$813
London: Chapman & Hall, April - September, 1870. 6 parts. 8vo, original blue-green wraps. Housed in quarter blue calf over cloth clamshell case, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, first issue, earliest issue of part 6 with the "eighteenpence" slip pasted over the one shilling price on the front wrap, also including the often missing "Cork Hats" slip in part 2. With 14 engraved plates by S.L. Fildes. Light soiling and minor chipping to edges of wrappers; crease to contents page on no. VI; foot of spine repairedon some vols.; small tear to spine no. 5; lacking 4 pp. ads. in part I and 8 pp. of ads. in part V; "Cork Hats" slip detached but present, with remanants of pastedown to verso; scattered brown spots.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
