Charles Dickens – Nicholas Nickleby – First UK Edition 1839
£750.00
First edition – 1839, with ‘visiter’ corrected to ‘sister’ line 17, page 123, but ‘latter’ for ‘letter’ 6 lines up, page 160; First Issue of the illustrations. Original half brown calf over marbled sides, morocco title-label lettered in gilt, drab endpapers and all edges speckled. A good copy which has wear and rubbing to the edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 39 plates. Plates browned as usual. Small circular dent to the front board. Rare.
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First edition – 1839, with ‘visiter’ corrected to ‘sister’ line 17, page 123, but ‘latter’ for ‘letter’ 6 lines up, page 160; First Issue of the illustrations. Original half brown calf over marbled sides, morocco title-label lettered in gilt, drab endpapers and all edges speckled. A good copy which has wear and rubbing to the edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 39 plates. Plates browned as usual. Small circular dent to the front board. Rare.
