Dickens (Charles)

Dickens (Charles)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club,

First edition, bound from the original parts, half-title and Directions to the Binder leaf, 42 etched plates (including frontispiece and additional title), ink number to additional title, lacking plate at p. 479, early issue with the two "Buss" plates, usual foxing and offsetting, part 1 wrapper front panel bound in at front, no adverts, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1837 § Master Humphrey's Clock, First Edition in book form, 3 vols., frontispieces, in-text illustrations, most leaves loose, soiling, loss to front blanks where signatures clipped, in modern morocco-backed box, Chapman & Hall, 1840-41 § The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, bound from the original parts, no half-title, 40 engraved plates including frontispiece, clipped signature loss to title in upper margin, 19th century signature to dedication, Chapman and Hall, 1839 § Bleak House, First edition, First issue, half-title, bound from the original parts, 40 plates including frontispiece, title-page and the 10 "dark plates”, trimmed with loss to title of numerous plates, one plate with strong offset staining, 10 wrapper front panels bound in at rear, no adverts, Bradbury and Evans, 1853; each in contemporary or near-contemporary leather bindings, gilt, with 2 copies of Edwin Drood, three Christmas novels (one duplicate), Hard Times, and another related (15)