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19081599London: Chapman and Hall 1908. The National Edition. Limited to 750 sets printed for England and America. this set unnumbered. Forty large octavo volumes. With approximately 1000 illustrations with plates by Cruikshank Browne Leech et al. Title-pages printed in red and black. With many reproductions or the original parts wrappers on colored paper.<br/><br/>Volume I with an envelope signed by Dickens and an ALS by John Foster Dickens' biographer. On the first blank of volume I is a mounted small envelope addressed by Dickens to Edward Chapman his publisher and signed by Dickens on the lower left corner. Facing that page is a mounted autograph letter signed by John Foster Dickens' friend and biographer addressed to George Cattermole the artist who illustrated The Old Curiosity Shop. Foster letter is on stationery and is dated 21 September 1860. Two sixteenmo pages on one octavo sheet folded.<br/><br/>Set is uniformly bound by Riviere & Son in half brown levant morocco over brown cloth. Morocco double ruled in gilt. Spines lettered in gilt and compartments triple-ruled in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Spines slightly sunned and some occasional minor rubbing and shelfwear. Overall a very attractive and near fine set. Chapman and Hall unknown books
18596601London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition. Very Good . Octavo leaves 212 x 133 mm. First edition bound from the original monthly parts as published from June to December 1859 with the stab-holes visible; this copy with the earliest state of p. 213 misnumbered "113" and the signature "b" present on the list of plates as preferred by collectors. Bound by Maclehose Glasgow in three-quarter burgundy morocco over marbled boards marbled end papers and marbled page edges. Outer joints professionally repaired a short tear to the printed title page no loss with light-moderate foxing mostly near the plates and a few stains to the leaves 80-81 and 98-99. Engraved frontispiece vignette title and 14 plates by H. K. Browne Phiz; despite the flaws a handsome copy overall.<br /> <br /> Dickens's great historical romance set during the French Revolution remains one of his best known and most widely read works. The novel was also serialized in the weekly journal All the Year Round from April 30 to November 26 1859 and published in book form on 21 November 1859. A Tale of Two Cities is considered one of the greatest of Dickens' works and contains one of the most recognizable openings in the English language: "It was the best of times it was the worst of times." Originally released in parts after its completion A Tale of Two Cities became and remains one of the most widely read novels in history selling over two hundred million copies to date. The book follows events in London and Paris around the time of the French Revolution and Dickens used Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution as both a source and inspiration. A complex novel of opposites and foils its exploration of national and individual identity selfish and selflessness love and sacrifice has inspired countless operas musicals and films including a 1935 movie nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.<br /> <br /> Eckel pp. 86-90; Gimbel A142; Hatton & Cleaver p. 331; Kremers pp. 108-112 Sadleir 701; Smith 13. Very Good . Chapman and Hall unknown
18537266London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First edition. Near Fine. Complete with all forty plates including the frontispiece title-page and the ten "dark plates." Has all three typographical errors associated with the first edition first issue: P.19 line 6: "elgble"; p. 209 line 23: "chair" instead of "hair"; and p. 275 line 22: "counsinship" instead of "cousinship." In a lovely example of the publisher's full purple morocco deluxe binding. All edges gilt yellow-coated end papers. In Near Fine unrestored condition with just light to moderate foxing throughout but generally an exceptional survivor. <br /> <br /> One of Dickens' finest novels the action in Bleak House revolves around a never-ending set of related Chancery Court cases to resolve the inheritance of a considerable estate. Dickens turns his pen to a biting condemnation of the system and the need for reform which shouldn't surprise the Dickens scholar. A complex novel and filled with subplots it engages and titillates the reader from start to finish. Noted by some for Inspector Bucket's prominent role in investigating a murder which earned it a spot on the Haycraft-Queen cornerstone list of detective fiction the novel is also memorable for its complex representation of femininity: "There's more to Esther than simple good nature. As the book progresses she reveals a dark angry wit. It is a wit that can still strike a chord today" The Guardian. An important social commentary and Dickens at his best. Near Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown
1852436892Manchester: Committee of the Manchester Athenaeum 1852. Unbound. Near Fine. Broadside printed in black and red. 10¼" x 21½". A few old roughly horizontal folds small tear at the edge of one fold faint offsetting on verso from an old mat but a very nice near fine example. A broadside program for a performance of a play by Bulwer-Lytton written in 1851 and performed to benefit the Literary Guild a society for struggling authors. The performance of the Bulwer-Lytton play was best remembered for its cast which included Charles Dickens Wilkie Collins and fellow writers Peter Cunningham and Douglas Jerrold Punch editor Mark Lemon and artists Augustus Egg and John Tenniel. Dickens and Collins met for the first time during the opening night performance which was attended by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.<br /> <br /> Performances of the plays were repeated on several additional occasions over the course of the following year for the charity this performance among them. The performances were advertised with broadsides that follow similar formats but each is rare. OCLC locates a single similar example each for the Derby and Sheffield performances two for Liverpool and two for Newcastle but no copies for the Manchester performance. Further searching appears to locate copies of the Manchester broadside at both the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare. Committee of the Manchester Athenaeum unknown
19036510East Aurora: Roycroft Press 1903. First Edition. First Edition. 8vo 9 x 6 inches. David Ogle: OB-003-96 pictured full-page and color on pg. 201. THE ONLY KNOWN SIGNED KINDER BINDING with Kinder's monogram "LK" stampled to inside back cover on the lower dentelle as well as Roycroft's "orb and cross mark" to side dentelle. The signature is a sort of cuneiform mark "made from four sequential impressions of the same binder's tool shaped like the parenthesis symbol. impressed in the order to form an approximation of the initials "LHK. This mark was first discovered in an inlaid full leather specimen of 'The Holly Tree' i.e. our copy and no other examples of the mark are presently known. David Ogle "On a High Shelf" pg 59. A striking Kinder binding in full light green crushed morocco with repeating gilt-tooled circle design motif highlighted by inlaid circles and squares on end in ochre and dark green morocco on both covers. Spine with similar though linear gilt and inlaid motif. #17 of 100 copies on Japan Vellum Signed and Numbered by Hubbard. Colored title-page and full-page border designs by Samuel Warner prominent early Roycroft artist who designed Elbert Hubbard's first personal bookplate. Decidedly a great rarity and certainly a cornerstone to any serious Roycroft collection. Fine condition. Roycroft Press unknown
2973Spines and boards lightly rubbed and edgeworn; repair to spine head of volumes one; joints slightly overopened; "by C. Dickens" in pencil to title page; moderate toning occasional page creases and thumbsoiling throughout; bookplates to front endleaves. very good. Boz Charles Dickens. George Cruikshank illustrator. Oliver Twist; or the Parish Boy's Progress 3 Vols. London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition in book form first issue with "Boz" to title page and suppressed "Fireside" plate facing page 313. <br /> Three octavo volumes. 331; 307; 315pp. Illustrated with plates after drawings by George Cruikshank. Brown full leather gilt-stamped titles to spines marbled edges and endleaves. <br /> . unknown
1864024785New York: John Bradburn. First Book Printing anywhere. The publication of the monthly parts began in London in May 1864. While the serialization was still in progress John Bradburn in New York published "Book the First/ The Cup and the Lip" in October 1864 in a cloth binding making his volume the first book printing anywhere. 317 pp. On the Title Page: "Our Mutual Friend./ By/ Charles Dickens/ New York:/ Published by John Bradburn/ successor to M. Doolady/ 49 Walker-Street/ 1864. The title faces the frontispiece and the copyright page is blank. Including the frontispiece I count 7 full-page plates. Original brown stamped cloth with a man with a walking stick at the top of the spine surrounded by the title and author in gilt. Lower on the spine is "Book First." Eldgewear with some loss especially at the bottom of the spine a small edge tear on one leaf with no text affected a surprisingly clean text without tanning or foxing Good. Rare in any condition. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1864. John Bradburn hardcover
1843331281London: Chapman & Hall 1843. First. paperback. Phiz. Illustrations by Phiz 20 numbers in 19 parts. Original blue-green pictorial wrappers. London: Chapman & Hall 1843. First Edition.<br/> <br/> The first number is lightly dust soiled & worn at the fore-edge. The other volumes are fine and near fine with a neat early ownership signature on some of them. An unusually clean solid and well cared for set in a half morocco clamshell case that has been repaired at one joint.<br/> <br/> Chapman & Hall unknown
18375371London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition. Near Fine. Bound in the publisher's full crushed purple morocco all edges gilt. Stamped in gilt on the spine and with blind rules on the boards and spine. With original yellow-coated end papers. A lovely Near Fine copy overall. One spot of offsetting on the first couple leaves otherwise quite clean internally. The book complete and entirely unrestored. <br /> <br /> Collating xvi 609 1 complete with half title and 43 inserted plates. A few of Hatton and Cleaver's first issue points to the later half of text; all plates in the Phiz states and with the later Chapman & Hall imprints. Given that the early parts continued to be reprinted and corrected while the later parts were produced it is common for the cloth-bound or publisher's morocco-bound copies to have most of the earlier misprints corrected as here.<br /> <br /> Dickens' first novel showcasing his astounding talent for sketching charming sympathetic characters helped to launch his career. "Its main literary value and appeal was formed by its numerous memorable characters.The Pickwick Papers are mostly a series of humorous misadventures with a bit of satire that give some insight into the mores of Victorian society. You can witness Dickens here working on a few prototypes that will show up in later novels.you also see his social consciousness manifesting itself" Inverarity. An important early work that remains beloved by Dickens' fans for its sensationalism and humor. Near Fine. Chapman and Hall unknown
1837884683London:: Chapman and Hall 1837. 43 engraved plates by Seymour Buss and Hablot K. Browne. COSWAY-STYLE blue morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere covers paneled in gilt with an oval portrait miniature of a young Charles Dickens within a decorative frame on the front cover and an oval portrait miniature of an elder Dickens on the rear; spine gilt turn-ins tooled in gilt pale blue watered silk doublures and liners a.e.g. Custom blue cloth slipcase. Tiny repairs to the magins and to the upper corner of the plate facing p.579. A magnificent book. First Edition. Fine. 8vo. Chapman and Hall, hardcover
18439027004London: Chapman and Hall 1843. 3rd edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in publisher's original red orange cloth with blind stamped covers and front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Four hand-colored plates by John Leech and four black and white wood engravings by W. J. Linton. A Christmas Carol has had an involved publishing history much to the delight of bibliographical detectives. According to John Eckel it was publishedon December 19th 1843 and sold 6000 copies on the first day. Before the end of the year eleven days later it was in the third edition with the combined number of copies of the second and third editions being estimated at only two to three thousand copies. This means that the second and third editions were at least two to three times scarcer than the first although not as complicated with the three states and trial copies that distinguished the first edition. During the haste of the early stages of production Dickens was trying to determine exactly how he wanted the book to appear and experimented with the color of end papers with red blue green and yellow eventually settling on yellow. On the title page he experimented with red green and blue eventually settling on red and blue as his preference. There were many textual errors corrected mostly in the second edition although not entirely. Binding variants were yet another issue. This copy has the title page printed in red and blue with the words "Third Edition" printed in blue. The end papers are yellow. This copy has the heading "Stave I" which was eventually changed to "Stave One." An error on page 49 line 2 was uncorrected remaining so in the third edition. It involved "and-bye ways" the hyphen being misplaced. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
41823most probably Charles Dickens Kneller BURNETT 1841-1881 the son of his elder sister Fanny sending him "the desk I told you about. I hope you will like it and find everything you want inside. Also there are three books that I think very pretty to read. Perhaps. you may not be quite old enough yet to read them. Never mind. You will soon grow out of that for I never knew a boy yet who stood still in his age or got younger. I hope you will think of me sometimes when you use the desk or read the books and will say 'Oh what a jolly old Godfather!'." with a postscript under his signature "There's a flourish for you!" 2 sides 8vo. Devonshire Terrace 21st June On 13th May 1841 nine months after his sister Fanny Burnett became godmother to his third born child Kate Perugini Dickens acted as Godfather to her second child. Like his physically handicapped elder brother Henry on whom Dickens is supposed to have based the character of Paul Dombey Charles Dickens Kneller Burnett was baptised at Old St Pancras. The family moved to Manchester but moved back to London with the financial help of Dickens when Fanny became dangerously consumptive. She died in September 1848 and her bother Henry followed. six months later. Dickens wrote to his distraught brother in law of his godson "you have a brave fine boy to rear up still and God send that he may be a source of happiness to you.". Given the tone of the letter is is almost certain that he would be talking to a young boy rather than one of his other godsons who were older. This letter is not mentioned in the definitive Pilgrim Edition either in the appropriate place or in the appendix of additional discoveries. unknown
188631431Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company at the Riverside Press 1886. One volume expanded to two. A UNIQUE COPY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED AND WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. With the eleven engraved original portraits featuring handwriting facsimiles and OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY extra engraved portraits and views from various sources AND WITH SEVEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTES OR LETTERS BOUND IN. Crown 8vo in very fine and luxurious full chocolate crushed morocco by the Monastery Hill Bindery the covers with double-frames composed of 5 gilt ruled lines the four corners with large gilt tooled decorations in a vine leaves and berries motif the spines with six double-gilt framed compartments separated by gilt-ruled raised bands four tooled with gilt leaves in the corners two compartments lettered in gilt additional gilt rule at the heads and tails of the spine gilt stippled board edges the turn-ins with wide gilt panels gilt decorated in a geometric motif surrounding a all-over green morocco inlay with geometric frame featuring elaborate gilt floral corners fine dark-green silk end-leaves top edges gilt. The bindings protected by felt-backed cloth covered chemises and encased in matching felt lined morocco backed slipcases with raised bands and lettering in gilt in two of the compartments. 250; 2 253-419 pp. A beautiful set in very fine condition the slipcases only with some trivial rubbing. A UNIQUE AND EXQUISITE COPY WITH OVER A HUNDRED EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS AND FINE MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL INCLUDED. The author's literary portraits of his friends is here greatly enhanced with the seven bound in notes and letters. There is a four page signed and dated letter by the author James T. Fields a one page note on printed stationery dated and signed by Dickens' longtime friend and biographer John Forster; a two page literary letter on blue paper dated and initialed by Charles Dickens in 1856; a clipped dated signature by English writer Mary Russell Mitford; a three page letter in the hand of Miss M. R. Mitford; a one page signed and dated note by English Poet Bryan Waller Procter; and a signed manuscript note by poet author and activist Walter Savage Landor.<br> James T. Fields was a prolific American writer and contemporary and friend of the Transcendentalists and other important New England authors as well. Here he gives us literary biographies and commentaries on Thackeray Hawthorne Dickens Wordsworth Miss Mitford and Bryan Proctor who wrote under the pseudonym of 'Barry Cornwall'. There is within these pages much commentary on other writers and famous persons such as Alexander Pope Shakespeare and others. Added to all of this in the way of extra-illustrations are portraits of noted individuals ranging from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Abraham Lincoln Charles Dickens Nathaniel Hawthorne and contemporaries and subjects of the writers from Andrew Jackson to Napoleon Bonaparte. Houghton, Mifflin and Company at the Riverside Press hardcover
185930440London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition First Issue with p. 213 mis-numbered 113 and signature b to the list of illustrations leaf and the required mis-spelling at p. 134. With 16 illustrations by H. K. Browne including a frontispiece and vignette title page. 8vo very handsomely bound in antique three-quarter tan calf the covers with fine marbled paper over the boards the spine elaborately decorated within panels gilt tooled at the borders and with central gilt ornamental pieces between raised bands lettered in gilt on contrasting maroon and brown morocco lettering labels l blue marbled endleaves a.e.g. viii list of plates 254pp. A fine and very handsome copy indeed the prelims with some browning from long ago. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. TALE OF TWO CITIES ranks amongst the most famous works in the history of literary fiction. It is one of only two works of historical fiction by Charles Dickens and stands out from most of Dickens's other novels as the one containing the least humour. That is not surprising as the historical context of the novel the French Revolution and Reign of Terror were a bit bleak to allow for the wackier characters Dickens is known for. This fact has in no way impacted the novel’s popularity it has never been out of print and by the start of the 21th century had sold an estimated 200 million copies worldwide. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1843125019London: Chapman and Hall 1843-48. Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a tenth edition with the half-title printed in blue title-page printed in red and blue verso printed in blue hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Second edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year with the half-title engraved frontispiece and pictorial vignette title page. First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home with half-title frontispiece and vignette title page second state ad leaf. First edition of the Battle of Life: A Love Story with half-title advertisements frontispiece and fourth state vignette title page. First edition of The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time with advertisements frontispiece and vignette title page. Each volume is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice set. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas. It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievementthe one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall hardcover
1843125019London: Chapman and Hall 1843-48. Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a tenth edition with the half-title printed in blue title-page printed in red and blue verso printed in blue hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Second edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year with the half-title engraved frontispiece and pictorial vignette title page. First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home with half-title frontispiece and vignette title page second state ad leaf. First edition of the Battle of Life: A Love Story with half-title advertisements frontispiece and fourth state vignette title page. First edition of The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time with advertisements frontispiece and vignette title page. Each volume is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice set. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievementthe one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1838146153London: Richard Bentley 1838. First editions of Dickens's classic second novel. Octavo three volumes bound in full calf morocco spine labels gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels inner dentelles top edge gilt marbled endpapers mixed issue with "Boz" on title and the "Church" plate in place of the "Fireside" plate half-titles present in volumes I and II as called for; illustrated with etched frontispieces and twenty-one plates by George Cruikshank. With the original spine cloth bound in at rear of each volume. In near fine condition. An exceptional set. "Dickens turned in Oliver Twist to the novel of crime and terror Some characters are drawn with humorous realism but for the most part humor is dimmed by gloomy memories of the authors own neglected childhood and sensational scenes are shrouded in an atmosphere genuinely eerie and sinister That Dickens shared with his contemporaries the conviction that the novel should be an instrument of social reform is evident in Oliver Twist" Baugh. Richard Bentley hardcover
1861170808003London: Chapman & Hall 1861. First Edition Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition second impression. Stated "Second Edition" on all title pages. 344; 351; 344pp. Complete in three volumes. Contemporary leather with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Bound without ads quite likely as issued. Bibliographer Walter E. Smith describes printings two through five as indistinguishable except for their title pages which may have been printed at the same time to give the impression of brisk sales. All had the same textual errors etc. Bindings edge-worn leather starting to split along spine edges hinges a bit tender gilt barely legible. Internally Very Good with some light corner creasing stray light stains and foxing. A very nice set of the classic novel. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
18361906007Carey Lea and Blanchard 1836. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Five volumes complete. The true first edition of Dickens's first book Pickwick Club which came out as a book in the US before the first UK book edition. Like most of Dickens' novels this novel was issued in shilling installments before being published as complete volumes. All five volumes are in the first state very rare thus. We are aware of no other complete first state sets for sale on the market. Very good original condition unrestored. This is the first printing of the first published book by Dickens. Housed in a handsome custom-made collector's clamshell case with leather spine. Carey Lea and Blanchard hardcover books
19371131881937. DICKENS Charles. The Works Nonesuch Dickens. Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press 1937-38. Twenty-five volumes including wood-engraved plate in clamshell box uniform with 23 text volumes. Tall octavo original full colored cloth original black morocco spine labels. $8000.The famed Nonesuch Dickens one of the best and most sought-after editions of Dickens works one of only 877 sets produced with hundreds of illustrations reprinted from the original wood- or steel-engraved blocks by various artists including Cruikshank Phiz Graves Stone and Tenniel. This set with an original engraved steel plate for the frontispiece The Tower of the Chimes from The Chimes drawn by Daniel Maclise as well as an accompanying proof print and authentication letter housed in clamshell box uniform with the 23 text volumes and the accompanying volume Nonesuch Dickensiana.Dickens ""in his own realm has always been unrivalled His sleepless imagination exaggerated the comic side of everything and developed the suggestions of reality into humorous idealisms far transcending the proportions of ordinary life"" Baker. The Nonesuch Dickens is regarded as the definitive collected edition. In addition to the novels the set includes two volumes of Collected Papers miscellaneous articles and prefaces three volumes of Letters and a volume of Reprinted Pieces The Uncommercial Traveller and eight stories from the Illustrated Library Edition of 1875. The publishers produced 877 sets because this was the number of original steel plates and wood blocks available to include one with each set. The plate comes with a print made from it and a typed letter of authenticity signed by Arthur Waugh. Some illustrations from lost or destroyed blocks have been replaced with images printed from blocks reproduced photographically from first edition plates; some of the plates from the ""Christmas Books"" are printed in color as they were originally issued. Bound as issued in variously colored cloth bindings designed by Leighton-Straker. With the accompanying volume Nonesuch Dickensiana which includes the article ""Charles Dickens and His Illustrators"" by Arthur Waugh ""A Bibliographical List of the Original Illustrations to the Works of Charles Dickens Being Those Made Under His Supervision"" by Thomas Hatton a Retrospectus of Dickens' works and a Prospectus for the Nonesuch Dickens. Blank front free endpaper in Bleak House excised. Owner signatures in Nonesuch Dickensiana only.Interiors fine mild toning occasional faint soiling to spines of original cloth. Near-fine condition. hardcover
18432402016London: Chapman and Hall 1843. First. hardcover rebound in leather. Near fine. A very good first edition second issue with "Stave One" on first page. Rebound in handsome gold gilt lettered and decorated red leather. Slight repair to right side of front plate. The most famous book ever written about Christmas. A classic work produced on countless stages around the world every year. Housed in a custom-made cloth slipcase. Chapman and Hall unknown
18382205001London: Richard Bentley 1838. First. hardcover. Very good. First edition three volumes original cloth with author "Boz" not "Charles Dickens" on title page of each volume. Not Fireside plate in volume three. Preliminary ad page in front of volume three missing bottom 1 1/2 inches. The true first edition listing "Box" as author in the original cloth is uncommon and preferred by collectors. Richard Bentley unknown
1848376811London: Chapman & Hall; Bradbury & Evans 1848. Illustrations throughout hand-colored in A Christmas Carol. 5 vols. 8vo. Red full calf with gilt borders devices to spines turn-ins with spine title labels original cloth covers and spine bound-in aeg by Bayntun. Edges rubbed spines rubbed bumps to a couple of corners; The Cricket with crack along top section of spine The Haunted Man with chipped off section at head of spine in-painted; in custom slipcase. Illustrations throughout hand-colored in A Christmas Carol. 5 vols. 8vo. Dickens' immortal Christmas stories comprising: <br /> 1 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall 1844. Title printed in red and blue half-title printed in blue. First edition third issue with "Stave One"<br /> 2 The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. London: Chapman & Hall 1845. First edition second issue<br /> 3 The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans 1846. First edition ad leaf lacking<br /> 4 The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition fourth state of pictorial title Todd E1 Eckel 4. <br /> 5 The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. First edition. Chapman & Hall; Bradbury & Evans unknown
18361906007Carey Lea and Blanchard 1836. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Five volumes complete. The true first edition of Dickens's first book Pickwick Club which came out as a book in the US before the first UK book edition. Like most of Dickens' novels this novel was issued in shilling installments before being published as complete volumes. All five volumes are in the first state very rare thus. Very good original condition unrestored. This is the first printing of the first published book by Dickens. Housed in a handsome custom-made collector's clamshell case with leather spine. Carey Lea and Blanchard hardcover
1849149546London: Bradbury and Evans May 1849-November 1850. First edition in the original parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Complete set of the original parts with all of the etched plates and most of the advertisements. Octavo original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen 624 pp. plus xiv pp. of preliminaries errata leaf in the final part. With 40 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" including the frontispiece & added title. Part IX lacking last 4 pp. of "Works." ad at rear as well as the 2 pp. "Now Ready." ad; Part XV with extra sets of the last 2 ads at rear some parts with spines perished partially or completely some spines reinforced toning to plates as is usual. In very good condition. Housed in two custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcases. “With many lovers of the author’s works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick…. it would be strange if it had been otherwise†Eckel 77. “Dickens and Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration†and Copperfield was their “most popular success†Hodnett 111-12. "Charles Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. Bradbury and Evans unknown
