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Dickens (Charles). Scenes from the Life of Nickleby Married. Containing certain remarkable passages, strange adventures, and extraordinary occurrences, that befel the Nickleby Family in their further career; being a sequel to the "Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," as edited by "Boz". With illustrations by "Quiz", 1st edition, London: John Williams 1840, etched frontispiece (with small repaired tear) and 21 plates, title with lower corner renewed, occasional offsetting and light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later full tan calf gilt by Riviere and Son, spine with green morocco label; and gilt decoration, 8vo, together with Hunted Down: A Story, by Charles Dickens With some account of Thomas Griffiths Wainwright the poisoner, 1st UK edition, London: John Camden Hotten, [1870], two half-titles, title with wood-engraved vignette, 3 pp. advertisements bound at front, 5 pp. advertisements at rear (one leaf at rear with small bookseller ink stamp), original green wrappers bound front and rear, bookplate of Robert Lloyd Henderson, contemporary green half morocco, spine faded to brown, a little rubbed, small 8vo, plus [Morford, Henry]. John Jasper's Secret; Being a Narrative of Certain Events Following and Explaining "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", 1st edition, London: Publishing Offices, 1872, 20 wood-engraved plates, a little minor spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later tan half calf by Morrell, spine with navy and green calf labels and gilt decoration, 8vo, and Bennett (Charles H. & Robert B. Brough). Shadow and Substance, 1st edition, London: W. Kent & Co., 1860, half-title, 30 hand-coloured caricature plates, original cloth covers and spine bound-in at rear, a little minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later burgundy half morocco by Bayntun, Bath, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (edges slightly rubbed), 8vo (Quantity: 4) Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates). Eckel (1982) pp. 198-199 for Hunted Down. First published in the New York Ledger in 1859 after owner Robert Bonner had paid Charles Dickens £1000 for the story, then published in the UK in All the Year Round in April 1860, afterwards by T. B. Peterson and Brothers in Philadelphia in 1861 (with other novelettes by Dickens), followed by the first UK edition by Hotten in 1870.