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CHARLES DICKENS: THE COLLECTION OF W.H. COLLIS OF LIVERPOOL
Lot 86

DICKENS (CHARLES)
Master Humphrey's Clock, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN ORIGINAL 88 WEEKLY PARTS, Chapman and Hall, April 1840-December 1841; together with duplicates of Parts 1 & 2, and an additional variant issue of Part 26 (differently set but wanting the front wrapper) (91)

1 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DICKENS (CHARLES)

Master Humphrey's Clock, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN ORIGINAL 88 WEEKLY PARTS, wood-engraved illustrations by G. Cattermole and H.K. Browne, with preliminary matter (title, preface and frontispieces) to parts 26, 52 and 88, and addresses by the author in Parts 9, 80-83 and 87, publisher's white pictorial wrappers, Parts 1-2, 53-56 and 58-62 partially unopened, some soiling and slight wear at outer edges, one or two brown spots or small stains but overall very clean and intact, preserved in 3 original green cloth portfolios with gilt decoration and spine lettering (some stains, spines weak), [cf. Eckel p.67ff; Gimbel A49; Hatton & Cleaver p.163], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April 1840-December 1841; together with duplicates of Parts 1 & 2, and an additional variant issue of Part 26 (differently set but wanting the front wrapper) (91)

Footnotes

A VERY GOOD SET OF THE RAREST ISSUE, IN WEEKLY 88 PARTS. "Of the four issues the weekly one is difficult to obtain in a clean condition, and is therefore the costliest" (Eckel). The portfolios containing the parts seem particularly scarce. Their inner covers bear the bookseller's ticket of Nettleton, Plymouth, and are printed with: 'Portfolio for Master Humphrey's Clock. Price Two Shillings. This portfolio is intended to contain Twenty-six numbers of the "Clock" after the four pages of Advertisements have been cut off. London: William Smith, 113 Fleet Street'.

Master Humphrey's Clock was one of the first works to appear in weekly as well as monthly parts, containing the two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge.

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