Slip case papered with illustration of Pinocchio’s face in close-up
[1–2] 3–232: [9] leaves of colour plates (facing pp
Bound in red cloth with pictorial stamping on the cover and spine in tan and black
the dust jacket has been repaired with strong
Don Quixote was the last of ten Nonesuch editions to benefit of the rather expensive (particularly at a time of economic depression in the 1930s) stencil process
Dombey and Son Agatha Christie Slip case papered with illustrationDICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Demy octavo, recently rebound in quarter brown morocco with cloth sides, with gilt lettering, motifs and five raised bands to spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. First edition in book form of one of Dickens' greatest works and "the first one to have an explicitly contemporary setting" (ODNB). With 40 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), including the famous first published