THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY de CHARLES DICKENS. ILLUSTRATED BY PHIZ - 1839

CHAPMAN & HALL, LONDON, 1839 HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19TH CENTURY HALF LEATHER BINDING, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, AN EARLY ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH ISSUE POINTS SUCH AS CHAPMAN & HALL TO BOTTOM MARGIN OF THE FIRST FOUR PLATES AFTER FRONTIS, FRONTIS PLATE NOT LISTED IN THE PLATES LIST, VISITER FOR SISTER ON PAGE 123 & LATTER FOR LETTER ON PAGE 160. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 16 + 624 PAGES. SOME RUBBING TO MARBLED BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, INSCRIPTION DATED 1841 TO FRONT ENDPAPER, SOME WEAR TO INNER HINGE BETWEEN FRONT ENDPAPERS [NOTHING SERIOUS] HEAVY FOXING TO FRONTIS, THE USUAL LIGHT TO MODERATE FOXING OR OFFSETTING MOSTLY TO PLATES [ SEE IMAGES FOR EXAMPLES ] A FEW PAGES TO FRONT OF BOOK A LITTLE PROUD AT FORE-EDGE, PAGE 17 WITH REPAIR TO OUTER MARGIN HAVING REPAIRED A FEW SMALL CLOSED TEARS, PLATE OPPOSITE PAGE 518 HAS A CLOSED TEAR TO BOTTOM HALF, OVERALL THE USUAL FAULTS INTERNALLY WITH DICKENS BUT STILL A VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY. EXTRA POSTGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.