Fall Great Estates Curated Auction

Charles Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock 1st Ed

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $400

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Charles Dickens (England, 1812-1870). Master Humphrey’s Clock, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1841. Chapman and Hall, London; printed by Bradbury and Evans, London. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Brown cloth with gilt.

Corners bumped and fraying, spines worn and fraying, top and bottom of spine missing volume I, front board partially detached volume I, spine partially detached volume I, front and rear boards loose volume II, bottom and top of spine torn volume II, spine partially detached volume III, foxing volume III, some foxing volumes I and II, bindings loose.

Provenance: Swann, New York, sale 1214, lot 72, 3/19/1981; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.

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