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    By Charles Dickens
    London   Chapman and Hall
    10" by 7" iv, [2], 306; [3], vi, 306; [3], vi, 426pp
    Finely bound first edition copy of Charles Dickens' popular weekly periodical, illustrated throughout.
    By Charles Dickens

    1840-41 Master Humphrey's Clock

    London   Chapman and Hall
    10" by 7" iv, [2], 306; [3], vi, 306; [3], vi, 426pp
    Finely bound first edition copy of Charles Dickens' popular weekly periodical, illustrated throughout.
    £590.00
    : 3kgs / : 954P65
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    The first edition in book form, previously published in parts.

    Complete as three volumes.

    No half titles as called for.

    'Master Humphrey's Clock' was a weekly periodical, containing the frame story of Master Humphrey, and short stories. 

    This periodical showcased the first appearance of Barnaby Rudge, and 'The Old Curiosity Shop', which was featured as a short story before going on to be expanded into a novel.

    Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and in-text engravings throughout.

    Dickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England, showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters.

    Illustrated throughout by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne, better known as Phiz.

    Condition

    In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, with renewed endpapers. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spots. Title page of Volume III is a little edge worn with closed tears, and is age-toned.

    Near Fine

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