Barnaby Rudge [complete novel in] The Albion: British, Colonial, and Foreign Weekly Gazette. New series. Vol. 2, No. 52 (December 26, 1840) - Vol 3, No. 52 (December 26, 1841)

New York: The Albion, 1840-1841.

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Hardcover. Bound periodical. Folio. 51 issues including supplementary sheets. Quarter leather and mottled pastepaper over boards. Spine eroded, boards nearly detached, scattered foxing and intermittent stains in the page margins, a good only volume of this run. Contains the first printed American appearance of *Barnaby Rudge*, complete in 25 installments, as well as selections from *The Old Curiosity Shop*. These works were first issued in London in parts, preceding only very slightly the American issues, as *Master Humphrey's Clock* (containing both *The Old Curiosity Shop* and *Barnaby Rudge* respectively). Also of interest to Dickens collectors is: "Humphrey From His Clock Side in the Chimney-Corner," printed as a single installment on the same page following the last chapter of *The Old Curiosity Shop*, as well as two articles from July 1841 giving a detailed firsthand account of a "Public Dinner to Charles Dickens, Esq. In Edinburgh," and a review of George Cruikshank's *Omnibus*. Very scarce. Details of this bound volume are available upon request.

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Item #374983 Barnaby Rudge [complete novel in] The Albion: British, Colonial, and Foreign Weekly Gazette. New series. Vol. 2, No. 52 (December 26, 1840) - Vol 3, No. 52 (December 26, 1841). Charles DICKENS.

Charles Dickens
birth name: Charles John Huffman Dickens
born: 2/7/1812
died: 6/9/1870
nationality: Great Britain

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English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Random Dickens trivia - the first professional baseball team was the Dolly Vardens, a Philadelphia, PA all-African-American, all-female baseball team formed in 1867 (two years before the Cincinnati Red Stockings). Their name came from a character in the Dickens's novella Barnaby Rudge. The Dolly Vardens folded after a short time due to lack of support.more

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