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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
Lot 116

DICKENS (CHARLES)
The Old Curiosity Shop, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL INK DRAWINGS BY JAMES CAMPBELL, Chapman and Hall, 1848; together with the original part no. 4 of the same edition (2)

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DICKENS (CHARLES)

The Old Curiosity Shop, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL INK DRAWINGS BY JAMES CAMPBELL, engraved frontispiece, 34 original pen and ink drawings bound in, captioned in ink below, occasional soiling and foxing, one illustration loose, half calf by Webb of Liverpool, gilt panelled spine with red morocco label, covers rubbed, 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1848; together with the original part no. 4 of the same edition (2)

Footnotes

'A VERITABLE DICKENS FIND' - Thomas Hatton on the pen and ink drawings in this extra-illustrated copy of The Old Curiosity Shop.

A loosely inserted prospectus indicates that Thomas Hatton was intending to publish the illustrations in a limited edition: 'A series of 34 original and hitherto unpublished pen-and-ink Drawings... by James Campbell, of Liverpool (1825-1893). These clever drawings executed in the style of of "Phiz" (HABLOT K. BROWNE) are contemporary with the issue of the First Cheap Edition, 1848. JAMES CAMPBELL, who possesses more than a provincial reputation, has treated the many subjects in a true Dickensian spirit, and their discovery is a veritable Dickens find... The edition will be strictly limited to 250 copies... the project will not mature until 100 names of subscribers have been received". The project seemingly did not come to fruition and Hatton sold the volume to Collis on 1 November 1936.

Provenance: W. Morris (of Imperial Chambers, Dale Street, Liverpool), fly-leaf with lengthy presentation inscription to "Robert Bennett Esq/ In testimony of... his appreciation of the peculiar artistic pen and ink illustrations... 1883"; Mary Elizabeth Anderson, presented to her by Bennett with inscription on verso of title ("This unique book illustrated by original etchings... is presented... on her birthday 20 Feby 1892 by her old & attached friend R.B."); Thomas Hatton.

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