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Master Humphrey's Clock 85 original weekly parts
Master Humphrey's Clock 85 original weekly parts
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Author: Dickens, Charles
Title: Master Humphrey's Clock
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman and Hall
Date Published: [1840-41]
Description:


1-85 (of 88) weekly parts as issued. Illustrations By G. Cattermole and H. K. Browne, engraved frontispieces, woodcuts in text, and initials. (Large 8vo) 26.5x17.5 cm (10½x7"), original white wrappers printed in black with wood engraved title, uncut, untrimmed. First Edition, first issue.





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Nos. 1-85 of the 88 original weekly parts. A nearly complete set, lacking only the final 3 parts. Master Humphrey‘s Clock was an ambitious experiment published by Dickens himself, originally conceived to encompass more diverse content rather than the usual serial stories. Due to a drop off in circulation that original project was abandoned and a serial was begun at the fourth number under the title of The Old Curiosity Shop. Hatton and Cleaver 163-182. Eckel 61-65. Thomson 30.



Condition
Occasional chipping at joints; nos. 34, 36, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 72, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84 and 85 lack wrappers; An almost complete set, in very good condition.
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