Lot 819: Estimate £300-£400
Dickens, Charles - 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby', published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1839, first edition in book form, illustrated by Phiz (H.K.Browne), brown calf spine and marbled, boards, 8vo.
Condition report
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. Spine splitting, marbled boards worn, bears library plate to inside cover, foxing throughout particularly to front few pages and illustrations
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