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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
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DICKENS (CHARLES)
Sketches by "Boz". Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Second Series, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, John Macrone, 1837 [1836]

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DICKENS (CHARLES)

Sketches by "Boz". Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Second Series, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without list of illustrations on p.[x] and with 'Vol. III' on all plates, half-title, etched frontispiece ('Vauxhall Gardens by Day'), additional vignette title and 8 plates by Cruikshank, 20pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at end, publisher's rose sand-grain cloth, spine with gilt lettering and decoration on black background, neatly rebacked preserving original backstrip, new endpapers, slightly soiled, corners worn [Eckel pp.11-13; Gimbel A4; Sadleir 700; Smith I:2], 12mo (197 x 120mm.), John Macrone, 1837 [1836]

Footnotes

FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND SERIES OF 'SKETCHES BY BOZ', EARLY ISSUE. According to Michael Sadlier, "a few copies are known with no List of Illustrations and with 'Vol. III' unerased and these would certainly seem to represent an earlier (and perhaps suppressed) issue of the book, which was evidently unknown to J.F. Dexter". Smith found six comparable copies, but concludes that priority is uncertain in terms of text, make up and binding. The spine of the present copy does have the black pigment, but the design of the blind panels differs very slightly from other copies seen, Collis describing it as "2nd issue cover" with no explanation.

Provenance: "Text with loose cover bought from Mr. Byram 23 May 36/ Recased etc. by Morell. June 1936", note in Collis's hand loosely inserted.

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