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Spot the first: Title page: printed in red and blue, dated 1843 (first issue)
- 1st Chapman and Hall1843 Hardback £4,650 to £6,750Sold £8,000 · Mar 2026 I own A Christmas Carol, Chapman and Hall 1843 Log in to want this
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Spot the first: P. 213: page number misprinted as 113 (first issue)
- 1st Chapman and Hall1859 Hardback Sold £800 · Mar 2026 I own A Tale of Two Cities, Chapman and Hall 1859 Log in to want this
Spot the first: P. 19, line 6: misspelt 'elgble' (first issue)
- 1st Bradbury and Evans1853 Hardback Sold £188 · Sep 2026 I own Bleak House, Bradbury and Evans 1853 Log in to want this
Spot the first: Binding, cloth and foot of spine: olive green horizontally ribbed cloth with the price 5/- in gilt at the foot of the spine (first binding)
- 1st Bradbury & Evans1854 Hardback · Household Words Sold £150 · Apr 2025 I own Hard Times, Bradbury & Evans 1854 Log in to want this
Spot the first: Vol. III, plate of Oliver with Rose Maylie: the 'Fireside' plate is present, not the replacement 'Church' plate (first issue)
- 1st Richard Bentley1838 Hardback Sold £1,400 · Jan 2023 I own Oliver Twist, Richard Bentley 1838 Log in to want this
- 1st John Macrone1836 Hardback Sold £1,400 · May 2025 I own Sketches by Boz, John Macrone 1836 Log in to want this
Spot the first: Engraved vignette title page: subtitle 'A Love Story' set in type, centred beneath the picture, rather than engraved within a scroll (first state of the title (Todd A, Eckel first issue), very rare)
Spot the first: Part VI, front wrapper: a small printed slip reading 'Eighteenpence' is pasted over the printed one-shilling price (first issue wrapper of the final part)
