DICKENS, CHARLES Great Expectations. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861 8vo (187 x 115mm.), FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE with no edition statements on title-pages, contemporary full polished calf, borders with blind-stamped border, spines gilt in compartments with onlaid labels, marbled edges, cloth slipcase, lacking 32pp. advertisements at end vol. III, spines lightly faded, extending to upper upper vol. III, endpapers slightly discoloured Great Expectations is THUS RARE IN THIS FIRST ISSUE with all first issue points present. This copy, being rebound, lacks the publisher's advertisements at the end of volume III. Other correct issue points are as follows, of which two in volume III on pp. 103 and 193 are known only in the Sadleir copy and possibly a few others. Volume I:5.9 unbroken comma after 'man', 17.26 broken 'i' in 'sides', 35.25 single inverted comma at start of line, 42.5 full stop after 'robbery' prrsrnt, 44.1 unbroken 'in' in 'mince', 52.13 unbroken 'W' in 'Wopsle', 52.15 'f' in 'of' correctly aligned, 93.1 'b' in 'by' undamaged, 140.2 unbroken 't' in 'went', 160.12 'f' in 'of' undamaged, 179.9 comma at end line undamaged, 180.16 comma after 'mentioning' undamaged, 201.9 exclamation mark present, 203.4 faint ink marks between 'no' and 'one', 206.6 end of line hyphen present, 237.10 end of line comma undamaged, 246.23 'h' in 'how' present, 257.3 no inked spaces, 259.7 capital 'I' for 'In', 284 headline faint 'C' in 'Expectations', 284.2 full stop at end line undamaged, 299.27 comma end line undamaged Volume II: 3.24 's' in 'Jaggers' undamaged, 8 headline full stop present, 13.22 'd' in 'guardian' damaged, 48 headline full stop present, 84.24 broken 'j' in 'sub-ject', 187.16 full stop present after 'gloomily', 205.20 'to get', 213.25 hypen at end line undamaged, 230.17 'hi' in 'everything' undamaged, 231.8 'w' in 'with' undamaged, 278.21 damage to 'f' 'i' 'n' in 'friend' and lacking full stop, 291.26 'ng' in 'nothing' damaged. 348.1 'k' in 'drink' damaged Volume III:19.24 's' in 'Jaggers' damaged, 39.5 ink space between 'you' and 'fee', 56.14 'f' in 'of' damaged, 103 page number missing, 150.4 'w' in 'waywardness' undamaged, 166.14 'l' in 'longer undamaged, 173.26 'theres', 192.11-12 'himself very/', 193.23 'l' in 'inflexible' missing, 193 volume number at foot undamaged, 195.2 first inverted comma strong, 217.3 semi-solon undamaged, 246 headline no full stop, 240.11 faint ink between 'roaring' and 'curses', 291.25 'h' and 'd' in 'hand' faint, 293.1 comma present. LITERATURE: Smith I: 14; Eckel pp. 91-93 PROVENANCE: Gordon of Aikenhead, bookplatesCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
DICKENS, CHARLES Great Expectations. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861 8vo (187 x 115mm.), FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE with no edition statements on title-pages, contemporary full polished calf, borders with blind-stamped border, spines gilt in compartments with onlaid labels, marbled edges, cloth slipcase, lacking 32pp. advertisements at end vol. III, spines lightly faded, extending to upper upper vol. III, endpapers slightly discoloured Great Expectations is THUS RARE IN THIS FIRST ISSUE with all first issue points present. This copy, being rebound, lacks the publisher's advertisements at the end of volume III. Other correct issue points are as follows, of which two in volume III on pp. 103 and 193 are known only in the Sadleir copy and possibly a few others. Volume I:5.9 unbroken comma after 'man', 17.26 broken 'i' in 'sides', 35.25 single inverted comma at start of line, 42.5 full stop after 'robbery' prrsrnt, 44.1 unbroken 'in' in 'mince', 52.13 unbroken 'W' in 'Wopsle', 52.15 'f' in 'of' correctly aligned, 93.1 'b' in 'by' undamaged, 140.2 unbroken 't' in 'went', 160.12 'f' in 'of' undamaged, 179.9 comma at end line undamaged, 180.16 comma after 'mentioning' undamaged, 201.9 exclamation mark present, 203.4 faint ink marks between 'no' and 'one', 206.6 end of line hyphen present, 237.10 end of line comma undamaged, 246.23 'h' in 'how' present, 257.3 no inked spaces, 259.7 capital 'I' for 'In', 284 headline faint 'C' in 'Expectations', 284.2 full stop at end line undamaged, 299.27 comma end line undamaged Volume II: 3.24 's' in 'Jaggers' undamaged, 8 headline full stop present, 13.22 'd' in 'guardian' damaged, 48 headline full stop present, 84.24 broken 'j' in 'sub-ject', 187.16 full stop present after 'gloomily', 205.20 'to get', 213.25 hypen at end line undamaged, 230.17 'hi' in 'everything' undamaged, 231.8 'w' in 'with' undamaged, 278.21 damage to 'f' 'i' 'n' in 'friend' and lacking full stop, 291.26 'ng' in 'nothing' damaged. 348.1 'k' in 'drink' damaged Volume III:19.24 's' in 'Jaggers' damaged, 39.5 ink space between 'you' and 'fee', 56.14 'f' in 'of' damaged, 103 page number missing, 150.4 'w' in 'waywardness' undamaged, 166.14 'l' in 'longer undamaged, 173.26 'theres', 192.11-12 'himself very/', 193.23 'l' in 'inflexible' missing, 193 volume number at foot undamaged, 195.2 first inverted comma strong, 217.3 semi-solon undamaged, 246 headline no full stop, 240.11 faint ink between 'roaring' and 'curses', 291.25 'h' and 'd' in 'hand' faint, 293.1 comma present. LITERATURE: Smith I: 14; Eckel pp. 91-93 PROVENANCE: Gordon of Aikenhead, bookplatesCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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