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Auction archive: Lot number 240

DICKENS, Charles American Notes for General Circulation Lond...

Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$737 - US$1,180
Price realised:
£250
ca. US$368
Auction archive: Lot number 240

DICKENS, Charles American Notes for General Circulation Lond...

Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$737 - US$1,180
Price realised:
£250
ca. US$368
Beschreibung:

DICKENS, Charles. American Notes for General Circulation . London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. 2 volumes, 8° (199 x 120mm). (Very occasional light spotting, C1 of vol. I slightly thumb-soiled.) Original reddish brown cloth by Leighton and Eeles, with their ticket, decorated in blind, spines gilt lettered (spines frayed at head, a few ink specks on vol. I). Provenance : James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of Crawford (Biblioteca Lindesiana bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with page x incorrectly numbered xvi. Dickens's letters to John Forster and other friends revealed some disillusionment with America, exacerbated by adverse press reactions to his campaign for International Copyright and the exhausting number of public receptions. GOOD COPY. Eckel pp. 108-109; Gimbel A66; Smith II, 3 [his binding variant].
DICKENS, Charles. American Notes for General Circulation . London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. 2 volumes, 8° (199 x 120mm). (Very occasional light spotting, C1 of vol. I slightly thumb-soiled.) Original reddish brown cloth by Leighton and Eeles, with their ticket, decorated in blind, spines gilt lettered (spines frayed at head, a few ink specks on vol. I). Provenance : James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of Crawford (Biblioteca Lindesiana bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with page x incorrectly numbered xvi. Dickens's letters to John Forster and other friends revealed some disillusionment with America, exacerbated by adverse press reactions to his campaign for International Copyright and the exhausting number of public receptions. GOOD COPY. Eckel pp. 108-109; Gimbel A66; Smith II, 3 [his binding variant]. GILL, Thomas and William ENGLISH. Report of the Dinner given to Charles Dickens in Boston, February 1, 1842 . Boston: William Crosby 1842. Small 8° (172 x 105mm). (Title spotted.) Later blue morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. Dickens's speech at the dinner, with its praise of American writers, is given on pp. 10-15. Gimbel B112. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 240
Auction:
Datum:
7 Jun 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
7 June 2010, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

DICKENS, Charles. American Notes for General Circulation . London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. 2 volumes, 8° (199 x 120mm). (Very occasional light spotting, C1 of vol. I slightly thumb-soiled.) Original reddish brown cloth by Leighton and Eeles, with their ticket, decorated in blind, spines gilt lettered (spines frayed at head, a few ink specks on vol. I). Provenance : James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of Crawford (Biblioteca Lindesiana bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with page x incorrectly numbered xvi. Dickens's letters to John Forster and other friends revealed some disillusionment with America, exacerbated by adverse press reactions to his campaign for International Copyright and the exhausting number of public receptions. GOOD COPY. Eckel pp. 108-109; Gimbel A66; Smith II, 3 [his binding variant].
DICKENS, Charles. American Notes for General Circulation . London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. 2 volumes, 8° (199 x 120mm). (Very occasional light spotting, C1 of vol. I slightly thumb-soiled.) Original reddish brown cloth by Leighton and Eeles, with their ticket, decorated in blind, spines gilt lettered (spines frayed at head, a few ink specks on vol. I). Provenance : James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of Crawford (Biblioteca Lindesiana bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with page x incorrectly numbered xvi. Dickens's letters to John Forster and other friends revealed some disillusionment with America, exacerbated by adverse press reactions to his campaign for International Copyright and the exhausting number of public receptions. GOOD COPY. Eckel pp. 108-109; Gimbel A66; Smith II, 3 [his binding variant]. GILL, Thomas and William ENGLISH. Report of the Dinner given to Charles Dickens in Boston, February 1, 1842 . Boston: William Crosby 1842. Small 8° (172 x 105mm). (Title spotted.) Later blue morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. Dickens's speech at the dinner, with its praise of American writers, is given on pp. 10-15. Gimbel B112. (3)

Auction archive: Lot number 240
Auction:
Datum:
7 Jun 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
7 June 2010, London, South Kensington
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