[Literature] Dickens, Charles Collection of 13 Titles, and One Portfolio of Original Illustrations

1. Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. "New Edition, Complete" (first octavo edition). 8vo. viii, 526 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 38 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Full polished tan calf, stamped in gilt, red and brown morocco spine labels, rebacked, extremities rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; by Morrell; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:2, note 4

2. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form; text without first issue points, as noted in Smith. 8vo. xiv, (ii), 609 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 41 engraved plates by R(obert). Seymour and Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:3

3. The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. "A New Edition, Revised and Corrected" (first single-volume edition). 8vo. vii, (i), 311 (1) pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; lacking preface. Eckel pp. 63, "very scarce."

4. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, first state (with imprint on frontispiece and first four plates; "visiter" p. 123, line 17; "latter" p. 160, line 6). 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait by Finden after Maclise, and 38 engraved plates by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front; scattered toning and foxing to plates. Smith 1:5

5. Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. In three volumes. First edition, bound from monthly parts. 4to. (ii), iv, 306; vi, 306; vi, 426 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece in each volume, and numerous in-text illustrations throughout each volume, by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Bound as above, rebacked, extremities rubbed; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front of first volume. Smith 1:6

6. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, early issue (with 14-line errata, and with Smith's third state vignette title-page). 8vo. xiv, (ii), 624 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 38 engraved plates by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). Bound as above, rebacked, small chipping to spine label; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:7

7. Dombey and Son
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition in book form, early issue (with two-line errata). 8vo. xvi, (ii), 624 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 38 engraved plates by H(ablot). K(night Browne). Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:8

8. The Personal History of David Copperfield
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form (second state, p. 132, line 20, with "screwed"). 8vo. xiv, (ii), 624 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page and 38 engraved plates, by H(ablot). K(night). Browne. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; some front and rear leaves affected by damp; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:9

9. Bleak House
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition in book form. 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and 38 engraved plates, by H(ablot). K(night). Browne. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:10

10. Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition, bound from monthly parts (with BB2 misprinted as "B2" at page 371; "William" instead of "Frederick" on page 317, line 27; "Rigaud" on pp. 469, 470, 472, and 473; errata tipped in at pp. 480-81). 8vo. xiv, 625 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and 38 engraved plates by H(ablot). K(night). Browne. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:12

11. A Tale of Two Cities
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition in book form, second issue (with p. 213 correctly numbered). 8vo. viii, (ii), 254, 28 (ads) pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and 14 engraved plates, by H(ablot). K(night). Browne. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:13

12. Our Mutual Friend
London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. In two volumes. First edition in book form. 8vo. xi, (i), 320; vii, (i), 309, (1), (6) (ads) pp. With note to the reader slip tipped-in in first volume, same volume without catalogue at rear. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece in each volume, and 38 engraved plates, by Marcus Stone; stab holes on some fore-edges (see below). Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:15

13. The Mystery of Edwin Drood
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition in book form. 8vo. vii, (i), 190, (2) pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait by J.H. Baker, engraved vignette title-page, and 12 engraved plates, by S.L. Fildes; some stab holes on fore-edges, as called for in Smith. Bound as above, rebacked; hinges reinforced; front wrapper from a monthly part bound in at front. Smith 1:16

Lot includes a collection of 56 original watercolor illustrations of characters from many Dickens novels, by "Kyd" (Joseph Clark Clayton), H.C. Green, and others; in quarter calf folding case. Lot also includes annotated and bound auction catalogue from the sale below.

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 13 and 14, 1952, Lots 154, 156, 157, 158, and 159