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The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby; With Illustrations by "Phiz." [Frontispiece after a portrait painted by Daniel Maclise]
by Dickens, Charles
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- Very Good
- Signed
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- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition, Mixed Issue. Quarter Leather. Very good. First Edition of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, with two mounted envelopes with signatures of the author to close associates.. Octavo, xvi, 624pp, [1]. Marbled boards, three quarter green leather, title in gilt on spine, five raised bands with gilt-ruled compartments. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A complete example, with 39 full-page illustrations by "Phiz" [Hablot Knight Browne]. Illustrations generally clean, some foxing to frontispiece, light toning and transference at various points. Mixed issue, with the "Chapman & Hall" imprint on frontispiece and 3 of the first 4 plates. (Gimbel A41). Two signed mailing envelopes affixed to front flyleaves, both signed by Charles Dickens. The first envelope is addressed to his brother-in-law, Henry Austin at the General Board of Health on Parliament Street. The second is addressed to H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, a British naturalist and poet, at the Conservative Club in London. Henry Austin was the brother-in-law of Charles Dickens and a close friend. Dickens was a lifelong advocate for the health of nations, so he worked closely with Austin to understand the sanitary conditions of major cities of England. Austin became the Secretary to the General Board of Health in 1848, giving Dickens access to important details of health policy.
Synopsis
Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby; With Illustrations by "Phiz." [Frontispiece after a portrait painted by Daniel Maclise]
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- First Edition of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, with two mounted envelopes with signatures of
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Mixed Issue
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- first edition David Copperfield, first edition Charles dickens, first edition The Personal History of David Copperfield, Trolling for Pike, Salmon and Trout, CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL,
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