Item #00008497 Our Mutual Friend. Charles Dickens.
Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], viii-xi, [2], 2-320; [3], vi-vi, [2], 2-309, [3] pp. Bound from parts as evidenced by the stab-holes throughout. Two volumes bound in one (title pages state "In Two Volumes", "Vol. I"; "In Two Volumes", "Vol. II"). Bound in half contemporary green calf over green pebbled cloth, with the delineations in the binding ruled in gilt; spine in seven compartments, each compartment ruled in gilt. Red morocco label lettered in gold on the spine, textblock speckled. Bound without the wrappers, half-titles, and advertisements. Lacks the errata slip that is occasionally found in copies of this work. Contains the postscript. Each volume illustrated by a frontispiece with 38 additional wood engravings by Marcus Stone. The final plate is bound in at page 303 rather than page 292. Eckel 95. Gimbel A149. Hatton & Cleaver 345. A nice copy of the final novel that Dickens completed during his lifetime. Very Good. Item #00008497

A Very Good book with a small dampstain to each board and its pastedown, corners of boards show some wear, leaves are largely clean with very minor foxing, not affecting the plates.

Price: $850.00

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