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Lot 52
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
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Nov 13, 2020
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Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.
3 volumes, 8vo (252 x 170 mm). Engraved frontispieces and numerous in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne ['Phiz']. Original dark grayish-brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind, marbled edges (spines faded, a few separations along joints, tear crossing spine panel vol.II, chipping with minor losses to spine ends, some light rubbing).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, first appearing as a weekly serial from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841, including short stories and two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Gimbel A51; Smith I:6.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois