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Title

The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by Phiz.

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Publication

London : Chapman and Hall, [1838]-1839

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Additional Authors

• Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
• Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870.
• Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857.
• Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860.
• Duyckinck Collection.

Description

20 pts. in 19 (xvi, 624 p., [40] leaves of plates) : ill., port.; 22 cm.

Note

• Each part (no.) in the original illustrated bluish green paper covers, as issued monthly, April 1838-Oct. 1839 (the last a double no.). Title page and other preliminaries in pt. 19/20. Printer's imprint at foot of p. [1] of covers, pts. 10-19/20; publisher's and general advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers. "The Nickleby advertiser" and other publisher's and general advertisements inserted in each part; for detailed description, cf. Hatton & Cleaver.
• Title on covers of parts: The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, containing a faithful account of the fortunes, misfortunes, uprisings, downfallings, and complete career of the Nickleby family. Edited by Boz. With illustrations by Phiz.
• First issue has two uncorrected errata: "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123, line 17, and "latter" for "letter" on p. 160, line 6 from bottom.
• Illustrations: 39 prints : etching ; full-page. Drawn and etched by H.K. Browne. Four or 7 were etched in duplicate, 18 or 21 in triplicate and 14 in quadruplicate (Johannsen believes the third versions of plates 5-7 are actually retouched states of the second). -- 1 print : steel engraving ; full-page. Port. of the author, engraved by D.F. Finden, after a painting by D. Maclise. Engraved in duplicate. -- Full-page wood engraving on front cover, engraved by E. Landells after Browne.

Indexed In (note)

• Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens
• Podeschi, J.B. Dickens
• Eckel, J.C. First editions of Dickens (1932 ed.)
• Hatton & Cleaver. Periodical works of Dickens
• Johannsen, A. Phiz: illustrations from the novels of Dickens

Call Number

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Nicholas Nickleby) 00-247

LCCN

24015242

OCLC

• 03986081
• NYPGR3986081-B

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Title

The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by Phiz.

Imprint

London : Chapman and Hall, [1838]-1839 (London : Bradbury and Evans)

Indexed In:

Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens, B123

Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, A40

Eckel, J.C. First editions of Dickens (1932 ed.), p. 64-65

Hatton & Cleaver. Periodical works of Dickens, p. [129]-160

Johannsen, A. Phiz: illustrations from the novels of Dickens, p. 77-172

Local Note

Arents copy 1 deviations from Hatton & Cleaver: Lacks several advertisements, viz.: p. 13-14 of Mechi's catalogue in pt. 2 and p. 15-18 in pt. 8; "Immense saving in the purchase of tea" ([1] p.) in pt. 7; "Heads of the people" (2 p.) in pts. 7-8; "Steel pens" ([1] p.) in pt. 10; "Important, valuable, and cheap maps" (8 p.) in pt. 13; "Mr. Adolphus's history of England" ([2] p.) in pt. 15. "To families, schools, &c." (4 p.) duplicated in pt. 9. Back cover of pt. 16 varies.

Arents copy 2 deviations from Hatton & Cleaver: Several parts are a later issue: pt. 2 has varying advertisements in back, including announcement, dated Sept. 30, 1839, of the 1-vol. issue of Nicholas Nickleby, and plates lack publisher's imprint; pt. 14 lacks publisher's notice about the artist's indisposition ([2] p.) and contains plates 31-32, originally issued with pt. 16; pt. 15 contains plates 27-28 only; pt. 16 contains plates 29-30, originally issued with pt. 15. Back covers vary, pts. 2-3, 6, 15, 19/20. Lacks several advertisements, viz.: All advertisements in back (28 p. total) in pt. 3; "Heads of the people" (2 p.) in pt. 7; p. 3-8 of "New weekly journal" and "Queen Victoria and the uniform penny postage" ([2] p.) in pt. 13; p. 3-14 of "The Nickleby advertiser," slip "Mary Ashby," "The Dublin discussion" (4 p.) and "The medical casket" (16 p.) in pt. 16; "The Saint Ann's Society Schools" ([2] p.) in pt. 18; p. [29-32] of "The Nickleby advertiser" (p. [17-18] duplicated), "New ... edition of Gulliver's travels" ([2] p.) and "Hill's seal wafers" ([1] p.) in pt. 19/20. Part 6 has additional advertisement ([2] p.) in back.

Copy 1 in *KL: Bound in one volume, without paper covers; half title wanting. Prospectus, in the form of a mock "Proclamation" (3, [1] p.), bound in after t.p. Duyckinck Collection.

Copy 2 in *KL: Later issue, with "visiter" changed to "sister" on p. 123, line 17. Bound in one volume, with original front paper cover of no. 15 bound in; half title wanting.

Copy in 8-*KL: Extra-illustrated with: Illustrations to Nicholas Nickleby, edited by "Boz" / by Peter Palette Esq. [T. Onwhyn]. [London] : E. Grattan [1838-1839]. 40 prints : etching ; full-page. Originally issued in 9 parts.

Copy in 8-*KL: Bound in 2 v., in green (faded to brown) crushed levant morocco, gilt, with original covers and advertisements bound in at end of each vol; original covers to pt. 1 of Onwhyn extra plates bound at end of v. 1. Harkness Bequest; with armorial bookplate of Mary Stillman Harkness.

Provenance (Arents copy 1): Jerome Kern (bookplate).

Provenance (Arents copy 2): Jasper Hillier (bookplate).

Arents copy 1: Laid in: A.L.S. from Alfred Wallis to H.W. Bruton, dated Exeter, 23 Oct. 1911 (4 p.). Mentions the misprint of "visiter," suggesting that these copies are first issues, since Dickens ordered this error corrected as soon as the proof reached him.

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Local Subject

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 Provenance.

Hillier, Jasper Provenance.

Added Author

Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. Illustrator

Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870. Illustrator

Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857. Engraver

Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860. Engraver

Onwhyn, Thomas, 1811?-1886. Illustrations to Nicholas Nickleby. 1838-1839.

Wallis, Alfred, 1833-

Bruton, H. W. (Henry William), 1843-1920.

Duyckinck Collection.

Research Call Number

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Nicholas Nickleby) 00-247

8-*KL (Dickens, C. Nicholas Nickleby. 1839)

*KL (Dickens, C. Nicholas Nickleby. 1839. London) Library has: 2 copies.

Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Nicholas Nickleby) 00-246