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8vo., Third Edition, with an engraved title-vignette, neat contemporary signature on advertisement leaf, some light spotting to text; original decorative green cloth, upper board elaborately blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, black endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright copy. With the embossed trade stamp of W H Smith on front free endpaper. The first life of Dickens, first published in 1870 barely three weeks after Dickens' death. BLPC gives the author as Henry Thomas Taverner (acknowledged in the publisher's preliminary note) but the work is also attributed to Joseph Grego and William Moy Thomas. NCBEL gives joint authorship to Taverner and Hotten himself (see NCBEL III p.828). The work includes an extensive Appendix of anecdotes and reminiscences. An attractive if slightly aged copy. This edition is apparently not listed in BLPC.
pp. xiii, 175 + Frontis by C. Stanfield. Text foxed. 185 mm. Original quarter leather with marbled boards binding. Spine perished. Boards worn. In January 1842, Charles Dickens set sail for a lecture tour in America, accompanied by his wife Catherine and her maid. In America he received a reception reminiscent of those that met mop-headed rock stars of the 1960's. Americans, expecting him to be grateful for their warm reception, were staggered when this young British goodwill ambassador, at a dinner held in his honor in Boston, dared to criticize them as copyright pirates. Though crowds began to get a bit angry, he did not back down. A week later, in Hartford, he argued that a native American literature would flourish only when American publishers were compelled by law to pay all writers their due, rather than being able to publish the works of any foreign author for free. He argued that it was a bad custom that only served to discourage literary production by American citizens. Before Dickens' visit the American people were generally uninterested in the question of the United States's joining the International Copyright Union. Book, newspaper, and magazine publishers, though, were utterly opposed, and successfully lobbied against any such move in Congress. Undaunted, Dickens circulated a pro-copyright letter which he and a number of other British writers had signed, firm in the belief of the righteousness of their cause. Dickens showed great courage but little tact in assailing American public opinion on this vexing matter while the United States was paying him honors worthy of a national liberator. That he had not mentioned this issue in advance meant that his adoring audiences, taken by surprise, felt chagrined by the criticisms of this obviously mercenary young upstart who had come to their shores to take their money at the theater door and again in the bookshop. The work itself concentrated on his (not always positive) impressions of American life. Of particularly interest are those aspects of social welfare which he took a reformer's interest in, such as the prison system, or care for people with disabilities like blindness. He also was lavish in his stinging condemnation of slavery. TRAVEL BX 5
30 pages. Features: Victorian Silver; Oriental Cloisonne Enamels - a Western Collection; 100 Years after The Great Boz (Charles Dickens); The London Market; New Form of Pattern Glass for Canadian Collectors - 20th Century Antiques; Louisbourg - the Gibraltar of Canada; Don't Just Stand There - a dummyboard figure; Button Collecting; The Simeon Perkins House in Nova Scotia. Unmarked with moderate wear. Address label clipped from back cover. A sound copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.
4to, [iv],35,[1 blank],11pp., title in red and black, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed. Reproduction of the Dickens estate sale held in 1870.
3 vols., 8vo., with portrait frontispieces and illustrations in the text; first two volumes in cloth, gilt backs, dustwrapper, third volume in paperback, a near fine set. The set comprises: Vol. I: Essays, Introductions and Reviews. Edited and introduced by Pierre Coustillas with an Afterword by Alan Watts; Vol. 2: Charles Dickens. A Critical Study. Edited and introduced by Simon S. James with an Afterword by David Parker; Vol. 3: Forster's Life of Dickens. Edited and introduced by Christine DeVine with an Afterword by James A. Davies.
Paris, J. Hetzel & A. Lacroix, Editeurs, s.d. (fine anni '50 del secolo XIX), voll. 2, in-16, mezza tela coeva, pp. III, (1), 298, (2); (4), 346, (2). Grazie al noto traduttore dall'inglese (ed amico di Collins) Emile Daurand-Forgues, appare qui in volume per la 1a volta il dramma "Le Phare" (The Lighthouse); come spiega l'autore nelle pagine (277-284) prefatorie datate Londra, 1° luglio 1856, il testo non era mai stato pubblicato in inglese, ma solo messo in scena privatamente dall'amico e sodale Charles Dickens (che vi aveva anche ricoperto il ruolo principale, recitando con figlia e cognata), presso la sua residenza di Tavistock-House il 16, 18 e 19 giugno 1855. Prima serie in ottime condizioni; alla seconda serie: strappi restaurati, con minime perdite di testo reintegrate calligraficamente a 7 carte nelle novelle "Le Secret de Famille" e "Fauntleroy".
8vo., with monochrome illustrations; blocked red cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow and black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. New version of a best-selling FS title, with striking cover design by Foreman.
8vo., with frontispiece and 23 illustrations; patterned boards, cloth back lettered in black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. The FS Dickens Collection reproduces the 1937 Nonesuch texts and preserves the original Cruikshank illustrations.
16 pages. Contents: Bridal Coiffure cover illustrations; Ten miles from a lemon remedially considered, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions - autumn wraps, hats and bonnets; Personal; Embroidery Design for Morning Slipper; Knotted Watch Chain; Point Lace Rosette for Caps, Toilette Cushions (please note: 5"x4" clipping from this page 564); Embroidered Blouse Waist; Ladies' Autumn Dresses; Jewish Burial Rites; Out of the Forest - a story of Hungary, part II; Sayings and Doings; Great full-page illustration entitled "Not at Home" by William B. Myers shows a suitor being deflected by the butler; Beautiful full-page illustration entitled "On the Beach at Long Branch" shows three lovelies in a watefront coach; Paris Fashions; The Cryptogram - continued; Drawing "In Clover" by C.S. reinhart; Portraits and Home of Dickens; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
80 pages. Features: Photo of Frank Ifield with female admirers; Alice in Bachelor Land (fiction); Holiday Separates -#2 in fashion series, with nice colour photo; The Sultan's Daughter (serial); Careers - Choosing the Job That's Right for You; Photos of Cliff Richard, Rupert (Maigret) Davies and Brian (Z-Cars) Blessed; One-page colour-photo ad for Danish bacon features Nottingham Canteen Manager Arthur Cox; Monica Dickens with a strange story from the Riviera; SOS Radio Doctors - real life casebooks of London's emergency medical service; 4-page baby week special; Edge of Darkness (fiction); Diana Day and the search for teenage beauty; One-page colour ad for Crosse & Blackwell baked beans features sexy lady in swimsuit; Many lovely ads; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
100p. + Facsimiles. Original full paper covered boards binding. Slipcase. Soiled. First edition. One of only 100 copies, without the Bibliophile insignias, privately printed for Charles E. Goodspeed, as a part of the purchase price of the manuscript material contained in the book. In 1847 Charles Dickens published a pamphlet calling on ''fallen women'' to enter a Home established by his friend Bar oness Burdett-Coutts. For many years this pamphlet was unseen by Dickens collectors and some doubt was expressed as to its very existence. Then, in 1928, Charles E. Goodspeed purchased from the last secretary of the Baroness a copy of the pamphlet together with several letters from a correspondence relating to the home and, in particular, to the efforts of Charles Dickens on behalf of a Miss Caroline Maynard Thompson. These items were purchased from Mr. Goodspeed by the Bibliophile Society. The text of the pamphlet is reprinted here, along with that of the letters. VERY SCARCE **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN 1 W34
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: Warwick Castle; Washington Irving's Room in Red Horse Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon, England; Dickens' House at Rochester, England; Stokepoges Church; The Celebrated Bridge at the Frith of Forth, Scotland; St. George's Square, Glasgow; Melrose Abbey; The Cathedral in Strasburg; The Famous Strasburg Clock; The Church of the Madeleine, Paris; Tower of St. Jacques, Paris; The City Hall, Delft, Holland; Palace of Justice, or Court House in BrusselsGeirangerfjord, Norway; Jaffa Gate at JerusalemThe Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida. Moderate staining/soiling. Unmarked. Chips from rust brown covers. Book
Features: The Hollywood Posse - a gallant band of horsemen who made movie history - Jack Montgomery, Tom Mix, Ranger Jack Montgomery, and more; Mystery of Wolf Creek Point - Joe H. Smith's Ranch in Dickens County; A Sense of Justice - adapted from the memoirs of William T. Cowan 1873-1951; Wyoming Horses and Mules; Jim Bullard the Avenger - near Morenci , Arizona; We'll Miss Those Old Express Companies - Wells Fargo was the 'granddaddy'; Reincarnation in Walla Walla - William W. Davies; The Lost Cannon of Hernan Cortes - it was pure silver & fit for a king; Then the Buck Gang Rode; The Capture of Peg Leg; Georgetown Colorado's Hotel de Paris; Wild Old Days!; No Medals for Men or Beasts - the Los Angeles aqueduct was one area's salvation and another's doom. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
4to., First Edition thus, with a portrait frontispiece and full-page illustrations in the text; burgundy cloth gilt, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author's last published work, written twenty-odd years before his death and not intended for publication. However his family sold the rights to Associated Newspapers in 1933 who issued limited and trade editions.
8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 47 plates on 44, a folding plate on japon, 3 coloured Dickens wrappers in facsimile (all original tissue guards present) and double-page coloured house publication in facsimile (original tissue guard present); original black buckram, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, fore-edge very lightly spotted else a very good, bright, crisp copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOHN LESLIE BALE WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Published a month after the first edition. One of the most lavish publishing centenary histories, naturally emphasising the firm's relationships with its most notable authors including Ainsworth, Carlyle, Forster, Meredith, Trollope and, above all, Dickens. Bale was Managing Director of the fim from c.1914 to 1930 (see pp.272-4 et seq., plate facing p.272). 'The present position of the house as scientific and technical publishers owes simply everything to the vigour and judgement of Mr. Bale' (Waugh). AN IMPORTANT AND SCARCE ASSOCIATION COPY.
Features: Parents will never amount to much! - Jamie and Suzy Kitman; The World of Play - Colour photos of city kids at play; The Extraordinary Amidon School - the three R's plus discipline and old-fashioned teachers; Dickens' A Christmas Carol - colour photos; The Remarkable Life of a Little Genius - Peter Winston; The Small-Fry Boom - Kids are Big Business; My Father was 'Uncle Wiggily' - four members of an extraordinary family produced most of the books read by generations of American children, but father was best loved for writing the 'Uncle Wiggily' stories, by Roger Garis; A Day in the Life of a Pediatrician - Laurence Gesner Pray of Fargo, North Dakota. Nice colour Pepsi ad with colour Coke ad with Santa Claus on back cover. Book
152p., plus plates. One of 250 copies printed by the Bibliphile Society for William K. Bixby the owner of the letters, after 493 copies were printed for members of the Society Hardcover Very good condition, in worn slipcase Presented by Bixby to Edward M. Shepard. An A.L.S. from Bixby to Shepard giving him several books.
In 8°, pp. 190+2. Legatura moderna in mz pelle.Edizione figurata da 12 tavole f.t. In antiporta il ritratto di Charles Kipling. Lavoro incompiuto e pubblicato postumo.
Second Edition, revised and enlarged, xvi,[ii],272,[6]pp., one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, frontis., 28 illustrs., and facsimiles, cont. half morocco, t.e.g. uncut, slip-case, a nice copy.
72 pages. Features: The Caustic Genius of Sir Thomas Beecham; Christianity - Revival or Decline?; The Polish Art Treasures - colour Karsh photos of ancient and priceless heirlooms rushed from Poland at the outbreak of WWII; A Gift from the Princess - story by Mary E. Grannan - illustrated by Oscar Cahen; A Winter Vacation on a Summer-Cottage Budget - a cheap holiday for a family of four in hot Florida; Two-page colour-illustrated "Christmas Shopping Game" by Peter Whalley; An Excursion into Canada by Charles Dickens - a Maclean's flashback; The Alien - story by W.O. Mitchell - chapter 7. Average wear. External soiling. Coverfold partly open. Center page holding by one staple. Fore-edge opening to back cover which is missing 7"x2" chunk from bottom edge. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), illustrated title in red and black, 7 fine coloured plates and 9 line illustrations in the text, free endpapers faintly browned, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original publisher's binding of ivory cloth, upper board and backstrip patterned and lettered in gilt and green, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, fresh, crisp copy. Crisp copy of the second of Dickens' five 'Christmas Books', first published in 1844. Whilst all five tales have been severally illustrated across the years, the Brock editions of 1905-7 remain among the most colourful and evocative. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Kelly p.160.
76 pages. Features: Doctor's Diary - Colitis; Sweet Scatterbrain (short story); Adventure is Our Business - colour-photo illustrated of Pat and Glen Cottar and family in Kenya; Faraway Isle - short story; Monica Dickens article on originality includes photo of the Beatles; One-page colour ad for New Zealand butter; I'm So Happy Just to Be Alive - Paralysed Diane Thompson faced an empty future until she met a man whose love gave her the courage to live - photo-illustrated article; Song in Her Heart (serial); Photo of John Wayne with daughter Alissa; My Best Buy - colour-photo fashion feature with Venessa Denze, Jane Merrow, Mrs. Ted Dexter and Joanna Wallace; The Sultan's Daughtere (serial); Two-page colour-photo ad for Lion brand eggs (hard-boiled); Many lovely ads; and more. Tape repair to front cover. Chip fron top corner of back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features and Articles: Dean Acheson - the Man from Middletown; Gerard Graham Dennis - Canadian criminal; Charlie Monak of Detroit becomes a top man in a Pyramid Friendship Club - the fad that is infecting the nation; Anna Louise Strong; Exposing 14 million people in Russian slave labour camps; Shortage of women in Germany; "Imported Anti-Semetism - Furor over Dickens' Oliver Twist movie keeps it from U.S. screens; Israel chooses Jerusalem for the opening ceremony of its newly elected Constituent Assembly - Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Zionism's elder statesman, is President; Canada's Baby Bonus; George Drew - new leader of the Progressive Conservatives in Canada; McGill students vote a black girl, Beryl Dickinson-Dash, as their Winter Carnival Queen; Using airplanes to evacuate suffering Eskimos from stormy Somerset Island; Latin American Development; Boxer dog Zazarac Brandy wins dog shows; Leon Birkhead claims 'The Churchman' and its editor Rev. Guy Emery Shipler are involved with at least 25 'Communist front or Communist organizations; Military desire for guided missiles - uninhabited aircraft; Great black and white photo ad for Labatt's; Harvey O. Brooks - writer of the song A Little Bird Told Me; English pianist 'Solomon' comes to Carnegie Hall; Conductor Willem Mengelberg; A.Y.D. - American Youth for Democracy - a renamed version of the Y.C.L. (Young Communist League); 3,610 Chinese university students in the U.S. struggle to pay their bills after the war in their homeland; the FCC takes over a 160-metre amateur band for the use of loran - U.S. Ham Radio operators will end up with more elbow room; Tabloid newspapers; New Hampshire's Senator Charles R. Tobey has guns for Textron President Royal Little after the company wives out 3,500 jobs in Nashua, N.H.; Photo of Duo's 'Flagship' trailer which features a 'flying bridge' at the back; Colour photo ad for John McHale shoes inside back cover. This Canadian edition contains editorial content identical with the U.S. edition except for added Canadian news. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with over 350 illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original cloth gilt, gilt backs, backstrips lightly chafed at heads and tails else a very good, crisp, clean set. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
