Holiday Gifts 2020

13 Holiday Gifts December 2020 “A Masterpiece… An Epic Poem In Prose About God, Humanity And Hugo” 28. HUGO, Victor. Les Misérables. Brussels, 1862. Ten volumes bound as five. Small octavo, period-style three quarter blue morocco gilt. $5500. Click for more info Early Brussels edition, issued the same year as the first, of Hugo’s greatest work “and one of the most influential novels ever written.” About-fine. “Torture In Love, And Despair, And Madness” 27. DICKENS, Charles. Our Mutual Friend. London, May 1864 to November 1865. Twenty parts in nineteen. Octavo, original green paper wrappers, custom clamshell box. $2500. Click for more info First edition in original parts of this Dickens favorite, with a substantial complement of the advertisements issued with the original parts. A very nice copy in largely unrestored original wrappers. A few parts with early owner signatures on front wrappers. A few wrappers lightly soiled, minor wear to a very few edges, four parts with minor repairs on versos of front wrappers, shallow wear to unrestored spine ends. Scarce and very good. “His Single Most Ferocious Onslaught Against England” 26. DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London, 1857. Thick octavo, 20th- century three-quarter green morocco gilt. $2000. Click for more info First edition, first issue, bound from parts, of one of Dickens’ most outspoken and outstanding novels, with 40 illustrations by Hablôt Knight Brown (“Phiz”), including frontispiece and vignette title page. Scattered foxing to plates as often, front joint expertly repaired. L i t e r a t u r e