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Lot Description

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865.

2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 140 mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispieces, engraved title-page to vol.I, and 38 engraved plates. (Lacking the 36- and 24-page catalogues at end of each volume, as often, scant spotting.) "To the Reader" slip tipped in at first text leaf. 20th-century half red morocco gilt stamp-signed by Bumpus (very slight rubbing along bottom edge of boards).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM bound from the original parts (with sewing holes present), with the very scarce "To the Reader" slip concerning the meaning of the title. Gimbel A150; Hatton & Cleaver pp. 343-370; Smith I:15.

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