8vo. In three volumes. [2], iv, 306; vi, 306; vi, 426pp. With two frontispieces, 130 woodcuts, and 25 woodcut initials by Browne; one frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; and one woodcut each by S. Williams and Daniel Maclise. Bound by Corner of Wellington in contemporary blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spines. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to sunned spines. Binder's tickets to FEPs, very occasional pencil highlighting, scattered spotting.

The first edition in book form of Master Humphrey's Clock. The work originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical, published between April of 1840 and December of 1841, entirely written and edited by Dickens. The serial contained both short stories and two novels (The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge).