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Dickens (Charles) Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, [First Series -] Second Series, together 3 vol., first editions, first issues, first series with two frontispieces and 14 etched plates by George Cruikshank, second series with frontispiece, vignette title and 8 etched plates by George Cruikshank, light browning and occasional light offsetting to plates, second series with 20pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at end, bookplates, first series in original embossed green patterned cloth, spines lettered in gilt, extremities a little bumped, some light marking and stains, second series with yellow endpapers, original embossed salmon-pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt without black pigment backing, spine faded and a little chipped at foot, corners and spine ends a little bumped, preserved in custom chemises and morocco-backed slip-case, [Eckel, pp. 12-13; Sadleir 700; Smith I:2], 8vo, John Macrone, 1836-7.
*** A superb set of Dickens' first works to appear in book form in their earliest states and with a distinguished provenance. The Litchfield - Hagen - Starling - Self copy.
The second series without the list of illustrations, frontispiece is "Vauxhall Gardens", commas are legible in imprint on "The Free and Easy", first page of "Contents" has 13 rather than 17 lines, with "Vol.III" unerased from the foot of each plate. "These would certainly seem to represent an earlier (and perhaps suppressed) issue of the book... the only possible explanation seems to be that Macrone and Dickens planned Sketches by Boz as a three-volume work, and that the plates were prepared for the third volume in uniform style with those of Vols. I and II. Possibly Dickens then insisted on adding more material than a normal third volume could accommodate, and a Second Series in one bulky vol. was forced on the publisher... the irregular spacing of the plates certainly implies that they had been engraved ahead, as embellishments for a portion only of the Sketches." - Sadleir.
Provenance: E.R. (penciled note dated 17 April 1851 at end of volume one); E. Hubert Litchfield; Winston Henry Hagen; Kenyon Starling; William E. Self (bookplates).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/98f271f7-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/a6000452-ee91-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "480
Dickens (Charles) Sketches by \"Boz,\" Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, [First Series -] Second Series, together 3 vol., first editions, first issues, first series with two frontispieces and 14 etched plates by George Cruikshank, second series with frontispiece, vignette title and 8 etched plates by George Cruikshank, light browning and occasional light offsetting to plates, second series with 20pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at end, bookplates, first series in original embossed green patterned cloth, spines lettered in gilt, extremities a little bumped, some light marking and stains, second series with yellow endpapers, original embossed salmon-pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt without black pigment backing, spine faded and a little chipped at foot, corners and spine ends a little bumped, preserved in custom chemises and morocco-backed slip-case, [Eckel, pp. 12-13; Sadleir 700; Smith I:2], 8vo, John Macrone, 1836-7.
*** A superb set of Dickens' first works to appear in book form in their earliest states and with a distinguished provenance. The Litchfield - Hagen - Starling - Self copy.
The second series without the list of illustrations, frontispiece is \"Vauxhall Gardens\", commas are legible in imprint on \"The Free and Easy\", first page of \"Contents\" has 13 rather than 17 lines, with \"Vol.III\" unerased from the foot of each plate. \"These would certainly seem to represent an earlier (and perhaps suppressed) issue of the book... the only possible explanation seems to be that Macrone and Dickens planned Sketches by Boz as a three-volume work, and that the plates were prepared for the third volume in uniform style with those of Vols. I and II. Possibly Dickens then insisted on adding more material than a normal third volume could accommodate, and a Second Series in one bulky vol. was forced on the publisher... the irregular spacing of the plates certainly implies that they had been engraved ahead, as embellishments for a portion only of the Sketches.\" - Sadleir.
Provenance: E.R. (penciled note dated 17 April 1851 at end of volume one); E. Hubert Litchfield; Winston Henry Hagen; Kenyon Starling; William E. Self (bookplates).")
Description
Dickens (Charles) Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, [First Series -] Second Series, together 3 vol., first editions, first issues, first series with two frontispieces and 14 etched plates by George Cruikshank, second series with frontispiece, vignette title and 8 etched plates by George Cruikshank, light browning and occasional light offsetting to plates, second series with 20pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at end, bookplates, first series in original embossed green patterned cloth, spines lettered in gilt, extremities a little bumped, some light marking and stains, second series with yellow endpapers, original embossed salmon-pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt without black pigment backing, spine faded and a little chipped at foot, corners and spine ends a little bumped, preserved in custom chemises and morocco-backed slip-case, [Eckel, pp. 12-13; Sadleir 700; Smith I:2], 8vo, John Macrone, 1836-7.
⁂ A superb set of Dickens' first works to appear in book form in their earliest states and with a distinguished provenance. The Litchfield - Hagen - Starling - Self copy.
The second series without the list of illustrations, frontispiece is "Vauxhall Gardens", commas are legible in imprint on "The Free and Easy", first page of "Contents" has 13 rather than 17 lines, with "Vol.III" unerased from the foot of each plate. "These would certainly seem to represent an earlier (and perhaps suppressed) issue of the book... the only possible explanation seems to be that Macrone and Dickens planned Sketches by Boz as a three-volume work, and that the plates were prepared for the third volume in uniform style with those of Vols. I and II. Possibly Dickens then insisted on adding more material than a normal third volume could accommodate, and a Second Series in one bulky vol. was forced on the publisher... the irregular spacing of the plates certainly implies that they had been engraved ahead, as embellishments for a portion only of the Sketches." - Sadleir.
Provenance: E.R. (penciled note dated 17 April 1851 at end of volume one); E. Hubert Litchfield; Winston Henry Hagen; Kenyon Starling; William E. Self (bookplates).
Lot 480
Dickens (Charles) Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, [First Series] - Second Series, together 3 vol., first editions, first issues , 1836-7.
Hammer Price: £7,500
Description
Dickens (Charles) Sketches by "Boz," Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, [First Series -] Second Series, together 3 vol., first editions, first issues, first series with two frontispieces and 14 etched plates by George Cruikshank, second series with frontispiece, vignette title and 8 etched plates by George Cruikshank, light browning and occasional light offsetting to plates, second series with 20pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at end, bookplates, first series in original embossed green patterned cloth, spines lettered in gilt, extremities a little bumped, some light marking and stains, second series with yellow endpapers, original embossed salmon-pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt without black pigment backing, spine faded and a little chipped at foot, corners and spine ends a little bumped, preserved in custom chemises and morocco-backed slip-case, [Eckel, pp. 12-13; Sadleir 700; Smith I:2], 8vo, John Macrone, 1836-7.
⁂ A superb set of Dickens' first works to appear in book form in their earliest states and with a distinguished provenance. The Litchfield - Hagen - Starling - Self copy.
The second series without the list of illustrations, frontispiece is "Vauxhall Gardens", commas are legible in imprint on "The Free and Easy", first page of "Contents" has 13 rather than 17 lines, with "Vol.III" unerased from the foot of each plate. "These would certainly seem to represent an earlier (and perhaps suppressed) issue of the book... the only possible explanation seems to be that Macrone and Dickens planned Sketches by Boz as a three-volume work, and that the plates were prepared for the third volume in uniform style with those of Vols. I and II. Possibly Dickens then insisted on adding more material than a normal third volume could accommodate, and a Second Series in one bulky vol. was forced on the publisher... the irregular spacing of the plates certainly implies that they had been engraved ahead, as embellishments for a portion only of the Sketches." - Sadleir.
Provenance: E.R. (penciled note dated 17 April 1851 at end of volume one); E. Hubert Litchfield; Winston Henry Hagen; Kenyon Starling; William E. Self (bookplates).
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