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1896WRCLIT19175New York & London: Macmillan & Co. 1896. Gilt green cloth. Frontis. First American impression of this edition with the introduction published in format with the Macmillan "Uniform Edition." Wilkie Collins's coauthorship of the last title piece has been neatly noted in ink on the sectional title otherwise a fine bright copy. GIMBEL D131n. Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
1863WRCLIT82016London: Chapman & Hall 1863. viii526pp. Large octavo. Medium green cloth lettered in gilt stamped in blind. Pictorial title and plates. Ink name on free endsheet slight rubbing to cloth a very good copy. Chapman & Hall issued their first one volume edition in May of 1839 including the forty engravings by Cruikshank. This printing is in a binding sharing the style of the secondary bindings Chapman & Hall placed on the sheets of the titles taken over from Bradbury & Evans. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
18544953.2Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original green blindstamped cloth. VG tight/blinstamping sharp/sp sltly 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
1863WRCLIT82707London: Chapman & Hall 1863. xiv2624pp. plus errata. Large thick octavo. Publisher's original olive green cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Engraved frontis and title- page vignette. 38 engraved plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". Ink name on front free endsheet early repair to cracking of rear inner hinge some sunning and rubbing to the spine and wear to lower fore-tips small patch of rubbing through cloth along lower joint otherwise an unusually nice clean copy very good or slightly better. Uncommon in this condition in the publisher's cloth. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
19005885New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. xii2450pp. Title printed in red & black. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 11 plates plus numerous text sketches. Finely bound by Charles E. Lauriat Co. Boston in 1/2 red morocco gilt over cloth. T.e.g. Fine. "The Works of Charles Dickens. Vol. XXXIII." Printed from the edition that was carefully corrected by the author in 1867 and 1868. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1863WRCLIT82706London: Chapman & Hall 1863. xiv errata2624pp. Large thick octavo. Publisher's original olive green cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Engraved frontis and title- page vignette. 38 engraved plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". Ink name on front free endsheet slight cracking of rear inner hinge some sunning and rubbing to the spine and wear to lower fore-tips otherwise an unusually nice clean copy very good or slightly better. Uncommon in this condition in the publisher's cloth. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
19005887New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. xiv2426pp. Title printed in red & black. Illus. with a frontis. port. and 3 engraved plates by Harry Furniss. Finely bound by Charles E. Lauriat Co. Boston in 1/2 red morocco gilt over cloth. T.e.g. Fine. "The Works of Charles Dickens. Vol. XXIX." Printed from the edition that was carefully corrected by the author in 1867 and 1868. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1839LD7802Philadelphia / Paris: Lea & Blanchard / Baudry's European Library 1839 / 1844. possibly First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Binding broken; neatly detached text block all edges marbled; 8vo 2 volumes bound together; OLIVER TWIST pp. 4 title-p. list of illustrations TOC 13-212 plus 20 of 24 plates by George Cruikshank; IVANHOE pp. 2 title-p. blank 223 with text printed in double columns. Text blocks including plates a little foxed and browned but bright and clean overall. Nice early copies worthy of rebinding -- Dickens may be the First American Edition. <br/><br/> Lea & Blanchard / Baudry's European Library hardcover books
187825408.1Boston: Jones McDuffee & Stratton 1878. 1st separate edition Brussel EAST To WEST p. 85; Gimbel B221. Not in the NCBEL. Light grey printed wrappers stapled. Modest wear & soiling. A VG copy. 14 2 pp. Terminalplate of a Parian statuette of John A. Andrews. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Somewhat abridged version of Dickens' "A Plated Article" originally published in Household Words 1852 in which Dickens relates his visit to the Copeland Pottery works at Stoke-upon-Trent in Staffordshire. Jones McDuffee & Stratton unknown books
18683265.3Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. 1st edition Gimbel D-42; Kitton 417; Wilkins p. 41. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Some light foxing & staining to paper. Withal a respectable VG copy. 8 241 1 blank pp. Illustrated by Sol Eytinge 8 plates from the Diamond edition. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Contains a specially written preface by Dickens noting that the volume is compiled with his "full and free consent." Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
184635564Leipzig: Bernh Tauchnitz Jun 1846. 1st Tauchnitz editions Todd & Bowden A3 & 103Aa. Period black morocco-grain cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Some binding wear & spotting mostly to rear board. A VG copy. 88; 263 1 blank pp. 6-1/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Bernh Tauchnitz Jun hardcover books
184131233New York: J. Winchester Publisher 1841. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's green cloth with later cloth tape repair to spine & board corners. Usual foxing to paper. Period pos of William B. Baldwin. Ex-lib with bookplate to front paste-down. Front hinge starting at top. An About VG copy. 2 692 pp. Illustrated with 8 of at least 9 inserted full-page plates. 15" x 10-1/4" <br/><br/>Contains portions of 'Master Humprey's Clock' beginning in the June 1840 issue as well as Marryat's 'Poor Jack'. J. Winchester, Publisher hardcover books
185932705New York 1859. Early if not 1st US publication of this Dickens' letter reprinted from Yates' 1859 privately-printed pamphlet cf. NCBEL III 830 & 1083. Disbound. Splitting along vertical fold. Horizontal fold-line. Some edge rash and expected yellowing to paper. A VG copy. Dickens letter occupies 4-1/2 column inches above the fold on the front page. Entire newspaper 8 pp in length 6 columns per page. Elephant folio. 22-1/4" x 15-1/4" <br/><br/>A contemporaneous publication of Dickens' 24 November 1858 letter to Thackeray attempting to mediate the Garrick club brouhaha that sprung up between Thackeray & Edmund Yates a Dickens' protege of sorts. As a result of this conflict Dickens & Thackery became estranged not speaking again until shortly before Thackeray's death in 1863 cf. Johnson TRAGEDY And TRIUMPH pp 931 - 936. unknown books
1854WRCLIT66144New York: Bunce & Brothers 1854. 2333231pp. Octavo. Plum cloth decorated in blind lettered in gilt. Endsheets a bit foxed 1856 Christmas gift inscription spine sunned else very good. A combined edition of HOME NARRATIVES and THE WORLD HERE AND THERE; OR NOTES OF TRAVELLERS printed utilizing the plates of the Putnam editions. Several of the stories have supernatural themes. GIMBEL - PODESCHI D21. Bunce & Brothers hardcover books
185540533Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers 1855. 1st US book publication. Original publisher's printed buff-paper wrappers sewn. Edgewear & soiling to wrappers with spine paper mostly perished. Damping to lower corner of last couples leaves with a bit of adhesion. A Good copy. 29 1 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>King presently an enigma in literary history. we know Dickens published two of her stories in Household Words with this being the second preceded by "Why My Uncle was a Bachelor" February 11 1854. On receipt of this story submission Dickens wrote her that he found "very great merit" in the effort. The story was seriallized in 3 issues beginning May 12 1855. Cf. Lohrli HOUSEHOLD WORDS 1973. <br /> <br />OCLC records 2 institutional holdings. <br /> <br />Rare. T. B. Peterson & Brothers unknown books
184410720.2Boston: Benjamin H. Greene 1844. 2nd edition American Imprints 44-1238; NCBEL III 822; Cf. Sabin 11217 for the 1st & 3rd editions. Original printed blue wrappers. Front wrapper title: 'LETTER To A LADY In FRANCE In ANSWER To ENQUIRIES CONCERNING The LATE IMPUTATIONS Of DISHONOR Upon the UNITED STATES.". Usual foxing some curled upper corners and a qtr-circle dampstin to lower corner throughout most of text; overall VG. Period pos to top of front wrapper. iv 5 - 60 pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Benjamin H. Greene unknown books
189927458Rochester & Chatham: W. & J. Mackay & Co 1899. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. Lime green cloth binding stamped in black. Subtitled on front board "A Guide to Its Places & People.". VG. A nice copy. 6 4 92 10 pp. Advert eps preliminary & terminal pages. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> W. & J. Mackay & Co hardcover books
18859678London: George Redway 1885. 1st editon NCBEL III 780. Full faux vellum with gilt lettering. VG some soiling to binding/bpt/newspaper offset to t.p. & page opposite. 56 pp publisher adverts at rear. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover books
184434427Paris: Baudry's European Library 1844. 1st edition thus. Period brown half-calf bindings with marbled paper boards & edges. General wear & rubs to bindings. Volumes cocked. Prior owner signature & bookplate modern. A VG set of an uncommon edition with OCLC showing only 3 cc in the United States. 2 volumes 2 iv 543 1 blank; 4 483 5 blank pp. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> Baudry's European Library hardcover books
18829852London: Chatto & Windus 1882. 1st edition NCBEL III 1053. Olive green linen cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG sq & tight/spines darkened somewhat. 2 volumes. 8vo. <br/><br/>2 chapters in Volume I are of Dickens: 'Charles Dickens As An Editor' & 'Charles Dickens At Home'. There are 4 concluding chapters of interest to bibliophiles: 'Modern Printing' Old Booksellers and Their Hobbies' 'Old Catalogues' & 'Bookstalls and Book-Boxes'. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
18871002.2London: W. H. Allen & Co. 13 Waterloo Place 1887. 1st edition Cox 1124; NCBEL III 808; Sadleir 707a. Slate grey diaper cloth w/ gilt spine & cover lettering. VG minor wear at h/t of spine. i-viii 1-166 pp. Ads dated December 1887. Sm. Octavo. <br/><br/> W. H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place hardcover books
18484154.2London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st edition. Original blue publisher's cloth with gilt lettering/decorations. VG hinges cracked/owner sig on front pastedown. 704 pp frontis 8vo. <br/><br/>Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
1844012317various: various 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Contempary binding of half leather over marbleized covers of three "bestsellers" of mid-19thC. First Samuel Lever Handy Andy NY: Appleton 1845.380. Second Joseph Holt Ingraham Montezuma the Serf; Or the Revolt of the Mexitili: The Tale of the Last Days of the Aztec Dynasty Volumes 1-2 Boston: H. L. Williams 1945 122; 116. Third. Charles Dickens Boz. Martin Chuzzlewit. Phialdelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1844 320 double-column illustrated by Phiz 10 plates 2 of which are unbound should be 11. Binding split down middle front cover loose. Lightly foxed. Nice artifact of rebinding of popular novels of the period including the first American printing of Martin Chuzzlewit. various hardcover books
187556084np 1875. This consists of 36 "Dickens" playing cards: each card is 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 as follows: Color image of a Charles Dickens bust. 6 color images of Dickens books: Pickwick Papers Old Curiosity Shop Oliver Twist Nicholas Nickleby Barnaby Rudge David Copperfield. The other cards are divided into groups of 5 with images of characters from each novel. This set lacks one of the Oliver Twist cards. Couple of corners missing several with light waterstain. A very good set. unknown books
184135377Paris: Baudry's European Library 1841. 1st edition thus; published the same year as the 1st edition in London. Period black quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Blue marbled paper eps. General wear & rubs to bindings. Leather chipped at spine ends. PO name stamp. A VG copy. 8 367 1 blank pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/> Baudry's European Library hardcover books