191 DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840–41 First edition in book form, a smartly bound set. Master Humphrey’s Clock was a publishing experiment on Dickens’s part, unique in his canon, of issuing two novels together: The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge . Gordon Ray described the work as “the pinnacle of Dickensian Gothic”. 3 volumes, sextodecimo (254 × 165 mm). Near-contemporary tan half calf, spine elaborately decorated in gilt, green and red morocco labels, raised bands, marbled sides, edges, and endpapers. Illustrations in the text by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition, boards rubbed, board edges worn, top edges toned, contents lightly foxed, still a handsome set presenting well. ¶ Smith I.6. Thomas Alexander Fyfe, Charles Dickens and the Law , 2006; Gordon N. Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914 , 1976. £750 [157564] 192 DICKENS, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [i.e. 1845] First edition, handsomely bound by Rivière, of the third and best-selling of Dickens’s Christmas books. Although published on 20 December 1845, the title page is postdated 1846, and this copy has the first state of the advertisement leaf, with the advertisement for Oliver Twist not bearing the later heading. Octavo (164 × 102 mm). Early 20th-century dark red crushed morocco by Rivière & Son, spine lettered and floriated in gilt in compartments, gilt triple-rules to covers, gilt inner dentelles, green endpapers, edges gilt, with the original cloth bound in at rear. Engraved frontispiece and title page by Daniel Maclise, 12 illustrations in the text by Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Henry Landseer, and 2 pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear. A fine copy, occasional light spotting to contents. ¶ Eckel, pp. 119–120; Smith, II, 6 (see pp. 39–41 for the two states of the advertisement leaf). £875 [159018] 193 DICKENS, Charles. The Battle of Life. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 First edition, fourth issue with the cherub and banner on the title page, handsomely bound by Rivière, of the fourth of Dickens’s Christmas books. Octavo (164 × 102 mm). Early 20th-century dark red crushed morocco by Rivière & Son, spine lettered and floriated in gilt in compartments, gilt triple-rules to covers, gilt inner
Quarto. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, front cover with illustration in silver surrounding mounted colour illustration, rear cover with vignette in silver, red endpapers. Housed in the original pictorial slipcase. Illustrated throughout by Axel Scheffler. A fine and vibrant copy. Very minor wear to slipcase with laminate very slightly creased on spine; a near-fine example of a bright and clean slipcase. £950 [159119] 196 DULAC, Edmund (illus.); QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur. The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910] First Dulac edition. The deluxe edition sold out on publication and the publishers advertised this, the trade edition, as “the most beautiful book ever published at a popular price”. The collection comprises four tales: “The Sleeping Beauty”, “Blue Beard”, “Cinderella”, and “Beauty and the Beast”. Large quarto. Original brown morocco-grain cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, binding with elaborate decoration in gilt. Colour frontispiece and 29 colour plates, with tissue guards, all by Dulac. Book label on front pastedown. Ownership signature of Pauline Konody on half- title. Head of spine slightly bumped, corners very slightly rubbed, foxing to edges, creases to three plates, some foxing throughout; a very good and bright copy. ¶ Hughey 23a. £500 [158495]
dentelles, green endpapers, edges gilt, with the original cloth bound in at rear. Engraved frontispiece and title page by Daniel Maclise, 11 illustrations in the text by Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, and Clarkson Stanfield, and 2 pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear. A fine copy, occasional light spotting to contents. ¶ Eckel, pp. 121–23; Smith II, 8. £875 [159016] 194 DICKENS, Charles. The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 First edition, handsomely bound by Rivière, of Dickens’s fifth and final Christmas book. Octavo (164 × 102 mm). Early 20th-century dark red crushed morocco by Rivière & Son, spine lettered and floriated in gilt in compartments, gilt triple-rules to covers, gilt inner dentelles, green endpapers, edges gilt, with the original cloth bound in at rear. Engraved frontispiece and title page by John Tenniel, 15 illustrations in the text by Tenniel, John Leech, Clarkson Stanfield, and Frank Stone, and 2 pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear. A fine copy, occasional light spotting to contents. ¶ Eckel, pp. 124–5; Smith, II, 9. £875 [159017] 195 DONALDSON, Julia. The Gruffalo’s Child. London: Macmillan Children’s Books, 2008 First gift edition, signed and dated by the illustrator on the title page, “Axel Scheffler, Edinburgh 2017”, with an original small ink drawing of the Mouse by Scheffler. The Gruffalo’s Child was first published in September 2004.
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