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Lot 149
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A group of 11 FIRST EDITION works, including:
The Pic Nic Papers, by Various Hands. Charles Dickens, editor. London: Henry Colburn, 1841. 3 volumes. Contemporary calf gilt; slipcase. -- "Hard Times," In: Household Words. London: [N.p.]: 1854. -- "A Tale of Two Cities." In: All the Year Round. London: [N.p.]:1859-1860. 3 volumes. Later half calf. -- The Uncommercial Traveller. London: Chapman & Hall, 1861. Later half morocco gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY TOUT. -- The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. 20th-century half calf. -- The Letters of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman & Hall, 1880. 2 volumes. 20th-century morocco gilt, original spine covers tipped-in. -- And 5 others. Together, 11 works in 15 volumes, many illustrated by George Cruikshank, all 8vo, FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM, condition generally fine.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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