Dickens facsimile edition 1931-32
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550 SEK
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3 000 SEK
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DICKENS. FACSIMILE EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS. DICKENS, CHARLES. The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. London (Piccadilly Fountain Press) [1931]-1932.
Large 8:o. (226x148 mm.). (xxxii), 496, [iv], (x),492, [ii] pp. The Lombard Street edition, limited to 1,000 sets, this number 63, originally issued, like the original edition, in monthly parts. A handsome production, including facsimiles of all the original plates by Robert Seymour, Robert W. Buss and "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne) in their rare first states, facsimiles of the original wrappers in first state, facsimiles of the original manuscript, the original prospectus, etc. Edited by John Harrison Stonehouse, who also provides an illuminating introduction on the origins and original publishing history of the work.
Loose in a contemporary black cloth box, somewhat worn.
With the bookplate of Dickens loosely inserted in part XX.
Provenance: Sten Ringselle (1949-2017), Swedish antiquarian bookdealer who in 1992 opened his shop Antiquaria in Gothenburg.
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Auktionsnummer:
671864
Datum:
2019-08-31