DICKENS, Charles. A group of 13 volumes, including: The Life...

DICKENS, Charles. A group of 13 volumes, including: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition in book form, bound from the parts, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, engr. portrait frontis. by Finden after Maclise, and 39 engr. plates by H.K. Browne 'Phiz', publisher's imprint to frontis. and first 4 plates (1st state), lacks half-title, browning and off-setting to plates as usual, text block detached, several leaves loose, contemp. black half-calf, scuffed, splitting to joints, 8vo. [Smith I, 5]; Dombey and Son, 1st edition in book form, bound from the parts, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, engr. frontis., engr. additional title, and 38 plates by H.K. Browne 'Phiz', lacks half-title, with errata leaf, browning to plates, contemp. half-calf, rebacked, 8vo. [Smith I, 8]; Bleak House, 1st edition in book form, bound from the parts, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853, engr. frontis., engr. additional title, and 38 plates by H.K. Browne 'Phiz', lacks half-title, browning to plates, contemp. half-calf, re-backed, 8vo. [Smith I, 10]; Our Mutual Friend, 1st edition in book form, 2 vols., London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, 2 engr. frontispieces and 38 plates by Marcus Stone, half-titles, publisher's advertisements at rear, spotting, edge-wear, publisher's orig. cloth, re-backed, scuffed, 8vo. [Smith I, 15]; together with another copy of Our Mutual Friend (2 vols. bound as one, ibid, 1865, loose leaves, contemp. half-calf), and 7 other Dickens or Dickens-related volumes, including MEYNELL, Wilfred (ed.). A Dickens Friendship Told in His Own Letters, one of 75 copies privately printed, 1931, orig. wraps, slim 4to. [mixed condition, sold as a collection with all faults] (13)

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