1844, ISBN: 14f9dc727fc586054d8c4275ae5524be

[SC: 11.69], [PU: London: Chapman and Hall, 1844], BOOKS LITERATURE PRE-1900 BINDINGS PUBLISHERS' DELUXE NOISBN, First edition in book form, in the publisher's full morocco binding, the m… More...

[SC: 11.69], [PU: London: Chapman and Hall, 1844], BOOKS LITERATURE PRE-1900 BINDINGS PUBLISHERS' DELUXE NOISBN, First edition in book form, in the publisher's full morocco binding, the most deluxe of the three original binding options offered by the publisher, and very scarce. Martin Chuzzlewit was initially issued in monthly parts from December 1842 to July 1844, and in book form on completion. In an advertisement in the final monthly part, the publishers announced that it could be purchased in three formats: in cloth for £1 1s., in half morocco with marbled edges for £1 4s. 6d., and in full morocco with gilt edges for £1 6s. 6d. This full morocco binding is much scarcer than copies in the original cloth, which are themselves by no means common. This is the first copy of this novel in the full morocco binding that we have handled. The early owner of this copy, Howell Blood, whose signature, dated 1862, appears on a preliminary blank, was typical of the customer Chapman and Hall was targeting with their offer of deluxe, full morocco binding - the upwardly-mobile middle class, with pretensions to have the "best looking" copies of Britain's newest literary sensation. "The sons of small farmers, retail traders and small masters. were now benefiting from the reformed grammar schools and recently founded academies. A first generation Witham solicitor, Joseph Howell Blood, was clerk to the powerful attorney Jacob Howell Pattisson, related through his mother's side. By the 1840s, Blood had become clerk of the workhouse, clerk of the JP's bench and chairman of the Board of Guardians, the kind of post that would not have existed in the eighteenth century. By the 1850s he had set up his own legal practice in the town, later joined by his eldest son" (Davidoff & Hall, p. 265). The ownership signature may be that of either Joseph Howell (1806-1876), or his son, Howell (1837-1911), who was educated at Rugby and became a clergyman. Chapman and Hall continued to issue first edition sheets for many years after publication, binding up copies from their stock as required, including in this deluxe format. There are many variations between the morocco bindings of Dickens's novels, variations which have not yet been subject to a sustained bibliographical study identifying priority - the marbled endpapers and gilt turn-ins here are indicative of binding in the 1850s. Martin Chuzzlewit is placed by Dickens's biographer Peter Ackroyd as marking "a great change in Dickens's conception of moral characteristics. For the first time Dickens begins to explore the contradictions and difficulties of the contemporary human world; these are no longer figures defined by a single characteristic or animated by the wilful principle of a 'humour', but ones who are seen to change with the changing world, to live and grow" (Ackroyd, p. 392). Dickens wrote to John Forster on 2 November 1843 that "I think Chuzzlewit is a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories" (Pilgrim, Letters, III, pp. 590). Kremers pp. 79-82, 288; Smith I.7. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, 1990; Leonore Davidoff & Catherine Hall, Family Fortunes Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780-1850, 2013. Octavo (211 x 132 mm). Original purple pebble-grain morocco, spine lettered in gilt, spine bands and covers ruled in blind, gilt floral turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title page (£ sign not transposed, no priority), 38 plates, by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). Bound without half-title. With ink ownership signature of "Howell Blood, Witham 1862" to initial binder's blank, and his pencil ownership signature to facing binder's blank (see note). Slight splits and wear at head of joints but holding firm, offsetting to preliminaries, plates browned as often, early gatherings and first plate somewhat soiled with a few peripheral nicks and chips, letterpress leaves afterwards clean, small patch of tape repair in gutter of p. 32, 6 cm closed tear affecting text without loss to pp. 461/2, 3 cm closed tear not affecting text to pp. 603/4. A good copy.<

1844, ISBN: 14f9dc727fc586054d8c4275ae5524be

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Selfishness Portrayed in a Satirical Fashion" First Edition of Martin Chuzzlewit in the Original Cloth DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Marti… More...

London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Selfishness Portrayed in a Satirical Fashion" First Edition of Martin Chuzzlewit in the Original Cloth DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, first issue following all points in Smith including vignette on title-page with amount on sign post transposed to read "100£" and seven studs in the trunk. Plates facing pp. 387 and 386 transposed as per Michael Sadleir's copy at UCLA, and all of the other thirty-four first issue points. According to Smith "An earlier 13-line errata leaf exists with the same data that is found on the 14-line leaf; the setting was changed to 14-lines for a better balance." Octavo (8 11/16 x 5 7/16 inches; 220 x 139 mm). xiv, [errata with 14 lines, verso blank], 624 pp. Forty etched plates including frontispiece and title-page vignette by Hablot K. Browne aka "Phiz." Publisher's primary binding of moderate blue diagonally-ribbed cloth. Covers stamped in blind, spine stamped in blind and lettered in gilt with "London 1844" at foot. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Armorial book-plate of "Sherwin" on front paste-down and ink signature of "J.Sherwin Sherwin" on half-title. The text-block has been expertly re-cased using the original yellow-coated end-papers. The original cloth is near fine with no fading and just the bare minimum of strengthening at the spine ends and slight wear to the lower corners. The gilt lettering is bright and fresh. The plates have light to moderate foxing which is mainly confined to the blank margins. There is a 3/8 inch diameter stain on the margin of the plate facing page 160 and a light marginal stain on the facing leaves. Closed tear on margin of O2 (pp. 195/6), corner (3/8 x 1/2 inch) torn away from FF4. Light foxing to end-papers and first and last leaves only. The text block remarkably clean and fresh. Overall this is an exceptional copy of a title rarely found in better condition. Housed in an early fleece-lined green cloth clamshell case. Martin Chuzzlewit is listed as number five in Michael Sadleir's list of Charles Dickens comparative scarcities. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit originally appeared in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts January 1843 - July 1844. This, the first edition in book form, appeared on July 16, 1844 at 21s. and was the last of Dickens's picaresque novels. Dickens thought it to be his best work - but his readers disagreed. In fact, Martin Chuzzlewit was the first of his novels to lose readers during serialization and the publisher Chapman and Hall suggested that Dickens's fees should be reduced. This never happened but it caused a rift that was not bridged until Chapman and Hall published A Tale of Two Cities in 1859. Dombey and Son (1848), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Hard Times (1854) and Little Dorrit (1857) were all published by Bradbury and Evans., London: Chapman and Hall, 1844, 0<

1844, ISBN: 14f9dc727fc586054d8c4275ae5524be

[PU: London: Chapman and Hall, 1844], BROWNE, H.K., "Selfishness Portrayed in a Satirical Fashion" First Edition of Martin Chuzzlewit in the Original Cloth DICKENS, Charles. The Life and … More...

[PU: London: Chapman and Hall, 1844], BROWNE, H.K., "Selfishness Portrayed in a Satirical Fashion" First Edition of Martin Chuzzlewit in the Original Cloth DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, first issue following all points in Smith including vignette on title-page with amount on sign post transposed to read "100£" and seven studs in the trunk. Plates facing pp. 387 and 386 transposed as per Michael Sadleir's copy at UCLA, and all of the other thirty-four first issue points. According to Smith "An earlier 13-line errata leaf exists with the same data that is found on the 14-line leaf; the setting was changed to 14-lines for a better balance." Octavo (8 11/16 x 5 7/16 inches; 220 x 139 mm). xiv, [errata with 14 lines, verso blank], 624 pp. Forty etched plates including frontispiece and title-page vignette by Hablot K. Browne aka "Phiz." Publisher's primary binding of moderate blue diagonally-ribbed cloth. Covers stamped in blind, spine stamped in blind and lettered in gilt with "London 1844" at foot. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Armorial book-plate of "Sherwin" on front paste-down and ink signature of "J.Sherwin Sherwin" on half-title. The text-block has been expertly re-cased using the original yellow-coated end-papers. The original cloth is near fine with no fading and just the bare minimum of strengthening at the spine ends and slight wear to the lower corners. The gilt lettering is bright and fresh. The plates have light to moderate foxing which is mainly confined to the blank margins. There is a 3/8 inch diameter stain on the margin of the plate facing page 160 and a light marginal stain on the facing leaves. Closed tear on margin of O2 (pp. 195/6), corner (3/8 x 1/2 inch) torn away from FF4. Light foxing to end-papers and first and last leaves only. The text block remarkably clean and fresh. Overall this is an exceptional copy of a title rarely found in better condition. Housed in an early fleece-lined green cloth clamshell case. Martin Chuzzlewit is listed as number five in Michael Sadleir's list of Charles Dickens comparative scarcities. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit originally appeared in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts January 1843 - July 1844. This, the first edition in book form, appeared on July 16, 1844 at 21s. and was the last of Dickens's picaresque novels. Dickens thought it to be his best work - but his readers disagreed. In fact, Martin Chuzzlewit was the first of his novels to lose readers during serialization and the publisher Chapman and Hall suggested that Dickens's fees should be reduced. This never happened but it caused a rift that was not bridged until Chapman and Hall published A Tale of Two Cities in 1859. Dombey and Son (1848), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Hard Times (1854) and Little Dorrit (1857) were all published by Bradbury and Evans.<

1844, ISBN: 14f9dc727fc586054d8c4275ae5524be

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[SC: 12.0], [PU: Chapman and Hall], - Chapman and Hall, London 1844, In-8 (14x21,5cm), 624pp., relié. - Edition originale de première émission illustrée par Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) de 40 … More...

[SC: 12.0], [PU: Chapman and Hall], - Chapman and Hall, London 1844, In-8 (14x21,5cm), 624pp., relié. - Edition originale de première émission illustrée par Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) de 40 figures dont un frontispice et un titre gravé avec vignette. Sur le frontispice, 100L sur le poteau télégraphique et 7 personnes dans la malle-poste. Errata avec 14 lignes de texte et un verso blanc. La planche en regard de la page 70 n'a malheureusement pas été insérée dans le volume. A l'instar de toutes ses éditions, Dickens a profondément travaillé avec l'illustrateur. Reliure en demi veau glacé havane à coins d'époque. Dos à nerfs richement orné, multiples roulettes. Pièce de titre de chagrin rouge, seconde pièce de titre de chagrin noir. Tranches peignées. Comme pour toutes les éditions de Dickens le texte est parfaitement frais et sans rousseurs, et toutes les illustrations avec des brunissures ou entièrement brunies (en raison des serpentes et de la différence dans l'acidité des papiers). Petites taches sombres sur le cuir des plats. Bel exemplaire, bien relié, condition assez rare pour une reliure d'époque d'un roman de Dickens. Selon l'auteur lui-même, son meilleur ouvrage, "a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories" (letter to John Forster, 2 November 1843). Sans doute, parmi tous les romans picaresques de l'auteur, son plus drôle et son plus satirique, dans une conception encore plus mature de la matière romanesque et de la complexité des personnages. Le roman contient également une part très sombre et tragique. Il fut jugé à sa réception comme anti-américain, Dickens ayant transposé dans cette oeuvre ses sentiments sur la société américaine. Il avait effectué un voyage aux Etats-Unis en 1842. La jeune nation y est en effet écrite comme arrogante et suffisante, entièrement dévoué à l'argent. Le roman fut adapté au cinéma muet en 1912 et 1914 et récemment poour la BBC sous forme de séries. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND] 624pp., Books<

1868, ISBN: 14f9dc727fc586054d8c4275ae5524be

London, Chapman & Hall, VII, 522, 4 S. mit 8 Tafeln nach Phiz. Rotes Leinen mit Goldprägung. Stärkere Gebrsp. Einband etwas berieben u. fleckig. Kapitale etwas beschädigt. Gelenke locker.… More...

London, Chapman & Hall, VII, 522, 4 S. mit 8 Tafeln nach Phiz. Rotes Leinen mit Goldprägung. Stärkere Gebrsp. Einband etwas berieben u. fleckig. Kapitale etwas beschädigt. Gelenke locker. Innen etwas gebräunt. Die "Charles Dickens Edition" (1867-68), deren Bände vom Autor z.T. neue Vorworte und Kolumnentitel erhielten und nochmals durchgesehen und korrigiert wurden, ist die letzte zu Dickens' Lebzeiten erschienene Werkausgabe.Weltliteratur [Weltliteratur, England, Englische Literatur, English Books] 1868<