A handbill announcing Master Humphrey's Clock, "now wound up and going, preparatory to its striking, on Saturday, the 4th of April, 1840." Three paragraphs printed here--the first of which begins: "Master Humphrey earnestly hopes"--are attributed to Dickens.
BEIN Gimbel/Dickens +A49 2: Inscribed: James M. Call. Original wrappers., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens +A49 4: Reconstructed copy with many leaves of text from later impressions. Wrappers for many numbers wanting., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens +A49 5: No. 7 only. Original wrappers., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens A49 6: Bound in 3 v. with preliminaries preceding text in each v. Three original wrappers and eight plates of H.K. Browne's extra etchings bound in. Binder's stamp: Bound by Riviere & Son. Bookplate: Omnia probate bonum tenete., BEIN Dickens 840Mb Copy 2: Bound in 3 v. with preliminaries preceding text in each v. Imperfect: "Preface to Barnaby Rudge" wanting. Original wrapper of no. 20 bound in. Bookplate of Edward George Herbert., BEIN Dickens +840M Copy 2: Nos. 1-3, 57 only. Original wrappers., BEIN Dickens +840Ma: Unbound sheets; without wrappers. Imperfect: t.p. for v. 1 and dedication wanting., Issued in 88 weekly numbers from April 4, 1840, to Nov. 27, 1841, in numbered and dated wrappers and with advertising matter. First and last leaves of each gathering serve as wrappers. Title pages and preliminaries for 3 vols. appear in nos. 26, 52, and 88. (Also issued in 20 monthly parts and 3 v. set.), Wrapper title: Master Humphrey's clock / by "Boz" ... ; with illustrations by G. Cattermole and H.K. Browne., and Includes "The old curiosity shop" and "Barnaby Rudge".
Title from item., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., Date of publication derived from printmaker's date of death., An illustration for the novel by William Harrison Ainsworth: Auriol, or, The Elixir of Life, 1844., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Alchemist's Laboratory.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Elixir of life, Alchemy, Scientific equipment, Laboratories, Death, Skulls, Skeletons, and Furnaces
Verso in pencil, "The Three Riders," verse, "HKB"., Signed HKB in ink lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.