Author: Charles Dickens
Title: Our Mutual Friend
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of the final completed novel of Charles Dickens, a nice copy with the original plates by Marcus Stone. The first edition of this work in book form. The first issue, with the three page postscript to the rear of Volume II, and with 'Pricipal' for 'Principal' to Volume II page 115, 14 lines up from the bottom. Issue points as stated by John C. Eckel in his 1913 publication 'The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens&apos. Complete with two volumes bound in one.'Our Mutual Friend' was the last novel Charles Dickens completed before his death in 1870. It is a satire on society, the plot following a young man who recently came into a fortune after his father dies, who's body is then found in the Thames. The money then goes to the naïve employees of the late father.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and nineteen plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and nineteen plates.All plates are present.Dickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England, showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters.Illustrated by Marcus Stone, an English painter, who was an Associate of the Royal Academy.Bound without half-titles, the slip bound before page 1 of Volume 1, and the publisher's adverts to the rear of Volume II. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. A little loss of paper to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot, mostly to the plates. Puncture marks to the margins of the plates. Very Good . Ill.: Marcus Stone. Very Good .
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Title: Our Mutual Friend
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of the final completed novel of Charles Dickens, a nice copy with the original plates by Marcus Stone. The first edition of this work in book form. The first issue, with the three page postscript to the rear of Volume II, and with 'Pricipal' for 'Principal' to Volume II page 115, 14 lines up from the bottom. Issue points as stated by John C. Eckel in his 1913 publication 'The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens&apos. Complete with two volumes bound in one.'Our Mutual Friend' was the last novel Charles Dickens completed before his death in 1870. It is a satire on society, the plot following a young man who recently came into a fortune after his father dies, who's body is then found in the Thames. The money then goes to the naïve employees of the late father.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and nineteen plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and nineteen plates.All plates are present.Dickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England, showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters.Illustrated by Marcus Stone, an English painter, who was an Associate of the Royal Academy.Bound without half-titles, the slip bound before page 1 of Volume 1, and the publisher's adverts to the rear of Volume II. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. A little loss of paper to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot, mostly to the plates. Puncture marks to the margins of the plates. Very Good . Ill.: Marcus Stone. Very Good .
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Price: GBP 495.00 = appr. US$ 706.85 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 876P9
- Book number: 876P9
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