[Dickens], The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman, 1839, first edition, first issue

[DICKENS, CHARLES]

The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. London: Charles Tilt (‘and Mustapha Syried, Constantinople’), 1839

16mo (129 x 100mm.), FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE ("wine" for "vine" on page 13), half-title, engraved plate of music, 11 etched plates by George Cruickshank, 8pp. publisher’s advertisements at end, original green pictorial cloth, collector’s chemise and purple morocco-backed slipcase, some spotting and browning, occasional damp-staining, disbound

REFERENCE:

Eckel, pp. 206-208

PROVENANCE:

James Nash, ownership signature; Maggs Bros. (October 1921); Comte Alain de Suzannet, the sale of his collection at Sotheby's, 22 November 1971, lot 51