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Lot 61
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
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Nov 13, 2020
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Lot Description
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: And Mrs. Gamp. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858.
16mo (170 x 108 mm). 1pp. advertisement at end. Original green printed wrapper (short separation to upper joint at foot of spine, some very minor peeling to head of spine); half green morocco slipcase, chemise.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. "In 1858, Bradbury and Evans printed special reading editions arranged by Dickens that were uniformly bound in green printed pictorial paper wrappers, including the three works in the present volume. Additional titles similarly issued include A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket On the Hearth, and The Story of Little Dombey. Eckel, p. 215; Gimbel D31.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois