Charles Dickens
London, England, ca. 1840-1841
1st Ed. of Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens, 3 Vols.
First Edition book

First edition. 3 Vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. 306 pp (Vol. 1 & 2, followed by approximately 120 blank pages); 426 pp (vol. 3). Decoratively bound by famed New York bindery, Bradstreet, featuring a clock design on spine. Hardcover black morocco calf with elaborate gilt tooling throughout. Minor spine repair present to volume 1, with minor page toning throughout; light wear to covers. Otherwise very good to near fine.

"Master Humphrey's Clock" was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from April 4, 1840 to December 4, 1841. It begins with a frame story in which the book's namesake, Master Humphrey, forms a literary club with a small circle of friends. Throughout its publication, Master Humphrey's Clock would amass a number of short stories and two novels: "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge". However, some of the short stories act as frame stories to the novels, making the publication order important.

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