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Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (20 Parts in 19). Chapman & Hall, London, 1843.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition in Twenty original parts in nineteen. A very good set with six to thirty-two pages of preliminary advertisements and eight leaves of preliminaries follow text of final part. All the wrappers have the covers present with NO missing text pages with some wear or backing. A very copy housed in a custom drop box slipcase for preservation.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (20 Parts in 19). Chapman & Hall, London, 1843.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION in the original monthly parts. A beautiful copy with all advertisements and advertisers except Tyas Heads in Parts 7 and 8. Ad in Part 19/20 for Hills Seal Wafers has 4 (of 5) intact specimen color wafers; Amesbury Patent Supports in Part 3, Mechi's Catalogue with green and black wrappers in Part 8; Part 4, p. 123 with "visiter" for "sister"; Part 5, p. 160 with "latter" for "letter." Eckel, pp. 64-66; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 131-160 These ORIGINAL 20 parts in 19 are bound with the publisher's blue/green wrappers with illustrations by Phiz. The wrappers are complete with some repair. The pages are clean with light wear to the edges. Overall, a wonderful set housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

DICKENS Charles BROWNE Hablot Knight. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. , 1843.

Price: US$8500.00 + shipping

Description: "DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. His Relatives, Friends, and Enemies. London: Chapman and Hall, January, 1843-July, 1844. Twenty parts in nineteen. Octavo, original pale bluish-green printed paper wrappers. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. $8500.First edition in original parts of Dickens' picaresque novel of "farce, melodrama, and social criticism," with 40 full-page etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz"). An excellent copy in the scarce and desirable original parts—complete with all advertisements—handsomely boxed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.First issued in 20 numbers from January 1843 to July 1844, Martin Chuzzlewit reflects the disillusionment Dickens felt from a recent trip to the United States, his first American reading tour. As Fielding had sent his Tom Jones to London, Dickens "adopted the same radical expedient of sending his youthful protagonist not merely to London, but to America. The book's picaresque technique provides him with a large canvas and plenty of opportunity for farce, melodrama, and social criticism" (Philip V. Allingham). "You know, as well as I," Dickens told John Forster at the time of its publication, "I think Chuzzlewit in a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories" (Ackroyd, 415). The title page vignette was printed from three nearly identical etched plates produced of the same subject (no priority established). This version has "£100" on the signpost, is signed "Phiz," and has five studs on the trunk lid. With the four E. Moses booklets in Parts 9, 10, 11, and 16, which Hatton & Cleaver calls "essential but very frequently missing"; this copy contains a fifth such booklet in Part 12 in place of the four-page insert for the same advertiser called for by Hatton & Cleaver, quite possibly as issued. This is the only variance from the advertisements noted in the bibliography. Part 19/20 rear wrapper first issue, with no difference from the previous part's rear wrapper. Text and illustrations complete. Hatton & Cleaver, 185-212. See Eckel, 71-73. Smith I:7. Gimbel A72. Contemporary owner ink signature to front wrapper of Part 1.Only very infrequent faint foxing. Some neat and unobtrusive repairs to several spines, light edge-wear and creasing to fragile paper wrappers, less than often seen. An exceptional copy in parts in the original wrappers, quite scarce and desirable with all advertisements."

Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (20 Parts in 19). Chapman & Hall, London, 1843.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: In the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19. Bound in the original green printed wrappers - All wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are present, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver (except for the rare "Foreign Travel" slip in part VII, which is known in only 6 copies). Three parts have spines expertly renewed: parts III, XI and XIX/XX. The plates in parts I and XVII are lightly foxed; plates having brown edges are X, XIV, XV, XVIII and XIX/XX; plates in parts I, V, IX and XIII are lightly toned. all other plates are very good to fine. An exceptional set, such as we have not seen in many years; and with a pedigree - it is from the famed Hatton and Cleaver collection. Housed in a custom red quarter-leather slipcase, with chemise. We buy Dickens in the original parts.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (Original parts). Chapman & Hall, London, 1843.

Price: US$11000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Editions, First Printings of All 20 original parts bound in 19 wrappers SIGNED by Charles Dickens on a check laid into volume 1. A wonderful set in the publisher's green printed wrappers with minor wear to the spines and edges. The pages are clean with minor wear. Otherwise, a beautiful set housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Dickens First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.