Description
First edition, first printing of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, published by Chapman and Hall, London in 1839. A near fine copy with a former owner’s name and date in blue ink to the verso of the front free end paper, boards three quarter bound in marbled paper, boards with gilt edged leather corners and gilt tooled leather to the spine, shelf-wear to the marbled boards and a little rubbing to the hinges of boards and spine, the marbled text block with some fading, marbled end-papers bright and crisp, the internals are also notably clean, with very little foxing or toning, the frontispiece tissue guard is present. Correctly displays the word “sister” substituted for “visitor” on page 123 line 17. Each of the Hablot Knight Browne (”Phiz”) illustrations are present throughout.
Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. The character of Nickleby is a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.
