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18996041.2London: New Century Press 1899. 1st ed NCBEL III 790. Deep maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Plain laid-paper eps. VG two sm bumps to fore edge of front board. 114 pp adverts. Sq 8vo. <br/><br/> New Century Press hardcover books
189747293London: Elliot Stock 1897. 1st edition. Large Paper copy. Original publisher's tan quarter leather binding over blue-grey cloth boards. Spine sun darkened. Some extremity wear with repaired split at base of spine. Offset to eps. Overall Very Good. ix 3 245 3 pp including Index. Frontis. Head- tailpieces. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Contains much background material on each title. Elliot Stock hardcover books
18703210.5Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers No. 306 Chestnut Street 1870. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping including bust of Dickens to spine. Gilt bright. Modest shelfwear. Bookplate. Prior owner signature to t.p. A VG - VG volume. 15 - 484 6 14 6 pp. The 6 page "Controversy" folows text with 18 pages of adverts following. Last leaf blank. Frontispiece of Dickens. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>The "Controversy" addresses the issue of Dickens' remuneration from American publishing houses. T. B. Peterson & Brothers, No. 306 Chestnut Street hardcover books
1883337.6Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1883. Later edition. Green publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering. Red edgestain. Minor extremity wear. Bright gilt. A VG copy. 124 pp. Engraved t.p. Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 5-7/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>"Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress painter and poet and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage. After great success for a few years with the play in New York and San Francisco she appeared in a production in London and Paris from 1864 to 1866. After a brief trip back to the United States she returned to Europe. However she became ill within two years and died in Paris at the age of 33." Wiki. This minor literary effort by the famous actress was dedicated to Charles Dickens. The frontispiece is facsimile of letter from Dickens to Menken thanking her for the honor. J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
1878867.7London: Chapman & Hall 1878. 1st edition thus. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. VG sp sunned/some foxing/front hinge starting. 607 pp including index. Ilustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
18809567.1London 1880. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Original mustard-colored paper wrappers with printed label on the spine & the front wrapper. VG soiled/wear at extremities & joints. Unpaginated. 8vo. <br/><br/> unknown books
189632912London: Suckling & Galloway 1896. 1st edition Gimbel H455; NCBEL III 849. Green decorative cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. TEG. Spine slightly darkened. PO embossed name to ffep. A VG copy. iv 2 190 pp. Partially unopened. Fold-out frontis of the mob setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 5" <br/><br/>"A study of the prisons described by Dickens." NCBEL. Suckling & Galloway hardcover books
1841042469La Haye: Société Neerlandaise Pour Les Beaux-Arts 1841. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. 1/4 green cloth over marbled boards. Engraved frontis - collection of stories including a French translation of the scarce Dickens horror tale A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second published here as L'Enfant de Mon Frère. Light wear scattered foxing. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 042469. <br/><br/> Société Neerlandaise Pour Les Beaux-Arts hardcover books
18484154.1London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering/decorations. AEG. Abt VG sp sunned/slt cocked/contemporary bpt of James Ballantyne/rear jt starting at bottom portion. 704 pp. Frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/>Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
187336194London: Printed for the Author at the Chiswick Press 1873. 1st edition. Not in the NCBEL. Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Slight lean. Modest binding wear. Newspaper excerpt tipped in to rear blank. A VG copy. x 180 pp. Numerous blank leaves at rear. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>The author has a two page remininscence of meeting Dickens as a young man who at the time was a court reporter and per the author sweet on a young lady named Jane. Printed for the Author at the Chiswick Press hardcover books
18859678.1London: George Redway 1885. 1st editon NCBEL III 780. Full faux vellum with gilt stamped title lettering beveled edges. VG light aging to extremities/slight bow to boards/period pos to preliminary blank. Pencil markings throughout. 56 4 pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts @ rear dated 1885. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover books
18841547.4London: Chapman and Hall 1884. 1st edition NCBEL III 785. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Bookseller slip affixed to bottom of frontis. A handsome VG copy. iii - viii 467 5 pp including Index. Adverts last 4 pages. Frontispiece of Dickens from a lithograph by R. J. Lane after a photograph by J. Watkins. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>This a selection of Dickens' writings chosen by his good friend. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
187426176London: Chapman & Hall 1874. 8vo pp. xiv 577; engraved frontispiece and half-title and 38 engraved plates all by George Cruikshank; a wacky home-made binding of full brown morocco rear cover with blindstamped geometrical pattern front cover with similar geometric design but with alligator interwoven into the borders and the central design and with 7 alligator onlays; overlapping spine hand-lettered and now largely faded; hinges crudely but effectively strengthened with ruled paper prelims bound out of order the text and plate quite clean. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
185558231Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers n.d. 1855. 8vo pp. 4 9-371 1; text in double column; original pictorial wrappers chipped and worn with the occasional small piece missing back wrapper loose but present with some loss in the gutter; spine largely intact; good. From Peterson's Uniform Edition of Dickens' works. <br/><br/> T. B. Peterson and Brothers, n.d. unknown books
18544953.3Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original brown blindstamped boards & gilt stamped spine. VG tight/blinstamping sharp/sp slightly dull/some minor foxing. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover books
184639274New York: Greeley & McElrath 1846. Early if not 1st US publication of this Dickens' letter reprinted from the London Daily News cf. NCBEL III 822. Disbound. Leaves separated along spine fold. Edge rash. Fold-lines. An About VG copy. Dickens letter occupies 1.4 columns 26-3/4 column-inches on the front page center. Entire newspaper 4 pp in length 7 columns per page. Elephant folio. 21-5/8" x 17-1/4" <br/><br/> Greeley & McElrath unknown books
184740340.1New York: Wiley and Putnam 1847. 1st US edition Gimbel A104; Edgar & Vail p. 24; Smith AMERICAN 7; VanderPoel B1971; Wilkins p. 25. Printed brown paper wrappers. Soiling & staining to wrappers with some chipping & edgewear. Some foxing to text block. Good. Pp 677 - 724 = 48. Illustrated with 2 plates "Florence parts from a very old friend" & "Mr Dombey and his confidential agent" after Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" redrawn & engraved on wood by J. W. Orr. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>Wiley & Putnam were the first of the US houses to hit the streets with Dickens' new novel beginning with Part I issued October 1846. A quite scarce edition especially in comparison to the UK parts issue which shows up with some regularity. Wiley and Putnam unknown books
185432574Auburn: Alden Beardsley &Co 1854. 1st edition. Publisher's deluxe purple cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering and eleborate gilt stamped decoration. AEG. Spine severly sun-tanned. PO blindstamp to title leaf. A VG copy. 351 1 pp. Last page advert. Frontispiece portrait of the author. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Alden, Beardsley &Co hardcover books
18873687.3London: Chapman & Hall 1887. 1st edition thus. The Victoria Edition. Blue-green cloth with gilt stamping. VG bpt/occasional foxing/Vol II with some 'threading' to binding. 2 volumes. Illustrated in photogauvre after the originals. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Issued to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Victoria's reign. Incorporates all illustrations and the many prefaces written by Dickens for the various editions during his lifetime. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
185241483New - York: G. P. Putnam & Company 1852. 1st edition thus. Not in Gimbel though see D17 for another 1852 Putnam edition of this title. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine & boards stamped in blind. Cocked. Wear to binding with sunned spine. Slightly shaken with a few proud gatherings/leaves. Period poi to preliminary blank presenting the book to a local library. Library bookplate. Good. 6 234 pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/>An uncommon edition of this anthology extracted from Household Words. G. P. Putnam & Company hardcover books
18849289.1London: Chatto & Windus 1884. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 780. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG sp darkened/some fraying at spine ends/some foxing. 378 pp including index 32 pp Oct 1883 publisher advert at rear 8vo. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
185429691.1New York: P. D. Orvis 75 Nassau Street 1854. 1st edition thus Gimbel E136 who incorrectly notes an end date of 7 October 1854. Not in Edgar & Vail nor Wilkins. Original pale green printed wrappers. Slight cock. Modest wear. A VG copy. 2 181 - 258 pp. Text in triple column. Illustrated with 40 wood engravings. 4to. 11-3/4" x 9-1/8" <br/><br/>This part contains the 5 weekly September issues with that portion of Hard Times begining with Chapters XXV in the September 2nd issue and the work concluding with Chapter XXXVII in the September 30th issue. The Journal also contains a number of articles on Chess authored by Stanley. P. D. Orvis, 75 Nassau Street unknown books
189141039London: Hutchinson & Co 1891. 1st edition thus. Edition DeLuxe. #58/300 cc. Linen cloth with gilt stamped title lettering. Beveled edges. TEG. Abt VG spine darkened/some slight fraying at spine ends/po bpt over remnants of another/faint whiff of tobacco. 260 pp including Index. Illustrated. Imperial 8vo. <br/><br/>Originally issued in 1883 for subscribers only the author enlarged and revised the present edition. Hutchinson & Co hardcover books
18979569.1London: Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock 1897. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. Green cloth spine with lt green paper wrapped boards. VG bpt/corners & edges worn/front hinge starting. iv 75 1 blank pp. 10-3/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock hardcover books
1886266.2London: George Redway 1886. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. A Nr Fine bright copy. xxxii 510 2 pp including Index. Publisher advert at rear. Frontis of 'Boz' after a drawing by Samuel Lawrence. Facsimile of Dickens' bookplate. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover books
