Charles Dickens: 'The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale.', London, ...

Hammer

£38

Charles Dickens: 'The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale.', London, Chapman & Hall, 1841, 1st separate edition, bound with unaltered stereotype sheets from the original three decker, 83 black and white engraved in text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), vi,306,223,[1]pp, page 2 is numbered 2-38, p.47 numbered 47-79, p.96 numbered 96-102, p.307 reverts to number 1, original blindstamped cloth gilt (backstrip very worn, one part detached, lacking part of backstrip at head of spine), publisher's secondary binding