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185032501.1Boston: Ticknor Reed and Fields 1850. 1st edition. Publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Gilt bright. Square & tight. Period poi dated 1849 to ffep. A Nr Fine copy. 218 4 blank pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Long chapter on Dickens. A popular book with 2 additional editions in this year of publication. Ticknor Reed and Fields hardcover books
1846104309London: Bradbury & Evans Whitefriars 1846. Hardbound. VG- wear and scuffing to extremities book and contents solid and clean. 3/4 Morocco green leather with marbled endpapers 5 raised bands.Engraved frontispiece and false title-page. Illustrated. 175 pp. Previous owners' notes indicate that this is the 4th issue bound without the 2 pages of ads at rear. A very nice copywith marbled page edges. Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars hardcover books
186645436London: Chapman & Hall 1866. First edition slim 8vo pp. 48; text in double columns illustrated ads printed inside wrappers; original blue printed wrappers soiled and separated edges chipped textblock very good and sound. In custom half dark brown morocco clam shell box gilt spine in 6 compartments. The first four contributions in this number by Charles Dickens. Gimbel E19; NCBEL III 813. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
187017132London: Field & Tuer 1870. First edition large 8vo pp. 4 35 1 1-11; original brown cloth gilt stamped spine some damp staining throughout joints worn hinges cracked; remains good or better. A catalogue of Dickens' items sold by Christies' at auction. <br/><br/> Field & Tuer hardcover books
1866279411London: Bell and Daldy 1866. New Edition with Additions. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Works by the popular 19th century poet who began her careers writing for Dickens' Household Words and All the Year Round.~Legends and Lyrics was first published in 1858 a few years before her death from tuberculosis. This "New Edition" published after her death contains an Introduction by Dickens. This copy in full polished calf with double rule in gold and single rule in blind to the perimeters of the boards; raised bands with decorations blocked in gold and red and green morocco labels. Some scattered foxing to the preliminary pages. Armorial bookplate. Very Good binding. Bell and Daldy unknown books
185966202DICKENS Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. Or A Fairy Tale of Home. A Drama In Three Acts. Dramatized by Albert Smith Esq. By the Express Permission of the Author.With Cast and Characters Stage Business Costumes Relative Positions &c. New York: Samuel French & Son N.d. ca. 1859. Early edition. Octavo. Original yellow paper printed wrappers. Some chipping and tears to extremities. Overall a very good copy of this early and fragile edition. HBS 66202. $100 Samuel French & Son unknown books
1854307261854. DICKENS Charles. PEARL-FISHING. Choice Stories from Dickens' Household Words. Second Series. Auburn NY: Alden Beardsley & Co. and Rochester NY: Wanzer Beardsley & Co. 1854. First edition so collected all having anonymously appeared in the American version of "Household Words" the periodical edited in London by Dickens. While none of these tales appear on Eckel's list many of Dickens contributions were not identified until some time later. 8vo 351 pp. 1 p. ads.; with frontis. portrait of Dickens. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Spine faded extremes a little rubbed but overall a very sound and attractive copy. Horizontal dent to rear board. unknown books
18544953Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st edition thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original purple blindstamped cloth. Good spine sunned/head of spine chipped. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover books
184528433London: Chapman and Hall 1845. Twelfth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. 175 pp. 12mo. 13 illustrations. Full red leather binding with bold embossed titling to cover as well as a holly sprig borders on both front and rear boards; five raised band at spine gold titling and green leather patch titles that have faded to brown. Slight fading along top edge of front cover light wear and bumping. Interior front and rear boards have gold dentelle boarder with Sangorki and Sutcliffe label embossed on front board. Clean and crisp within. Chapman and Hall unknown books
18803568baWLondon: Chapman & Hall 1880. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Octavo 8vo. 572 pages of text followed by 48 pages of an extra Christmas number. Measures 25cm. Hardcover three quarter red leather binding slightly chipped and rubbed. Slightly foxed. Charles Dickens 1812-70 editor 1859-June 2 1870; Charles Dickens Jr. editor June 51870-95; extra Christmas numbers for 1871-94. Periodical; English literature. Chapman & Hall Hardcover books
18418167New York: William H. Cloyer 1841. 2nd US edition Edgar & Vail p. 19. Cloth spine with paper-wrapped boards. Paper spine labels. Fair boards & spine quite worn V2 msg upper rt corner of frnt board/joints splitting. A very fragile set. 2 volumes. 8vo. <br/><br/> William H. Cloyer hardcover books
18635249.1London 1863. 1st edition NCBEL III 813. Original blue printed wrappers sewn. A VG copy showing some minor edgewear & soiling. 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens responsible for the first & last sections; Mrs Gaskell penned the 2nd section. Cf. Oppenlander p. 136 for a distribution of the other contributors' efforts. unknown books
1843129366New York: Published by Harper & Brothers 1843. Octavo pp. i-iv 5-88 printed in double columns disbound. First U.S. edition. A response to Dickens' AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION an account of his 1842 trip to the United States which drew considerable criticism for his generally unfavorable opinion of the country and its inhabitants which Dickens declared was "not the republic I came to see; this is not the republic of my imagination." Wood paints a very dismal picture of society in mid-Victorian England. Sabin 20004. Gimbel H491. Disbound lacks the printed wrappers and the 4 pages of publisher's ads at front else a very good copy with clean text and no foxing other than a mild stain or large fox mark to the title leaf. #129366 Published by Harper & Brothers unknown books
187690318NY:: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1876. Hardcover. B00K7IOYA2 . Part of The Works of Charles Dickens - Household Edition - series. With thirty illustations by F. A. Fraser. First ediiton thus. Quarto bound in green cloth with elaborate gilt and black lettering and design brown endpapers. Light edge wear and aging previous owner's name on front endpage else very good. ; 188 pages . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
18657704New York: Ticknor & Fields 1865. 1st US appearance Gimbel E27. Buff printed wrappers. VG some minor edgewear & soiling. Pp. 739 - 743. 8vo. <br/><br/>Proctor a poet for whom Dickens wrote this introduction/memoir to her work of poetry 'Legends and Lyrics' which was published posthumously by Bell and Daldy in 1866. This Dec 1865 Atlantic Monthly version by Ticknor & Fields no doubt from advance sheets and may have appeared prior to the book publication in the UK a preliminary advert notes the title is 'Nearly Ready'. An uncommon item. Ticknor & Fields unknown books
186743721London: Chapman & Hall 1867. First edition. Stitched blue printed paper wrappers. A very good copy wrappers lightly worn at fore corners tiny tear at stitch hole on spine rear wrapper with small soil spot contents lightly browned a few marginal tears affecting the bottom of the column divider on pp.10-11. 48 pp. Double columns. 8vo. A collaboration of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Dickens wrote the Overture portions of the First and Fourth Acts and the entire Act III. Wilkie Collins wrote the remainder. Podeschi: E20. Eckel p. 168. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1897D7306London / New York: Chapman & Hall / Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. Gadshill Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Later binding by E. A. Thompson. Half gilt-ruled burgundy morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine 5 raised bands t.e.g.; 2 volumes 8vo 139 x 146 mm; pp. xxii 2 488 plus frontis. vignette title-p. and 23 plates; viii 2 480 plus frontis. 17 plates; complete. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall / Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
183955327Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1839. First US edn. phiz. 8vo pp. 403. Bound in scuffed leather backed boards. Lacks the portrait of "Boz" but with 40 plates. Wilkins Early American Bibliography notes: "page 17. Lea and Blanchard issued this in parts in 1838-1839 this was bound from them. Printed in double column. Some foxing etc a good copy. VanderPoel B1252; cf. Edgar & Vail p. 18; Page iv is not a blank containing the list of illustrations none of the plates precedes the title page nor is there a catalogue in the rear. Gimbel/ Podeschi A43. Amer. Imprints 55380. Lea & Blanchard unknown books
186445914London: Chapman and Hall 1864. Reprint of the first Bradbury and Evans 1858 edition 12mo pp. 114 1 ad; slightly later Zaehnsdorf half green calf over marbled boards brown gilt morocco spine labels t.e.g. marbled endpapers original green printed wrappers bound in; edges rather rubbed spine toned to brown old bookseller's description taped to front flyleaf some minor pinholes to front wrapper and first few leaves else interior very good. A nice copy over all. Forms part of the Cheap and Uniform Editions of Mr. Dicken's Christmas Books as was the first edition in book form. See Gimbel D31 for similar editions. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
18701271265London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in green hardcovers with black and gold gilt; VG; moderate soiling and fraying on boards; open gutter at center but good binding; library sticker inside front cover; pencil inscription and seal on end pages; paper faded with minor foxing; text clean; pp. 190; shelved in Case 2. 1271265. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Chapman & Hall, Ltd hardcover books
1866291446London: Chapman and Hall 1866. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An inexpensive edition of the five Christmas Books in the publisher's green cloth binding. The boards are embossed and the spine is stamped in gilt. A clipping about the "Religious Character of Dickens" is pasted to the front endpapers. Quite a pleasant copy. Very Good binding. Chapman and Hall unknown books
189956354NY & Boston: H.M. Caldwell Company 1899. Small 8vos. Art-nouveau design with leaves and flowers on red cloth top edges gilt. A lovely period binding. Illustrated. Very Good minor soil covers but gilt still nice & bright; contents clean & tight with few tiny spots front endpapers ink presentation dated 1899 on front blank page in each volume. A nice Art-nouveau period binding. <br/><br/> H.M. Caldwell Company hardcover books
184866205Four Portraits from " Dombey and Son" DICKENS Charles. BROWNE Hablot Knight illustrator. YOUNG Roland illustrator. Dombey and Son. The Four Portraits of Edith Florence Alice and Little Paul. Engraved Under the Superintendence of R. Young and H.K. Browne. And Published with the Sanction of Mr. Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall 1848. First edition. Octavo. Original pale blue printed wrappers. With four portraits of Edith Florence Alice and Little Paul. Pages detached but present. These plates were authorized by Dickens for the "Cheap Edition" of Dombey and Son. Good. The rear cover reads " In a few days will be published uniform with Dombey and Son." NCBEL III 798; Vander Poel B206 HBS 66205. $125 Chapman and Hall unknown books
1841TB26297Philadlphia: Lea & Blanchard 1841. Very good in gray-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" with tanning to the cloth on the spine and around the edges of the boards with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with the last three pages of the text showing a faint water mark at the upper margins with no impact on the illustrations. Without a dust jacket. Unpaginated. The volume is a collection of the illustrated plates by "Phiz" collected from Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and redrawn by Yeager. 39 engraved plates separated with tissue guards including the frontispiece portrait of Dickens of 40 listed in the contents. Printed by T. K. and P. G. Collins and stereotyped by J. Fagan. Gimbel A43 Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
1866583181866. DICKENS Charles. MUGBY JUNCTION the extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round. for Christmas 1866. Offered with: NO THOROUGHFARE by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Being the extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round. for Christmas 1867. London: All the Year Round; Chapman & Hall 1867. Each number is 48 pp. and in the original blue printed wrappers. The wrappers of both issues which are edgeworn and chipped have been carefully rebacked on the reverse with transparent tissue paper reinforced with a thin strip of the same on the spine and re-sewn. In addition the number for 1866 has the entire first and last pages of text reinforced with the transparent tissue. Some negligible foxing to text and soiling to wrappers of both issues with the 1866 number showing a couple of stains to the front wrapper. Acceptable but not collectible copies of two of the Christmas numbers in the original wrappers. Housed in a blue cloth clamshell box. For the pair:. unknown books
