The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Rare first edition illustrated with 40 plates by Phiz (H. K. Browne) including a frontispiece portrait of Dickens with his signature. The printing contains all the errors of the first issue, except the first point: P. 123, "sister" corrected to "visiter". P. 245 l. 10 "flys" for "flies", uncorrected. "Visiters" instead of "Visitors" p. 272. l.2. ; P. 297. l.22 "incontestible" instead of "Inconstable" ; P. 586. l. 24 "suprise" for "surprise". All illustrated editions of Dickens were the result of close collaboration between the author and the illustrator.
Contemporary English half black glazed calf binding with corners. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold grotesque ornaments and long tools on the false bands. Burgundy calf title label. Traces of rubbing to headcaps, joints, bands and corners, as well as on the boards. Text paper clean and fresh, the engravings showing browning in frame within the margins. Plate 13 p.196 clumsily cut at right margin.
Good copy.
The author's third great novel and a typically Dickensian work with its humor, multiple characters, deus ex machina and social and societal satire. The latest film adaptation dates from 2002 and the work had a theatrical adaptation by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980 in an 8-hour version.