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Master Humphrey's clock

Title
Master Humphrey's clock / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Publication
London : Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841

Details

Additional Authors
  • Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
  • Cattermole, George, 1800-1868.
  • Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870.
  • Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860.
  • Gray, Charles, -1845.
  • Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853.
  • Vasey, George.
  • Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Description
20 pts. : ill.; 27 cm.
Subject
Note
  • Each part in the original illustrated bluish green paper covers, as issued monthly, Apr. 1840-Nov. 1841. Title page, frontispiece and other preliminaries for v. 1 in pt. 6, for v. 2 in pt. 12, and for v. 3 in pt. 20. Publisher's and general advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers. Additional publisher's and general advertisements inserted in each part; for detailed description, cf. Hatton & Cleaver.
  • Issued concurrently in 88 weekly parts. "Every fourth or fifth week the text portion of the weekly numbers was collected and made up into a single [monthly] part"--Hatton & Cleaver.
  • Distributor statement (on covers of parts) names 32 agents (pt. 1), 36 agents (pt. 2), 38 agents (pts. 3-5), 40 agents (pts. 6-7), 41 agents (pts. 8-20).
  • Comprises chiefly 2 novels, The old curiosity shop (pt. 1, p. [37]-pt. 11, p. 223) and Barnaby Rudge (pt. 11, p. [229]-pt. 20, p. 420).
  • Vol. 1: iv, [1], 306 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: vi, 306 p.; v. 3: vi, 426 p.
  • Illustrations: 198 prints : wood engraving ; full-page (3) or smaller . Engraved by E. Landells (86), C. Gray (74), S. Williams (5) and G. Vasey (5), after designs by H.K. Browne (157), G. Cattermole (39), S. Williams (1) and D. Maclise (1). Include 25 wood-engraved historiated initials after designs by Browne. -- Additional full-page wood engraving on covers of parts, engraved by Landells after Cattermole.
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
Call Number
Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Master Humphrey's clock) 00-123
OCLC
138305927
Author
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Title
Master Humphrey's clock / by Charles Dickens ; with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.
Imprint
London : Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841 (London : Bradbury and Evans)
Indexed In:
Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens, B148
Podeschi, J.B. Dickens, A50 (2nd copy)
Eckel, J.C. First editions of Dickens (1932 ed.), p. 67-70
Hatton & Cleaver. Periodical works of Dickens, p. 163-182
Local Note
Arents copy lacks several advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver: "Rippon & Burton's general ironmongery catalogue," 4 p. in pt. 1; specimen plate in pt. 6; "In weekly numbers ...," 2 p. in pt. 15.
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Added Author
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
Cattermole, George, 1800-1868.
Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870.
Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860.
Gray, Charles, -1845.
Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853.
Vasey, George.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Old curiosity shop. 1840-1841.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Barnaby Rudge. 1841.
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Dickens, C. Master Humphrey's clock) 00-123
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