Alice F. Jackson; Charles Dickens — Nicholas Nickleby

London; Edinburgh , T. C. & E. C. Jack, [1912] . Cloth. A scarce copy of this children"s retelling of Dickens"s Nicholas Nickleby, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper and eight colour plates by F. M. B. Blaikie. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at the British Library and the National Library of Scotland. Illustrated with eight colour plates by F. M. B. Blaikie. Collated, complete. First published as a monthly serial from March 1838 to September 1839, and the complete edition in 1839, this edition was later issued as part of T. C. & E. C. Jack"s popular programme of classic literature retold for children. An adaptation of Charles Dickens"s novel Nicholas Nickleby, rewritten to make the story accessible to younger readers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Endpapers age toned with slight offsetting. Dust wrapper, generally sound. The odd small closed tear, chip, and crease to extremities. Two tape repairs to upper and lower perimeters of front and rear wraps. Slight age toning and soiling to wraps with one or two handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: F. M. B. Blaikie. Very Good Indeed/Good.