DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Master Humphrey's Clock.

DICKENS, Charles (1817-70).  Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840 [vols. II-III:] 1841. 3 volumes, large 8vo (254 x 165mm). Wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne (i.e. “Phiz”) (some spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf gilt (heavily rubbed and scuffed, section lacking from head pf spine of vol. one, upper board of vol. one loose). Provenance: Adelaide Taylor, Rectory, Stoke Newington (old inscription on front free endpaper of vol. one). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of what originally comprised, in periodical form, a collection of short stories and two novels, “The Old Curiosity Shop” and “Barnaby Rudge.” The present edition contains the full and correct ordering of the texts as they originally appeared. The first volume contains a printed dedication from the author to Samuel Rogers, extolling him for his “active sympathy with the poorest and humblest of his kind.” Hatton and Cleaver 163; Eckel pp. 69-070; Smith I:6. (3)