Author: [Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Sibson, Thomas
Title: ILLUSTRATIONS Of MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK In Seventy Plates, Designed and Etched on Steel. By Thomas Sibson. The Old Curiosity Shop. -- Barnaby Rudge
Description: London: Robert Tyas, 1842. 1st edition, BFTP (Gimbel H1153). Period brown half sheep with marbled paper boards, eps & edges. Elaborate gilt decorated spine. Joints & tips professionally refurbished. 8 pp of text. T.p. with wood engraved vignette. 72 steel engravings, with many of the tissue guards still present. Royal 8vo. 10-1/8" x 6-3/8". Rubs to marbled paper on boards. Evidence of removed bookplate. Light to moderate foxing. A VG copy. Originally published serially, this volume contains the 2 additional plates ["He Came, He Said, To Conquer or To Die" & "The Barber Relating the History of the Deaf Gentleman's Pipe", both found at the end of this book] published via that fashion which were not included in the formally published volume edition, cf. Gimbel H1154.

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