The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
DICKENS, Charles.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
"The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again": First Edition of Dickens "Nicholas Nickleby"
London: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
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First edition in book form. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling . Engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved plates by H. K. Browne (“Phiz”), top edge gilt,Octavo, full green morocco, all edges gilt. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panel. and inner dentelles. In fine condition. Illustrated with 39 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne. A very nice presentation.
The plot, the characters, the dialogue, everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage, making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" (Ackroyd, 283).
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