The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii, [1], x-xiv, [3], 2-624, [2] pp. Half later black morocco over green cloth, boards ruled in gold, spine in six compartments with gold rules and gold lettering on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and a vignette title page along with 38 additional plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Bound without the half-title, all else as called for in Smith (including the later state 14 line errata leaf). Gimbel A 72; Smith I, 7. A very attractive copy of Dickens' sixth novel. Near Fine. Item #00007112
Some foxing, especially to the frontispiece and vignette titlepage, but most leaves and plates are quite clean.
Price: $900.00