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    By Charles Dickens
    London   Chapman and Hall
    10.5" by 7" iv [1], 2-306; 306; 426pp
    Illustrated throughout by Phiz and Cattermole, this is a smart copy of the first edition in book form of Dickens's 'Master Humphrey's Clock'.
    By Charles Dickens

    1840-1841 Master Humphrey's Clock

    London   Chapman and Hall
    10.5" by 7" iv [1], 2-306; 306; 426pp
    Illustrated throughout by Phiz and Cattermole, this is a smart copy of the first edition in book form of Dickens's 'Master Humphrey's Clock'.
    £475.00
    : 3kgs / : 838F57
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    First Edition, Illustrated

    The three volume first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' periodical 'Master Humphrey's Clock', illustrated throughout by Cattermole and Phiz.

    The first edition in book form, previously published in weekly parts as a periodical. The work begins with a frame narrative in which Master Humphrey and his friends share stories, marking the first appearance of 'Barnaby Rudge', and 'The Old Curiosity Shop'.

    Illustrated throughout by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne, better known as Phiz. With a frontispiece to each volume, and numerous vignette illustrations throughout.

    A very smart first edition in book form of this popular work by Charles Dickens.

    Condition

    In full cloth bindings. Bumping to spine head and tails. Split to cloth at rear joint of volume I and head of front joint of volume II. Otherwise, externally generally smart. Rear hinge of volume III starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with spotting throughout.

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