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London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition, earliest issue in book form bound by the publisher using sheets from the monthly parts with the issue points as called for on pages 123 and 160, also with the first state of the first four plates bearing the publisher’s imprint on bottom. Engraved portrait frontispiece, and 39 engraved illustrations by 'Phiz.' 8vo, beautifully bound by Wallis in full tan calf, the spine with gilt-stippled raised bands between fully gilt decorated compartments featuring panels tooled in gilt at the edges and corners and with gilt floral devices at the center, two compartments with contrasting red and green morocco labels lettered and ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves. xvi, 624 pp. A beautiful copy, the binding especially handsome and very skillfully accomplished, internally quite fresh and clean and very solid. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, RARE IN SUCH FINE CONDITION. ONE OF DICKENS’ MOST GROUNDBREAKING NOVELS. NICHOLAS…

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens's third novel. The lengthy work follows the life of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.