Dickens, The Strange Gentleman, 1871, facsimile of the 1837 edition

DICKENS, CHARLES

The Strange Gentleman; a Comic Burletta, in two acts...first performed at the St. James's Theatre nn Thursday, September 29, 1836. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 [1871]

8vo (190 x 126mm.), facsimile of the 1837 edition, new frontispice drawn and engraved by Pailthorpe (present in duplicate in this copy, one hand-coloured), three-quarter brown morocco gilt by Tout, top edge gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, slight wear to binding

REFERENCE:

Eckel p.154 (mentioning this facsimile edition)

PROVENANCE:

Christie's New York, 18 December 2003, lot 93