[Literature] Dickens, Charles Collection of 13 Titles, and One Portfolio of Original Illustrations

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Freeman’s February 17 Books and Manuscripts auction is an Americana collector’s delight, with highlights led by an extremely rare Northwest Territory Land Ordinance from 1785. Curated by Darren WInston, Head of the Books and Manuscripts Department at Freeman's. Freeman's info@freemansauction.com

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  [Literature] Dickens, Charles Collection of 13 Titles, and One Portfolio of Original Illustrations

  1. Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People
  London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. "New Edition, Complete" (first octavo edition). 8vo. viii, 526 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 38 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Full polished tan calf, stamped in gilt, red and brown morocco spine labels, rebacked, extremities rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; by Morrell; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:2, note 4

  2. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
  London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form; text without first issue points, as noted in Smith. 8vo. xiv, (ii), 609 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 41 engraved plates by R(obert). Seymour and Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:3

  3. The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress
  London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. "A New Edition, Revised and Corrected" (first single-volume edition). 8vo. vii, (i), 311 (1) pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; lacking preface. Eckel pp. 63, "very scarce."

  4. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, first state (with imprint on frontispiece and first four plates; "visiter" p. 123, line 17; "latter" p. 160, line 6). 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait by Finden after Maclise, and 38 engraved plates by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front; scattered toning and foxing to plates. Smith 1:5

  5. Master Humphrey's Clock
  London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. In three volumes. First edition, bound from monthly parts. 4to. (ii), iv, 306; vi, 306; vi, 426 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece in each volume, and numerous in-text illustrations throughout each volume, by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Bound as above, rebacked, extremities rubbed; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front of first volume. Smith 1:6

  6. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
  London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, early issue (with 14-line errata, and with Smith's third state vignette title-page). 8vo. xiv, (ii), 624 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 38 engraved plates by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Bound as above, rebacked, small chipping to spine label; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:7

  7. Dombey and Son
  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, early issue (with two-line errata). 8vo. xvi, (ii), 624 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 38 engraved plates by H(ablot). K(night Browne). Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:8

  8. The Personal History of David Copperfield
  London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form (second state, p. 132, line 20, with "screwed"). 8vo. xiv, (ii), 624 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 38 engraved plates, by H(ablot). K(night). Browne. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; some front and rear leaves affected by damp; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:9

  9. Bleak House
  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition in book form. 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and 38 engraved plates, by H(ablot). K(night). Browne. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:10

  10. Little Dorrit
  London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition, bound from monthly parts (with BB2 misprinted as "B2" at page 371; "William" instead of "Frederick" on page 317, line 27; "Rigaud" on pp. 469, 470, 472, and 473; errata tipped in at pp. 480-81). 8vo. xiv, 625 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and 38 engraved plates by H(ablot). K(night). Browne. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:12

  11. A Tale of Two Cities
  London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition in book form, second issue (with p. 213 correctly numbered). 8vo. viii, (ii), 254, 28 (ads) pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and 14 engraved plates, by H(ablot). K(night). Browne. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:13

  12. Our Mutual Friend
  London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. In two volumes. First edition in book form. 8vo. xi, (i), 320; vii, (i), 309, (1), (6) (ads) pp. With note to the reader slip tipped-in in first volume, same volume without catalogue at rear. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece in each volume, and 38 engraved plates, by Marcus Stone; stab holes on some fore-edges (see below). Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:15

  13. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition in book form. 8vo. vii, (i), 190, (2) pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait by J.H. Baker, engraved vignette title-page, and 12 engraved plates, by S.L. Fildes; some stab holes on fore-edges, as called for in Smith. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:16

  Lot includes a collection of 56 original watercolor illustrations of characters from many Dickens novels, by "Kyd" (Joseph Clark Clayton), H.C. Green, and others; in quarter calf folding case. Lot also includes annotated and bound auction catalogue from the sale below.

  
  
  

  Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 13 and 14, 1952, Lots 154, 156, 157, 158, and 159

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