First edition in book form of Dickens's weekly periodical, where his novels THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP and BARNABY RUDGE were first serialized.
Very good plus.
Price: $1,000.00
"We are men of secluded habits, with something of a cloud upon our early fortunes, whose enthusiasm, nevertheless, has not cooled with age, whose spirit of romance is not yet quenched, who are content to ramble through the world in a pleasant dream, rather than ever waken again to its harsh realities."
In the framing narrative for this weekly periodical, published from April 1840 to December 1841, the titular Master Humphrey sets up a club where he along with his friends and colleagues share stories with each other — one of whom is Mr. Pickwick of THE PICKWICK PAPERS, creating a sort of Dickensian Extended Universe.
Read more: Smith, Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth: A Bibliographical Catalogue, Part I.6.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. 3 volumes, 10'' x 6.5'' each. Contemporary three-quarter brown goatskin, marbled paper boards. Gilt stamped spine, raised bands. Marbled endpapers and edges. Each volume with engraved frontispiece and in-text illustrations. vi, 306; vi, 306; vi, 426 pages. Moderate rubbing and edgewear, spines gently toned. Light foxing to endpapers
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