Our Mutual Friend

by Dickens, Charles

Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is in many ways one of his most sophisticated works, combining deep psychological insight with rich social analysis. At one level it centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but in a deeper sense it's also about 'human values'.

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The book was first serialized from 1864-1865 in 19 monthly installments. It was then published as a novel in 1865 by Chapman & Hall, London, with 40 illustration plates  by Marcus Stone.

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London: Chapman and Hall,, 1865. An exceptionally fresh copy First edition, an exceptionally nice copy in the publisher's cloth, bound mostly from the original parts with the stab holes visible, with the bookplates of the prominent collector Viscount Esher, sold in his sale at Sotheby's in 1946 (lot 532). Dickens's last completed novel, "Our Mutual Friend had a mixed… Read more about this item
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by Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend complete in four volumes. Part of Hurd & Houghton's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front. FON on FFEP of each volume. Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with wear on corners and… Read more about this item
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good -. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. First US Edition . Hardcover. Good-. Original brown fair cloth boards with faded gilt text on the spine. Cloth is faded and spotted with some bubbling and wrinkles. Binding is in good condition. The inside pages are intact with some… Read more about this item
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Our Mutual Friend (First Thus)

Our Mutual Friend (First Thus)

by Charles Dickens

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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. S. Eytinge, Jr. . Green cloth with gold lettering and design on spine and front cover. Hinges split. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Page 353/4 is half missing. 479pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. First US Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original brown cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Cloth is quite spotted and faded, edges and corner show tearing and heavy bumping which is also affected the pages inside. … Read more about this item
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by Charles Dickens

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This is Dickens' last (complete) novel, and one of his most sophisticated and complicated. It was written in 1864-65 and is known for its biting social satire. This copy was published by Chapman & Hall, Covent Garden, in August 1907. It is the first issue of this edition (see image). It was given as a gift to someone named Sophie… Read more about this item
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UK: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Marcus Stone. 1st Edition 1865. 40 plates by Marcus Stone.Two Volumes Bound as One. A late Victorian beautifully bound three quarter leather with gilt work to spine covers and inner edges. Hand marbled endpapers and… Read more about this item
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FIRST EDITION with all points per Smith. Two Octavo volumes. [i-vii] viii-ix [x] Xi [xii], [1] 2-320, [1] - 36 (catalogue dated January 1865); [i-v] vi-vii [viii] , [1] 2-309 [ -312] (colophon and ads), [4] (catalogue dated November 1865). Forty inserted plates after Marcus Stone. Publisher's original purple sand grain cloth, Boards conventionally blocked in blind, Spines decorated and lettered… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall,, 1865. One of his very greatest works First edition in book form of Dickens's last completed novel. "Its stock has risen dramatically in recent years and it is now generally regarded as one of his very greatest works" (ODNB). It was first issued in parts from May 1864 to November 1865. 2 volumes, octavo. Original… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Marcus Stone. A nice Mansell bound first book form edition of one of Charles Dickens' most popular novels, with all of Marcus Stone's plates present. The first edition of this work in book form. The first issue, with the three page postscript to the rear… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1864-1865. 20 original parts bound in 19, as issued. First Edition. Decorated throughout with illustrations by Marcus Stone, and with the great bevy of advertisements as issued and bound into the front and rear of each volume. 8vo, publisher's original blue printed wrappers, now housed in a fold-over case of brown cloth… Read more about this item
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1854. First Edition. Very Good. 1854-1855. Twenty issues bound into 19 parts, as issued. In publisher's green wraps printed in black. First edition. First state of No. 1, with no printer's imprint at bottom of front wrapper. All slips and ad pages present as per Hatton & Cleaver with the following exceptions: last 2pp.… Read more about this item
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Our Mutual Friend (Volume I)

Our Mutual Friend (Volume I)

by Dickens, Charles

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1894
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. One volume only of Our Mutual Friend. One of the Standard Library Edition of the Writings of Charles Dickens with critical and biographical introductions and notes by Edwin Percy Whipple and others. Illustrated with steel portraits and engravings from the original designs by Browne, Cruikshank Leech and others. In thirty-two volumes. Volume… Read more about this item
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Thomas Nelson. Fair. 1908. Hardcover. Morocco leather cover. Part of New Century Library set of Dickens. No publication date, but circa 1905. Binding tight. Pages unmarked and quite bright. Marbled endpapers. Ex-owner, ex-libris pastedown. Frontispiece has been clipped out. Gilt top edge a little faded. Leather is worn and coming away from rear cardboard backing, with… Read more about this item
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Hardcover Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Full calf. Near Fine. Marcus Stone (illustrator). The first edition, first issue in book form (2 volumes). The first issue, with the three page postscript to the rear of Volume II, and with 'Pricipal' for 'Principal' to Volume II page 115. Our Mutual Friend was the last novel Charles Dickens… Read more about this item
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Our Mutual Friend (Parts Covers and adverts)
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Londion: Chapman and Hall Paper Coverd Boards. Hardcover, bound in paisley paper covered boards with red leather spine label. Original wrappers and advertisments for "Our Mutual Friend" bound together in book form. The text portion of each part has been excised. Lacking either one cover [front or rear] or some portion of advertising material called for by Hatton and… Read more about this item
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OUR MUTUAL FRIEND

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New York: A.L. Burt Co.. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, slightly faded spine else a bright and solid copy.
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Our Mutual Friend

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1865
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New York, 1865. First American Edition . Hardcover. Poor. 12mo 7.5"x5. Book Vol IV only 1st Edition US, volume 4 only (Harper Bros. is 2nd Amer Ed); Pub'l by John Bradburn, New York, 1865; 294 pp; 12mo 7.5"x5"; Original publisher's brown cloth binding, with top half of spine missing, has impressed boards. Has frontis + 2 inserted plates… Read more about this item
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1865
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [vii]viii-xii [1]2-320; [v]vi-viii [1]2-309. THE FIRST EDITION IN Two Volumes. Bound in red half leather over marbled boards, raised bands, title stamped in gilt on spine. All edges trimmed and marbled. Illustrations… Read more about this item
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Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

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1865
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London: Chapman and Hall , 1865. Hardcover. Good.. 8vo.. This is a handsome edition, dated 1865. Half bound in tan calf and red cloth boards with gilt rules. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and title labels. One label has small loss. Some bumping and wear to board edges Marbled endpapers and page edges. 8vo. Pages are… Read more about this item
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