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Chapman and Hall, 1865

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Year of publication

1865

Place of printing

London

Author

Dickens

Publishers

Chapman and Hall

Edition

FIRST EDITION AND A BEAUTIFUL COPY IN AN EXCELLENT STATE OF

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

2 volumes. First edition, with the three page Postscript by Dickens at the end of Volume II, and with the rare slip to the reader in Vol. I. Illustrated with 40 engraved plates by Marcus Stone. 8vo, bound in contemporary three-quarter rich purple-brown morocco over purple moire cloth covered boards, the boards ruled in gilt at the morocco borders, the spines with raised bands separating compartments richly gilt in paneled designs, two compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, end-papers and page edges handsomely marbled. xi, 320; viii, 309 pp. A very fine copy and thus rare, beautifully preserved, the bindings and text-blocks and illustrations all in excellent order and virtually without evidence of use or wear. A beautiful set.