The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London. Chapman & Hall. 1844. 8vo, 21cm, The First Edition in book form, second issue., xiv,[2] (Errata), 624p., with 40 plates by Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"], including frontispiece and extra engraved title, some toning on the plates toward the margins, (as usual), 1 plate at p346 has a small hole, (c. 1cm), outside the illustrations, in a fine signed binding by Riviere, in half crushed niger crimson morocco, raised bands, gilt title and gilt decorations in the panels, match crimson marbled boards and endpapers, all edges gilt, a fine copy all consider with the 14-line errata sheet called for in the second issue..(cgc). Item #40560
Eckel p71. Gimbel A7, Sadleir 692. Smith I, 7. First published in parts serially in 1853-1854, this is the first edition in book form. An interesting work by Dickens that might be considered to be a transitional one, as it falls between Dickens' earlier, more amusing works and his later socially-conscious, somewhat sombre works.
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