The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xvi, [1], 2-624 pp. Later sheep over beveled-edge boards with gold borders on the boards, gold borders on the turn-ins, spine in six compartments with gold rules and lettering on the spine; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece (portait of the author engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise) along with 39 additional plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). First edition bound from the parts (with the front wrapper of part XVIII bound in at the rear). All is as called for in Smith for the first state (including the errors on page 123 and page 160, and the imprint of Chapman & Hall on the first four plates and the frontispiece (n.b the imprint on the frontispiece is at the very bottom edge and is only visible upon close inspection). Gimbel A 40; Smith I, 5. A very attractive copy of Dickens' third novel. Very Good or better. Item #00007117
The sheep lightly rubbed at its edges, the plates toned.
Price: $1,650.00