Charles Dickens — Master Humphrey&Apos;S Clock

London, Chapman and Hall , 1840-41. First edition. Leather. The first book form edition of Charles Dickens's 'Master Humphrey's Clock' complete in three volumes. From the time of the first issue until the end of 'Barnaby Rudge', this was published in four different forms: in eighty-eight weekly parts; in twenty monthly parts; in three volumes; and the issue in separately bound volumes of two stories. This is the first edition in three volumes. No half titles as called for. With illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, frontispieces and further vignette illustrations in text. Of the four issues the weekly one is rarest, while the three-volume edition such as the present and the single volumes are fairly common.Collated, bound without dedication to Samuel Rogers, Esq. Otherwise complete. Issue points from Eckel's bibliography of Charles Dickens.Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from 1840 to 1841. It begins with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends and their penchant for telling stories. Several short stories are included, followed by the novels 'The Old Curiosity Shop' and 'Barnaby Rudge,' that were later published as separate works. Bound in uniform half calf over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and edges, diced calf to spine, titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Externally smart with light shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, boards lightly rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Light odd spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: George Cattermole; Hablot Browne. Very Good .