The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne]. Published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1839.
FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION
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Dickens' biographer, Peter Ackroyd says in his work that Nicholas Nickleby "has some title to being the funniest novel Dickens ever wrote; it is perhaps the funniest novel in the English language" (pp.262)
Edition points:
pp.18 plate with "London, Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand." imprint at the foot.
"latter" for "letter" error pp.160 line 43 (Present)
"flys" for "flies" error pp.245 line 10 (Present)
"visiters" for "visitors" error pp.272 line 2 (Present)
"incontestible" for "incontestable" error pp.297 line 22 (Present)
"suprise" for "surprise" error pp.586 line 24 (Present)
Size: 140 x 215 x 52 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[i-xvi, 624pp.]
Spine with very minor rubbing and minor dulling to gilt. Tooled label present with small fragments lacking. Both boards securely attached with front hinge cracked. Partial spine and text block separation. Boards scuffed and rubbed with leather parts sunned. Shelf and edge wear. Dulling to page edges. Text block fairly clean with light toning and sporadic very minor foxing. Plates toned and foxed. Pages facing plates are slightly more foxed than others. Small piece of paper attached to front pastedown with book title and edition. Two very small fragments of white paper attached next to the hinge at the top of the front pastedown and ffep. Pen ownership inscription on both pastedowns. Front pastedown has ink writing lightly transferred onto it. Pen ownership inscription to the top of the title page. Plate facing pp.25 with small tear to bottom. Leaf numbered 145/146 detached and with light creasing and very small tears to edges. Plate facing pp.153 with a repair to a small tear by having a white piece of paper attached to the bottom part of the reverse side. Very small tear to the side of the plate facing pp.248. Some cracks to text block causing some pages to be slightly looser than they should be, thus some page edges are not aligned uniformly.
Bound without half title, 39 plates by Phiz (40 including engraved frontis).
