Sold for:
$750
$750
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 3 vols. 8vo, publisher's reddish brown fine-diaper cloth blind-stamped with arabesque design, gilt-lettered and ruled spines, yellow endpapers, housed in custom linen clamshell case. First edition, third issue, with new title pages in each vol. ("By Charles Dickens" verses "Boz") and the final plate of vol. III showing the "church" scene, instead of the "fireside" scene. Light fading and rubbing to boards, with some minor loss to spine ends; bookplate tipped in front pastedown of each volume.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-11-06
