPER COPY, number 176 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY ECKEL AND THE PUBLISHERS.

Together, 11 works in 15 volumes and a letter.

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Robert Boyvin workshop (fl. 1480-1536). Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Rouen, ca 1490].

Lot 40

Robert Boyvin workshop (fl. 1480-1536).
Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Rouen, ca 1490].

Estimate$6,000 – $8,000

Audubon, John James (1785-1851)
Purple Grackle
(Plate VII)
Quiscalus Versicolor

Estimate$2,000 – $3,000

Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983). Typed letter signed ("Tennessee Williams") to Marilyn Monroe, [New York], 8 February 1956.

Estimate$1,000 – $1,500

Steinbeck, John (1902-1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1939.

Estimate$800 – $1,200