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. Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. Full Description: DICKENS, Charles. STONE, Marcus, [illustrator]. Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Two octavo volumes (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 205 x 134 mm). [iii]-xii, 320; [iii]-[viii], 309, [1, publisher's imprint] pp. With forty engraved plates including frontispieces in each volume, all by Marcus Stone. Each volume contains twenty plates. Bound without half-titles and publisher's ads. Each volume with all of the internal flaws called for by Smith. Handsomely rebound in late 19th-century half polished tan calf, over tan cloth boards. Spines elaborately stamped in gilt. Spines with red and blue morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Spines are slightly darkened. Some minor rubbing to corners. A few leaves with some minor spotting. Overall a very good copy. Our Mutual Friend originally appeared in twenty numbers, bound in nineteen monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from May 1864- November 1865. The first volume was published in book form on January 20, 1865; the second on October 21, 1865. 11s. each." (Smith, Dickens, 15). Our Mutual Friend was the last major work Dickens completed. Originally issued in parts, the first number sold 30,000 copies upon its appearance, "with orders flowing in fast" (Dickens). Smith, Dickens, I, 15. HBS 69163. $1,000. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 69163
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