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Master Humphrey's Clock (InglÃ©s) Tapa blanda – 18 feb 2008 de 3,5 de un mÃ¡ximo de 5 estrellas 5 estrellas Tapa blanda, 18 feb 2008 EUR 9,91 DescripciÃ³n del producto Reseña del editor Charles Dickens, the foremost British writer, is memorable for his interesting characters and rich plots. He was a social activist who wrote plays and novels during the Victorian period. His best known novels include Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and others. . Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens from April 4, 1840-December 4, 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends. Master Humphrey was a lonely man who lived in London. He kept old manuscripts in an antique grandfather's clock by the chimney-corner. He decided that he would start a club, called Master Humphrey's Clock, where the members would read aloud their manuscripts to the others.

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I liked Master Humphrey though, he made the best of what life offered to him and was rewarded with good friendships. 5.0 de un mÃ¡ximo de 5 estrellas A pleasure to read 23 de abril de 2014 Por Montana - Publicado en Amazon.com Formato: VersiÃ³n Kindle Compra verificada wonderfully written....Dickens is truly a master of thought, written. so many highlites to revisit. a love of books I must buy the hard copy...enjoy 5.0 de un mÃ¡ximo de 5 estrellas Scenes from the cutting room floor. 21 de septiembre de 2016 Por Aquila Chrysaetos - Publicado en Amazon.com Formato: Tapa blanda The main premise of Master Humprey's Clock is a group of older men who have seen sadness and misfortune gather together at regular intervals to read tales they have collected, which manuscripts are tucked away in a clock case. I presume the clock is a grandfather clock which would have space for the size of a couple of the manuscripts.

The story gets its disjointed nature from the fact that it was wrapped around The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge when they were published in instalments. The scene with Sam Weller's father is sandwiched between Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Later, when Dickens published both major works as books, he cut the links with Master Humphrey's Clock. There are a few shorter stories in MHC, some of which are very dark. The darkest involves the murder of a child. Still very interesting reading for the diehard Dickens fan. 1 de 8 personas piensan que la opiniÃ³n es Ãºtil The mystery of Edwin Drood, and Master Humphrey's clock. (Book, 1970) [WorldCat.org] Find more libraries Librarian? Claim your library to The mystery of Edwin Drood, and Master Humphrey's clock. Author: London, Dent; New York, Dutton [1970] Series: Print book : Fiction : English View all editions and formats Database: WorldCat Summary: Edwin Drood and Rosa Budd are engaged to be married, as their parents have desired.

But unbeknownst to Drood, his youthful uncle, Jasper, is deeply in love with Rosa -- so much so, in fact, that his despair has turned him into a secret opium addict. Neville Landless is also in love with Rosa, and Jasper helps feed his jealousy of Drood. Then one day Drood vanishes. Because of Jasper's assertions, Landless is held and questioned for Drood's murder but no body is found. Meanwhile, Landless' sister Helena also disappears and not long after a stranger named Datchery shows up and begins asking questions about Drood's disappearance. Suspicion seems to be following Jasper when Dickens' story stops. Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from April 4, 1840-December 4, 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends and their penchant for telling stories. Read more...

You are connected to the University of Washington Libraries network Hide local services for this item OCLC FirstSearch Add library to Favorites Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item... Details Originally published in Everyman's library 1915. Description: xxii, 370 pages 19 cm. Series Title: Introd. by G.K. Chesterton. Abstract: Edwin Drood and Rosa Budd are engaged to be married, as their parents have desired. But unbeknownst to Drood, his youthful uncle, Jasper, is deeply in love with Rosa -- so much so, in fact, that his despair has turned him into a secret opium addict. Neville Landless is also in love with Rosa, and Jasper helps feed his jealousy of Drood. Then one day Drood vanishes. Because of Jasper's assertions, Landless is held and questioned for Drood's murder but no body is found.

Meanwhile, Landless' sister Helena also disappears and not long after a stranger named Datchery shows up and begins asking questions about Drood's disappearance. Suspicion seems to be following Jasper when Dickens' story stops. Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from April 4, 1840-December 4, 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends and their penchant for telling stories. Reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Be the first. Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Be the first. Tags Add tags for "The mystery of Edwin Drood, and Master Humphrey's clock.". Be the first. Similar Items schema:datePublished "1970" ; schema:description "Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from April 4, 1840-December 4, 1841.

It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends and their penchant for telling stories."@ en ; schema:description "Edwin Drood and Rosa Budd are engaged to be married, as their parents have desired. But unbeknownst to Drood, his youthful uncle, Jasper, is deeply in love with Rosa -- so much so, in fact, that his despair has turned him into a secret opium addict. Neville Landless is also in love with Rosa, and Jasper helps feed his jealousy of Drood. Then one day Drood vanishes. Because of Jasper's assertions, Landless is held and questioned for Drood's murder but no body is found. Meanwhile, Landless' sister Helena also disappears and not long after a stranger named Datchery shows up and begins asking questions about Drood's disappearance.

Suspicion seems to be following Jasper when Dickens' story stops."@ en ; Special Collections - Exhibitions | The Familiar Dickens, Illustrated and Evaluated : Books 1840-1845 The Familiar Dickens, Illustrated and Evaluated >> Dickens as Author: Books 1840-1845 Charles Dickens (1812-1870). The Old Curiosity Shop; with Illustrations by H.K. Browne and G. Cattermole. London: Chapman and Hall; Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1874. The Old Curiosity Shop first appeared in Master Humphrey’s Clock, a new periodical edited by Dickens, as a short story. Dickens expanded upon the story in an attempt to boost sales of the periodical. His strategy worked, and The Old Curiosity Shop became one of Dickens’s top-selling books. Modern readers sometimes find the tale to be overly sentimental, but contemporary readers on both sides of the Atlantic were charmed by the characters, especially Little Nell, and found it hard to wait for the next part to be issued so they could find out what had happened to her. Charles Dickens (1812-1870).

A Chrismas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844. First American edition. American editions of Dickens’s works rapidly followed their English counterparts in the press. Dickens was rarely compensated for these pirated American editions. Gift of Robert B. Honeyman, Class of 1920 Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Christmas Books; with Illustrations by Sir Edwin Landseer, Maclise, Stanfield, F. Stone, Doyle, Leech and Tenniel. London: Chapman and Hall, 1876. Dickens published five Christmas novellas, starting with A Christmas Carol in 1843. This collected edition contains reprints of all five of Dickens’s Christmas novellas including: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; and The Haunted Man. Charles Dickens (1812-1870). American Notes for General Circulation: and Pictures from Italy; with illustrations by Marcus Stone. London: Chapman and Hall, 1874.

Marcus Stone (1840-1921) illustrated this posthumous edition of Dickens’s American Notes and Pictures from Italy. Travel narratives were enormously popular with Victorian readers. Improvements to railways and steamships were opening new horizons for those who could afford to travel. For those who could not afford to travel, these types of narratives were a good substitute. Dickens wrote these two books about extended trips he took to the United States and Italy as a way to partially defray the costs of those trips. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Illustrated Library Ed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. This edition of Dickens’s sixth novel features an added engraved title page, and was illustrated by Phiz, a pseudonym of Hablot K. Browne. Phiz illustrated ten of Dickens’s fifteen novels between 1836 and 1859. Dickens wrote Martin Chuzzlewit after his first visit to North America in 1842. He borrowed from his travel experiences when he had the main character, the younger Martin Chuzzlewit, travel to America with his servant, the ever-jolly Mark Tapley.

The American chapters were not popular with American audiences, who felt slighted by Dickens’s treatment of their country. Charles Dickens (1812-1870). The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year out and a New Year in. London: Chapman and Hall, 1886. Dickens’s second Christmas book, The Chimes, uses the dream sequences of Trotty Veck, an impoverished porter, to challenge the contemporary idea that the poor were to blame for being poor, and thus were undeserving. Dickens wrote this story in which chimes play a role after being distracted and disturbed by the chimes of Genoa during a sojourn in Italy. Gift of Robert B. Honeyman, Class of 1920 Charles Dickens (1812-1870). The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. According to Dickens bibliographer John Eckel, this is the first edition of one of Dickens’s best-known Christmas tales.

The third Christmas novella published by Dickens, it was illustrated by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), Richard Doyle (1824-1883), Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867), John Leech (1817-1864), and Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1803-1873). The Cricket on the Hearth is the story of carrier John Perrybingle and his much younger wife, Dot. Their marriage and cozy home-life is saved at a critical moment by the chirping of their little household god, the cricket on their hearth. Gift of Robert B. Honeyman, Class of 1920 Story …⇐ Master Humphrey's Clock [Charles Dickens] ▴ Online Reading Master Humphrey's Clock Reviews Bettie☯ Dec 14, 2015 The reader must not expect to know where I live. At present, it is true, my abode may be a question of little or no import to anybody; but if I should carry my readers with me, as I hope to do, and there should spring up between them and me feelings of ho...

Catherine Nov 09, 2010 This was just a group of strange little stories that I imagine weren't that popular when they first came out. What it really is is the reason Dickens wrote The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge, neither of which I've read. Master Humphrey's Clock is the name of a literary circle of characters tha... Jason Oct 30, 2011 G.K. Chesterton's review says it all about Master Humphrey's Clock: "As a triumph of Dickens, at least, it is not of great importance. But as a sample of Dickens it happens to be of quite remarkable importance. The very fact that it is somewhat more level and even monotonous than most of his creatio... Sem Dec 07, 2011 The inset stories are bland and on occasion ridiculous but it's Dickens. What can I say? *is unabashed*... June Louise Mar 12, 2012 If you are able to get your hands on a copy of this lesser-known tale by Charles Dickens, I would urge you to.

It's a short story made up of short stories, quite Don Quixote-ish in that respect, which (when it was published originally) included part of Dickens' better-known novels "The Old Curiosity... Paul Brogan Aug 31, 2012 Since The Mystery of Edwin Droodwas only half a story, the volume that Ernie gave me at our last Gentlemen's Book Club included Master Humphrey's Clock at the back, I suppose as a kind of compensation.Originally, Dickens wrote it as a weekly periodical between April 1840 and December 1841. The illus... Perry Whitford Jul 21, 2015 In 1840, Charles Dickens began to publish his own weekly paper in which he showcased his ongoing work to the public under the tightest of deadlines. He managed to pull this off for 80 consecutive weeks before he called it of, admitting that it was compromising the quality of his writing.Master Humph... Samuel Lubell Dec 31, 2015 This was more of a framing device for a magazine of stories and novels than anything else.

In what may be the earliest example of bringing back an old character to salvage a failing series, Dickens brings back Mr. Pickwick from the Pickwick Papers (much like DS9 adding TNG's Worf). It didn't work. M... Lee Razer Jul 11, 2016 In April of 1840 Dickens began his own weekly periodical, Master Humphrey's Clock, using the set-up of a small circle of elderly gentlemen gathering around the grandfather clock at Humphrey's house once a week to share tales. The first such tale concerns the statues at London's Guildhall of the gian... Readers Also Enjoyed Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens - AbeBooks Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens You Searched For: Results (1 - 30) of 1218 1 Published by Chapman and Hall, London (1840) Used Hardcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman and Hall, London, 1840. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing in the ORIGINAL Eighty-Eight Weekly Parts.

These 88 original wrappers were designed by Cattermole with 2 frontispieces, 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; 1 woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. Text is remarkably clean throughout. Edge staining to Issue 13, not affecting text. Inevitably some edges are frayed with very slight foxing and/or staining on some wrappers. Overall, a fantastic copy housed in a full green custom clamshell for preservation. These 88 weekly issues are scarce especially found complete in this nice condition. We buy Dickens First Editions. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-12177365297 Published by Chapman & Hall, London (1840) Used Softcover First Edition Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman & Hall, London, 1840. First Edition. With 2 small spots and small old names on wrappers.

The partes are housed in a very fine a little later slipcase in form of a book with half calf spine, raised bands and goldprint on spine The original 20 parts are bound in the publisher's green wrappers with illustrations by G. Cattermole and H.K. Browne. The wrappers are complete with many if not all advertisments, and are in perfect condition with no wear to spines. Bookseller Inventory # 15092405 Published by Chapman & Hall, London (1840) Used Soft cover First Edition Quantity Available: 1 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman & Hall, London, 1840. Soft cover. Book Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION in the original monthly parts. A beautiful copy. These ORIGINAL 20 parts are bound in the publisher's green wrappers with illustrations by G. Cattermole and H.K. Browne. The wrappers are complete with some repair. The pages are clean with some wear to the edges. Overall, a wonderful set housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Dickens in the original parts.

Bookseller Inventory # ABE-14633381720 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: 1840. First Edition. DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphreyï¿½s Clock by "Boz." London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. Eighty-eight weekly parts. Quarto, original white pictorial wrappers. Housed in two custom half green morocco slipcases and chemises. $4800.First edition of Master Humphreyï¿½s Clock in original weekly parts, including The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge.

Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz").When Dickens conceived of this work, he "had already written his preface to [Nickleby], in which for the first time he adopts that fond and agreeable tone towards his audience which he wished to continue" in Master Humphreyï¿½s Clock, "his aim being, he said, that of ï¿½ one who wished their happiness, and contributed to their amusement.ï¿½ Here is Dickens as the man of feeling, uniting all his readership in a concord of affection and brotherhood" (Ackroyd, 291). "Dickens feared that his readers had become weary of stories in monthly issues on account of the lapse of time between the numbers. At the request of Chapman & Hall he outlined his plans partially in a letter The new [weekly] venture began with a circulation of 70,000, but this fell so quickly that the original project was abandoned and a [monthly] serial was begun in the fourth number under the well-known title of ï¿½The Old Curiosity Shop" (Eckel).

This is the first of four original forms of publication of Master Humphreyï¿½s Clock: (1) 88 weekly parts, (2) 20 monthly parts, (3) a three-volume edition ("triple-decker"), and (4) separately bound volumes of The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. The weekly edition is the most scarce and desirable form. Each weekly number was issued on a Saturday as a single folded sheet of 16 pages (including wrappers), uncut and unopened. "Every fourth or fifth week, the text portion of the weekly numbers was collected, and made up into a single part, each being bound in green wrappers, and these constituted the monthly parts" (Hatton & Cleaver). Master Humphrey's Clock is the first time wood-engravings were used as a medium in place of etchings on steel. The cover illustrations were engraved by Landells from designs by George Cattermole. Hablôt K. Browne ("Phiz") provided 154 of the 198 in-text illustrations.

Browne illustrated this work as it was being writtenï¿½ not having the advantage of reading and analyzing the book before making his preliminary drawings (Hodnett, 110). Eckel, 67-70. Hatton & Cleaver, 163. Gimbel A49. From the library of John M. Schiff.Some modest occasional curling to fore edges, wrappers remarkably clean with only light soiling. An excellent copy of this rare first edition in original weekly parts. Bookseller Inventory # 39528 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman & Hall, London, 1840. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition in monthly parts, the second of four original forms of publication of Master Humphrey's Clock. First appearing in 88 weekly parts, this was followed by the 20 monthly parts, then a three-volume edition and finally separately bound volumes. This copy Lacks the scarce "Tyas's Popular Illustrated Publications" ad in part 1, retaining most others. The book are bound in the ORIGINAL blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, with scattered foxing, and slight edge creasing.

The books are in nice condition with some expert restoration to some spines. An excellent copy of this rare first edition in original monthly parts with interesting Provenance. Includes a typed letter from Hammer Galleries on their stationery stating that these volumes offered as part of the William Randolph Hearst Collection (Hammer Galleries, New York, March 1941; lot 750, Article 432A) London: Chapman and Hall, April 1840-November 1841. We buy Dickens in the original parts. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-11536003759 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: 1840. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. 20 monthly serial parts, in original pictorial light blue-green wrappers. First Edition of THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP and of BARNABY RUDGE.

After the publication of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY in monthly parts in 1839, Dickens decided to create a weekly serial named MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, within which he would issue his future novels. The first issue, beginning THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP, was issued on April 4, 1840. When that novel was completed 44 issues later, Dickens started right in with BARNABY RUDGE (the 45th part is a transition part). When that novel was completed in the 88th (November 27, 1841) issue, Dickens terminated the MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK publication and, beginning with MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, reverted to his standard monthly serialization. These weekly parts are quite different from Dickens's monthly ones: each weekly part consisted of one large sheet folded to create sixteen pages (twelve of text, plus a front and rear "wrapper"), without any of the myriad inserted advertisements common to the monthly parts. In addition, the illustrations are woodcuts within the text, rather than separate steel-engraved plates.

~After every fourth or fifth weekly part, they were also available bound together in twenty monthly parts (as here), trimmed down a bit and with added advertisements and colored wrappers -- making them similar to Dickens's other novels. Also, MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK was available in (three) clothbound volumes, each published at intervals of about seven months -- for which the preminary leaves are provided in monthly parts VI, XII & XX. Finally, simultaneous with the publication of Vol III, MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK was divided and issued as two separate one-volume novels titled THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP and BARNABY RUDGE.~This set is in remarkably near-fine condition. A few parts (such as the first and last) have minor cover soil or edgewear, but most are in close-to-fine condition. The upper margin of some front wrappers bears the signature of initial subscribers. The inserted ads are all present with the exception of the Rippon & Burton and Tyas ads for Part 1 (almost always lacking), plus some ads in Parts 7, 10 and 13; the final part does contain the Virtue ads, often lacking.

In our experience these monthly parts are scarcer than either the weekly parts or the three-volume edition. Gimbel A49; Hatton & Cleaver pp 161-182 (monthly parts); Smith I pp 44-57 and Wolff 1804 (three volumes). Housed in a morocco-backed pull-off case (showing wear) with inner cloth chemise. Bookseller Inventory # 12322 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841. 3 vols., roy. 8vo, iv, 306; vi, 306; v i, 426 pp. Two frontispieces, 130 woodcuts, and 25 initials by Browne; one frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; one woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. Full red hard-grain morocco extra by Riviere, backstrips richly gilt-panelled, gilt tops, with examples of the original parts wrappers and ads bound in. Bookplate in each volume of John Waugh.

First Edition in book form of this collection -- consisting primarily of "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge" -- which was first published in 88 weekly parts and twenty monthly ones. Eckel, p. 69. Podeschi A51. Smith 6. Bookseller Inventory # 106721 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841. 3 vols., roy. 8vo, iv, 306; vi, 306; v i, 426 pp. Two frontispieces, 130 woodcuts, and 25 initials by Browne; one frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; one woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. Original embossed brown cloth with gold clocks (the hands indicating the volume numbers) on front covers, heavily gilt at backstrips, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled.

First Edition in book form of this collection -- consisting primarily of "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge" -- which was first published in 88 weekly parts and twenty monthly ones. Eckel, p. 69. Podeschi A51. Smith 6. Bookseller Inventory # 106998 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: 1840. Couverture rigide. Book Condition: Bon. grand de 3 vols., vol. I : London, Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841, in-8, grand de 3 vols, vol. I : IV, 306; vol. II : VI, 306; vol. III : VI, 426 pp, reliure de l'époque en demi-maroquin rouge à long grain avec coins, dos à nerfs, couvertures conservés, Première édition, reliée des parties, avec le rare gravure qui a pour titre 'Time' dans le deuxième volume.

Les couvertures au fin des volumes sont pour la plupart ceux des parties hebdomadaires (blanc en couleur), mais où il les manque il y a les couvertures verts des parties mensuelles. Bookseller Inventory # 62092 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: 1840. [a handsome copy] With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. [In Three Volumes.] London: Chapman and Hall, 1840/-41/-41. Original blind-stamped purple-brown cloth with gilt-decorated spines and front covers. First Edition in book form of THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP and of BARNABY RUDGE. After NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, Dickens decided that all his future novels would be issued as loosely-connected tales presented by one Master Humphrey; furthermore, serialization would be weekly, and with illustrations printed within the text rather than on separate plates. MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK was initially issued in 88 weekly (and also grouped as 20 monthly) parts; the three volumes in cloth were accordingly published separately, at intervals of about seven months.

Simultaneous with the publication of Vol III, MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK was divided and issued as two separate one-volume novels -- at which time Dickens gave up on the experiment, and reverted to the old formula (monthly serial parts, with separate plates) for MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT and subsequent novels.~This set is in the primary (and usual) binding, with the gilt front cover clock whose hands point to the appropriate volume number. We have seen copies of MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK with several variations of endpapers: marbled, light coffee-brown, pale yellow, and (as here) plain white. The page edges are plain (some copies with marbled endpapers also have marbled edges). Subscribers to serial parts could have them bound into this "original publisher's cloth" at a multitude of places, so variations of endpapers and edges are many.~The condition of the volumes is near-fine: there is very slight wear at a few extremities and some of the endpapers are cracked, but there is none of the usual fading of the spines, the cover gilt remains nice and bright, and there is scarcely any foxing within. In all, quite a desirable set.

Smith I pp 44-57. Bookseller Inventory # 12562 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: London Chapman and Hall 1840, 1841, 1841. 3 volumes. First edition. With 198 drawings by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Royal 8vo, bound in handsome period three-quarter tan calf over marbled boards, the borders ruled in blind, the spines very handsomely decorated with wide raised bands gilt decorated, compartments decorated with gilt panel designs incorporating fine central ornamental pieces, two compartments gilt lettered over maroon morocco labels, all edges marbled. iv,306, vi, 306, vi, 426. A handsome and well preserved set, internally quite clean and fresh with very little aging, the bindings in a fine state of preservation. MASTER HUMPHREYï¿½S CLOCK was initially an experiment on Dickensï¿½ part. He originally intended it to be a miscellany which would contain a continuous narrative linked by reminisces of the narrator, Master Humphrey.

He outlined his goals in a preliminary letter to Chapman and Hall: "To introduce a little club or knot of characters and to carry their personal histories and proceedings through the work; to introduce fresh characters constantly; to re-introduce Mr. Pickwick and Sam Weller; [xxx] to write amusing essays on the various foibles of the day as they arise; to take advantage of passing events; and to vary the form of the papers by throwing them into sketches, letters from imaginary correspondents, and so forth, so as to diversify the contents as much as possible." Dickens would use ideas from the outline of this form in several succeeding books. As the originally-conceived miscellany, MASTER HUMPHREYï¿½S CLOCK failed to gain a substantial readership, so the project was quickly abandoned, the story transformed into a serial, and the character of Master Humphrey himself abandoned as a narrator in the midst of THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP.

According to Eckel, the work was published in four distinct forms over the course of its creation: in 88 weekly parts, 30 monthly parts, a three-volume edition, and in separately bound volumes of the two stories, "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge." The three volume sets have become scarce indeed, especially so in such a fine state of preservation. According to Eckel, this work was published in four distinct forms: in 88 weekly parts, 30 montly parts, a three-volume edition, and in separately bound volumes of the two stories, "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnably Rudge." "In the latter form," he states, "all the extraneous 'Clock' matter had been expunged, but was retained in the other forms of publication." The three volume sets have become scarce indeed and especially so in such a fine state of preservation. Bookseller Inventory # 25507 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman & Hall /1841, 1840. First edition. Three volumes.

Original dark brown ribbed cloth with gilt clock vignettes on each volume and ornate floral border in blind, gilt titles and decoration on the spine. Endpapers and all edges marbled, neat book plates on endpapers. A near fine set, with all hinges perfect and bright gilt to all volumes. Slight fading to the rear of volume one and the occasional mark to boards. Internally very fresh, one section a little proud. An unusually bright example. Illustrated throughout by George Cattermole and Halbot Browne. Made up of the two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge, the individual volumes of which were made up of the unsold sheets from this book. Smith 6 PROVENANCE: Earls of Rosebery (Rosebery bookplate to front pastedown). Bookseller Inventory # 26950 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman and Hall 1840-41, London, 1840. First Edition in Book Form. Master Humphrey's Clock was planned to be a collection of stories and sketches told by Master Humphrey and his circle of friends, as Dickens outlined in his preface - written in weekly parts over 40 months.

The original scheme was not successful, and Dickens altered the format to make Master Humphrey's material a framework for his novels, The Old Curiosity Shop (nos.6-45) and Barnaby Rudge (nos.46-88). Bound from the original parts. 3 tall octavo volumes (26cm); publisher's purple-brown vertical-ribbed cloth, covers decorated with blind border of thick and thin fillets and broad elaborate flower leaf and stem design, with spines lettered and decorated in gilt with five scrolled shields and three leaf-bulb designs; primary binding, with the hands on gilt clocks on each front cover pointing to the hour which corresponds to the appropriate volume number; variant marbled endpapers; [2], [iv], 306; [vi], 306; [vi], 426pp; illus. with three frontispieces and numerous wood-engravings in text by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"]. Previous owner's name ("Mrs.

Eden") written in a contemporary hand at center of first blank in each volume; hint of sunning to spines, with spine ends lightly softened; light wear to lower board edges, with brief exposure to lower corners; slight forward lean to Vol.1; Vol.3 expertly re-hinged; occasional finger soil to margins, though generally clean throughout and free of foxing; an attractive, Very Good+ set overall. Bookseller Inventory # 21843 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: 1840. First Edition. DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphreyï¿½s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. Three volumes. Large octavo, mid-20th century three-quarter polished red calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, burgundy and blue morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt.

$1700.First edition, bound from parts, with frontispiece plates in each volume and almost 200 in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), quite handsomely bound by Frost.When Dickens conceived of this work, he "had already written his preface to [Nicholas Nickleby], in which for the first time he adopts that fond and agreeable tone towards his audience which he wished to continue" in Master Humphreyï¿½s Clock, "his aim being, he said, that of one who wished their happiness, and contributed to their amusement.ï¿½ Here is Dickens as the man of feeling, uniting all his readership in a concord of affection and brotherhood" (Ackroyd, 291). Includes The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. First issued in both weekly and monthly parts. This copy bound from parts, with part numbers printed to the left of each gathering mark. Smith 6. Hatton & Cleaver, 163-64. Eckel, 67-70. Contemporary owner signature to title page of Volume III.Text with occasional light foxing and soiling.

Bindings with light scuffing to spine labels. A fine set, handsomely bound. Bookseller Inventory # 85668 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1840., 1840. FIRST EDITION of Barnaby Rudge, The Old Curiosity Shop, and Master Humphrey's Clock. 3 volumes. Quarto. Publisher's vertically-ribbed brown cloth, elaborately blocked in gilt and blind, with gold-blocked clock design to upper cover (the hands indicating the volume numbers on each), marbled edges and endpapers. Same owner bookplate to each volume, occasional light spotting, covers in remarkably clean condition with bright gilt, a few minor marks, some local sunning. A beautiful near fine set, housed in a leather-spined clamshell box. First Edition in Book Form; originally a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens from April 4, 1840-December 4, 1841; Narrator Master Humphrey was a lonely man who lived in London.

He keeps old manuscripts in an antique grandfather clock by the chimney-corner, and decides to start a little club, called Master Humphrey's Clock, where the members, including Mr. Pickwick himself, have a penchant for telling strories. In the book, several short tales are recounted, followed by the novels 'The Old Curiosity Shop', which follows the life of the beautiful and virtuous Little Nell and her Grandfather, and 'Barnaby Rudge', Dickens first effort at historical fiction, set during London's non-Popery 'Gordon' Riots (Protestant rallying against the Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1778). Podeschi; Gimbel Catalogue. Eckel [p67], Grolier Exhibition, Slater; Suzannet Catalogue. Collins; Dickens and Crime (1962). Bookseller Inventory # 46844 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman and Hall, London, 1840, 1840. DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock. With illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.

London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, MDCCCXL [1840] - MDCCCXLI [1841]. First Edition, from Weekly Parts. [Three-Volumes-in-One]. Pp [i]-iv,[1]-306,[i]-vi,[1]-306,[i]-vi,[1]-426. Frontispiece to each (of 3) section. Text illustrations. Lg 8vo, black half calf, new label and gilt decorations to spine, marbled boards. Corners bumped, wear to spine and boards, staining to inner hinge gutters, two bookplates to front endpaper and small newspaper clipping pasted to rear endpaper, else a very good, solid copy. 2,000.00. Bookseller Inventory # 47148 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman & Hall 1840-1841, 1840. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

VGC.Chapman and Hall.Three volumes.Vol I (MDCCCXL,1840), Vol II & Vol III (MDCCCXLI,1841).First impression of the first edition of the original parts of Charles Dickens's famous work 'Master Humphrey's Clock.Master Humphrey's Clock, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge.The highly rare 'Time' plate present to Volume II (in place of the title page and vignette).

Large format hardbacks bound in buckram over cloth boards,with gilt edges to the spines(a couple of small nicks and dent on the edges of the covers and spines) in VGC, no Dj cover as issued.Illustrated with b/w plates.Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne(Phiz).Nice and clean pages but tainted on the outer edges,some foxing marks,creases,nicks and ink marks on the edges of the pages,small tear on the edge of page 241 in vol II,previous owner's name and date written inside the front endpapers for all 3 volumes,small bookshop sticker inside the edge of the front covers,name written on the edges of the title page in vol I & III.The 3 volume set is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear.1038pp including Preface.A collectable and scarce three volume set.Heavy books(approx 2.8 Kg).Photos available on request. Bookseller Inventory # 6316 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman and Hall 1840-1841, 1840. Hardcover.

Book Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VGC.Chapman and Hall,Vol I (MDCCCXL,1840), Vol II (MDCCCXLI,1841).First impression of the first edition of the original parts of Charles Dickens's famous work 'Master Humphrey's Clock.Three volumes bound into two.Master Humphrey's Clock: The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge.Large format hardbacks in original green morocco over marbled boards,with ornate gilt tooling to the spines(some dents and nicks on the covers and spines) in VGC, no Dj cover as issued.Illustrated with b/w plates.Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.Nice and clean pages with some creases,nicks and ink marks on the edges,small foxing marks inside the front and back covers,name written on the top edges of the title pages,original endpapers and the outer edges of pages marbled.The 2 volume set is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear.426pp including Preface.A collectable and scarce two volume set.Heavy books(approx 2.7 Kg).

Bookseller Inventory # 6226 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman and Hall, London, 1840. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A beautiful 2 volume Master Humphrey's Clock by the great Charles Dickens. As you may know, this includes Barnaby Rudge and The Old Curiosity Shop. These were published as a periodical in 1840 and 1841 and Chapman and Hall published these books in the same years, Volume 1 in 1840 and volume 2 in 1841. These are larger books (10 x 7) and bound in leather and marbled boards. The books are in VERY GOOD shape and while volume 1 does have some minor foxing, volume 2 does not have hardly any. This wonderful set was gracefully illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. If you are looking to add this title to your collection, this is one that is in wonderful condition and priced quite attractively. Check out the photos of this treasure.

Bookseller Inventory # ABE-17103870162 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: London: Chapman And Hall, 1840-41., 1840. Hardcover. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., iv, 306; 1 p.l., [v]-vi, 306; 1 p.l., [v]-vi, 426. 3 frontis., 168 text illus., & 24 figure initials, engraved on wood by E.Landells, C.Gray, Vasey, & S.Williams, after designs by George Cattermole & Hablot Knight Browne. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (spine ends worn & frayed, rear joint of Vol. III repaired, foxing to endpapers & outer leaves in Vols. I-II). First Edition in Book Form. "This odd mélange which includes The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, and an elaborate surrounding apparatus, is the pinnacle of Dickensian Gothic.

Appropriately enough, it is illustrated with wood engravings in the text rather than full-page etchings, as in Dickens's earlier novels. Phiz, who is in excellent form, predominates, but there are also fifteen engravings after George Cattermole, whose wonderful clutter of antiquarian and architectural details is well suited to Dickens's chosen subjects." (Ray) Smith I 6. NCBEL III 794. Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914, 60. Bookseller Inventory # ECKstDIC53 Destination, Rates & Speeds Item Description: Chapman and Hall, London, 1840. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is the first edition in book form of Charles Dickensï¿½ MASTER HUMPHREYï¿½S CLOCK, published in 1840-1 by Chapman and Hall in London, with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne (ï¿½Phizï¿½).

(This work was originally published in a series of paperbound ï¿½partsï¿½.) It is in three volumes: Volumes 1 & 2 are bound together in one volume, and Volume III in a second separate volume. These volumes measure 6 ¾ï¿½ X 10 1/8ï¿½. They are beautifully bound in half-leather with gilt lettering, six raised bands on the spine, and marbled boards that match the marbled end papers and page edges. This work contains two of Dickensï¿½ most popular stories that are sometimes published separately, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. This set is loaded with illustrations and with numerous pictorial capital letters starting a chapter. Its condition is near-fine, with only some rubbing of the marbled covers detracting from an overall excellent appearance. There is virtually no foxing to be found in either volume, there is no writing on the printed pages, and the binding is tight with no splitting, tearing, or chipping of the leather-bound spines.

Sometime shortly after this book was published someone wrote very neatly in pencil some very interesting and curiously biting critical comments about Dickensï¿½ prose on the inner side of the first blank free end paper. Rather than erase these, I have left them ï¿½ they add to the character of this set. So here is a near-fine and beautifully bound set of the first edition of Dickensï¿½ Master Humphryï¿½s Clock, a set that no Dickens collection should be without. Bookseller Inventory # 144B Clocks, watches, Dickens Clocks, watches, Dickens January 2000. Volume142 No1. pages 20-21. reprinted by the permission of the author. Charles Dickens often used clocks and watches as a plot device in his stories. In the Christmas Carol "Scrooge could be found in his usual place beneath the clock at change." Important to the story Scrooge's repeater told him when to expect the ghost. The old miser was not one to trust the local church clock remarking that "an icicle must have got into the works." The writings of Dickens are full of such references.

One of his journals which he edited was called Master Humphreys clock. This forever associating him with the homological trade. Dickens worked clocks into many of the tales. In the Giant Chronicles Joe Toddyhigh gets accidentally locked into the London Guildhall after the Lord Mayors banquet on the instigation of his friend, the Lord Mayor. ... he [Joe Toddyhigh] made light of the accident, [which locked him in the Guildhall] and resolved to feel his way up the stairs again, and make himself as comfortable as he could in the gallery until morning. As he turned to execute this purpose, he heard the clocks strike three. Any such invasion of a dead stillness as the striking of distant clocks, causes it to appear the more intense and insupportable when the sound has ceased. He listened with strained attention in the hope that some clock, lagging behind its fellows, had yet to strike, - looking all the time into the profound darkness before him, until it seemed to weave itself into a black tissue, patterned with a hundred reflections of his own eyes. But the bells had all pealed out their warning for that once, and the gust of wind that moaned through the place seemed cold and heavy with their iron breath.

While hidden Joe Toddyhigh discovers the Giants Gog and Magog have come to life. 'Our compact,' said Magog after a pause, 'is, if I understand it, that, instead of watching here in silence through the dreary nights, we entertain each other with stories of our past experience; with tales of the past, the present, and the future; with legends of London and her sturdy citizens from the old simple times. That every night at midnight, when St. Paul's bell tolls out one, and we may move and speak, we thus discourse, nor leave such themes till the first gray gleam of day shall strike us dumb. Is that our bargain, brother?' (Illustration 1) [Gog and Magog] How many clock stores have taken the name The old curiosity shop. This is one of the stories to be found in Master Humphreys clock.To give the villain Quilp some character Dickens has him use the hand of "an old 'Dutch' clock" as a toothpick. A good explanation as to why so many clocks are missing a hand. On the subject of 'Dutch' clocks this was a popular term to refer to what we now call black forest shield clocks.

Dutch in this case a popular corruption of the German Deutsche. Of all the stories of Dickens, none compares to Dealing with the firm of Dombey and son. Sol Gills is an instrument maker. Much of the novel takes place in the instrument shop. Sol Gils is often referred to as a chronometer maker. Since he never seems to sell anything is supposed that he probably is in the repair trade as well. Was this how Dickens saw the shop of Bennett? In the Dickens house in London there is a clock owned by him from his house in Rochester. (Illustration 2) He had a fair knowledge of how a clock is put together for this touching scene with little Paul Dombey. (Illustration 3) ... Lo and behold, there was something the matter with the great clock; and a workman on a pair of steps had taken its face off, and was poking instruments into the works by the light of a candle! This was a great event for Paul, who sat down on the bottom stair, and watched the operation attentively: now and then glancing at the clock face all askew, against the wall hard by, and feeling a little confused by a suspicion that is was ogling him.

The workman on the steps was very civil; and he siad when he observed Paul, 'How do you do, Sir?' Paul got into conversation with him and told him he has not been quite well lately. The ice being thus broken, Paul asked him a multitude of questions about chimes and clocks, as whether people watched up in the lonely church steeples by night and made them strike, and how the bells were rung when people died, and whether those were different bells from wedding bells, or only sounded dismal in the fancies of the living. Finding that his new acquaintance was not very well informed on the subject of the Curfew Bell of ancient days, Paul gave him an account of that institution; and also asked him, as a practical man, what he thought about King Alfred's idea of measuring time by the burning of candles; to which the workman replied that he thought it would be the ruin of the clock trade if it was to come up again. Paul looked on, until the clock had quite recovered its failure aspect, and resumed its sedate inquiry: when the workman, putting away his tools in a long basket bade him good day ... Once little Paul is out of the way the novel really begins.

Captain Ned Cuttle is a one handed pilot. He is one of the most likeable characters in the Dicken's cannon. Who in this day would not want his double cased silver watch. When Sol Gills nephew Walter sets to go off on a long sea voyage the amiable captain offers it to him as a parting gift. The Captain immediately drew Walter into a corner, and with a great effort, that made his face very red, pulled the silver watch, which was so big , and so tight in his pocket, that it came out like a bung. 'Wal'r,' said the Captain, handing it over, and shaking him heartily bythe hand, 'a parting gift my lad. Put it back half an hour every morning, and about another quarter twards the arter-noon, and it's a watch that'll do you credit.' Walter refuses the watch. He is in love with the estranged daughter of the proud Mr. Domby, who presides over a large company of business in the city. When things get worse, Florence Dombey moves into the instrument shop with Captain Cuttle. Perhaps her stays are too tight as she faints upon arrival at the shop after running across London alone.

The captain attempts to revive her by sprinkling water on her face. The watch again comes into play. At this stage of her recovery, Captain Cuttle, with an imperfect association of a watch and with a physician’s treatment of a patient, took down his own from the mantel shelf, and holding it out on his hook, and taking Florence's hand in his, looked steadily from one to the other, as expecting the dial to do something. 'What cheer my pretty?, Said the Captain. [to his watch] 'What cheer now? You've done her some good my lad. I believe.' siad the Captain under his breath and throwing an approving glance upon the watch. 'Put you back half-an-hour every morning, and another quarter twards the afternoon, and your a watch as can be ekalled by few and excelled by none. One hopes that the captain did not have to navigate by this amazing timepiece. It is interesting to compare the cut where Florence and her made first encounter the instrument shop (Illustration 4) with a cut of Bennett’s shop from a cut in the Sept 1958 edition of the journal.

The little midshipman (Illustration 5) who advertises the shop in the novel was actually based on a real figurehead that now can be seen in the Dickens house Museum in London. One almost would think this was a clockwork figure the way Dickens anthoromorpasises the midshipman. In Little Dorrit, Dickens never actually tells us what Daniel Doyce has invented. He does however take us into the factory. A communication of great trapdoors in the floor and roof with the workshop above and the workshop below made a shaft of light in this perspective, ... The noises were sufficiently removed and shut out from the counting house to blend into a busy hum, interspersed with periodical clinks and thumps. The patient figures at work were swarthy with the filings of steel that danced on every bench and bubbled up through every chink in the planking. This description suggests it has something to do with clockwork. Hints of Charles Babbage association with Dickens indicate he may have been the model for which Daniel Doyce is based.

Recent work on reconstructing the Babbage engine in the Science Museum in London indicate that what Babbage wanted his workers to do was not technically difficult for the average watchmaker of the time. Little Dorrit does not uses watches as a plot device, However in almost every cut of an indoor scene the ubiquitous clock sits on the mantel. (Illustration 6) Bleak House Gives us a facinating set of clocks from the ghostly clock of Chesney wold. There may be some motions of fancy among the lower animals at Chesney Wold. The horses in the stables--the long stables in a barren, red-brick court-yard, where there is a great bell in a turret, and a clock with a large face, which the pigeons who live near it and who love to perch upon its shoulders seem to be always consulting--THEY may contemplate some mental pictures of fine weather on occasions, and may be better artists at them than the grooms. Or the pretty clock inside, that the young engineer is given to set right. "Disgrace never comes to Chesney Wold," returns the housekeeper. Her grandson apologizes with "True. True." "That is the story.

Whatever the sound is, it is a worrying sound," says Mrs. Rouncewell, getting up from her chair; "and what is to be noticed in it is that it MUST BE HEARD. My Lady, who is afraid of nothing, admits that when it is there, it must be heard. You cannot shut it out. Watt, there is a tall French clock behind you (placed there, 'a purpose) that has a loud beat when it is in motion and can play music. You understand how those things are managed?" "Pretty well, grandmother, I think." "Set it a-going." Watt sets it a-going--music and all. "Now, come hither," says the housekeeper. "Hither, child, towards my Lady's pillow. I am not sure that it is dark enough yet, but listen! Can you hear the sound upon the terrace, through the music, and the beat, and everything?" "I certainly can!" "So my Lady says." Later Lady Deadlock is confronted by the blackmailer She bows her eyes rather than her head, the movement is so slight and curious, and he withdraws. Clear of the room he looks at his watch but is inclined to doubt it by a minute or thereabouts.

There is a splendid clock upon the staircase, famous, as splendid clocks not often are, for its accuracy. "And what do YOU say," Mr. Tulkinghorn inquires, referring to it. "What do you say?" If it said now, "Don't go home!" What a famous clock, hereafter, if it said to-night of all the nights that it has counted off, to this old man of all the young and old men who have ever stood before it, "Don't go home!" With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. "Why, you are worse than I thought you," says Mr. Tulkinghorn, muttering reproof to his watch. "Two minutes wrong? At this rate you won't last my time." What a watch to return good for evil if it ticked in answer, "Don't go home!" Tulkinghorn never makes it home, He is murdered on the stair. How well did Dickens know how watches and clocks work? The mystery of Edwin Drood may have depended on such knowledge. The most enigmatic watch in fiction is the one worn by Drood before his disappearance. It is a gold watch with his initials on it. Found later by the Rt.

Hon. Rev Crisparkle, the watch sets up the greatest mystery in modern fiction. Before he disappears young Drood visits a watchmaker referred to here as a jeweler. He is speaking to Edwin about the strange behavior of Mr. Jasper, Edwin's uncle. for Mr. Jasper dropped in for a watch glass the other day, ... Still (the jeweler considers) that might not apply to all times, though applying to the present time 'Twenty minutes past two, Mr. Drood, I set your watch at. Let me recommend you not to let it run down sir.' That the watch has run down later in the story is an indication of when if foul play occurred a time could be estimated later. This is one of the first instances of a modern Detective mystery investigation in the English language where the author gives clues that will be used to solve the mystery. The fate of the watch is an important clue. Dickens never finished The mystery of Edwin Drood. At the time such novels were serialized into weekly or monthly parts. The novel is a bit more than half finished. There have been over 1000 attempts to complete it.

That watch and how well Dickens knew horology play an important part in the puzzle he left us to ponder.

Question: Which English author wrote and edited the weekly periodical ‘Master Humphrey’s Clock’?
Answer: Charles Dickens