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: (all present)
pp.18 plate with "London, Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand." imprint at the foot.
"latter" for "letter" error pp.160 line 43
"flys" for "flies" error pp.245 line 10
"visiters" for "visitors" error pp.272 line 2
"incontestible" for "incontestable" error pp.297 line 22
"suprise" for "surprise" error pp.586 line 24
Other Edition Points (Smith I, 5) Present:
second "l" missing in "will" on pp.x, line 2.
last four letters not aligned in "family" on pp.xiii, Chapter XXXV.
comma after "others" here on pp.xiv, Chapter LXIII.
frontispiece not listed on pp.xv
"s" slightly high in "friends"' on pp.xv, entry 11.
"Coffee-Room" hyphenated on pp.xv, entry 20.
"Kenwigs" for "Kenwigs" on pp.xv, last entry.
"Linkinwater" for "Mr. Linkinwater" on pp.xvi, entry 1.
comma after "recognition" on pp.xvi, entry 2.
"the lodgings of" missing on pp.xvi, entry 7 (in most copies).
"small-clothes" hyphenated on pp.xvi, entry 9.
"Mulberry" here but spelled with single "r" in caption on pp.xvi, entry 10.
hyphen and apostrophe in "hair-dresser's" here (is missing in caption) on pp.xvi, entry 11.
"breaking up" is placed in quotation marks in caption and not here on pp.xvi, entry 15.
unnecessary commas after "what" on pp.13, 10 lines up.
"visiter" for "sister" in some copies bound from early parts on pp.123, line 17.
no hyphen in "up-stairs" on pp.129, line 1.
close spacing in line on pp.165, line 26.
"yesterday" with 's on pp.198, 13 lines up.
"Mercie" on pp.270, line 15.
unnecessary hyphen "twenty-years" on pp.273, line 1.
no period after "Ralph" on pp.288, line 7.
unnecessary period after "again" on pp.317, line 21.
Modern blue half bonded leather binding overlaid with gilt with a tooled black morocco label. Binding externally fine and shows very attractively indeed on the shelf. Both boards securely attached. Binding secure without shelf lean. Top edge gilt. Endpapers replaced. Lacks one plate (provided in facsimile at the rear), else collates as complete. Some repairs to the fronts, which has been remounted. Text block toned with text generally very clean. Plates oxidised as typical, to varying degrees, most being reasonably presentable.
