Our Mutual Friend
London: Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly, 1865. Marcus Stone. Hardcover. Octavo. Very Good. Item #40516
The first two volume edition with the blue wrappers of the 1864/65 serialized front covers, adverts and back covers bound in at the end. Vol. 1: pp. [xii], 320, includes half-title, frontispiece plus 19 plates by Marcus Stone, with the blue illustrated wrappers and illustrated adverts and inserts bound in at the end from No. 1 (May 1864) to No. 10 (Feb. 1865). Vol. 2: pp. [viii], 309, includes the half-title, frontispiece plus 19 plates by Marcus Stone, with the illustrated blue wrappers and illustrated adverts and inserts bound in at the end from No. 11 (March 1865) to Nos. 19 and 20 (Nov. 1865), adverts and inserts printed in various colours (white, blue, yellow, orange, fuchsia, etc.) and sizes. Bound by Riviere and Son in half brown morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, ornate gilt panelled spines with gilt title and volume number direct to spine, top edges gilt. Occasional mild spotting, fore-edges dusty. Otherwise a very good, collectible set. Gimble A149, p. 144.
Price (CAD): $3,500.00