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DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman & Hall, 1840-41.
20 parts, 8o (267 x 172 mm). 3 wood-engraved frontispieces, numerous wood-engraved text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, extra plate in part 6. Original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers (several rebacked, others with skilfull repairs, few scattered small chips to spines and short tears, larger repaired tears to part 20, few minor light stains); red morocco pull-off case.
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS (following the publication in weekly parts), later back wrappers on 3 parts, almost all inserted advertisements and publishers' catalogues as called for, including that of George Virtue in part 20. Parts 11-20 are subtitled Barnaby Rudge on front wrapper, not noted by Hatton & Cleaver. Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 163-182; Eckel, pp. 67-70. (20)
20 parts, 8
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS (following the publication in weekly parts), later back wrappers on 3 parts, almost all inserted advertisements and publishers' catalogues as called for, including that of George Virtue in part 20. Parts 11-20 are subtitled Barnaby Rudge on front wrapper, not noted by Hatton & Cleaver. Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 163-182; Eckel, pp. 67-70. (20)