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Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Frntsp., 39 plates. Half-green morocco over green pebbld cloth, gilt decorated spine, raised bands, a.e.g. (some scuffng & edgewear), still a VG copy. Early printing of this classic Dickens novel in the publisher's binding.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing. Rebound in 3/4 leather. Front hinge partially detached. Last two page detached, but present. Covers worn. Moderate fowing throughout. As-Is.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$139.54 + shipping
Description: Volume: 1 21.9x12.9 cm., XVI, 624 pp. e 24 pp. di catalogo edit., 39 tavv. f.t. di Phiz (pseud. di Hablot Knight Browne), legatura novecentesca in mezza pelle rossa, piatti in carta marmorizzata, al dorso nervi e titoli in oro, manca il ritratto dell'Autore, bruniture ad una tavola, per il resto esemplare ben conservato Prima edizione.
Seller: BACCHETTA GIORGIO - ALFEA RARE BOOKS, Milano, Italy
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$160.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby' by Charles Dickens. Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition later issue. Some foxing, mainly to plates, lacks half title page. Plain cloth binding with spine label. Good.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$192.30 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Contains first edition points; the word 'latter' to p.160, six lines from bottom, but reads 'sister' instead of 'visiter' on line 17 of p.123. Front board, endpapers and frontis partially detached, front hinge heavily split, rear hinge also split but less so. Spine has some loss to ends (1 inch to head) but has unfortunately been extensively repaired with sellotape. Leather scuffed, marbled boards rubbed. Foxed throughout, mainly to plates but with the odd patch of browning throughout. Bookplate to front pastedown. Pages generally clean and tidy. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$199.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover book in good condition. First edition, early issue. All first edition points and errors appear to be present, the exception being the Chapman and Hall are not named on the first plates. Half leather maroon boards, gilt edged textblock. Damage to front pastedown, crack to back hinge. Slightly bowed. Interior pages mostly clean, some light foxing. Heavier foxing shows to title and author page, as well as some of the plates. Early issue points: p.123 line 17 visiter for sister; p. 160 line 42 latter for letter; p.245 line 10 flys for flies; p.272 line 2 visiter for visitor; p. 197 line 22 incontestible for incontestable. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.
Seller: Encore Books, Montreal, QC, Canada
DICKENS, Charles. Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo, half calf, heavy water stain in gutter at title-page. REAR HINGE BROKEN. Illustrated by Phiz. First issue misprint of sister for visitor at line 17 page 123.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$245.14 + shipping
Description: 2 Bl., XVI, 624 S., 1 Bl., Frontispiz u. 39 Tafeln mit Ill. von Phiz. Einb. min. berieb., Tafeln u. anl. Seiten etw. nachgedunkelt. Sprache: Englisch späterer Halbleder (20. Jh.) im Stil der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel.
Seller: Antiquariat Kunsthaus-Adlerstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany
Dickens, Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, early issue: "sister" corrected from visitor; "letter" instead of letter. Half leather likely late 19thC binding. Spine heavily scuffed. Internals quiet nice. Dicken's third book.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$256.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Half calf over marbled boards, G+. iii-xvi+624pp, engraved frontis portrait, 39 engraved plates after 'Phiz' ( Hablot K Bowne ), early issue with just 'sister' at line 17 pp123 corrected, and with at least 10 remaining errors uncorrected, plate 32 titled 'Mulbery', first 2 plates with Chapman & Hall imprint, plates generally foxed & marked, plates I & II torn ( not affecting the image ), tear to pp261/262, leather rubbed & scuffed. Dickens' tale of the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies & featuring some of Dickens' most memorable characters. 825 grams.
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Early issue with visiter for sister page 123 line 17, latter for letter page 160. 624 pp. Hardcover, bound in polished tan calf over cloth, all edges gilt, by Bayntun of Bath. Some of the plates toned with a few blemishes, else unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$297.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard cover half-calf with morocco title label and lettering in gilt on green leather spine with dark green cloth boards. The bindings are tight and solid with some loss of colour or discolouration of the boards. Contents generally good and clean with xiv, 624 pages, the plates are toned and slightly discoloured; illustrated by Phiz with 39 plates and frontispiece of Dickens. This is a very early printing with the following errors: visiter for sister page 123 line 17, later for letter page 160, incsribed for inscribed page 238, flys for flies page 245 line 10, visiters for visitors page 272 line 2, incontestible for incontestable page 297 line 22, suprise for surprise page 586 line 24; the two plates facing pages 18 and 25 are marked Chapman and Hall, but not the two plates facing 38 and 44. Published in 1839 this 1st edition is in very good condition with most first issue points and an early copy possibly bound from the parts, which might explain missing xv/xvi page.
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in period full brown calf, spine with raised bands, black morocco label, and elaborate interlocking gilt tooling covering the entire spine, covers bordered with a single gilt fillet, speckled edges (binding rubbed; plates have usual browning and foxing). Has most first issue points (pages 123, 160., etc. plates lack the Chapman & Hall imprint after the plate opposite page 45). B/w Illustrations By 'Phiz'. PROVENANCE: bookplate and inscription of noted American poet William Matchett, also has several small ink stamps of St. Mary's Home, Buxted.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$314.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Half title not present, so contents run Engraved portrait, title page, preface, contents, list of plates, followed by the text. Contemporary calf, marbled boards, skilfully rebacked with original spine relaid. Text clean, variable foxing to plates as often with this title. Overall, an attractive example of the first edition of one of Dickens earlier novel, bound from the parts.
Seller: Celsus Books, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$314.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. Bound from the parts. Pp xvi, 624. Half title present, so that prelims run half-title, frontispiece, title page, dedication, preface, contents, list of plates. Collated complete and correct, with all plates and pages present. Contemporary half Morocco, marbled boards, edges marbled, matching marbled endpapers, occasional foxing to text, occasional foxing also to plates, sometimes marked, as often with this title, boards rubbed. Overall a good example in a bright contemporary binding of an early Dickens bound from the parts.
Seller: Celsus Books, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$320.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book has black / very dark maroon boards, with gilt text and banding to spine, and gilt edging to boards. Very light rubbing to corners and spine ends. LIght foxing to red feps. Extensive notations on first page in pencil about the illustrations within the book. Heavy foxing to frontispiece, and varying levels of foxing to illustrations throughout. Gilt page edges. A really beautifully bound copy. Please contact for images.
Seller: Compass Books, Devon, United Kingdom
DICKENS Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. , 1839.
Price: US$346.14 + shipping
Description: First Edition for issue in one volume. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Near contemporary half brown calf with marbled paper boards, spine with four raised bands outlined in gilt, second panel lettered in gilt to black morocco label, others decorated in blind, marbled edges. London, Chapman and Hall. Possible later issue, the errors on pages 123 and 160 have both been corrected, which Podeschi suggests indicates a later issue. A good copy, boards and corners rubbed, some plates quite badly spotted. Gift inscription to flyleaf. John B. Podeschi, Dickens and Dickensiana, A41.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, ***first edition, early issue, all plates present - forty (including frontispiece), fine Signed leather binding: J. Hatchers & Son, 624 pp, 8.5 x 5.5", 8vo. ***First Edition Early Issue Points: 1) p. 245 line 10: "flys" (instead of "flies"); 2) p. 272 line 2: "visiter" (instead of "visitor"); 3) p. 297 line 22: incontestible instead of incontestable ; and 4) p. 586 line 24: suprise instead of surprise . This is NOT a first issue because page 18 s illustrated plate does not include London, Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand written at bottom & p. 160 line 43 - letter is spelled correctly. In fair condition. Tan leather boards are scuffed at edges & worn/bumped at corners. Gilt decorated border & deco bright and clean - with minimal dulling. Both front and rear hinges split at head of spine - binding exposed. Leather head of spine beginning to chip. Tail of spine rubbed. All edges gilt. Both front and rear gutters beginning to split - binding exposed. Binder's stamp found on blank side of decorated front end-page: J. Hatchers & Son. Gift inscription found on front fly-leaf dated 1898. Toning throughout text-block, with off-setting & foxing to plates. Binding is intact - hinges are slightly fragile. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is the third novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. The character of Nickleby is a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies. This work saw Dickens return to his favorite publishers and to the format that proved so successful with The Pickwick Papers. The story appeared in monthly installments, after which it was issued in one volume. John Hatchard (1769-1849) was an English publisher and bookseller, in Piccadilly, London. The Hatchards bookshop there is still in business. A literary classic! Gift quality! COLL1839DKLX 12/23 - HK1035 02/24 - HKREVISION
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$352.55 + shipping
Description: EARLY EDITION (state and issue unknown). 8vo, 206 x 121 mms., pp. [iii] - xvi, 624, engraved portrait frontispiece of Dickens, 39 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine blocked in gilt; plates foxed and two with contemporary inscription on verso of plate, e. g., " [?Lazlo] Lovett Esqr/ Brook House/ Whittlesea/ 1839".
Seller: John Price Antiquarian Books, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, 1839.
Price: US$384.60 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Xvi; 624 Pages. 39 Engraved Plates, Usual Foxing And Off-Setting Mainly To The Plates. Attractive Half Dark Green Calf With Contrasting Morocco Title Label On The Spine Which Displays A Grand Arabesque Design In Gilt, Attractive Marbled Boards.Engraved Portrait Frontispiece Of The Author. 8Vo. No Half-Title, Otherwise All Issue Points Match A First Edition In Book Form. Eckel, 64
Seller: Roger Collicott Books, Widecombe in the Moor, DEVON, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, UK, 1839.
Price: US$384.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition 1839. 1st printing with all points correct for the 1st issue. 39 plates. No half title. Bound in a un-recorded cloth binding. Very un-common. Book is very good with quite bright boards. Edges and spine tips rubbed. Rear board with a flattened area of the cloth. Contents good. Pages a little age toned but no foxing. Name to endpaper. More images can be atken upon request. Ref10223 ###013995
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$391.40 + shipping
Description: Octavo. In two volumes. mixed state, 40 engraved illustrations by Phiz, 320, 321-624pp., text is clean, plated do display foxing as well as facing pages. Bound in contemporary 3/4 brown polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, red and black contrasting leather labels gilt, spines have changed to a lighter brown. A very good set.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in book form, vol 1 only, 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4"), pp. xvi, (1), 2-288, engraved frontispiece portrait, 18 engraved inserted plates after drawings by Phiz, Hablot K. Browne. Extra illustrated with 16 name-captioned character portraits after drawings by Joseph Kenny Meadow. The frontispiece is not listed in the "List of Plates" and does not have the Chapman & Hall imprint. Three of the first four plates have the Chapman & Hall imprint. Text has "sister" for "visitor", line 17 p. 123; "latter" for "letter", line 43 p. 160; "flys" for "flies", line10 p. 245; "visiters" for "visitors", line 2 p. 272. Victorian old half brown calf & early brown cloth. Good with some wear & front joint rehinged retaining original back-strip. Sheets & extra 16 Meadow plates clean, the 18 Phiz plates browned around the edges as usual. Old engraved small bookplate on front paste down endpaper & signature John Fletcher Oxford 1858. H9755 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$410.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19TH CENTURY HALF LEATHER BINDING, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, AN EARLY ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH ISSUE POINTS SUCH AS CHAPMAN & HALL TO BOTTOM MARGIN OF THE FIRST FOUR PLATES AFTER FRONTIS, FRONTIS PLATE NOT LISTED IN THE PLATES LIST, VISITER FOR SISTER ON PAGE 123 & LATTER FOR LETTER ON PAGE 160. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 16 + 624 PAGES. SOME RUBBING TO MARBLED BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, INSCRIPTION DATED 1841 TO FRONT ENDPAPER, SOME WEAR TO INNER HINGE BETWEEN FRONT ENDPAPERS [NOTHING SERIOUS] HEAVY FOXING TO FRONTIS, THE USUAL LIGHT TO MODERATE FOXING OR OFFSETTING MOSTLY TO PLATES [ SEE IMAGES FOR EXAMPLES ] A FEW PAGES TO FRONT OF BOOK A LITTLE PROUD AT FORE-EDGE, PAGE 17 WITH REPAIR TO OUTER MARGIN HAVING REPAIRED A FEW SMALL CLOSED TEARS, PLATE OPPOSITE PAGE 518 HAS A CLOSED TEAR TO BOTTOM HALF, OVERALL THE USUAL FAULTS INTERNALLY WITH DICKENS BUT STILL A VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY. EXTRA POSTGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles,:. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,. London Chapman And Hall, 1839.
Price: US$416.65 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Mixed Issue: Hardback, half-bound in maroon leather, maroon embossed bds., 5 raised spinal bands, gold titles and decs., 135 x 215 mm., 1.1kg. (extra postage), 625 pp., marbled eps., illustrated frontis with tissue guard and illustrated throughout with full-page illustrations by Phiz, page 123, line 17- the word 'visitor' corrected to 'sister', page 160, 6 lines from bottom uncorrected word 'later' should read, letter, some marginal foxing to plates, tight binding, rubbed crns. and edges and light scuffing to bds., no dw., Good+ copy.
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
Price: US$425.62 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Unusual three volumes set bound from the parts with some residual evidence of binding on early title pages (3 small page holes close to hinge, see photograph). Green cloth hard covers with gilt titles on spines and no cover wear, the third volume has a lighter (olive) green colour. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Dickens by Finden after Maclise, illustrated with 39 plates which are all present but irregularly inserted usually in pairs and not corresponding to the list of plates, xvi, 224, 225-448 and 449-624 pages. First edition first state with most of the early printing errors (approximately 33 and possibly more of Smith's 41 first issue internal flaws) including: sister for visitor page 123, flys for flies page 245, visitors for visitors 272, publisher's name at bottom of frontispiece and 3 of first 4 plates. Scarce 1st edition in 3 volumes and first or very early issue in near fine to fine condition.
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles.. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman And Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$448.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A Very Solid Book, Foxing Mainly Around The Illustrations Which Are All Present. 39 Plates By Phiz. First Issue Points Are Present, Latter For Letter, Visiter For Sister, Flys For Flies Incontestible For Incontestable Etc As Well As The First Four Plates Have The Publishers Imprint At The Foot. Marbled Boards With Half Bound Black Leather, Raised Bands With Dulled Gilt Ruled Compartments And The Title In Gilt. The Gilt Is Still Visible. The Top Front Spine Edge Has Cracked Along The Edge For Approx 4" And Is Gaping Slightly. This Is Repairable, The Binding Is Very Solid With Some Rubbing To Edges And Corners. A Rarer Find And Highly Collectible !
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$480.75 + shipping
Description: FIRST BOOKFORM EDITION, secondary state, with the correct readings 'sister' on p.123 & 'letter' on p.160, engraved portrait frontispiece by Finden after Maclise, 39 etched plates by H.K. Browne, the plates a little browned and spotted, a few pages lightly foxed to borders, lacks half-title and list of plates, pp. xiv, 624, 8vo, contemporary half plum calf, the backstrip with four raised band, lettered in gilt on black leather label, some tooling in gilt, marbled boards, rubbed with light wear, marbled edges, and endpapers, good. (Eckel pp.64-6: Gimbel A41)
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles.. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London., 1839.
Price: US$480.75 + shipping
Description: First edition. Has several, but not all, of the first issue points. Octavo. pp xvi, 624. 39 plates by Phiz. Frontispiece portrait after Maclise. Period binding of quarter dark brown leather with raised bands, gilt decoration. Some foxing to the plates and prelims. Covers rubbed at edges. Snag to head of spine. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
DICKENS, CHARLES. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. Chapman & Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$485.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp: xvi, 624 [1]. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half leather over marbled boards, raised bands ruled in gilt, title in gilt within a black title piece. Frontispiece and thirty-nine plates by Phiz. Some of the plate locations do not correspond with the page reference. The paper used for the plates appears to be different, and of lesser quality, than that used for the text. as there is moderate foxing, whereas the text is clean and free of foxing. Page 123/line 17 reads 'sister'. Page 160/line 43 has 'latter' for letter. Page 245/line 10 has 'flys' for flies. Page 586/line 24 has 'supries' for surprise. And, page 618/line 23-24 has 'Grogswig' for Grogzwig. This was the first of Dickens major novels to be published in a single volume.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Dickens, Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman And Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$485.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, Bound From The Parts. Burgundy Half-Calf And Peach Cloth. Designed And Lettered In Gilt. Marbled End Papers. Top Edge Gilt, Other Edges Trimmed. Old Stain To Upper Corner Of Frontispiece & Preliminary Leaf, And The Last Few Leaves ( All From The Final Part Issued ). A Clean, Very Good Copy, In A Nice Binding. Bound From The Parts: Cover Of Part Iv Is Bound In At The Front. Mixed Issues, Part Iv Having " Sister " Corrected From " Visitor " On Page123, Line 17 ( Later State ), And Part Iv Having " Latter" Instead Of " Letter " On Page 160, Line 6Up ( First State ). The First Four Plates Are In A Later State, Not Having The Publisher's Imprint At The Bottom. An Attractive Copy Of The Parts Edition, Mixed States.
Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Price: US$492.47 + shipping
Description: Porträt by D. Machise, 39 Illustr., XVI, 624 pages, orig. half leather binding ---this book is the better print with "sister" instead of "visitor" on page 123, 17th line, the plates are little foxing, cover with damage, but repaired, maybe one illustration is lost
Seller: Der ANTIQUAR in LAHR, Werner Engelmann, Lahr, BW, Germany
DICKENS, Charles.. Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman & Hall. 1839, 1839.
Price: US$493.56 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Front. port. sl. browned, plates by H.K. Browne; occasional light spotting. Contemp. half maroon calf, spine dec. in blind, black leather label; sl. rubbing. An attractive copy.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 624pp., illustrated with 39 plates, plus frontispiece portrait of the author. Bears the crucial first-issue points identifying this as having been bound from the original parts, with errors on pp. 123, 160, 245, and 272, and the publisher's imprint on the first four plates. Bound in contemporary 3/5 burgundy morocco and marbled boards, with marbled endpapers, gilt spine title and copartments. Generally crisp and sound, with the front inner hinge thinly cracked, but holding, one leaf of the Contents re-attached with clear tape at the gutter. Plates foxed, some quite heavily, but they are all present (albeit with a few inserted a leaf or two away from where they ought to be; common in these early Dickens editions, bound from parts). Text mostly quite clean and vibrant. Two handsome bookplates to the front endpapers, along with a small pasted-on news clipping related to the book. Altogether, a nearly very good copy. Conforms to Gimbel A40 (that copy still in its original parts, and identified in that esteemed Dickens collection as being the earliest edition of "Nicholas Nickleby"). A decent, complete, and unrestored example of this early Dickens classic. Any prospective buyers with strong opinions on the various errors and issue points is encouraged to ask me specific questions before purchasing the book.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.VERY GOOD- Hardcover in contemporary half calf with marbled boards, as issued. First Edition. First Printing. First Issue with Page xv - 'gentleman' not 'gentlemen', and 'coffee-room' with a hyphen. Page xvi: No 'Mr.' on first listing, 'small-clothes' with a hyphen, 'Mulberry' instead of ' Mulbery', 'hair-dresser's' with a hyphen. A contemporaneous Liverpool Bookstore label on pastedown along with a previous owner's period bookplate.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First issue with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123, line 17; "latter" for "letter" on p. 160, line 43; "flys" for "flies" on p. 245, line 10; "visiters" for "visitors" on p. 272, line 2. Book in good condition, foxing mostly on plates but also elsewhere.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. CHAPMAN, LONDON, 1839.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION HALF LEATHER . 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the word "sister" substituted for "visitor on page 123 line 17. PAGE 272 visiters
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. The third novel by Dickens, originally published in a periodical. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition; second-state printing, with all points present with the exception of the mis-spelling on p[age 123, which has been corrected. Green leather boards with black leather tips and spine; titling in gilt within a red compartment; panels separated by gilt decorations.Clean text; xvi, 624 pages; ribbon marker, currently at page 272. Engraved frontis portrait [from a painting by Daniel Maclise] of the young and quite handsome Charles Dickens, with 39 other illustrations within by Phiz. Marbled endpapers and all page ends Light spotting to the Title Page; some edge toning within at the illustrations, but generally a nicely bright and clear text. Bumped corners and rubbing at margins, but quite sound. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, London UK 1839, 1839.
Price: US$506.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: With first state issue points such as the important 'latter for letter' to page 160, 'Inscribed' to page 238, 'Visiters' rather than 'visitors' to page 272, 'incontestible' for 'incontestable' to page 297, 'flys' for 'flies' to page 245, 'suprise' for 'surprise' to page 586. Also the first four plates have the publisher's imprint. This copy has the correct 'sister' for 'visiter' to page 123, which was said to be corrected alongside the 'latter/letter' issue point whilst the work was still in parts. Therefore, some of this text has been formed from the original first state parts as it has latter instead of letter. Issue points called for by Smith 5, Podeschi A41 and Eckel pp 64-5. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and 39 plates. Collated, complete. Nicholas Nickleby we originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. This is the first edition of the novel in book form. The novel centres on a young man, Nicholas Nickleby, who must support his mother and sister following his father's untimely death. Please See Photos for Details, Fair Condition, Various Foxing throughout etc, a lovely book.
Seller: EMGBooks, Derbyshire, GB, United Kingdom
Price: US$512.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Both volumes have marbled boards with black leather binding and corner reinmforcements, and a gold tooled spine. Heavy foxing to frontispiece in vol. 1, and foxing to a lesser degree to all illustration in both volumes. Rubbing and bumping to corners, edges and spine ends to both volumes, and some grazing to hinges. A couple of notes in pencil on feps. Occsional spotting and slight darkening to pages commensurate with age. Please contact for images.
Seller: Compass Books, Devon, United Kingdom
Price: US$512.79 + shipping
Description: , xvi, 624 pages, 40 illustrations including frontispiece. Issue points: Page xv - 'gentleman' not 'gentlemen', and 'coffee-room' with a hyphen. Page xvi: No 'Mr.' on first listing, 'small-clothes' with a hyphen, 'Mulberry' instead of 'Mulbery', 'hair-dresser's' with a hyphen. First Edition , a few scratches on front and back covers, binding rubbed along board edges and corners, inscription on front free endpaper, light foxing throughout - heavier on pastedowns and free endpapers, split at lower hinge but boards firm , book is in good condition. , half calf and marbled paper, with blind tooling, gilt title on black morocco title label and decorative bands to spine , Octavo, 21.5 x 14 cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$512.79 + shipping
Description: FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. 8vo. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. viii + 526 pp. Lacking the half title, discarded by binder. Bound in contemporary half morocco; spine in compartments with raised bands, decorated gilt. Patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. The plates are clean with occasional foxing, mostly confined to extreme margins. otherwise a fine clean copy. Illustrated by [40] engraved plates, including engraved title and frontispiece. 'The following pages contain the earliest productions of their Author, written from time to time to meet the exigencies of a Newspaper or a Magazine. They were originally published in two series; the first in two volumes [1836-37], and the second in one [1837]. Several editions having been exhausted, both are now published together in one volume, uniform with the Pickwick Papers, and Nicholas Nickleby.' (Preface). The Sketches were the first published work by Charles Dickens. LITERATURE DICKENS LIT. FICTION ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY FIRST EDITION LITERATURE
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$525.30 + shipping
Description: XIV, 624 S. it gest. Frontispiz und 39 Radierungen von Halbot K. Browne (Phiz) Erste Ausgabe mit den Kennzeichen: Chapman & Hall auf den ersten 3 Radierungen und den Druckfehlern: "visiter" für "sister" S. 123 Zeile 17 und "latter" für "letter" auf S. 160. Innen ganz vereinzelt fleckig, die freien Rückseiten der Radierungen mit Textabklatsch. Gerne schicke ich Ihnen bei Bedarf Fotos von diesem Buch. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Marm. Haldrbd. d. Zt. mit RSch. (berieben)
Seller: Antiquariat Bernhard Schäfer, Bad Karlshafen, Germany
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839., 1839.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION BOUND FROM THE PARTS. 1 vol., 8-3/4" x 5-3/4", mixed issue, of the two critical issue points "latter" at p. 160 is present, but "visiter" at p. 123 is not (these 2 issues points are seldom found together), illustrated by Phiz. Bound in 1/2 contemporary green morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, all edges gilt, frontis portrait plate, general foxing to plates throughout but not terribly so. Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, overall a VERY GOOD copy.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$576.89 + shipping
Description: The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' third novel. First edition in book form, very early issue. With first state issue points such as the important 'latter for letter' to page 160, 'Inscribed' to page 238, 'Visiters' rather than 'visitors' to page 272, 'incontestible' for 'incontestable' to page 297, 'flys' for 'flies' to page 245, 'suprise' for 'surprise' to page 586. Also the first four plates have the publisher's imprint. This copy has the correct 'sister' for 'visiter' to page 123, which was said to be corrected alongside the 'latter/letter' issue point whilst the work was still in parts. Therefore some of this text has been formed from the original first state parts as it has latter instead of letter. Issue points called for by Smith 5, Podeschi A41 and Eckel pp 64-5. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and 39 plates. Collated, complete. Nicholas Nickleby we originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. This is the first edition of the novel in book form. The novel centres on a young man, Nicholas Nickleby, who must support his mother and sister following his father's untimely death. Needs a new binding. In a half diced calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, rubbed to the extremities and to the joints. completely lacking backstrip. Front joint and hinge has failed and therefore the board is detached but present. Small loss due to chip at the outer margin of frontispiece. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned to edges. Heavy spotting to the first few pages and to several of the plates at edges. Scattered spotting throughout. Overall: GOOD ONLY due to binding. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$576.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Single volume.Half red leather with marbled boards, 5 raised bands to spines with gilt ruling to leather margins Gilt spine titles. All closed edges marbled. Some surface wear to edges and corners. Spotting to frontispiece and 3 of the plates and pages facing them. Other plates present and rest of contents clean. Publisher's imprint on plates up to page 25. The hinge at the half-title page can be lifted to reveal remains of the green cover from the part-issue from which the book was bound. Other errors are present - "visiter" on page 123; "latter" page160; "inscribed" on page 238; "incontestible" on page 297; "flys" on page 245. Photos of the book are.available. Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Seller: Bosco Books, Looe, CORNW, United Kingdom
Price: US$608.94 + shipping
Description: [Classic Fiction] FIRST EDITION, bound from mixed issue parts. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624. With 39 engraved plates by Phiz, and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Maclise. This copy does not have "visiter" for "sister" on p.123 line 17, but it does have "latter" for "letter" on p.160, 6 lines up. The frontispiece and first four plates have the imprint of Chapman and Hall, which indicates that they come from the 'earliest issues of the monthly parts' (Hatton and Cleaver, p.134). Bound with both the half-title and one green cover (no.IX) from the original parts to preliminaries. Recently re-bound with a cream paper-covered spine, a plain paper title label, and contemporary blue paper-covered boards. All edges untrimmed. Masonic bookplate of James Barr Lamb to front pastedown. Repairs to hinges. Extremely heavy spotting and browning to plates (more so than usual), but text generally quite clean. Rubbing to boards, especially corners. Professionally re-bound. Very good. The first of Dickens' romances, it is perhaps most famous for its extraordinary and memorable villains, Wackford Squeers and Ralph Nickleby.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles.. Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman & Hall. 1839, 1839.
Price: US$634.58 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Front. port., 39 plates by Phiz. Handsomely bound in 20thC half maroon crushed morocco, pink cloth boards, spine directly lettered & with devices in gilt. A v.g. clean copy.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$676.89 + shipping
Description: Front. & engr. title with some spotting & off-setting, additional printed title, plates. Contemp. half maroon calf, spine attractively tooled in blind & gilt, black leather label; spine faded to tan. ]A nice clean copy of the first collected edition. 'The following pages contain the earliest productions of their Author, written from time to time to meet the exigencies of a Newspaper or a Magazine. They were originally published in two series; the first in two volumes, and the second in one. Several editions having been exhausted, both are now published together in one volume, uniform with "The Pickwick Papers" and "Nicholas Nickleby".' (Advertisement.)
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London UK, 1839.
Price: US$692.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rebound first edition of Nicholas Nickleby with nearly all the first issue points as per Smith 5. p40. With illustrations by Phiz. Rebound in red boards. Browned contents with staining. Repaired title and dedication page and small tape repairs on pages viii and ix. Small repairs within the contents and possible trimmed clean ends of the pages.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens Editor. Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$704.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A scarce first edition second state ( page 123 line 17 visitor corrected to sister) 39 plates and frontis of young Charles sitting in a chair all ilustrated by Phiz, plates are foxed as is always the case. Spine divided into five compartments with small geometric snakelike design impressed into the brown leather as is commonly found on Cork bindings (we therefore believe this is a contemporary Irish binding) , black title label and gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, neat signature of a former owner on ep 625pp. A small hole within the top compartment does not detract from this handsome binding.
Seller: VANESSA PARKER RARE BOOKS, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
Price: US$705.09 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Bound from the parts in contemporary half red morocco, ruled in gilt, purple cloth boards. Five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. All edges marbled. Half title discarded by the binder. Portrait frontispiece of the author [in the first state], engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise. Illustrated with 39 full pages plates by "Phiz". A handsome copy, the binding square and firm with minor rubbing to the extremities. The contents, with the bookplate to the front pastedown and contemporary ownership name of William Frederick Fownes Tighe, Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny (1794-1878) at the head of the title page and some spotting to the plate margins are otherwise clean throughout. A very attractive example. Nicholas Nickleby originally appeared in 20 numbers, bound in 19 monthly parts between April 1838 and October 1839. The novel was first published in book form on October 23, 1839. This example with two of the first four plates in the first state (with publisher's imprint), an most of the earliest text points noted in Smith. (Smith, Part 1: 5). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1839 Charles Dickens 1st/1st Nicholas Nickleby Novel Social Satire Illustrated There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was regarded as the literary colossus of his age. His 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, remains popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. His third work was Nicholas Nickleby , a work which follows Nickleby and his young orphan friend Smike and the adventures they get into. The parts of this work were released in short segments weekly in periodicals in London. It first appeared in complete book form in 1839 by Chapman and Hall. This example is beautifully bound and includes an engraved portrait frontispiece and engravings by Phiz, as well as all first edition points! Item number: #23938 Price: $750 DICKENS, Charles The Life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby with illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. First printing. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xvi, 624 o 39 plates References: Eckel 64-66 Edition notes: o page 123, line 17: sister not corrected to visiter o page 160, line 6 from bottom: latter not corrected to letter o page 245, line 10: flys not corrected to flies , o page 272, line 2: visiters not corrected to visitors o page 297, line 22: incontestible not corrected to incontestable o page 586, line 24: suprise not corrected to surprise o imprint of Chapman & Hall on the first, second, and third plates. Provenance: Armorial bookplate Wadham Knatchbull Harepath o Motto: IN CRUCIFIXIA GLORIA MEA Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 23938 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$760.59 + shipping
Description: Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Some foxing to the pages. Physical description; 624 pages. Notes; visiter/sister p. 123. 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Source of acquisition: Purchased and placed on deposit by the Governors of the Baillie's Institution of Glasgow. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$769.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1839, with frontis and 39 further plates. Earliest state with misprint 'visiter' (for 'sister') on p123 line 17, and all plates before p45 with the C & H imprint. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 24 drawings of the principal characters. These were published in 1839 by Robert Tyas under the title of 'Heads from Nicholas Nickleby' and purported to be by Miss La Creevy (an artist who appears in the book), but were in fact by Kenny Meadows. Contemporary half maroon morocco, gilt panelled spine with raised bands, dark green diaper-pattern cloth boards, aeg. Plates a little browned and spotted, cloth worn at edges and a little bubbled. Very firm and tight. Bound without the half title. The first issue with all the correct points is quite scarce, and this copy has in addition the rare set of 24 extra plates by Kenny Meadows.
Seller: C R Moore, Telford Shropshire, SAL, United Kingdom
DICKENS Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$820.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Octavo, half brown leather binding,gilt decorated spine with title, tight, slightly rubbed at edges and boards, marbled cuts and endpapers,bookplate Dr Sikorav on front end paper; First edition in book form, bound from a mix of early and later parts, partly with the publisher's parts which have stab holes from the original wrappers; illustrated with 39 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne and the steel-engraved frontispiece portrait after the painting by David Maclise, it has "visiter" corrected to "sister" on page 123 (a later state) and "latter" on page 160 (an earlier state). First state of the engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens (with Chapman & Hall imprint at bottom) and first states of plates one, two, and three (with Chapman & Hall imprint at bottom). Further on page XV the frontis. is not listed in the "List of Plates"; page 245, line 10 "flys" for "flies", page 618, line 23-24 "Grogswig" for "Grogzwig". The three first plates are browned, the others are only browned at the margin; the text itself is in very good condition;
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
DICKENS, Charles.. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London., 1839.
Price: US$833.29 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 624. 39 plates by Phiz (Hablot K. Brown) and frontispiece portrait engraving after D. Maclise. Has several (not all) of the first issue points: frontispiece not listed; first four plates have ''Chapman & Hall'' at foot; ''latter'' for ''letter'' l. 43, p.160. Nineteenth century binding of half green morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration to spine, marbled boards and endpapers.Foxing to almost all of the plates, mostly in the margins. Some rubbing to joints, bands and corners. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$843.75 + shipping
Description: First edition, bound from the original parts (stab holes evident), first issue with "Chapman & Hall" on frontispiece and 3 of the first four plates; also with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123, line 17, and "latter" for "letter" on p. 160, line 6 up; 8vo, pp. [iii]-xvi, 624; engraved portrait frontispiece of Dickens, 39 engraved plates (2 misbound) by Halbot K. Browne ("Phiz"); bound without the half-title in late 19th century half green calf, red morocco; good and sound. Gimble A-41; Smith I, 5.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$844.00 + shipping
Description: Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Some foxing to the pages. Physical description; 624 pages. Notes; visiter/sister p. 123. 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Source of acquisition: Purchased and placed on deposit by the Governors of the Baillie's Institution of Glasgow. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Frontispiece portrait by Maclise. 39 Illustrations by Phiz. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards; marbled end-papers, leather label. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First Edition. Second issue with the misprints on pages 123 & 160 corrected. The plates have some foxing, mostly at the edges.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form with illustrations by Phiz. Later issue - "latter" has not been corrected on page 160; "Chapman & Hall" imprint on a few plates prior to page 45; "visiter" has been corrected to "sister" on line 17, page 123. Includes 39 etchings. Beautifully bound in 3/4 maroon morocco with raised bands on spine and gilt lettering. Light rubbing on front board at the spine, as well as to corners, else very good without dust jacket, as issued. The tale of young Nicholas Nickleby as he struggles to seek his fortune in Victorian England. His adventures take place at Dotheboys Hall where Wackford Squeers starves and abuses children under the pretense of education.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Thick 8vo. Frontispiece portrait engraving by Finden (after the Maclise portrait); 39 engraved plates after drawings by "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne). 3/4 tan calf over green marbled boards, gilt stamped spine with raised bands and decorated compartments, gilt stamped red and green morocco spine labels, covers ruled in gilt, t.e.g., matching marbled endpapers. Very good (light rubbing; small stains on back joint hinge; old catalogue description pasted in). 624 pages. First book publication of the famous novel, basis of the famous David Lean London/Broadway adaptation (and the lesser known 1947 Ealing film, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, starring Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke and Sybil Thorndike). Bookplate of Frederick Cowan present. Eckel, pp. 64-66; with the error on page 123 ("visiter" for "sister").
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). First edition, mixed state with "sister" and "letter" in the corrected state, many other points first state and uncorrected. Bound in contemporary three-quarter green calf, with five raised bands ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, and red sprinkled edges. Very good, with light marks to calf, some wear to paper-covered edges, bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, 19th century bookplate to front pastedown, light offsetting to front free endpaper from bookplate, moderate spotting and offsetting to plates, pages quite clean otherwise without nicks or tears. Overall, a handsomely bound and sturdy copy. Smith, I, 5; Hatton & Cleaver, p. 131. Nicholas Nickleby is Dickens's third novel, which he began writing while Oliver Twist was still in progress. Characteristic of Dickens's work, Nicholas Nickleby is a whirlwind of social satire with a complex network of characters and plotlines. The book highlights the controversy that surrounded Yorkshire boarding schools in the 1830s as news stories brought to light the abuse and neglect that was common among these institutions, known for accepting unwanted children from parents who paid high prices to send them anywhere they could. Dickens's villain, Wackford Squeers, was based on Walter Shaw, the real-life headmaster of Bowes Academy, one of the schools reported for allowing rampant abuse of its pupils. The book has since been adapted for theater, television, and film and remains one of Dickens's most well-known works.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. London: Chapman and Hall., 1839.
Price: US$871.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Half calf, 9 inches tall. An exceptionally bright early Victorian binding with gilt raised bands, label and ornate gilt tooling in the panels. Some foxing to the plates, especially to the portrait. With the portrait and a further 39 engraved plates by Phiz. A lovely copy of this great novel in its first book form.
Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby". Published in London by Chapman and Hall in 1839. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved plates. Very good condition. Lacking half-title page, plates browned with some minor spotting. Bound in later half leather with maroon cloth boards. Binding signed by Speakman bookbinder. Leather worn and rubbed at the edges. Gilt lettering and decorations well preserved on the spine. First Edition in book form. Plates 1 and 2 in the earliest states with publisher's imprint. With vister for sister on p. 123, and latter for letter on p. 160, and flys for flies on p. 245, and visiters for visitors on p. 272. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store.We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(L4-1).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Book edition, 1st issue. A Near Fine copy. 8vo., xvi, 624 pp., illustrated by b&w engravings by Phiz. In Fine Binding by, and stamped, by Morrell. Bound in full polished calf, with boards triple ruled, the six compartment spine elaborately decorated in gilt, and the red and green title and author labels on the spine; board edges and turn-ins decorated. All edges gilt. Visitor for sister on page 123. Light shelf wear, mostly confined to the edges and the spine's crown. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front, binder's blank end paper, and dated 1931. Plates and text very clean. A handsome binding.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$897.39 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edition. With frontispiece portrait of Dickens, & 39 Illustrations by Phiz. Plus the full set of 24 extra plates bound in, showing caricatures of various characters in the novel, originally published by Robert Tyas 1839-1840 as: Heads from Nicholas Nickleby, by Joseph Kenny Meadows [Miss La Creevy]. The characters portrayed are: Nicholas Nickleby, Ralph Nickleby, Wackford Squeers, Mrs Squeers, Miss Squeers, Miss La Creevy, Kate Nickleby, Newman Noggs, Madame Mantalini, Smike, Mrs Nickleby, Sir Mulberry Hawk, Mr Crummles, Mr Mantalini, Tim Linkinwater, Madeline Bray, Cheeryble Brothers, Old Bray, Mr Lillyvick, Arthur Gride, Brooker, John Browdie, Lord Verisopht, Frank Cheeryble. Half brown leather over marbled boards, five raised bands, red label with gilt title. Condition: Very good. Edgewear and rubbing to cloth. Leather worn through on corners, with small loss at top of spine. Partial splitting on inner hinges but the binding itself is firm. Internally, all plates etc as called for, plus extra plates as described above. Scattered foxing, but generally light. The plates are in very good condition, with some offsetting. Size: 9 x 5.5 inches / 23 x 14 cm. 609 pages. Weight 1kg
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
DICKENS, CHARLES.. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: An early twentieth-century binding with green cloth-covered boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Panelled spine with gilt lettering and panel designs. Date at foot of spine. The spine has mellowed to brown, which is quite common with old green leather. This first edition in book form contains 39 etchings by Hablot K. Brown (Phiz) and a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait after the painting by David Maclise. The engraved frontispiece is in the first state with Chapman and Hall at the bottom, other plates do not have the imprint and are termed second state. Most of the textual errors as noted in Smith have not been corrected, although a few have been changed. Three plates are misbound: "Newman Noggs Leaves the Ladies" is found at p.166, "Nicholas Attracted by the Mention of His Sister's Name" at .308, and "The Children at Their Cousin's Grave" at p. 223. Plates and text are generally fresh and clean, occasional minor foxing only. Originally issued in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts. 624pp. See Smith 1:5, Eckel, pp64-66, Podeschi A41. Size: Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, 1839., 1839.
Price: US$933.29 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. xvi. 624. Illustrations by Phiz. Very Good in brown cloth boards. From original parts, two wrappers bound in. Inner joints and spine repaired. Gilt motif to front board. Spine and boards rubbed.
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$961.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' third novel, illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form. In half calf binding with gilt detail to the spine. With a portrait frontispiece, and thirty-eight illustrations by Phiz. Lacking the plate on page 457. The final plate is facing page 623 instead of 624 as stated in the list of plates. A very early issue, with issue points 'flys' for 'flies' on page 245, line 10, 'visiters' instead of 'visitors', on page 272 line 2, 'incontestible' for, 'incontestable' on page 287 line 22, 'suprise' for 'surprise' on page 586 line 24. This copy has the correct 'sister' for 'visiter' to page 123, and 'letter' for, 'latter' to page 160. The third book by Charles Dickens. Nicholas Nickleby was originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. The novel centres on a young man, Nicholas Nickleby, who must support his mother and sister following his father's untimely death. The half title page is present. Ink inscription from previous owner to the list of plates. In a half calf binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed with some rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Number sticker to the front board. Hinges strained but still firm. Discoloration to the edges of the paste-downs and free endpapers. Sticker to the lower rear paste-down. Loss to the free endpapers, with the front free endpaper loosening. Internally lacking pages 455-458, and the plate on page 457, but otherwise firmly bound. Pages age-toned with spotting throughout. Heavy discoloration to the plates. Staining to the frontispiece, Ink inscription from previous owner to the list of plates. With small closed tear to the list of plates. Loss to the plate on page 351. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby. London Chapman and Hall 1839, 1839.
Price: US$961.49 + shipping
Description: First edition - 1839, with 'visiter' corrected to 'sister' line 17, page 123, but 'latter' for 'letter' 6 lines up, page 160; First Issue of the illustrations. Original half brown calf over marbled sides, morocco title-label lettered in gilt, drab endpapers and all edges speckled. A good copy which has wear and rubbing to the edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 39 plates. Plates browned as usual. Small circular dent to the front board. Rare
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (first edition). Chapman & Hall, 1839.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nicholas Nickleby. Charles Dickens. [1839] first edition; Chapman & Hall; good to very good antiquarian hardcover half red leather over decorative boards. Extra-illustrated with 39 plates in addition to frontispiece. Appears to be a mixed-state first edition with most of the first printing issue points present. For example, latter is present on pg. 586. On pg. 123, though, its visiter instead of sister or visitor. Typical rubbing and edgewear; mild toning with some inventory marks penciled on pastedown. Illustrated as issued (Phiz). Some heavier foxing to illustrated leaves. A few leaves show handling wear with a couple apparently repaired. Binding is tight and square. Overall, a wonderful copy.
Seller: Forgotten Lore, Friendswood, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$1045.90 + shipping
Description: DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. With illustrations by Phiz. London : CHapman and Hall, 186, Strand, MDCCCXXXIX [1839]. First Edition. Pp (4),[vii]-xvi,[1]-624,portrait frontis + 39 plates. 8vo, half calf, red and green morocco labels, raised bands and gilt decorations to spine, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Not a first state, although it has the publisher's imprint on the frontispiece. Wear to edges, spine ends and outer hinges, boards rubbed/scuffed, darkening to margins of half of the plates, lacking half-title, else a very good, solid copy. 1,400.00
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1050.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of one of Dickensâ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters calf over boards, gilt titles to the spine. First issue points with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123, "latter" for "letter" p.160, "flys" for flies on p. 245, and "visiters" for "visitors" on p. 272. First issue points for first four plates. In very good condition. The plot, the characters, the dialogue, everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" (Ackroyd, 283).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1089.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition, first impression, of Charles Dickens' influential 'Nicholas Nickleby', illustrated with beautiful plates by Phiz, all plates present. The first edition, first issue, with the following issue points; page xiii Chapter XXXV, the last four letters not aligned in 'family'; page xiv, 'Chapter LXIII', comma after 'others' here, and with a semi-colon in the text; page xvi, entry seven, the words 'the lodgings of' in the caption on plate but not on this page; page xvi, entry nine, 'small-clothes' not hyphenated in the caption; page xvi, entry ten, 'mulberry' spelt with a single 'r' in the caption; page xvi, entry eleven, hyphen and apostrophe in 'hair-dresser's' here but not in caption; page xvi, entry fifteen, 'breaking up' is in quotation marks in the caption; page thirteen, ten lines up, comma after 'what'; page twenty-nine, line thirty, double quote marks around 'never'; page one-hundred and sixty-five, line twenty-six, close spacing in line; page one-hundred and ninety-eight, fifteen lines up, 'yesterday' with an s; page two-hundred and forty-five, line ten, 'flys' for 'flies'; page two-hundred and seventy, line fifteen, 'mercie'; page two-hundred and seventy-two, line two, 'visiters' instead of 'visitors'; page two-hundred and seventy-three, line one, hyphen in 'twenty-years'; page two-hundred and eighty-eight, line seven, no full stop after 'Ralph'; page two-hundred and ninety-seven, line twenty-two, 'incontestible', for 'incontestable'; page three-hundred and seventeen, line twenty-one, full stop after 'again'; page three-hundred and nineteen, line sixteen, capital T in 'Think'; page three-hundred and forty-two, line sixteen, 'conducter' for 'conductor'; page five-hundred and twelve, line three, capital H in 'How'; page three-hundred and eighty-six, line twenty-four, 'suprise' for 'surprise'; page six-hundred and eighteen line twenty-three and twenty-four, 'Grogswig' for 'Grogzwig'; page x, line two, second l missing in 'will'; page xv, frontispiece not listed; page xv, entry eleven, s is slightly high in 'friends'; page xv, the last entry, 'Kenwigs' here in 'Kengwig's' in the caption.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-nine plates.Bound without half-title.Collated, all plates are present.'Nicholas Nickleby' is a novel about the eponymous character, a young man who has to look after and support his mother and sister after the death of his father. They move up to London, where they meet their only relative, the antagonist Ralph Nickleby, and Nicholas finds a job with the horrific Wackford Squeers, who runs the Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire. Like much of Dickens' work, the novel has a tone of ironic social satire. It was originally published in monthly parts. The cruelty of the character Wackford Squeers was inspired by a real schoolmaster names William Shaw who worked in Yorkshire.'Nicholas Nickleby' was Dickens' third published novel (after 'The Pickwick Papers' and 'Oliver Twist') and cemented his reputation as one of the greatest writers of the Victorian age. Charles Dickens is possibly the most well-known Victorian author, with his fifteen novels still being widely read and performed, as well as being studied in school and enjoyed by people of all ages.Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, most often known by his pen-name 'Phiz'. As Phiz, he illustrated many of Dickens' novels, including 'David Copperfield', 'Dombey and Son', and 'Bleak House', as well as illustrating for 'Punch' throughout his life. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally, cockling to the front board to the fore edge. Some light marks to the boards and spine. Cloth to the head of the spine is a little wrinkled. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned and generally clean with scattered spots, heavier to the plates as usual. Plate facing page 236 is trimmed to the margins, not affecting image. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Dickens. Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of one of Dickensâ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarters calf, morocco spine label, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens after the painting by David Maclise, illustrated with 39 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne (âPhizâ). In very good condition. "It was the novelist's intention to expose in this story the terrible abuses practiced in the cheap boarding-schools of Yorkshire, and, in order that he realize their true character, he determined to investigate for himself the real facts as to the condition of those notorious seminaries, Accordingly, at the end of January 1838, he and 'Phiz' started on this memorable journey, in bitterly cold weather, and, visiting several schools in the locality, they came into direct contact with the proprietors. One of these was William Shaw, the identical schoolmaster who, some years previously, had been heavily fined for what was represented at the trial as gross maltreatment of his pupils" (Kitton, Dickens and His Illustrators, 75). The plot, the characters, the dialogue, everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" (Ackroyd, 283).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Mixed state. Beautifully bound by Riviere in full calf with 5 raised bands, gilt trim to boards, and gilt text block edges. Tightly bound and square. Marbled end papers. Sophisticated owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Very clean internally. Virtually no foxing. A beautiful copy in collector's condition. Mostly first issue, thus, mixed state. Frontispiece portrait and 39 plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Octavo. First issue points include "visiters" for "visitors" on p. 272, "flys" for "flies" on p. 245, "suprise" for "surprise" on p. 586 line 24, "incontestible" for "incontestable" p.297 line 22, "latter' has been corrected to "letter" on page 160 line 6 from the bottom, and "visiter" has been corrected to "sister" on line 17, page 123. Illustrations on pages 25, 38, and 44 do not say Chapman and Hall. Therefore, this is a mixed state.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
DICKENS CHARLES. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, 1839.
Price: US$1153.79 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHIZ. MODERN REBINDING IN FULL GREEN LEATHER, RAISED BANDS, BLACK LEATHER LABELS, GILT, MARBLED ENDPAPERS. 624 PAGES. SOME FOXING TO THE PLATES, AS USUAL, BUT A VERY NICE, TIGHT COPY.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles.. The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. London Chapman & Hall, 1839.
Price: US$1203.82 + shipping
Description: 8°, XVI, 624 S. viele ganzs. Illustr., Frontispiez. roter Maroquin-Ganzlederband m. prachtvoller Ornamentik,auf Deckeln u. Rücken, Innenfileten ebenf. m. vergoldeter Bordüre, Ganzgoldschnitt, schön erhalten , Tafeln randgebräunt. sehr dekoratives Exemplar. Sprache: Deutschu 17,000 gr.
Seller: Neusser Buch & Kunst Antiquariat, Neuss, NRW, Germany
DICKENS (Charles).. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1217.89 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: With Illustrations by Phiz. First Edition. 8vo. [215 x 135 x 45 mm]. xvi, 624 pp. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere (signed with an ink pallet) in green morocco, the covers with a blind triple fillet border. The spine divided into six panels with raised bands flanked by blind fillets, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth and dated at the foot, the turn-ins tooled with a blind roll, marbled endleaves, gilt edges.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles; Phiz. Nicholas Nickleby. London Chapman and Hall 1839, 1839.
Price: US$1217.89 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Chapman and Hall in London, 1839. This is a near fine copy. Bound in a standard contemporary green cloth with gilt titling. There is a red mark to the spine. The text blocks are markedly clean, however. The internals are also notably clean, with very little foxing or toning present. The frontispiece tissue guard is present. Correctly displays the word "sister" substituted for "visitor on page 123 line 17. Each of the Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") illustrations are present throughout. This is a near fine copy. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. The character of Nickleby is a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue in book form of one of Dickensâ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers gilt topstain, with 39 engraved plates by Phiz, frontispiece portrait of Dickens. First issue with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123, line 17; "latter" for "letter" p.160, line 43; "flys" for flies on p. 245, line 10; and "visiters" for "visitors" on p. 272, line 2. First issue frontispiece and first four plates with Chapman and Hall imprint. In very good condition. The plot, the characters, the dialogue, everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" (Ackroyd, 283).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing, mixed state, octavo size, 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) third novel, widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists, blending drama and comedy into compelling stories. In this novel Dickens explores the social issues that his works are known for, such as, harsh boarding schools, the privilege of royal title and wealth, social customs of the day and the plight of the working class. The plot focuses on the hardships courageously navigated by young Nicholas Nickleby after his father passes away. The extra illustrations provided were drawn by Joseph Kenny Meadows (1790 - 1874), best known for his drawings published in Punch magazine. He was a friend of Charles Dickens and several other writers of the period. These caricatures add a visual element to the characters depicted by Dickens [n.b. above information from Wiki]. ___DESCRIPTION: Half red morocco leather over marbled paper boards, six compartments on spine, five with gilt, title and author in gilt to one compartment, embossed decorative and gilt borders to front and rear boards, all edges marbled, frontis of a young Charles Dickens (supplied), thirty-nine plates by Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"] and twenty-four plates of various characters in the novel by Kenny Meadows (the extra plates). This is a mixed state in that two of the first four plates have the Chapman and Hall imprint, further, the correction on p.123 has been made, but "latter" for "letter" still appears on p.160, line 43. Octavo size (8 1/2" by 5 1/2 "), [iii-vii] viii-xvi, [1 ] 2-624. ___CONDITION: Overall very good, internally this volume is quite clean, the text block is square, the hinges are sound and the gilt on the spine is bright. Rubbing to front and rear joints, corners rubbed, rubbing and slight loss to marbled papers on front and rear board, both front and rear hinge have been professionally repaired, prior owner bookplate with inscription of "To David from Dad", vintage bookseller stamp and prior owner notes in pencil to the front pastedown, offsetting from turn-ins to front and rear endpapers, 1/8" tear to margin of frontispiece, not affecting the image, lacking the half-title (hence our pagination begins with romanet iii), slight damage to the foredge of plate between pages 174 and 175, not affecting the image, the images have slight toning and foxing which is common. Even with these few flaws, a better than very good copy with extra illustrations by an artist whose work complements that of Phiz and adds interest to the story. ___CITATION: Podeschi A41, Eckel p. 64. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. London, 1839.
Price: US$1265.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later issue - "latter" has not been corrected on page 160; "Chapman & Hall" imprint on a few plates prior to page 45; "visiter" has been corrected to "sister" in line 17 on page 123; with 39 etchings, one steel engraving, Beautifully bound in 3/4 maroon morocco with spine in six compatments, raised bands and gilt design and lettering, a.e.g.; Some very light wear missing 1/2 title. Podeschi 41. Size: 8vo.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, (1839). First Edition of the Dickens classic, a very good copy. Custom bound in forest green half oasis morocco leather with marbled boards, raised bands, red leather title label, extra gilt. Shows extremely well.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles.. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. London Chapman & Hall, 1839.
Price: US$1452.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, early issue (with 'visiter' for 'sister' on p.u 123, 'latter' for 'letter', p. 160; 'flys' for 'flies', p. 245; 'visiters' for 'visitors', p. 272, 'incontestible' for 'incontestable' p. 297; 'suprise' for 'surpise' p. 586) but only first and second plates with imprint of Chapman and Hall, therefore frontispiece, the third and fourth plates, are second issue (cf. Smith I, 5, p. 42) ; 8vo (215 x 140 mm); half-title, engraved portrait of Dickens after Daniel Maclise (mildly spotted), 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne [Phiz], bottom of plate opposite p. 25 reinforced at gutter, small hole repair to inner margin of plate opposite p. 322,toning and sporadic spotting to some plates and printed title but compared to most copies, relatively clean and bright; later half tan calf over marbled boards gilt, with matching endpapers and edges, mild wear at commensurate with age, otherwise a very handsome copy. some minor toning and a few spots to plates, portrait of Dickens spotted (as usual) with transfer onto title-page opposite, plate 37 ('The breaking up at Dotheby's Hall') bound out of sequence after p. 620, small closed tears to list of plates professionally repaired at outer margin, very small loss to upper corner of pp. 501-502 (not affecting text); 'Nicholas Nickleby originally appeared in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from April 1838-October 1839. It was published in book form on October 23, 1839 [priced at] 21s.' (Smith I, 5, p. 43) Eckel pp. 64-66; Smith I, 5
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of one of Dickensâ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling, raised bands, morocco spine labels, top edge gilt, with the steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens in the first state, first four plates in later state without imprint, page 123 with "sister" (2d state) & page 160 with "letter" (2d state). Smith I:5; Eckel, p. 64. In very good condition. The plot, the characters, the dialogue, everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" (Ackroyd, 283).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Bound by Bayntun in three-quarter red calf over cloth boards, all edges gilt. Spine a bid faded, internally an excellent copy. Complete with the half-title and all 40 plates engraved by Phiz. Likely washed at the time of binding (as most plates show little to no foxing). Most of Smith's internal flaws are found, including the ones of pgs. 123 and 160, only found in the earliest copies bound from the parts. Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, was originally serialized in monthly parts, then issued as a book in cloth. The publishers also had a small number of copies bound up in the present morocco both for presentation - a census of copies inscribed by Dickens on publication show them all to be in the green morocco binding - and for sale to the public at a higher price. "Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed, it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer.The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention [and it] demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" (Bannerjee). A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch, the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money, it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable, Nicholas ultimately prevails, dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. A favorite among Dickens' works, Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839 [i.e., April 1838-October 1839]. First edition in the original monthly parts, twenty numbers bound in nineteen. Octavo. [i-vii]viii-x[xi]xii-xiv[xv]xvi, [1]2-624. Thirty-nine engraved plates by Phiz and the famous frontisportrait, engraved by Finden after Maclise. Some ads lacking but the rare and fragile ?Hill?s Wafer?s? ad in Part XIX/XX as called for. Original green printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly rubbed, most parts rebacked, some light browning or foxing to plates. Two parts with previous owner's signature on front. Overall, a very good set that shows well. Chemised in quarter olive morocco pull-off case. Sold as-is. There are as missing so this is no the copy to send to nephew. No returns but a very attractve piece.Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 131-160.
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$1602.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition with 41 extra illustrations by Thomas Onwhyn and Kenny Meadows. Bound in green half morocco with green cloth, five raised bands and gilt lettering, frames and decoration to spine. All edges gilt, red silk page marker, marbled endpapers. Octavo. A8 B-RR8 pp. [blank] [blank] [frontispiece portrait of Dickens 'Engraved by Finden', under which is his signature in facsimile], [title page],[printer], [dedication page], [blank], [preface], [contents], [list of plates], 624, [blank], [blank]. A green original 'Part' wrapper is tipped in, between the front endpapers. Nicholas Nickleby was originally issued in monthly parts, and when the serialisation was completed issued as a book in cloth. The binding of this book was undertaken by Ware of Bristol whose tiny stamp is at the foot of the front pastedown. There is a centenary label on the front pastedown. Joseph Kenny Meadows, (November 1790August 1874) better known as Kenny Meadows, was a British caricaturist and illustrator. He is best known for the drawings that he contributed to Punch and for his illustrations of scenes from Shakespeare's plays. Much of his work was drawn in a humorous bohemian style. He was well known for the quality of his illustrations, although the critical reception of his work was often mixed. Thomas Onwhyn (d. 1886), was a humorous draughtsman and engraver, born in London, was youngest son of Joseph Onwhyn, a bookseller and newsagent at 3 Catherine Street, Strand, London. In June 1838 Grattan issued a series of forty etchings by Onwhyn, illustrating 'Nicholas Nickleby;' these also appeared in parts, which were concluded in October 1839; some are signed with the pseudonym of 'Peter Palette.' A book in Very Good condition indeed with excellent clean and clear illustrations without any significant foxing. Eckel 64-66
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Price: US$1602.48 + shipping
Description: First edition, bound from the parts, of one of Dickens's most politically pointed novels, from the library of William Foyle and in an attractive Samuel Tout binding. Nicholas Nickleby was written at the end of a turbulent decade, in which the Reform Act and Poor Law Amendment Act had led to widespread unemployment and depression, and published in the year of the first Chartist uprising at Newport. The edition was issued in monthly parts from April 1838 to October 1839, with sheets issued in book form on completion. This is a copy bound from the parts, with stab-holes. From 1868 to 1879, Samuel Tout (1841-1902) bound books in Soho, London. He then worked in Whitechapel with William Coward, continuing on his own after 1880. Tout was also an early member of the staff of Karslake's Hampstead Bindery, which opened in Charing Cross in 1898. Provenance: though unmarked as such, this copy comes from the collection of William Foyle (1883-1963), the co-founder of the eponymous chain of booksellers. Foyle's grandson acquired a substantial portion of the original collection at the landmark Foyle Library sale in 2000, including the present copy. Eckel, pp. 64-5; Smith I 5. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, 1990. Octavo (208 x 130 mm). Late 19th-century half-morocco by Tout, spine with raised bands forming six compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, marbled paper sides and endpapers, all edges gilt, green silk bookmarker. Engraved portrait of Dickens after D. Maclise with facsimile signature, 39 plates by Phiz. With 19th-century armorial bookplate of Daniel Drew (1850-1914) of Burnley on front pastedown. Bound without the half-title. Light rubbing to extremities, faint sunning to spine, minor foxing to endpapers and contents, slight browning to content margins, 75 mm closed tear to plate 22, neatly repaired: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
DICKENS (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1602.48 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: With Illustrations by Phiz. Frontispiece portrait and 39 engraved plates. First Edition. 8vo. [213 x 132 x 45 mm]. xvi, 624 pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full red morocco, the covers with a border of three gilt fillets, the spine divided into six panels with gilt tooled raised bands and gilt compartments, lettered in the second and third and dated at the foot, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt roll, the turn-ins with three gilt fillets, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. With the half-title.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, mixed state. Frontis and 39 plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens third novel and was issued in monthly installments March 1838 October 1839 before it was published as this single volume. An instant success, it both solidified Dickens voice as a social critic and marked his first of many romances. Description: Half green morocco leather over green cloth, by Birdsall of Northampton, 5 raised bands, title and author in gilt in two compartments, TEG, marbled endpapers. Xvi, 624 pp., frontis & 39 plates, 2 pp. ads including an advertisement for New Work by Boz., and another advertisement for A Paperof Tobacco. Octovo size (8 ½ by 5 ½). Pagination: front free endpaper, [i] half-title, [ii] blank, Frontispiece, [iii] title page, [iv] copyright, [v] dedication, [vi] blank, [vii]-x preface, [xi]-xiv contents, [xv]-xvi list of plates, [1]-624, [i-ii] ads, free end paper, marble pastedown. Condition: Overall in very good plus condition, clean straight text block. Lightly bumped slightly worn corners, head bands in place, prior owners bookplate affixed to front pastedown, booksellers stamp to front blank, binders stamp (Birdsall, Northampton) to front blank, some minor toning and foxing to plates as is commonly found. Contains the following first issues points: page 18 illustration marked Chapman & Hall, flys for flies p. 245 line 10; visiters for visitors p. 272 line 2; incontestible for incontestable p.297 line 22; suprise for surprise p. 586 line 24. This is a mixed state due to lacking the following first issue points: illustrations on pages 25, 38, and 44 do NOT say Chapman & Hall; visitor has been corrected to sister on page 123 line 17; and latter has been corrected to letter on page 160 line 6 from the bottom. An attractive copy by a prominent binder that will fit nicely into any collection of Dickens works.
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of one of Dickensâ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, with the steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens in the first state, first four plates in later state without imprint, page 123 with "sister" (2d state) & page 160 with "letter" (2d state). Smith I:5; Eckel, p. 64. In very good condition. The plot, the characters, the dialogue, everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" (Ackroyd, 283).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Charles Dickens "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" 1st Edition 1839 DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. Chapman and Hall, London: 1839. First edition, mostly first issue except for one point, thus, mixed state. Frontispiece portrait and 39 plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Octavo. (Measures approximately 8 ½ by 5 ½). Xvi, 624pp. Beautifully bound in contemporary half green morocco over marbled paper boards, spine elaborately tooled in gilt with four raised bands, title (mis-spelt) and author in gilt compartment on red morocco label, matching marbled endpapers. Overall in very good plus condition, lacking half-title, plate 237 neatly repaired on verso, some minor toning and foxing to plates as is commonly found. Contains all but 1 of the following first issues points: page 18 illustration marked Chapman & Hall, flys for flies p. 245 line 10; visiters for visitors p. 272 line 2; incontestible for incontestable p.297 line 22; suprise for surprise p. 586 line 24, and latter has not been corrected to letter on page 160 line 6 from the bottom. This is a mixed state due to visitor has been corrected to sister on page 123 line 17. Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens third novel and was issued in monthly installments March 1838 October 1839 before it was published as this single volume. An instant success, it both solidified Dickens as a social critic and marked his first of many romances. A beautiful copy. CLA1
Seller: Weinstein-Perez Rare Books, Studio City, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, xvi, 624pp, [1]. Full green morocco, portrait and signature stamped in gilt to covers. Five gilt-embellished raised bands, title in gilt on spine. Ornate gilt trim, turn-ins, and gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Bayntun in Bath, England. Solid text block with a few spots of toning throughout. Lacking half-title. Includes many first state points as named in Smith, notably "latter" for "letter" on page 160. Lacking the "s" on "yesterday" on page 198 and the "Chapman and Hall" imprint on frontis and first four plates. Complete with frontis and 39 full-page plates. (Smith I, 5) (Gimbel A41) A striking example.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
DICKENS Charles. The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$1887.80 + shipping
Description: - Chapman and Hall, London 1839, Fort in-8 (14x21,5cm), xvi, 624pp., relié. - Edition originale rare illustrée de 40 planches par Phiz (H. K. Browne) dont un portrait au frontispice de Dickens avec sa signature. L'impression contient toutes les erreurs de la première émission, sauf le premier point : P. 123, "sister" corrigé pour "visiter". P. 245 l. 10 "flys" pour "flies", non corrigé. "Visiters" au lieu de "Visitors" p. 272. l.2. ; P. 297. l.22 "incontestible" au lieu de Inconstable" ; P. 586. l. 24 "suprise" pour "surprise". Toutes les éditions illustrées de Dickens ont fait l'objet d'une étroite collaboration entre l'auteur et le dessinateur. Reliure anglaise en demi veau glacé noir à coins d'époque. Dos à faux nerfs orné à la grotesque à froid et de fers en long sur les faux nerfs. Pièce de titre de veau bordeaux. Traces de frottement en coiffes, mors, nerfs et coins, ainsi que sur les plats. Papier du texte propre et frais, les gravures portant des brunissures en encadrement dans les marges. Planche 13 p.196 maladroitement découpée en marge droite. Bon exemplaire. Troisième grand roman de l'auteur et oeuvre typiquement dickensienne avec son humour, ses multiples personnages, son deus ex machina et sa satire sociale et sociétale. La dernière adaptation au cinéma date de 2002 et l'oeuvre a connu une adaptation théâtrale par la Royal Shakespeare Company en 1980 dans une version de 8 heures. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND] xvi, 624pp.
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1900.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Frontispiece portrait by Maclise. 39 Illustrations by Phiz. 8vo, full tan leather by Bayntun, with leather labels, raised bands, gilt decorated spine and dentelles, all edges gilt. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First Edition. Near fine. First state with the misprints on pages 245, 272 & 160, with the first 4 plates bearing the publisher's imprint. Second state reading on p. 123.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, UK, 1839.
Price: US$1922.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens First Edition Chapman & Hall 1839. Quarter leather binding with raised bands and marbled covers. Contents clean and unblemished throughout. With 'Sister' (p.123) and 'latter' (p. 160) left uncorrected. VG+. "Nicholas Nickleby" is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1838-39. It follows the struggles of Nicholas, a young man who, after the death of his father, must support his mother and sister. He takes a job teaching at a brutal school, run by the cruel Mr. Wackford Squeers. Eventually, Nicholas and his family join a traveling theater company, where he falls in love with a young actress. Along the way, he encounters a variety of colorful characters, including the scheming Ralph Nickleby, his nephew's archenemy. The novel is a satirical critique of social and economic injustices of Victorian England.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1922.98 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, in a handsome Bayntun-Rivière binding. Dickens had been catapulted to fame with the success of The Pickwick Papers, and to secure his next novel Chapman and Hall offered Dickens £150 a part, a sum ten times greater than that which he had received for Pickwick. It met with great public enthusiasm, which has continued unabated: Dickens's biographer Peter Ackroyd remarks that the novel "has some title to being the funniest novel Dickens ever wrote; it is perhaps the funniest novel in the English language" (p. 262). Smith I.5. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, 1990. Octavo (224 x 138 mm). Early 20th-century red morocco by Bayntun-Rivière, spine lettered and decorated in floral gilt compartments, raised bands, portrait of the author to front cover and facsimile signature blocked to the rear in gilt, single gilt fillet to boards, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, binder's stamp to rear turn-in. Engraved portrait of Dickens by Finden after D. Maclise with facsimile signature and 39 plates by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). Spine faintly sunned, very slight foxing to contents, a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A rare copy of Nickleby in the original publisher's cloth. This copy without some of the earliest issue points: pg. 123 and pg. 160 with corrected spellings, first four plates without Chapman and Hall imprints. A Very Good copy with wear to the cloth along the lower spine hinge and at the board edges. Original yellow end-papers with some splitting at the inner hinges. Moderate foxing to the plates, pages generally clean. But on the whole, and authentic and attractive copy of the first edition in book form. "Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed, it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer.The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention [and it] demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" (Bannerjee). A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch, the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money, it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable, Nicholas ultimately prevails, dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. A favorite among Dickens' works, Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film. Very Good.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. pp. xvi, 624. with half-title. engraved frontis. portrait by Finden after Maclise & 39 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne. A fine copy in full modern red morocco by Bayntun, gilt spine, portrait of Dickens in gilt on upper cover & signature in gilt on rear cover, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt (hint of foxing to a few plates). First Edition in Book Form. This copy with correct reading sister on p. 123 and first 4 plates in second state. Podeschi A41. Smith I 5. Sadleir I 105. NCBEL III 793.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman & Hall, 1839.
Price: US$2100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition; First Printing. Good++ Frontis & 39 plates Illus. by Phiz. Three quarter brown leather, marbled boards, black label w/ gilt letters which is chipped & missing the AS from Nicholas. Eight gilt bands on the spine 624pp. General rubbing and wear, the head of the spine is chipped and worn. The hinges have been repaired with cloth tape. The rear hinge is weak. Gray end-papers are not original to the binding which remains tight. Moderate foxing throughout. No additional dates. Has the following first state points of issue - "vister" for "sister" on page 123, line 17. "Flys" for "Flies" on page 245, line 10. "visiters" instead of "visitors." page 272, line 2. "incontestible" should have been "incontestable" on page 297, line 22. and finally an uncorrected "suprise" instead of "surprise" on page 856, line 24. Page 323 has a one-and-a-half inch tear. The last illus. and the rear end-papers are more heavily foxed than the rest. Frontispiece reads; Chapman and Hall 186, Strand. MDCCCXXXIX (First published in one volume on Oct. 23rd 1839 before the publishers moved to Piccadilly.) The first four plates bear the publisher's imprint on the bottom of the page.
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$2134.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4º. Frontis, retrato y dedicatoria autógrafa de Dickens, XIV, 624 pp. Holandesa piel, nervios. Con muchos grabados litográficos a toda plana fuera de texto (grabados con manchas de óxido). Incluye anotación manuscrita anónima fechada en 1883 donde se indican las personas en las que están basados los principales personajes de esta novela.
Seller: Berrocal Libros Antiguos, Madrid, Spain
Price: US$2188.76 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. With illustrations by Phiz. By Charles, Dickens. London, Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand,1839. In-8°, tela edit. xvi, 624 pp. con ritratto e 39 tavole incise in acciaio f.t. con figure caricaturali. Rara edizione originale corredata dalle curiose illustrazioni di Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), book illustrator and humorous artist. Browne's draught smanship was in the tradition of the Regency, verging on caricature, scratchy in execution and not always vey assurd in the penwork. (Houfe, Dictionary of British book illustrators and caricatures, p. 248). Manca al Lowndes.
Seller: Libreria Brighenti, Bologna, BO, Italy
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [7], viii-xvi, [1], 2-624 pp. Bound in later dark brown leather, spine with 5 raised bands with gilt ruling and gilt lettering, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt. Illustrated by an engraved frontispiece (portait of the author engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise) along with 39 additional plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). First edition bound from the parts (with the front wrapper of part XVIII bound in at the rear). All is as called for in Smith for the first state (including the errors on page 123 and page 160, and the imprint of Chapman & Hall on the first four plates and the frontispiece (n.b the imprint on the frontispiece is at the very bottom edge and is only visible upon close inspection). Smith I, 5; Gimbel A 40. A very attractive copy of Dickens' third novel. A few traces of wear to the extremities and darkening to the edges of most of the plates, but the leaves and the images on the plates are generally quite clean.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 625 pp. Just a hint of wear to extremities else very good condition. A nice bright copy. Red leather binding with gilt stamped decorations and title on spine. Gilt stamped Dickens signature on rear board and portrait of author on front board. Binding tight and sound. All page edges gilt. Marbled end sheets. A lovely collectible copy. With points 'flys' for 'flies' on p. 245 and 'visiters' for 'visitors' on p. 272. Charles Dickens signed note fragment bound in.
Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2371.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a slightly unusual format in that the text has been rebound into two hardback volumes to accomodate the ninteeen front and rear covers of the original magazines which have been bound into the rear of both volumes along with some of the adverts. This has neccessitated the whole being bound in two volumes which are backed in light brown leather. Both volumes have recently had the boards professionally re attached using the original boards and decorative spines, the spines have been replaced on top of the spinal repair, the boards are in good order but the spines somewhat rubbed and worn. The title page in volume one is dated 1839 which indicates first edition in book form so it is unclear if the text is taken from the magazines or is a first in book form. The magazines are undated and are in nineteen parts, part nineteen also includes part twenty, all priced at one shilling apart from the last part which was two shillings for the double edition. All 39 plates and the frontespiece are present,some of the plates are quite mottled. The text itself is quite clean, there do not appear to be any loose pages. This is a heavy item and would require additional postage and insurance outside the UK. We would be happy to supply any further information, pictures etc on request, please do not hesitate to conatact us.
Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, United Kingdom
Price: US$2499.87 + shipping
Description: A beautiful and very clean and bright set of first editions (one later) of works by renowned author Charles Dickens. In a tree calf Mansell binding. Five volumes. From the renowned English writer and social critic, Charles Dickens. This collection includes: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first published 1839. First edition mixed state: issue points are as follows (those not included have been corrected): Page xiii Chapter XXXV, the last four letters not aligned in 'family'; page xiv, 'Chapter LXIII', comma after 'others' here; page xvi, entry nine, 'small-clothes' not hyphenated in the caption; page xvi, entry ten, 'mulberry' spelt with a single 'r' in the caption; page xvi, entry eleven, hyphen and apostrophe in 'hair-dresser's' here but not in caption; page thirteen, ten lines up, comma after 'what'; page one-hundred and sixty-five, line twenty-six, close spacing in line; page two-hundred and forty-five, line ten, 'flys' for 'flies'; page two-hundred and seventy, line fifteen, 'mercie'; page two-hundred and seventy-two, line two, 'visiters' instead of 'visitors'; page two-hundred and seventy-three, line one, hyphen in 'twenty-years'; page two-hundred and eighty-eight, line seven, no full stop after 'Ralph'; page two-hundred and ninety-seven, line twenty-two, 'incontestible', for 'incontestable'; page three-hundred and seventeen, line twenty-one, full stop after 'again'; page three-hundred and nineteen, line sixteen, capital T in 'Think'; page three-hundred and forty-two, line sixteen, 'conducter' for 'conductor'; page five-hundred and twelve, line three, capital H in 'How'; page five-hundred and eighty-six, line twenty-four, 'suprise' for 'surprise'; page six-hundred and eighteen line twenty-three and twenty-four, 'Grogswig' for 'Grogzwig'; page xv, frontispiece not listed; page xv, entry eleven, s is slightly high in 'friends'; page xv, the last entry, 'Kenwigs' here in 'Kengwig's' in the caption. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-nine plates. Collated complete. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first published 1844. Fist edition Second issue £100 to engraved title rather than 100£ on first issue; 14 line errata as in first. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. Dombey and Son 1848. First Edition Early issue. The vignette title shows the hook on Captain Cuttle's left arm rather than his right; 'delight' rather than 'joy' to page 284 5 lines up from the bottom; no apostrophe in 'aint' on page 14 10 lines up from the bottom; and 'fidgetty' for 'fidgety' on page 26 on line 11. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. Little Dorrit, 1857. First Edition Early issue. 'William' for 'Frederick on page 317 line 27; "Rigaud" mistakenly substituted for "Blandois" on pages 469-73. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. Sketches by Boz, 1877. New edition, complete. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. Illustrated by Phiz, or Hablot Knight Browne, an English artist and illustrator, and George Cruikshank, a British cartoonist and illustrator. Bound by Mansell. Bound in full tree calf. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Bound by Mansell. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition in book form. In original dark green cloth. The primary reading "visiter" on page 123 is present, though the corrected reading "letter" is to be found on page 160. The Chapman & Hall imprint appears on the frontispiece but not on the next four illustrations. "London 1839" is present at the foot of the spine. Rebacked, with the original spine laid back down over matching dark green cloth. New endpapers have been added, though the original yellow-coated free endpapers remain present. Spine gilt unusually bright. Minor foxing in the margins of some of the plates. A scarce first edition copy preserved in the original binding. Given that this bulky single-volume format often proved too weak to sustain the large novel, it is seldom seen today in such condition.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
DICKENS, Charles.. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. London Chapman & Hall, 1839.
Price: US$2662.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first issue (with 'visiter' for 'sister' on p. 123 and 'latter' for 'letter', 'flys' for 'flies' on p. 245, and 'visiters' for 'visitors' on p. 272); 8vo; engraved portrait of Dickens after Daniel Maclise and 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne [Phiz], some minor toning and a few spots to plates, otherwise bright; later full polished tan calf by Morrell, gilt-ruled borders, raised bands, gilt spine compartments, gilt-rolled edges, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, a few minor marks, otherwise a very handsome copy. The first edition, first issue in book form of Dickens' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, in a handsome tan calf binding by Morrell. Eckel p64-66.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Dickens Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. London Chapman and Hall 1839, 1839.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, earliest issue in book form bound by the publisher using sheets from the monthly parts with the issue points as called for on pages 123 and 160, also with the first state of the first four plates bearing the publishers imprint on bottom. Engraved portrait frontispiece, and 39 engraved illustrations by 'Phiz.' 8vo, beautifully bound by Wallis in full tan calf, the spine with gilt-stippled raised bands between fully gilt decorated compartments featuring panels tooled in gilt at the edges and corners and with gilt floral devices at the center, two compartments with contrasting red and green morocco labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves. xvi, 624 pp. A beautiful copy, the binding especially handsome and very skillfully accomplished, internally quite fresh and clean and very solid. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, RARE IN SUCH FINE CONDITION. ONE OF DICKENS MOST GROUNDBREAKING NOVELS. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY rode on the coattails of the success of THE PICKWICK PAPERS, commissioned by Chapman and Hall in November of 1837 for £150 per monthly installment, which was ten times the amount Dickens had received for THE PICKWICK PAPERS. 1838 was an incredibly prolific year for Dickens; he worked on NICKLEBY concurrently with OLIVER TWIST and BARNABY RUDGE, eventually deciding that the latter must be postponed in the interest of producing quality work on the projects already undertaken. In addition to his fiction, that year he became the first editor of the periodical BENTLEYS MISCELLANY, in which OLIVER TWIST appeared. The success of NICKLEBY benefited from Dickens established popularity: the serial began in April 1838 and sold 48,000 copies of the first installment. It ended in October 1839, and the bound edition followed within a few months of its completion. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY represents the beginning of Dickens lifelong warfare against the bad old methods of education. He deals with social abuses while still maintaining his characteristic good humor, attempting to address painful material while still "mak[ing] the reader mirthful over every detail that can be turned into merriment." His style of prose and character development ushered in a new school of intense realism of human portraiture, and helped him early on to secure a place as a great figure in the annals of classic literature.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of one of Dickensâ most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Morrell, ornate inlay to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, illustrated with 40 plates. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional presentation. In 1867, Charles Dickens began his second American reading tour at Bostonâs Tremont Temple, where an enthusiastic audience delighted in some of his most notable works, members of the audience included legendary literary stars such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Although Dickens was in declining health, he embarked on an ambitious travel schedule across the United States. Dickens returned to Boston once more before concluding his U.S. tour in New York City. When Charles Dickens arrived in Boston on November 19, 1867, the celebrated English author spent several days at the Parker House hotel recuperating from the voyage. As conscientious a performer as he was a writer, Dickens had prepared diligently for his performances, redrafting and memorizing key passages from his books especially for these engagements. He used a book only as a prop; he was so familiar with the material that he could improvise with ease. However, during his 1867-1868 tour he was plagued with Flu-like symptoms, insomnia, and an inflammation of his foot, which forced him to walk with a cane. During his last tours in 1868, Dickens confined much of his performances to the New England area. Dickens was grateful for the income he desperately needed from his readings, which generated $140,000, close to $2,000,000 today; but he longed for home. On April 8, 1868, Dickens gave the last performance of the tour. Prolonged applause followed the reading. He closed by telling the audience, âIn this brief life of ours, it is sad to do almost anything for the last time⦠Ladies and gentlemen, I beg most earnestly, most gratefully, and most affectionately, to bid you, each and all, farewell.â He died two years later, having written 14 novels, several of which are considered classics of English literature.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of one of Dickens' most popular novels. Octavo, bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel, gilt signature on the back panel, inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Illustrated with 40 plates. An exceptional presentation. The plot, the characters, the dialogue, everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" (Ackroyd, 283).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, xvi, 624pp, [1]. Marbled boards, three quarter green leather, title in gilt on spine, five raised bands with gilt-ruled compartments. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A complete example, with 39 full-page illustrations by "Phiz" [Hablot Knight Browne]. Illustrations generally clean, some foxing to frontispiece, light toning and transference at various points. Mixed issue, with the "Chapman & Hall" imprint on frontispiece and 3 of the first 4 plates. (Gimbel A41). Two signed mailing envelopes affixed to front flyleaves, both signed by Charles Dickens. The first envelope is addressed to his brother-in-law, Henry Austin at the General Board of Health on Parliament Street. The second is addressed to H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, a British naturalist and poet, at the Conservative Club in London. Henry Austin was the brother-in-law of Charles Dickens and a close friend. Dickens was a lifelong advocate for the health of nations, so he worked closely with Austin to understand the sanitary conditions of major cities of England. Austin became the Secretary to the General Board of Health in 1848, giving Dickens access to important details of health policy.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. , 1839.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1839 First Edition Hardcover Fine/No Dust Jacket Chapman and Hall, Pub, London; 1839; 1st edition, 2nd state; with illustrations by Phiz; 'latter for letter on page 160, line 43; 'visitor corrected to sister on page 122, line 17; very fine condition; bound in full leather with gold designs and lettering, with marbled end-pages; previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down; Charles Dickens; Fine Bindings
Seller: Transmutation Publishing, Corning, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3204.97 + shipping
Description: First edition, in the publisher's deluxe binding of half morocco, bound from the original monthly parts with the stab-holes visible. Nicholas Nickleby followed the phenomenal success which Dickens reached with the Pickwick Papers. To secure Nickleby Chapman and Hall offered Dickens £150 a part, a sum ten times greater than that which he had received for Pickwick. As with its predecessor, the novel met with great public enthusiasm, which has continued unabated: Dickens's biographer Peter Ackroyd stated that the novel "has some title to being the funniest novel Dickens ever wrote; it is perhaps the funniest novel in the English language" (Ackroyd, Dickens, pp. 262). Upon the completion of the novel in monthly parts, the novel was issued by the publishers in book form, in three binding choices: in cloth, in half morocco with marble edges, and in full morocco with gilt edges. They also made available (and advertised as such with an inset included with the final instalment of the part issue) their binding services, for the same three bindings, for owners of the parts: cloth at 1s., 6d., half morocco at 4s. 6d., and full morocco at 6s. 6d. (Kremers, pp. 286-7). It is worth noting that for an owner of the parts to have their parts bound was much cheaper than to buy a copy of the new book-form issue - to purchase a book-form copy in half morocco would cost the purchaser £1, 4s., 6d., four times as much as to bind up their parts. Copies bound from the parts, as opposed to book-form copies, can be distinguished by the presence of stab-holes in the gutter (as here) from the unstitching of the parts from their wrappers. For the book form, clean sheets were printed without bearing these holes. The binding services continued to be offered long after publication, both as the publisher bound up remaining first edition sheets for new issues (apparently as late as 1857 for Nickleby), and for private individuals to continue to make use of the binding services. The publishers offered the same binding services for future Dickens novels, and so the individual who had the parts issues of earlier Dickens novels could commission bindings for multiple novels simultaneously. Minor variation in tooling, cloth, and morocco occurred over time for these bindings, which can indicate earlier and later bindings, though the full sequence and firm dates have never been established. The presence of morocco-grain cloth on this copy indicates that it was bound around the 1850s, when Chapman and Hall begun to use morocco-grain cloth - they had until then predominantly used fine-diaper cloth. Lars Kremers, "A Comparative Bibliography of the Sheets and Publishers' Cloth Cases of the Demy Octavo Works of Charles Dickens, 1837-1872", PhD thesis, Curtin University, November 2013. Octavo (209 x 134 mm). Original purple half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, spine bands with gilt floral roll and bordered with blind rules, green morocco-grain cloth sides, marbled endpapers and edges. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved plates by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). Complete with half-title. Spine sunned and a little rubbed, minor wear at tips, binding firm and intact, some light soiling to contents and minor browning to plates as usual, short closed tear at fore edge of plate facing p. 238. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: 20 parts in 19, 8vos; 39 engraved plated plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"); engraved portrait of Dickens in final part; original pale blue wrappers. Dickens's third novel, following quickly after The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist and his second collaboration with Browne. With the first issue points ("visiter" for "sister" in Part IV., p. 123; "latter" for "letter" in Part V, p. 160). Includes most all of the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver, lacking only one of the two "Mechi's Catalogues" called for, but with the infrequently seen "Amesbury's Supports" insert in Part III and all five colored seals on the ad for "Hill's Wafers" in Part XIX-XX. (Hatton & Cleaver pp. 129-159). Darkening to margins of plates in earlier parts; some wear to a few spines; original ownership signatures on some front wrappers, still exceptionally bright, fresh copies housed in a handsome custom drop-spine cloth box
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Illustrated by Phiz (H.K. Browne). First edition, bound from parts. 8vo. London: Chapman & Hall. Bound in full blue leather with gilt portrait of Dickens on the top board, gilt signature on the bottom board, rasied bands and gilt decoration on the spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers with gilt dentelles. Minor fading to the spine, pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean, plates with minor foxing. Frontis portrait with facsimile signature partially detached. Armorial bookplate of former owner in the prelims, contemporary signature of former owner on the title page in faded ink. A copy in Fine condition.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. Chapman and Hall: London, 1839.
Price: US$4200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "With illustrations by Phiz", 8.25 x 5.25", full black morocco with gilt flower pattern, by Pfister, with red leather gilt-dec inserts inside covers, aeg, extremities a bit worn, hinges loose, front inner hinge starting, contents toned, scattered spotting else vg. FIRST EDITION, EARLY STATE, WITH CHECK SIGNED BY DICKENS. June 6, 1863, to Mssrs Casell & Co for nine pounds, folds else vg, nicely signed with paraph.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
DICKENS Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. , 1839.
Price: US$4486.95 + shipping
Description: Illustrated by Phiz (H.K. Browne). First edition, bound from the parts. 8vo., original green cloth. London, Chapman & Hall. An attractive copy, with some skilful early restoration in which the endpapers appear to have been replaced and a short split at the headcap has been repaired. There is a vertical crease to the binding and the usual foxing to the plates, but on the whole an attractive copy. The book edition was bound from the monthly parts, and this copy shows all the signs of early printings of the parts, with the Chapman and Hall imprints on the frontispiece and first four plates.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the word "sister" substituted for "visitor on page 123 line 17. The book is bound in the publisher's original green cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with minor wear to the edges. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy housed in a custom slipcase for preservation.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chapman and Hall, London 1839. First Edition / First Printing / First State. Dated 1839 with no additional dates. All text errors present. Quarterbound leather over cloth boards. Illustrated. "visiter" for "sister" p. 123 line 17; "flys" for "flies" p. 245 line 10; "visiters" instead of "visitors" p. 272 line 2; "incontestible" for "incontestable" p. 297 line 22; "suprise"for "surprise" p. 586 line 24. Book Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, rounded corners, removed bookplate at the endpaper, age toning.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, London, 1839.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in the original publisher's deluxe full green morocco binding, gilt titles, stamped in gilt and blind, yellow end papers, all edges gilt. A Very Good copy with creasing and wear to the spine (one short tear at the head), some foxing to the plates. Armorial bookplate of Henry Gillett on the front paste-down. Bound without the half-title, otherwise complete with the engraved frontis and 39 plates by Phiz. Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, was originally serialized in monthly parts, then issued as a book in cloth. The publishers also had a small number of copies bound up in the present morocco both for presentation - a census of copies inscribed by Dickens on publication show them all to be in the green morocco binding - and for sale to the public at a higher price. This copy with most of the issue points outlined in Smith, but with a few typographical errors corrected. "Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed, it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer.The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention [and it] demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" (Bannerjee). A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch, the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money, it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable, Nicholas ultimately prevails, dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. A favorite among Dickens' works, Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film. Very Good.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$10576.39 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Half title, front. port., plates, only v. sl. foxed. Orig. pale blue fine-diaper cloth, boards with five borders in blind, spine with five panels in blind lettered in sans serif type: NICHOLAS / NICKLEBY / BY / CHAS. DICKENS, LONDON 1839 at tail. Presentation inscription on half title, 'De Cressy to Henry de Barthe, 1840'. A very nice clean copy of one of the more difficult Dickens titles to find in cloth. In custom-made cloth box. Smith I, 5; the primary binding. Sadleir 695; Wolff 1806, neither with detail of binding. This copy is not bound from the parts.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman & Hall, London UK, 1839.
Price: US$10960.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1839, with most first issue points, Smith 5, p.41/42. Rare and early signature, Faithfully Yours Charles Dickens, signed two days after publication in October 25th, 1839 tipped in between plate and title page. Dickens signatures are scarce but this early is scarcer still. Contemporary half-calf binding, rubbed, with slight bumping to corners and extremities. Internally clean, some spotting to plates, occasional tears or marginal loss, most repaired and not affecting illustrations. Final leaf pp.623-624 torn with loss affecting text, otherwise complete. 8vo
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom