Dickens, Charles

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT

Chapman and Hall: London, 1844. Item #99-8187

Illus. by Phiz, 8.5 x 5.25", gilt-ruled straight-grained morocco; aeg, 624pp, front cover with some uneven color, extremities a little worn, small gouge on spine near author's name, minor spotting to frontis/engr. Title and some other illus. else a handsome copy; industrialist/art collector Samuel A. Courtauld's copy with his bookplate and ink signature (dated June 1918). FIRST BOOK EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with Walter Smith points; includes "100L" and seven studs on trunk on engraved title illus.). Beautiful copy.

Price: $1,750.00