Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, second

Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, vol.1 & 2 second issue, vol.3 fourth issue, without half-titles or advertisements, occasional spotting or patch of light soiling, Oliver's Circulating Library bookplate in vol.1, neat ink ownership signature dated "Nov.1861" to vol.3 title head, original purple blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, rubbed and darkened, vol.3 remains vibrant, signs of library label removed on vol.1, spines sunned, spine ends and corners rubbed, vol.1 spine ends slightly nicked, [Eckel, pp. 91-93; Smith II:14; Great Expectations (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, Appendix D); Sadleir 688; Wolff 1799], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1861.

Estimate:£6,000

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