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DICKENS, Charles SKU: 18922 Barcode:
Stock No. 18922
Authors: Charles, DICKENS (1812-70)
London: Chapman and Hall, 1856
Later edition. Engraved titlepage and frontispiece. 43 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H.T. Browne ("Phiz"). 8vo (9 x 6 ins) pp xiv, [2], 609 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full tree-calf with decorative gilt border around the boards, ornate gilt spine with raised bands and gilt lettered, black morocco label. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Bookplate of noted Dickens collector J.F. Schenck plus numerous newspaper cuttings relating to Dickens and the Pickwick saga pasted in on the endpapers, with pencilled gift inscriptions and notes saying when and where book was purchased "bought at Sewall Sale by JF Schenck Nov 14 1896". Spine slightly rubbed but still a most attractive copy in contemporary calf binding.
