Lot 110 , Dickens, Charles - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, portrait frontis and 39 plates (by H.K. Browne), 19th cen

Dickens, Charles - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, portrait frontis and 39 plates (by H.K. Browne), 19th century gilt ruled calf, decorated and panelled spine, marbled edges and endpapers, 1839

Condition: Lower board present but detached, spine loose and worn and missing label, title slightly marked but text mostly clean, most plts with marginal staining (heavy sometimes), pp.615-18 and a plate loose, as is (partly) front free endpaper, Smith 5 - collation agrees - save lacks half title, foot of frontis with imprint, no engraved title issued, frontis by Madise, armorial book plate of William Josepth Roskell, Smith's flaws - several remain e.g. visiter (p.123), latter (p.160), Grogswig (p.618), incontestible (p.297)
Estimate £80-100


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Sold for £120