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18943456Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1894. Large Paper Edition Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Large Paper Edition Limited Edition. Leather Bound. 32 vol. Charles Dickens The Works of Charles Dickens.<br /> Large Paper Edition Limited Edition limited to 500 sets of which this is no. 35. With critical and bibliopgraphic introductions and notes by Edwin Percy Whipple and others. Illustrated with steel protestors and engravings from the original designs by Browne Cruikshank Leech and others. illustrated frontispiece in plates of three states. Marbled endpapers top edges gilt raised bands on spine. Bound in 3/4 red Morocco leather with marbled boards gilt detailing on covers and floral gilt motifs on spine compartments. Published Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1894.<br /> H: 9" W: 6 1/2" D: 1 1/2". Houghton, Mifflin and Company unknown
18371272001837. First Edition. DICKENS Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall 1837. Thick octavo contemporary three-quarter purple polished calf gilt red morocco spine label marbled boards and edges. $6500.First edition bound from the original parts mixed first and later issues of one of Dickens' greatest works with 43 illustrations by Seymour Phiz and Buss attractively bound.""From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been firmly established It was written by Dickens when he was 24 and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed . It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book exceed Pickwick Papers in circulation"" Eckel 17. ""Never was a book received with more rapturous enthusiasm than that which greeted the Pickwick Papers!"" Allibone I:500. Pickwick was the first volume in which Dickens was acknowledged as the author rather than using his pen name ""Boz."" Originally issued in 20 parts from April 1836 to November 1837. With 43 illustrations by Robert Seymour and Hablot Knight Browne ""Phiz"" or ""Nemo"" including frontispiece and vignette title page and with the scarce plates by Robert William Buss at pages 68 and 74 suppressed in later issues. Includes marginal note on page 9 that was suppressed in later issues Smith I:3. Mixed issue with six of the seven first-issue points elaborated by Smith after Hatton & Cleaver though H&C stress that ""to pass the test of earliest issue copies must contain the single leaf which was printed without signature 'E' at the foot of page 25"" H&C 13. Smith's and Hatton & Cleaver's remaining six first issue points are indeed present in this copy: page 260 line 29 with ""hodling"" for ""holding""; page 267 figure ""7"" in page number slightly elevated; page 341 line 1 correctly reading ""inde-licate"" and line 5 reading ""inscription""; page 342 line 5 with ""S. Veller"" uncorrected; page 400 line 21 with ""this friends""; and page 432 with the ""F"" in the ""OF"" of the headline imperfect. With ""Directions to Binder""/errata leaf. Without half title. Smith I:3. Eckel 17-58. Gimbel A15. Bookplate; old bookseller ticket.Some foxing to plates; text generally clean. Contemporary calf-gilt sound and attractive. hardcover
1915366058London: William Heinemann 1915. First edition Deluxe Issue one of 525 copies signed by Rackham. 12 full page mounted illustrations in color and 20 drawings in black and white by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Original full gilt-decorated vellum t.e.g. Silk ties renewed. Housed in custom vellum backed box with chemise. Rackham Arthur. First edition Deluxe Issue one of 525 copies signed by Rackham. 12 full page mounted illustrations in color and 20 drawings in black and white by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Notes Hudson: "Rackham is not usually remembered as an illustrator of Dickens but A Christmas Carol was decidedly successful for he contrived to adapt the tradition of 'Phiz' and Cruikshank to his own characteristic style in the pictures of Victorian London and at the same time found scope for his fantasy in the ghost scenes. We also find him here developing his special talent for silhouette rare among illustrators. He was well qualified by sympathy to interpret Dickens in certain of his moods" Latimore and Haskell p. 44; Riall p. 124; Hudson p. 106 William Heinemann unknown
1859130399London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist an authentic ogress and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. “Dickens had always admired Carlyle’s History of the French Revolution and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a ‘cartload’ of volumes… So great was Dickens’ enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed ‘taken in possession’ of him… The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens’ real sense of transcendence from his ability to see the sweep of destiny†Ackroyd 858. The last of Dickens’ books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne “Phiz†with 16 engraved plates by him. “Browne for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these Dickens’ books produced his last drawings for the present work… Bradbury and Evans the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickens’ works as issued in monthly parts had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorrit… resulting in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding works†Hatton & Cleaver 333. Chapman and Hall unknown
18536138London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First edition. Very Good . Complete with all 40 plates which include the frontispiece title-page and the 10 "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 what we believe is a publisher's full straight-grain morocco binding plain yellow end papers all edges gilt. Joints repaired moderate darkening and foxing to most plates heaviest at the frontis and engraved title. <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. Very Good . Bradbury & Evans unknown
10045London March 1852-September 1853: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. H. K. Browne Phiz. In the original monthly parts 20 parts in 19 in the original green printed wrappers. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. FIRST ISSUE OF THE TEXT uncorrected thus: in part I page 19 line 6 with "elgble" - part VII page 209 line 23 with "chair" - part IX page 275 line 22 with "counsinship." ANNOTATED in part II on the final page of text as we have seen in other copies: "CP" meaning "clean and perfect" and with the initials of bibliographer Thomas Hatton "TH" on the same page. Please note that "The Village Pastor" a small booklet present here is often missing because it was removed to make use of the subscription form which appears on the inside of rear wrapper. Plates in part V show light off-setting. Plates in parts VI X XV XVI XVII and XVIII are lightly tanned at edges not affecting illustrations; all other plates are very good to fine. Tissue guards are in place. Several spines have been expertly renewed. Subscriber name on front wrap of parts XVI and XVII. Bookseller ticket on front wrap of part XII. Octavo i-viiviii-xxixii-xivxvxvi 12-624. Housed in a handsome red quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver Collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Rare books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pages 275-304. Bradbury and Evans unknown
1838150707London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition of one of Dickens' most recognizable works with "By Boz" to each title page and the corrected "Church" plate. Octavo three volumes bound in full levant red morocco by Bayntun Riviere with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling and central gilt vignette depicting a bust of Dickens to each front panel gilt facsimile autograph to each rear panel gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by Bayntun Riviere marbled endpapers all edges gilt etched frontispiece to each volume and 21 plates after George Cruikshank. Early signature dated 1839 to the title page of vol. 1 and versos of frontispieces second issue. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. Dickens turned in Oliver Twist to the novel of crime and terror fusing elements of the Gothic and the sensational with an unflinching realism about poverty violence and institutional cruelty. As Baugh observes while certain figures are rendered with “humorous realism†the prevailing tone is notably darker: the work is shadowed by “gloomy memories of the author’s own neglected childhood†and its most dramatic episodes unfold within an atmosphere “genuinely eerie and sinister.†The novel’s emotional intensity and moral urgency were not merely aesthetic choices but reflected Dickens’s broader conviction—widely shared among his contemporaries—that fiction could serve as an instrument of social reform. Through its exposure of the workhouse system the criminal underworld and the precariousness of childhood itself Oliver Twist advanced a sustained critique of social indifference and the structural injustices that shaped early Victorian life. Richard Bentley unknown
183668503Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1836. Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1836-37.<br> <br> First edition Precedes the first English edition in book form and precedes the New York edition in parts by 2 years. Volume I 1st issue with no 'Part First' on title or spine label. Volume II 2nd issue with 'sporting' on one line on title-page. All other volumes 1st issue. Five twelvemo volumes 7 7/16 x 4 5/16 inches; 188 x 111 mm. 2 blank 5-6 publisher's ads vii-xii 13-219 1 publisher's ads 4 publisher's catalog; iv 5-228; 4 publisher's ads iv 5-232 4 publisher's ads 2 blank; 2 blank 4 publisher's ads iv 5-223 3 blank; 2 blank 4 publisher's ads viii 5-205 1 blank 3 publisher's ads 11 table of contents for v. I and v. II. 2 blank pp. Volume I with the final 4-page advertisements entitled "new novels" not the 12 page publisher ads. Regarding this Smith notes "Some copies of Part First may have only four pages of numbered advertisements bound in at the end headed "New Novels &C."<br> <br> Original quarter pink cloth over brown drab boards. Printed paper spine labels. Boards with wear and spines sunned. Labels are rubbed and occasionally chipped but are mostly still legible. Leaves foxed and toned as usual for American sheets. Volume I with previous owner's old ink signature on front free endpaper. Some mild marginal damp staining to Volume I only touching text in the back advertisements. Volume III with pages 129-132 sprung. Volume IV slightly skewed. Occasion signatures printed on darker brownish-pink paper including Volume II signatures 1-7 and 9 and Volume IV signatures 11 and 13. All volumes housed in a red cloth clamshell with printed paper label. Overall a very good set.<br> <br> "This rare american edition preceded the English book edition by several months. The volumes were issued between November 1836 and December 1837. After the initial publication of volume I the volumes were issued simultaneously with the parts in England. Only about 1500 copies of the first volume were issued and this is now hard to find in the first issue state. As Dickens' popularity grew so the print run for subsequent parts increased and volumes I and II were reissued." Sotheby's.<br> <br> Smith 2.<br> <br> HBS 68503.<br> <br> $6500. Carey, Lea & Blanchard unknown
183770082London:: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition in book form; mixed state of text. publisher's deluxe full purple morocco gilt letterd spine; a.e.g. preserved in a custom 1/4 morocco slipcase. A few very minor scuffs to the surface of the leather; a beautiful copy. 8vo. Frontispiece added engraved title page and forty-three additional illustrations by Robert Seymour 7 the rare Robert William Buss 2 and Hablot Knight Browne Phiz 34; later issues with the publisher's imprint. Smith Pt. One 3; Gimbel A 16 noting three leather bound copies inscribed by Charles Dickens. Chapman and Hall, hardcover
1842123046Paris: L. Curmer 1842. First edition of this collection which Carteret considers to be one of the most important illustrated books of the 19th century. Octavo elaborately bound in full red morocco with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands elaborate gilt ruling and stamping to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles elaborately decorated green morocco doublures hand-stitched patterned endpapers all edges gilt with intricate botanical carvings illustrated with eleven frontispiece titles by Trimolet Charles Jacque Penguilly etc. and numerous vignettes throughout the text. In fine condition. Rare and desirable. This collection of ten short narratives mostly Gothic or exotic from the literatures of several countries is one of the most charming books of the Romantic period" Ray. L. Curmer unknown
185116970London: Chapman and Hall 1851. First Edition. Full leather. Near fine. From the personal library of Charles Dickens the first edition of Sermons in Sonnets by Chauncy Hare Townshend. Octavo vii 323pp. Finely bound in full red morocco gilt trim along borders gilt turn-ins and gilt edges. Five raised bands title in gilt on spine. Bindery's imprint "Chapman & Hall 186 Strand" at top of front endpaper. Solid text block light wear to corners and hinges. Faint toning to endpapers a near fine copy. Includes a bookplate belonging to Charles Dickens affixed to front endpaper with a lion facing left. Another bookplate from the estate sale of Charles Dickens with the notation: "Gadshill Place June 1870." Gad's Hill Place in Higham Kent was Dickens' home from 1857 until his passing on June 9 1870. The contents of the library at Gad's Hill were hand-written by Carles Dickens Jr. who inherited the library upon his father's passing. This copy is found in the Dickens Jr. catalogue Henry Sotheran's catalogue c. 1871 and the Stonehouse catalogue 1878 1935.<br /> In addition to writing and painting Chauncy Hare Townshend 1798-1868 studied mesmerism throughout the 1830s. He succeeded Dr. John Elliotson as the chief British exponent of mesmerism. Elliotson introduced Townshend to Charles Dickens and the pair bonded over their mutual interests in hypnotic arts and writing. They remained lifelong friends. Townshend's 1859 poetry book The Three Gates was dedicated to Dickens and in return Dickens dedicated Great Expectations 1861 to Townshend. One of the Sonnets in this volume is addressed "To the Author of Oliver Twist etc. Chapman and Hall unknown
183851259London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition first issue. Three volumes. Fine later bindings in red full crushed morocco for Hatchards spines with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the feet gilt ruled compartments gilt ruled inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt with the two leaves of advertisements called for in volume I and the single leaf advertisement to volume III present and the publisher's cloth spine plus front and rear covers for all three volumes bound in. 24 plates including the "Fireside" plate at the rear of volume III. Plates generally browned occasional marking to the text nonetheless an attractive set Smith I 4. Conforming with the bibliographer's points for the first issue save for one in each volume which do not appear in all copies. London: Richard Bentley unknown
18375000779London: Chapman and Hall 1837. Spine and joints worn at head and tail; inner stitching a bit weak. Some occasional browning to plates but generally good. Octavo with the half-title; 43 plates in first state; publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth binding spine lettered in gilt pale yellow endpapers. <p><p>First English edition first issue of the great novel preceded only by the publication in original parts and the unauthorised Philadelphia printing.</p> <p>This copy has a charming if rather boisterous bibliophile association having been given to A. Edward Newton by R. B. Adam who has written on the front free endpaper 'Dear A E N I do not remember who Pickwick was; but I think you told me he was a relation of yours so this must be yr book. R. B. May 30 1927'. Beneath this he has added 'Sam Weller why don't you answer' Tipped in on the same leaf is a slip of paper in Adam's hand: 'Dr N I have read a book or 2 but I be d. d if I do not think this is one of the greatest books in the World. R. B.' </p> <p>This first issue of the first edition has the Phiz plates in first impressions. The relevant bibliographical points are:-</p> <p>Page 43 second paragraph below Chapter V line 1 has "ruined wall" in the singular</p> <p>Signature "E" on p. 25 & "X2" on p. 261</p> <p>P. 10 last line has no mark between "r" & "u" in rum</p> <p>P. 17 the last "e" appears broken</p> <p>Vignette on title has "Veller'</p> </p> . Provenance: W.P. Watson Edinburgh bookseller with label; R.B. Adam leather booklabel and inscription dated 1927 presenting the copy to: A. Edward Newton with his Oak Knoll bookplate; Newton's sale 1940 lot 498: private collection Australia. Chapman and Hall unknown
183721629London: Chapman and Hall 1837. Charles Dickens 1812-1870 - a single hair from the head of Charles Dickens taken from a lock belonging to Georgina Hogarth Dickens' sister-in-law. The hair is mounted with a black and white photographic portrait and annotated frame size 13.5ins x 21ins. Accompanied by a smaller framed limited edition mezzotint portrait of Dickens with certificate dated 24th November 1913 8ins x 9.5ins Note: This comes with a receipt and certificate of authenticity from Fraser's Autographs together with a copy of the note of authenticity from Georgina Hogarth The book: A first edition with "S. Veller" at p. 342 and "this friends" at p. 400 and 'F' intact in headline of p. 342' engraved title in second state with "Tony Weller" on signboard. 43 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. T. Browne "Phiz". 1 vols. Bound in marbled boards with leather spine. Repair to title page. A very good copy. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1870175954Gads Hill Place Higham Kent: 3 June 1870. One of his final letters An autograph letter penned just six days before the author's death sent in apology and reading in full "Dear Sir In the hurry of saving the day's post for many letters the enclosed was left in my cheque book when I wrote to you. I am very sorry to have caused you trouble. Faithfully yours Charles Dickens." It is accompanied by the original envelope addressed in Dickens's hand to Thomas Wright of Regent's Park and dated 3 June 1870. Dickens previously wrote to Wright on 31 May to donate three guineas to a fund in support of the writer George Linnaeus Banks 1821-1881. Dickens realized a few days later he had overlooked to include the cheque. The scholar Graham Storey argues that the recipient is "probably" the prison philanthropist of Manchester 1789-1875 who Dickens discussed on the front page of the Household Words issue of 6 March 1852: "A worn but not a weary man of sixty-three who has for forty-seven years been weekly servant in a large iron foundry. Poor as he was - toiling as he did a modest man of humble origin with no power in the world to aid him but the wonderful spiritual power of an earnest will - Thomas Wright has found means in his little intervals of leisure to lead back with a gentle hand three hundred convicted criminals to virtue; to wipe the blot from their names and the blight from their prospects; to place them in honest homes supported by an honest livelihood". Dickens spent the last week of his life at Gads Hill working on his unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870 until his death on 9 June 1870. Single sheet of Gads Hill Place letterhead 176 x 113 mm written on one side only. With the original envelope addressed in Dickens's hand franked 3 June. Unrelated commercial studio portrait of Dickens loosely included. Two gentle folding creases to letter; envelope a little soiled and neatly opened: a very well-preserved example. Graham Storey ed. Letters of Charles Dickens vol. 12 1868-1870 pp. 541-2 publishing Dickens's previous letter to Wright of 31 May but not publishing the present letter of 3 June. unknown
1899169158London: Chapman & Hall 1899. An imposing set of a celebrated edition The Gadshill edition a handsome set of what is generally considered one of the best editions of the collected works of Charles Dickens using his definitive revised texts and featuring the original illustrations. 36 vols octavo 201 x 140 mm. Illustrated throughout the set with engraved titles pages and plates. Contemporary green half morocco smooth spines lettered and blocked with floral design in gilt marbled sides and endpapers top edges gilt. Light sunning to spines some rubbing at extremities skilfully retouched. A very attractive set. unknown
1874162904London: Chapman and Hall 1874. Handsome contemporary library set Comprising 30 volumes "Works of Charles Dickens" Illustrated Library Edition and 3 volumes "The Life of Charles Dickens" by John Forster fourth edition. An attractive example of what Dickens called "the best edition of my works". A particularly handsome set. 30 vols octavo 218 x 139 mm. Illustrated plates throughout by among others George Cruikshank Hablot Knight Browne Phiz George Cattermole Marcus Stone Sir Edwin Landseer John Leech F. Walker Maclise Standfield Doyle and Tenniel. Contemporary burgundy half morocco spines lettered in gilt raised bands marbled boards and endpapers top edges gilt. Bookplate to front pastedowns some occasional light foxing minor rubbing to board edges else in excellent condition. hardcover
198245493WINKLER 1982. 1. hardcover. Sirmkovrilo! WINKLER hardcover
6786SEEMANN HERMANN 189. 12. hardcover. EINZIGE VOLLSTÄNDIGE UNGEKÜRZTE AUSGABE SEEMANN, HERMANN hardcover
184470908Philadelphia:: Carey & Hart 1844. Formerly considered the first US edition; now thought perhaps to have been preceded by the New York edition of the same year. publisher's gift binding of pale blue ribbed cloth gilt; with the imprint of J. C. Russell Binder. Ownership signature in pencil Christmas 1844. endsheets darkened; some scattered light foxing. The spine is very slightly faded with minor use at extremities and a two-inch structurally insignificant split to the rear joint. An attractive example. . 12mo. Illustrated with four hand-colored lithographs after engravings by John Leech and four wood engravings. The frontispiece in this copy is "Mr. Fezziwig's Ball." . Title page in red and blue. Carey & Hart, hardcover
1853CD182London: Bradbury and Evans 1853 Illustrated with 40 plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz" including a frontispiece and vignette title page. First edition with all of the textual first issue points called for by Smith; in variant first issue binding "MDCCCLIII" in gilt to foot of spine. Publisher's olive green fine-diaper cloth boards stamped in blind with decorative borders and a "lineal globe-shaped" design at the center spine stamped in blind with three compartments containing heart-shaped decoration gilt lettering and pale yellow coated endpapers. Very good with binding slightly cocked heavy toning and light spotting to cloth light wear to spine ends small tear to cloth at left joint corners lightly rubbed and bumped contemporary "John Cheesment Severn" bookplate and small Cawthorn Booksellers ticket to front pastedown contemporary envelope laid in some corrections made in pen to text and light occasional spotting to plates. Overall a sturdy copy of this dark Dickens masterpiece without any restoration. Smith I 10. Often regarded as one of Dickens' finest novels Bleak House follows the long-running Court of Chancery case Jarndyce v. Jarndyce a complicated lawsuit that involves almost every class of English society and heavily criticizes the moral shortcomings of the British judicial system. With Bleak House illustrator Hablot Knight Browne continued his experimental use of dark plates of which there are ten - a significant increase from the singular dark plates in his preceding two novels Dombey and Son and David Copperfield. Additionally Browne continues the use of horizontal illustrations in Bleak House another technique he began with Dombey with almost half of the illustrations here being in this layout. Bleak House is a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Browne H.K. London: Bradbury and Evans hardcover
1866261Dicjebs26<p><strong>The Complete Works of Charles Dickens. </strong></p><p>Complete in 26 Volumes.</p><p>First Collected Edition.</p><p>Printed 1863-1866.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>The bindings are original.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>This is the first collected edition to include all of Dickens' complete novels.</p><p>His final complete work Our Mutual Friend is included in this set. This is the first set to include all of his complete works.</p><p>His posthumous works and unfinished novels are not included. Dickens died in 1870.</p><p>This set was printed during Charles Dickens' lifetime.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Library Edition.</p><p>First Collected Edition.</p><p>Printed in 1866.</p><p>The first set to include all of his complete novels.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Bound in leather.</p><p>These are the original Victorian bindings.</p><p>Intricately gilded calf leather bindings.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>This set is in very good condition.</p><p>Leather supple.</p><p>All hinges sound.</p><p>Generalized shelf abrasions.</p><p>This set is exceptionally well preserved.</p><p>Quality paper.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Approximately 8 inches tall.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Marbled edges and end papers.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>The set is complete in 26 volumes with all of the complete works of Charles Dickens.</p><p>26 volumes is standard for this set.</p><p>The final volume is Our Mutual Friend.</p><p>Bound in the original leather bindings.</p><p>The bindings are original.</p><p>Quality paper.</p><p>The paper is still strong despite the age.</p><p>The leather is supple.</p><p>The hinges are all sound and strongly attached.</p><p>All external hinges are sound and strongly attached.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>This set is complete with all Charles Dickens complete works.</p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p>London: Chapman and Hall 1863.</p><p>Library Edition.</p><p>Leather.</p><p>26 volumes.</p><p>Octavo.</p><p>Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards with finely gold-tooled spine.</p><p>Green title-labels with gold lettering.</p><p>Marbled edges and endpapers.</p><p>Some volumes with additional engraved title-page.</p><p>Library edition of Dickens' works including the classics Oliver Twist Nicholas Nickleby David Copperfield Great Expectations and others.</p><p>Illustrated with reproductions of drawings by Hablot Knight Browne Phiz George Cruikshank Marcus Stone John Leech D. Maclise J. Tennel C. Stanfield Frank Stone G. Cattermole and F. Walker.</p><p>Last collected work published in his lifetime. First set to include all of his complete novels including Our Mutual Friend. Predecessor to the 1870s illustrated library edition containing additional material published after 1866.</p><p>Some age wear on head and tail of spines corners and parts of edges. Minor abrasions on boards. Sporadic foxing to leaves primarily to first and last few pages. Hinges on vol. XVIII strong with technical starting stain on front cover of same volume. Hinges on rest of volumes tight. Bindings in overall good interior in good to very good condition.</p><p>Titles:</p><p>Vol. I The Posthumos Papers of the Pickwick Club. Vol. I. 1863. xviii 408pp.</p><p>Vol. II The Posthumos Papers of the Pickwick Club. Vol. II. 1866. viii 419pp.</p><p>Vol. III The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Vol. I. 1866. xviii 435pp.</p><p>Vol. IV The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Vol. II. 1866. x 431pp.</p><p>Vol. V The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Vol. I. 1866. xvi 436pp.</p><p>Vol. VI The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Vol. II. 1866. x 438pp.</p><p>Vol. VII The Old Curiosity Shop. Vol. I. 1865. ix 435pp.</p><p>Vol. VIII The Old Curiosity Shop; and Reprinted Pieces. Vol. II. 1865. vi 435pp.</p><p>Vol. IX Barnaby Rudge. Vol. I. 1866. ix 475pp.</p><p>Vol. X Barnaby Rudge. Vol. II. incl. Hard Times. 1866. vi 471pp.</p><p>Vol. XI Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. 1865. xiv 475pp.</p><p>Vol. XII The Adventures of Oliver Twist. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 1865. xviii 438pp. Signature of previous owner on last page.</p><p>Vol. XIII Dombey and Son. Vol. I. 1865. xii 454pp.</p><p>Vol. XIV Dombey and Son. Vol. II. 1865. viii 459pp.</p><p>Vol. XV The Personal History of David Copperfield. Vol. I. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. 1865. xii 446pp.</p><p>Vol. XVI. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. Vol. II. 1865. x 460pp.</p><p>Vol. XVII Pictures from Italy and American Notes for General Circulation. 1866. ix 437pp.</p><p>Vol. XVIII Bleak House. Vol. I. 1865. xiv 457pp.</p><p>Vol. XIX Bleak House. Vol. II. 1865. x 454pp.</p><p>Vol. XX Little Dorrit. Vol. I. 1865. xvi 456pp.</p><p>Vol. XXI Little Dorrit. Vol. II. 1865. x 427pp.</p><p>Vol. XXII Christmas Books. 1866. xii 412pp.</p><p>Vol. XXIII A Tale of Two Cities. 1865. viii 379pp.</p><p>Vol. XXIV Great Expectations. 1865. 524pp.</p><p>Vol. XXV Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Vol. I. 1866. v 441pp.</p><p>Vol. XXVI Our Mutual Friend. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Vol. II. 1866. v 412pp.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p><strong>This will be well protected for shipping. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>Please see my other listings for similar books. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>26.1.i</strong></p> Chapman and Hall
1838CD187London: Richard Bentley 1838 Three volumes. Illustrated with twenty-four steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank. First edition first issue with all the first issue points called for by Smith including "Boz" on the title pages and the "Fireside" plate in Vol. III. With half-titles in Vols. I and II and no half-title in Vol. III as called for by Smith and advertisements. Publisher's original reddish brown cloth with arabesque design in blind to boards spines lettered in gilt with four sets of blind-stamped bands each set with four bands and yellow coated endpapers. Very good set with light toning to spines and board margins some fading to spine gilt on Vol. III discrete reinforcement to spine ends some ink staining to spine of Vol. II and some tiny scattered ink dots to boards of all three volumes bumped and worn corners contemporary bookseller label "Dimmock Perfumer Printseller etc. Cambridge." and contemporary ownership signature "C. Hines" to front pastedowns of all three volumes light spotting soiling and occasional creasing to pages and some spotting to plates. Overall an excellent copy of arguably Dickens' most popular novel in its very desirable publisher's cloth. With contemporary bookseller description laid in Inman's Bookshop. Housed in a custom brown slipcase. Smith I 4. Published shortly after the enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 which mandated that state poor relief would only be given to workhouse residents Oliver Twist served as a vehicle for Dickens' criticism of the effects of poverty left unabated. Specifically this novel tells the story of poor orphaned Oliver Twist who is drawn into the dark underbelly of London rife with child labor and petty crime. The book features some of Dickens' most colorful characters including Fagin the Artful Dodger Bill Sykes and Nancy. The book has received many film adaptations over the years including David Lean's classic 1948 version starring John Davies as Twist and Alec Guinness as Fagin and the 1968 musical film Oliver! which won six Academy Awards and was itself adapted from the same-titled 1960 Tony Award-winning musical. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Cruikshank George. London: Richard Bentley hardcover
1865367838London: Chapman & Hall 1865. First edition in book form. 40 engraved plates by Dalziel Brothers or W. T. Green after illustrations by Marcus Stone. 2 vols. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with blindstamped covers and gilt stamped spine. First vol. with dampstain to back cover spines lightly sunned gilt bright light shelfwear light foxing to early and late leaves and plates rest of pages bright. First edition in book form. 40 engraved plates by Dalziel Brothers or W. T. Green after illustrations by Marcus Stone. 2 vols. 8vo. Dickens' last completed novel a tale of hidden identities greed and love all wrapped up with the theme of wealth and its evils. Eckel p. 94; Smith #15 Chapman & Hall unknown
1837131992London 1837-1874. Finely bound collection of a selection of Dickens' works as well as Foster's acclaimed biography. Octavo 16 volumes uniformly bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine red and green contrasting morocco spine labels lettered in gilt marbled endpapers top edge gilt. The collection is comprised of: a first edition of Pictures from Italy London: Bradbury & Evans 1846; First edition in book form of Hard Times London: Bradbury & Evans 1854; First edition in book form of the Uncommercial Traveller London: Chapman and Hall 1861; Third edition of Sketches by Boz 2 vol. London: John Macrone 1837; Second Series of Sketches by Boz London: John Macrone 1937; Second edition of American Notes 2 vol. London: Chapman and Hall 1842; Later printing of A Child's History of England 3 vol. London: Bradbury & Evans 1854-59; Eighth edition of Sketches of Young Ladies London: Chapman & Hall 1838; Extract from The Cornhill Magazine Vol. IX No. 50 February 1864; later printing of John Foster's The Life of Charles Dickens London: Chapman and Hall 1873-74. In very good condition. At attractive binding. English writer and social critic Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. hardcover
