Master Humphrey's Clock (Two Volumes Comprising The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge))
by Dickens,Charles
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall. London Chapman and Hall First edition in book form,1840 and 1841.Two volumes with a total of 3 volumes bound into two vols.Chapman and Hall, London, 1840 and 1841.Hardcover.Very Good.condition in half calf.This set in not uniformly bound with Vol 1 bound in half black calf over marbled boards and Vol II in green calf over marbled boards.Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.First Edition First Printing.These two volumes remain lovely and clean internally.Bindinsg remain firm with NO hinge weakness.There are a couple of previous owner's names to the blank endpapers.Vol 1 is slightly larger in size to it's companion volume 2.There is a little wear and rubbing to corners.Volume 1 has marbled page edges,Vol 2 does not have marbled page edges.The work is extensively illustrated with black and white drawings.The spine of vol 1 has four raised bands and vol 2 has five raised bands,with gold titles in darker burgundy labels.Large 8vo Vol 1 (iv) 306pp,228pp Vol 2 (vi) 122pp (ends Vol II) 426pp ends Vol III (First Edition in Book Form- Three books into 2 Volumes) 1840/1841 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1840.
Synopsis
Master Humphrey's Clock was an ambitious weekly literary magazine published by Dickens himself. Lasting only from 1840 to 1841, it spun off some major works, including "The Old Curiosity Shop" and this collection of stories and sketches. The narrator is Master Humphrey , not "churlish" and not a "misanthrope", who describes his daily life and his encounters with vivid characters including Mr. Pickwick. The clock is his old companion, where he stores manuscripts.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72999
- Title
- Master Humphrey's Clock (Two Volumes Comprising The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge))
- Author
- Dickens,Charles
- Illustrator
- George Cattermole and Hablot Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- 8vo - over 5¾" - 6&f
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire
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