BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 16 + 624 PAGES. HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19TH CENTURY HALF LEATHER BINDING, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, AN EARLY ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH ISSUE POINTS SUCH AS CHAPMAN & HALL TO BOTTOM MARGIN OF THE FIRST FOUR PLATES AFTER FRONTIS, FRONTIS PLATE NOT LISTED IN THE PLATES LIST, VISITER FOR SISTER ON PAGE 123 & LATTER FOR LETTER ON PAGE 160. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. Old engraved small bookplate on front paste down endpaper & signature John Fletcher Oxford 1858. Sheets & extra 16 Meadow plates clean, the 18 Phiz plates browned around the edges as usual. Good with some wear & front joint rehinged retaining original back-strip. Victorian old half brown calf & early brown cloth.
Text has "sister" for "visitor", line 17 p. Three of the first four plates have the Chapman & Hall imprint. The frontispiece is not listed in the "List of Plates" and does not have the Chapman & Hall imprint. Extra illustrated with 16 name-captioned character portraits after drawings by Joseph Kenny Meadow. xvi, (1), 2-288, engraved frontispiece portrait, 18 engraved inserted plates after drawings by Phiz, Hablot K. First edition in book form, vol 1 only, 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4"), pp.
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