[DICKENS, Charles], ''Boz''. Master Humphrey's Clock, Chapma...

Hammer

£550

[DICKENS, Charles], ''Boz''. Master Humphrey's Clock, Chapman and Hall, 1840-41, first edition, second issue in 20 monthly parts, 3 wood-engraved frontispieces by George Cattermole, woodcut illustrations and initials by Cattermole and H.K. Browne, original printed blue wrappers, some heavily foxed, occasional soiling or creasing, the odd small chip, back covers of some detached or almost, weak spines to some, preserved in two crude custom drop boxes, 8vo Master Humphrey's Clock was first issued in weekly parts before being collected together into monthly issues and finally into book format.