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[DICKENS, CHARLES.] [Davenport, Richard Alfred.]
Sketches of Imposture,
Deception and Credulity.
Small 8vo, contemporary
1
/
4
maroon morocco over marbled
boards, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, marbled edges, joints rubbed; housed in
chemise and full morocco gilt pull-off case with Dickens’ monogram device, by Sangorski
& Sutcliffe.
London:Thomas Tegg, 1837
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
.
CHARLES DICKENS
’
COPY
,
bearing his bookplate as well as the 1870 Gadshill
Place sale label, both mounted to front pastedown. “A sample of the manifold frauds which have, in
all ages, been successfully employed to frighten and gull mankind.”
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DICKENS, CHARLES.
A Tale
of Two Cities.
16 etched plates by
Hablot K. Browne (“Phiz”), including the
frontispiece and added title vignette. 8vo,
bound in full blue calf, gilt rule covers,
spine gilt tooled, morocco lettering piece,
spine head rubbed slightly, few surface
impressions; frontispiece detached with
corner mend and later faded ownership
inscription on verso, few dampstains, one
plate with tape repair.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM
,
FIRST
ISSUE
,
with p. 213 misnumbered, and p. 134,
line 12 showing the misspelling “affetcionately.”
Hatton & Cleaver, page 333; SmithVol. I, 13.
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