Book Description

First edition. Bound from the parts, 38 plates + frontis and title vignette, (xvi), 624pp., 4to, 2-line errata page + errata slip pasted in, half-title, vignette title with Cuttle's hook in left hand, "Delight" instead of "Joy" (p.284), page number 431 present; half-calf, marbled boards, marbled endpapers and edges, ornate gilt-decorated spine with central label only; shoulders, corners and boards rubbed, plates foxed (as often), browning throughout but binding tight and text bright.
Dealer Notes
A most unusual binding, with a single central label.
Author DICKENS, Charles.
Date 1848
Binding Contemporary half calf
Publisher Bradbury and Evans
Illustrator Phiz
Condition Good
Pages (xvi), 624

Price: £150.00

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