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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 168002, member: 33&quot;]Your first photo is not clear enough to see the Roman numerals on the title page, but it appears that they might say MDCCCXL, which would be 1840, the date of first publication. However, there are other things to look for and you probably need a book expert to tell you whether it&#039;s a first printing, etc. First printings of first editions are often far more significant than later printings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if yours has had all three original volumes bound into one -- and from the title page you show, and your statement that all three volumes are included on one cover, it appears that it has--&nbsp; that might make a difference as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a lot of listings on abebooks. Some have the volumes being sold separately, some have some vols bound in one, and conditions vary.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=charles+dickens&amp;bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;fe=on&amp;pn=Chapman&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;sts=t&amp;tn=master+humphrey%27s+clock&amp;yrh=1865&amp;yrl=1840" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=charles+dickens&amp;bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;fe=on&amp;pn=Chapman&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;sts=t&amp;tn=master+humphrey%27s+clock&amp;yrh=1865&amp;yrl=1840" rel="nofollow">http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=charles+dickens&amp;bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;fe=on&amp;pn=Chapman&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;sts=t&amp;tn=master+humphrey&#039;s+clock&amp;yrh=1865&amp;yrl=1840</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And remember these are asking prices, not necessarily what somebody would end up paying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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