1865 Charles Dickens 1ed 1st printing Our Mutual Friend Last Novel Social Satire

1865 Charles Dickens 1^ed 1^st printing Our Mutual Friend Last Novel Social Satire

“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.”

― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

‘Our Mutual Friend’ was the last major work the Charles Dickens completed. It was originally issued in parts and was extremely popular to the public. This first edition in book form is two volumes finely bound as one with 40 illustrations by Marcus Stone and marbled end papers. The woodcut illustrations were the world of Marcus Stone, who made some of the illustrations for the ‘The Haunted Man.’” (Grolier).

Item number: #26851

Price: $750

DICKENS, Charles.

Our Mutual Friend.

London : Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition, first printing.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1
  • 1 – xi, [1], 320
  • 2 – vii, [1], 309, [1]
    • First issue point found in volume 2: p. 115, line 38 – ‘pricipal’
  • 40 plates by Marcus Stone
• References: Eckel 94; Grolier, Charles Dickens, 209; Sadleir 697; Smith I-15; Wolff 1809
• Language: English
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Charles J. Dickins
  • Motto: SEMPER FIDELIS
• Binding: Leather, tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.75in (21.5cm x 14.5cm)

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