first edition Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original printed peachish-yellow paper wrapp
1914 · London
by [Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Jaques, E. T.
London: Longmans Green and Co, 1914. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 810).. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original printed peachish-yellow paper wrappers bound-in. Spine sunned, as are some edges of the boards. A square & tight VG copy of an uncommon piece of Dickensiana.. 95, [1 (blank)] pp. Binder's blanks. Maclise's "Nickleby" portrait reproduced on front wrapper. 8vo.
Dickens brought suit against 5 defendants for publishing/selling a piratical edition of his 'Christmas Carol'. 4 offered no substantial defense, but Lee & Haddock showed fight, and as a result, this work makes for interesting reading. (Inventory #: 7161.1)
Dickens brought suit against 5 defendants for publishing/selling a piratical edition of his 'Christmas Carol'. 4 offered no substantial defense, but Lee & Haddock showed fight, and as a result, this work makes for interesting reading. (Inventory #: 7161.1)