Fall Great Estates Curated Auction

Charles Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock 1st Ed

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $300

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Charles Dickens (England, 1812-1870). Master Humprey’s Clock, 3 volumes bound in 2. First edition, 1840-1841. Chapman and Hall, London; printed by Bradbury and Evans, London. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.

Front board and spine detached volume I / II, corner bumped, wear to leather on spine and corners; volume III front board detached, spine torn and partially detached (some pieces present), corners bumped and worn, some foxing to all volumes.

Provenance: Swann, New York, Sale 839, number 228, 1/28/1971; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.

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