Dickens, Charles

Master Humphrey’s Clock. Chapman & Hall, 1840-1841, 8vo, three volumes, first book edition, primary binding, wood-engraved illustrations by George Cattermole, Hablot K. Browne, Samuel Williams and Daniel Maclise, publisher’s dark grayish brown bold-ribbed cloth ornately decorated in blind on both covers, upper covers with central design of clock in gilt (with hands pointing to relevant volume number), spines ornately gilt, cloth slipcase, covers slightly scuffed, spines faded and slightly bumped at head and foot  [Eckel, pp.69-70; Smith I:6]; Barnaby Rudge. Chapman & Hall, [1841], 8vo, 2 volumes, first separate edition, later state (Smith, note 4), publisher's deep purple diamond-grained cloth, collector's cloth folding box, occasional slight spotting, joints slightly worn, repairs to spine at head, faded [Eckel, pp.67-70; Smith I:6B]; American Notes. Chapman & Hall, 1842, 8vo, 2 volumes, first edition, first issue, with page x wrongly paginated xvi, reddish-brown vertically ribbed cloth (Smith's variant binding), Leighton & Erles' binder's ticket and bookseller's ticket on front fixed endpaper, black silk slipcase, edges slightly browned, covers slightly faded, corners bumped, spines faded and bumped at head and foot [Eckel, pp.108-9; Smith II:3]

McGrath, armorial bookplate in American Notes

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