Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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[DICKENS, Charles (1812?1870)]. ?? ECKEL, John C. The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and their Values. London: Chapman & Hall, 1913. 4to. Photogravure portrait frontispiece of Dickens, 36 illustrations and facsimiles, several plates tipped in. Original gilt?lettered quarter vellum parchment, beige cloth sides, top edge gilt, others uncut; original dust jacket (some chipping at extreme ends of spine panel, else fine); folding chemise; morocco?backed slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 182 of 250 ?Large Paper? copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHAPMAN & HALL. An important Dickens bibliography.