The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickeby. Illustrated in Colour by C. E. Brock. by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund), 1870-1938, illustrator

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1871. Published 1871. Two volumes from the illustrated Library Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine with slightly raised spine bands, marbled edges and endpapers, illustrated with tissue-protected engravings. Worn but attractive copy with rubbing and scuffing to the extremities, chipping to spine head of second volume, three of four spine labels absent, spines darkened, hinges internally cracked but covers secure, text blocks a bit shaken but with no loose pages, pages age-toned but clean with occasional foxing, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Menston : Scolar Press, 1972. Facsimile Edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Facsimile reprint of original serial publication, London: Chapman and Hall, 1838-1839. Contents; Includes : The composition and monthly publication of Nicholas Nickleby / by Michael Slater. Subjects; English fiction 19th century. Texts Facsimiles.

London ; New York : Ward, Lock and Co, 1883. Complete edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with pictorial cover. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Frontispiece accompanied by a guard sheet. Scattered foxing throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 259 p.: ill.; 22 cm. Notes: Fiction.Subjects: 19th century fiction. Dickens, Charles. Great Britain. Genre: Fiction. Illustrated.

London New York : Chapman & Hall ; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Subjects; Young men ; Fiction. Theatrical companies. Boarding schools. Poor families.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1854. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with black leather to spine and corners, marble paper to boards, leather has wear to spine caps raised bands, hinges, and corners, paper has light rubbing/shelfwear; Text block has marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, paper is stiff with light puckering, foxing to plates, else clean and tight; xvi, 624 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). 1350229. FP New Rockville Stock.

Chapman & Hall. First Thus. Hard Back. Very Good. H K Browne . 506 pages bound in green cloth Large format 9'' x 6.5'' black blind stamped decoration with the authors initials. Illustrated Library Edition stamped in gilt at the base of the spine. Clean binding tight with clean white pages no previous owners markings. 19 full page plates plus frontis. These books in the series were made between 1874-1876.

London: Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly [from 1839], 1865. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine+. Early Issue of Dickens's first commercial triumph, the novel that established his lasting reputation. Issued in 1865 or earlier, based on printer's imprint (verso of title page), possibly as early as 1852, when Chapman & Hall moved from 186 Strand to 193 Piccadilly. Thick demy 8vo (219 x 131mm): xvi,624pp, Illustrated with frontispiece author's portrait and 39 full-page plates. Publisher's original olive green fine-diaper cloth, covers framed in blind with triple rule enclosing inner blind-stamped frame of chain-like design, ornament of stems and leaves in corners (identical to cloth covers of primary binding of Dombey and Son); spine ruled in five panels, lettered in gilt to second and fourth; coated pale yellow end papers; edges rough- trimmed. Armorial book plate of A. G. W. Skirrow (modified in manuscript by W. A. Telford) to front paste-down. An unusually clean copy, both pages and plates, in… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. [Classic Fiction] FIRST EDITION, bound from mixed issue parts. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624. With 39 engraved plates by Phiz, and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Maclise. This copy does not have "visiter" for "sister" on p.123 line 17, but it does have "latter" for "letter" on p.160, 6 lines up. The frontispiece and first four plates have the imprint of Chapman and Hall, which indicates that they come from the 'earliest issues of the monthly parts' (Hatton and Cleaver, p.134). Bound with both the half-title and one green cover (no.IX) from the original parts to preliminaries. Recently re-bound with a cream paper-covered spine, a plain paper title label, and contemporary blue paper-covered boards. All edges untrimmed. Masonic bookplate of James Barr Lamb to front pastedown. Repairs to hinges. Extremely heavy spotting and browning to plates (more so than usual), but text generally quite clean. Rubbing to boards, especially corners. Professionally re-bound.… Read More

London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, 1839. First Edition, later printing. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Some foxing to the pages. Physical description; 624 pages. Notes; visiter/sister p. 123. 'Phiz' is a pseudonym for H.K. Browne. With a half-title. Source of acquisition: Purchased and placed on deposit by the Governors of the Baillie's Institution of Glasgow. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). English Literature.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1939. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt blocked title to spine with gilt-crossed raised bands. All edges marbled. New endpapers. Light tanning to page margins. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Further scans, images and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 624 pages; 1st edition, later issue. xiv, 624p. 39 plates; 22cm. This rare edition of Nicholas Nickleby features 39 illus. by Hablot K. Brown (i.e. Phiz) and a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait engraved by Finden after the painting by David Maclise. Issue points include letter rather than latter, p.160.