Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit in original parts
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DICKENS. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS. DICKENS, CHARLES. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. 20 monthly parts in 19 as issued. London (Chapman and Hall) 1843-1844 (January, 1843 - July, 1844).
8:o (about 225x142 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved extra title with vignette (both foxed), 38 engraved plates by Phiz (H. K. Browne, all, partly foxed or darkened in outer margins, 7 harder).
Original green printed wrappers designed by Phiz (H. K. Browne), partly worn, scribbling on upper wrapper to part I, some signatures on a few upper wrappers, some foxing and spotting, spines partly with small damages at head and foot. In a later light red cloth clamshell box, somewhat worn, spine faded.
Hatton and Cleaver pp. 183-212, Smith I:7.
Missing advertisements: Part I, back, all except Gilberts modern atlas, 4 pp. Part II, back, missing "Mary-le-Bone Iron Works", 4 pp. Part IV, front, pp. 15-(16). Part V, back, "Prospectus... Thomas Boys", 8pp. Part VII, front, lacks slip "...Foreign Travel".
With all 4 Moses and Sons Booklets present.
Provenance: Sten Ringselle (1949-2017), Swedish antiquarian bookdealer who in 1992 opened his shop Antiquaria in Gothenburg.
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Auktionsnummer:
556946
Datum:
2018-09-04