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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
Lot 71

DICKENS (CHARLES)
Sketches by "Boz". Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People... New Edition, IN THE ORIGINAL 20 MONTHLY PARTS, Chapman & Hall, November 1837-June 1839

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... New Edition, IN THE ORIGINAL 20 MONTHLY PARTS, additional etched title and 38 plates by Cruikshank (of 39) with publisher's imprint from part 7 onwards, p.18 with '8' set lower, p.50 with '0' set higher, 'p.83' level and clear, 'p.515' correct, p.526 with "reeledbefore", advertisement leaves as called for by Hatton & Cleaver comprising those in part 1 (8pp.), part 2 (8pp. including Address), part 3 (4pp., 8pp., 18-page Mechi Catalogue with wrappers), part 5 (4pp. 'Proclamation'), part 9 (4pp.), a few plates oxidised occasionally affecting image, wanting plate 2 in part 17 (contents loose) and half-title and blank leaf in part 20, publisher's pictorial pink wrappers after Cruikshank, faded and some parts soiled, some slight nicks and chips at edges, 6 parts with wrappers substituted, most spines (and some wrapper edges) restored, some spines with slight chips and tears, 2 lower wrappers defective, preserved in Collis's additional annotated paper wrappers [Eckel p.15; Gimbel A6; Hatton & Cleaver p.89-128], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, November 1837-June 1839

Footnotes

COLLIS'S SECOND SET OF 'BOZ' IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL PARTS. "Next to 'Pickwick' in parts, the pink-covered 'Sketches' in parts is the scarcest and the highest priced" (Eckel, p. 15). This set was put together by Collis between November 1931 and May 1934, and left tantalisingly close to completion, wanting one plate and the half-title. See condition report for full details.

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