Charles Dickens: The Lawrence Drizen Collection

Charles Dickens: The Lawrence Drizen Collection

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Dickens, Mr. Nightingale's Diary, 1877, first American edition

Auction Closed

September 24, 03:31 PM GMT

Estimate

300 - 500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

DICKENS, CHARLES

Mr. Nightingale's Diary: a Farce. In One Act. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877


16mo (120 x 84mm.), first American edition, advertisements on endpapers, original brown cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt, a touch of spotting, minor stain to front endpapers, very minor edge-wear to binding


The brown cloth variant of the first American edition of this farce commenced by Mark Lemon and completed by Dickens (see note to previous lot).


REFERENCE:

Eckel p.164; Gimbel B215