Lot 1358 , Dickens, Charles - The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. First Edition. engraved pictorial and printed titles, frontis. and 38 plates; earlier 20th cent. gilt ruled polished tan calf, gilt decorated panelled spin

° Dickens, Charles - The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. First Edition. engraved pictorial and printed titles, frontis. and 38 plates; earlier 20th cent. gilt ruled polished tan calf, gilt decorated panelled spine with brown label, marbled edges and e/ps., gilt turn-ins. Chapman and Hall, 1844
£120-160

Condition:
V. sl wear foot of spine and trifle rubbed at head, o/w. mostly plt. margins (markedly last plt.), text mostly clean; p.403 black smudge over 7 lines (approx. 7 words in all obliterated). xv, 624pp. (incl. half title and errata leaf). Smith (Part One) 7, with most of usual flaws - p.6 buildings; p.11 of pocketing; p.223 appeared; p.297 foundst; p.576 triumphed; p.587 thresh-hold (etc.). nb. engr. title signpost with 100£, but no priority (see Smith p.67)