DICKENS, Charles.
Great Expectations.
London, Chapman & Hall, 1861.
Although the title-pages states 'Second and third editions', in fact the first five editions are really only different impressions of the same edition. Apart from the title-pages the only differences are in the text where the type in the earliest impressions shows fewer signs of wear and damage. The title-pages were altered to encourage sales.
Second, second, and third 'editions' [issues], in book form; 3 vols, 8vo (195 x 130 mm); vol. I: title & dedication leaves +344 pp., vol. II: title & dedication leaves + 351 pp,. vol. III: title and dedication leaves + 344 pp., without publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. III but Smith states that 'some copies of the first five issues did not contain catalogues'; contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, morocco labels, light wear to boards, neat repairs to upper hinges, a very good, clean set.
See Smith I, 14.
Stock code 113319
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Great Expectations.
MILTON, John; PHILIPS, Edward (translator).
Letters of State,
1694.
The first edition in English of Milton's Literare Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, translated by his nephew Edward Phillips, and containing three previously unpublished preliminary sonnets
£1,850.00
STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Other Fables.
1897.
A handsome copy of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
£285.00
STOKER, Bram.
Dracula.
1897.
First edition of Bram Stoker's vampire classic, a genre-defining masterpiece inspiring numerous reprints, variations, pastiches, stage & screen versions
£17,500.00
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
1892; 1894.
A delightfully illustrated two volume set of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
£3,900.00
