Lot 392 , Dickens, Charles - Great Expectations, 3 vols, 1st edition in book form, 1st issue with no edition statements on title-page, crown 8vo (187 x 115mm.), in fine mid 20th century gilt-ruled red levant morocco bindings, gilt
° Dickens, Charles - Great Expectations, 3 vols, 1st edition in book form, 1st issue with no edition statements on title-page, crown 8vo (187 x 115mm.), in fine mid 20th century gilt-ruled red levant morocco bindings, gilt-decorated panelled (lettered direct), gilt tops and gilt-decorated turn-ins, grey endpapers, (stamped C.J. Sawyer, 12 Grafton St, W, their name stamped in gilt on turn-ins, with a small gilt monogram on back endpapers), Chapman and Hall, London, 1861. Great Expectations is RARE IN THIS FIRST ISSUE with first issue points present. This copy, being rebound, lacks the publisher's advertisements at the end of volume III. Correct first issue points are as follows:-
Volume I:5.9 unbroken comma after 'man', 17.26 broken 'i' in 'sides', 35.25 single inverted comma at start of line, 42.5 full stop after 'robbery' present, 44.1 unbroken 'in' in 'mince', 52.13 unbroken 'W' in 'Wopsle', 52.15 'f' in 'of' correctly aligned, 93.1 'b' in 'by' undamaged, 140.2 unbroken 't' in 'went', 160.12 'f' in 'of' undamaged, 179.9 comma at end line undamaged, 180.16 comma after 'mentioning' undamaged, 203.4 faint ink marks between 'no' and 'one', 206.6 end of line hyphen present, 237.10 end of line comma undamaged, 246.23 'h' in 'how' present, 257.3 no inked spaces, 259.7 capital 'I' for 'In', 284 headline faint 'C' in 'Expectations', 284.2 full stop at end line undamaged, 299.27 comma end line undamaged
Volume II: 3.4 's' in 'Jaggers' undamaged, 8 headline full stop present, 13.22 'd' in 'guardian' damaged, 48 headline full stop present, 84.24 broken 'j' in 'sub-ject', 187.16 full stop present after 'gloomily', 205.20 'to get', 213.25 hypen at end line undamaged, 230.17 'hi' in 'everything' undamaged, 231.8 'w' in 'with' undamaged, 278.21 damage to 'f' and 'n' in 'friend' and lacking full stop, 291.26 'ng' in 'nothing' damaged. 348.1 'k' in 'drink' damaged
Volume III:19.24 's' in 'Jaggers' damaged, 39.5 ink space between 'you' and 'feel', 56.14 'f' in 'of' damaged, 150.4 'w' in 'waywardness' undamaged, 166.14 'l' in 'longer undamaged, 173.26 'theres', 217.3 semi-colon undamaged, 240.11 faint ink between 'roaring' and 'curses', 291.25 'h' and 'd' in 'hand' faint, 293.1 comma present.
£15,000-20,000
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