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1848184898London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. Strikingly bound to incorporate a miniature First edition finely bound in an exquisite Cosway-style binding by Bayntun. Named after the famous Regency miniaturist Richard Cosway such elaborate bindings feature a delicate miniature portrait set under glass on the front cover. They have long been sought after by collectors as outstanding examples of the binder's craft. Cosway bindings were originally executed by Rivière & Son for Henry Sotheran employing Carolin Billin Currie as the miniaturist in the first decade of the 20th century. The Bayntun bindery which acquired Rivière in 1939 continued to bind books in the Cosway style until the late 20th century. This novel was Dickens's first in an explicitly contemporary setting. It also contains "the first published example of a so-called dark plate "On the Dark Road" p. 547. The smooth blending of light and shadow on this illustration vividly contrasts it with the other illustrations in the novel and is a fine example of the dark plate process" Smith. It was serialized from October 1846 to April 1848 prior to publication in book form. Octavo 209 x 130 mm. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title page 38 plates after H. K. Browne Phiz. Bound with the two-line errata leaf first state. Bound without half-title. Mid-20th-century dark blue morocco by Bayntun hand-coloured miniature of Dickens under glass within gilt frame on front cover spine lettered in gilt large gilt floral decorations in compartments and corners of sides turn-ins decorated in gilt marbled doublures and free endpapers edges gilt. Light oxidization of plates as usual handful of small marks and repaired closed tears externally a fine copy. Eckel pp. 74-6; Smith I 8. unknown
1836166969London: Chapman and Hall 1836. Presentation copy First edition presentation copy from the publisher inscribed on the front wrapper "with the publisher's compliments". This is one of only two presentation copies we have traced. The other inscribed by Dickens to Thomas Mitton was sold in the Edward Newton sale lot 491 the catalogue noting "there does not seem to be a record of the sale of any other presentation copy" and was afterwards in the Suzannet sale. The young Dickens's pseudonymous political pamphlet defends the right of the poor man to a free Sabbath in opposition to a proposed law prohibiting all work and all recreation on a Sunday. "Dickens saw the bill as a piece of class legislation cynically designed to forbid innocent amusements to the poor on their one day of rest without interfering with the pleasures of the well-to-do. the pamphlet which displays Dickens's characteristic sympathy for ordinary people close observation of actual lives and vigourous rhetoric was still at press when the Bill was rejected by the House on 18 May but it received favourable notice in the press and articulates convictions which he held passionately throughout his life" Schlicke p. 557. Small octavo. With 3 illustrations by Hablot K. Browne Phiz who also designed the heads on the front cover and title page. Original brown wrappers printed in black neatly rebacked. Housed in blue cloth chemise within blue morocco slipcase. Slight tape residue to front endpapers. A very good copy. Eckel p. 102; Gimbel B30. Paul Schlicke ed. The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens 2011. hardcover
1837DICKENSC014098Chapman and Hall London. 1837. First edition in book form. Octavo. pp xvi 609. Later issue points but the cloth conforms to Smith's description.Armorial bookplate on front pastedown and 19th century ownership signature on half-title. Occasional light foxing. Hinges cracking but tight. Covers faintly marked. Spine a bit faded. Tail of spine snagged. Very good indeed. Very scarce in the original cloth and in such bright and unsophisticated condition. Chapman and Hall, London. hardcover
18395000623V.D. Land: Launceston: Henry Dowling 1839. Plate normally at p.197 is at p.179; a few spots throughout; marbled sides of the binding worn; owner's name clipped from front flyleaf. Octavo lithographed frontispiece additional lithographed title-page with vignette and 18 lithograph plates variants all in Craig's "A" state as usual without the half-title and two leaves of inserted terminal advertisements issued in only a few copies; the plate at p. 95 with lower outer section less than a quarter of the image supplied in good facsimile; contemporary half calf. <p><p>The famous Tasmanian Pickwick. Capitalising on the huge demand for the London printing of Dickens' Pickwick Papers the Launceston printer Henry Dowling decided to pirate the edition and release it in parts as they became available throughout 1838 and 1839. The story of its publication is dealt with at length by Clifford Craig in The Van Diemen's Land Edition of the Pickwick Papers Hobart 1973 who describes the book as 'one of the most coveted books sought after by the Australian collector'. It is a rarity in collections of Dickens in Europe and America.</p> <p>The illustrations were offered for sale after the publication in parts was complete and were used for finished volumes like this. They have generally been attributed to either Jack Briggs who was a servant of the publisher or Wainwright the poisonera skilled artist. More recent research however hypothesises that they may have been carried out by the colonial artist Robert Hawker Dowling the publisher's brother. </p> <p>The title-page is dated 1838 while the pictorial title-page is dated 1839. </p> <p>The lithograph plates in this copy are all examples of the 'A' variants identified by Craig five plates at pp. 76 117 233 265 and 334 or 337 are known in two distinct versions which he identified as 'A' or 'B'. A contemporary advertisement sang the praises of this "product of colonial industry. The obstacles which the Publisher has had to contend with in the production in this Colony of the lithograph illustrations can only be estimated by those who are familiar with the lithographic art.".</p> </p> . Henry Dowling unknown
1836844841836. DICKENS Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall April 1836 - November 1837. 20 parts in 19 8vo. Engraved frontispiece engraved vignette title-page and 41 engraved plates by or after R. Seymour R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". Original printed blue-green pictorial wrappers; quarter morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Near fine. First edition in original monthly parts of Dickens's first novel mixed issue with later issues of wrappers on parts 1-11 wrappers of each part dated 1836 the text and plates in mixed states. The early numbers are later issues without the addresses and ads but Part 3 does have a copy of the address laid in and with the simplified illustrator credits on the wrappers. The suppressed Buss plates appear in Part 3; most of the later numbers have their ads. The wrappers for Parts 1 2 4-9 and 11 are from the May 1837 printing though front and back wrappers do not agree in Parts 1 and 9. The wrappers for Part 3 are from the January 1837 printing. Parts 12-19/20 are first issue in all respects with the following exceptions: Part 12 contains one extra front slip Fox's Book of Martyrs and "Mechi's Catalogue" in this part contains only the wrappers and the first internal leaf; Part 13 lacks the rare "Pigot's Views" insert; Part 14 lacks one rear ad leaf. unknown
18576255London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition. Near Fine. First issue with all twenty-one internal text flaws as noted by Smith. Octavo. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in; 216 x 138 mm. xii 625 1 blank pp. Forty engraved plates by "Phiz" H.K. Brown including frontispiece and engraved vignette title page. With an inserted preliminary leaf printed "With Water Colour Drawing on Calf Doublure by" signed Helen R. Haywood. Bound ca. 1930 by Rivière and Son stamp signed to upper doublure in full wine crushed morocco. Gilt French fillets. Gilt vignette to upper board. Five gilt ruled raised bands. Gilt lettered and decorated compartments. Original watercolor painting ca.1930 by Helen R. Haywood reproducing in color the Phiz plate "Flora's Tour of inspection" found opposite to page 519 on calf to upper doublure signed "HRH" at lower left corner with gilt rolled decorative borders. Red moire silk endpapers. Red moire silk to lower doublure with gilt rolled borders. All edges gilt. Neat ink inscription on front blank "Louise Dalton Kirk./from/Mother and Dad-/1936-." Expertly rebacked with the original spine panel laid down. Housed in the binder's original fleece-lined red cloth slipcase. A unique copy. <br /> <br /> With Amy Dorrit as his case study Dickens reveals how a parents' financial shortcomings can detrimentally affect their daughters' lives -- forcing women into unsafe or unsavory employment and preventing them from finding husbands or forming families of their own. And he suggests that only through goodness and self sacrifice can women rise up from these conditions. "On any other terms than those of allegory angelic Amy Dorrit would be squirmingly hard to swallow. As it is her goodness is indispensable to the story. Born in the Marshals debtor's prison she is the only character whose wishes are wholly unselfish and whose unbreakable will to love and be loved frees her metaphorically from every prison literal and social. All the other major characters are imprisoned by discontent by poverty by ignorance by personal ambition even by ill-judged kindness; but most conspicuously by an insatiable desire for money power and status" Stevenson. No other Dickens novel tackles more overtly the burdens women bear in the face of economic hardship nor so highly glorifies its female characters for their endurance. "Little Dorrit originally appeared in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts the last part forming a double number from December 1855 - June 1857. It was published in book form on May 30 1857" Smith.<br /> <br /> Helen Riviere Haywood 1908-1995 was an English painter children's book illustrator and writer best known for her foredge paintings. She came from a book-binding family: Haywood was the granddaughter Robert Riviere founder of the great bindery which executed this lovely binding and her uncle who also worked for the firm introduced her to foredge and double foredge painting. Between the 1930s-1970s she completed multiple commissions for Inman's Books a New York City based antiquarian book dealer. From her intertest in science anthropology and naturalism Haywood developed a keen attention to the world's natural elements; this talent for observation and specificity found its way into her artwork. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. <br /> <br /> <br /> Provenance: Louise Dalton Kirk 1936; Purchased by David Brass Rare Books from a private California collection 2007; sold to Randal Moscovitz 2008.<br /> <br /> Smith I 12. Eckel pp. 82-85. Near Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown
19003470Boston: Dana Estes & Company 1900. Edition Magnifique Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Cruikshank Barnard and Darley. Cruikshank Barnard and Darley. Edition Magnifique Limited Edition. Leather Bound. 34 vol. Charles Dickens The Works of Charles Dickens.<br /> Edition Magnifique Limited Edition limited to 26 lettered copies of which this is letter Q. Printed on Japanese Vellum. Illustrated frontispiece in 2 states: black-and-white and hand-colored. Illustrated throughout by Cruikshank Barnard and Darley. Bound in 3/4 marbled levant leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers gilt detailing on borders. Top edges gilt raised bands on spine spine panel compartments beautifully embellished with floral gilt frames and motifs. Published Boston: Dana Estes & Company circa 1900.<br /> H: 9 1/4" W: 6 1/2" D: 1 1/4". Dana Estes & Company unknown
18591609040London: Chapman and Hall 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original maroon cloth covers rebacked with matching leather spine. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 1859. First edition second state with title-page still dated 1859 but with corrected pagination on page 213 and no signature "b" on the list of plates. Octavo. i-viiviiiix-x 12-254 pp. Sixteen inserted plates including frontispiece and vignette title by Browne 'Phiz'. From the silk manufacturing family empire of George Courtauld signed and dated 1859 by George Courtauld unclear if the father or the son on the front free endpaper and with the bookplate of son or brother Sydney Courtauld on the front pastedown. A vestige of British history. Far more desirable with the original cloth instead of the far more common complete rebinding. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. London: Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1859110251London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works with p. 213 misnumbered "113" the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12 p. 134. Octavo bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands marbled endpapers. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. Ownership signature. 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 hardcover books
1845121293London: Chapman and Hall 1845-60. First edition early printings of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books finely bound. Octavo 5 volumes bound in full calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands black and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt double gilt ruled panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Illustrated with sixty-three engravings altogether four in color by Leech Maclise Stanfield Doyle and Landseer. In fine condition. An exceptional 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 the number of reprintings have been so many that all attempts at the figures have been futile. Altogether 24 editions were issued in the original format" 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 achievement--the one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall unknown books
09175London January 1843-July 1844: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Publisher's Presentation Copy with "With The Publisher's Compliments" stamped onto front wrapper of part IV. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver except for the rare "Foreign Travel" slip in part VII which is known in only 6 copies. Annotated by Thomas Hatton in part VIII on the verso of plate #15 thus: "M - C / Part 8 / A" and in part XVI on the verso of plate #32 thus: "Part 16 / A " as was his custom on certain ads and plates. First issue of the text conforming in all points to Smith pp. 65 - 67. Errata is 13 lines and the British Pounds symbol follows "100." The text in parts V and part VIII is UNOPENED therefore unread. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. The plates in part XXVIII are lightly age-toned all others are very good to fine; tissue guards are in place. Octavo i-viiviiiixx-xiixiiixivxv-xvi 12-624. An outstanding set in every respect internally very clean and bright; minor soiling to a few wrappers; neat subscriber's name on front wrap of part XI; spines expertly renewed on most parts. Armorial bookplate on slipcase. Housed in a custom quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver collection the Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Rare Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 185-212. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall paperback books
18371409508Chapman and Hall London 1837. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in book form. Otavo. MDCCCXXXVII 1837 stated on the title page. With 43 illustrations by R.Seymour and Phiz London including the second state of most of the Seymour plates the Phiz replacement plates for the Buss plates with captions instead of numbers below images and mixed early states of the remaining Phiz plates all prior to Phiz's major re-engravings with the early page numbers instead of the later captions and imprints below the images including simultaneous steels of the frontispiece and vignette title. As expected in the first edition in book form the text points are in the second state showing corrections. Some wear a few small tears on pages some darkening of pages foxing. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Smith Dickens I 3. HBS 36100. Chapman and Hall, London hardcover books
190010271Var. nd circa 1900. Unique. Hardcover. Very Good. Light shelf/edge wear age toning to some leaves creases to some two bookplates at front pastedown ephemera laid in else tight bright and unmarred. Full tan leather binding two raised bands gilt lettering and decorative elements dentelles marbled endpages. 8vo. np. Illus. b/w plates. comprised of three parts see below <br/><br/>Bookplate of renowned author and librettist Harry Bache Smith. Also bears armorial bookplate of Claire Mendel noted German Consul and collector. <br />A bit of background on Lord Bateman: "An adaptation of the traditional ballad attributed to Thackeray British Library Catalogue with preface and notes by Dickens. George Cruikshank regaled a dinner of the Antiquarian Society with a rendition of the ballad. On "hearing Cruikshank mournfully intone the word's of the Turks' daughter to the imprisoned LordÂ… Dickens offered to polish it into an even more solemn absurdity. He told Cruikshank to ask his sister Fanny to take down the music and 'to be sure to mark the shades and the expression.' And although he kept his part in The Loving Ballad secret he not only wrote a burlesque introduction and notes but altered lines and substituted a new last verse." Johnson p. 260. It has also been suggested that Thackeray arranged the old ballad Dickens is thought to have contributed the 'scholarly' notes and Cruikshank provided the illustrations. <br />This volume is comprised of four parts the first is an engraving of Thackeray of unknown origin the second is Dec. 1892 Harper's Magazine article by Anne Thackeray Richie considering the history of the story's origin and arguing that her father was responsible without Dicken's contribution. The third part is 4 mss pages in Harry Bache Smith exploring his Bateman holdings and its history and noting a direct contradiction to Richie's argument. Finally and notably there are 3 4-up fo leaves which appear to be maquettes of Cruikshank's illustrations for the 1939 first edition.no other such set is known to exist. <br />An unusual and genuinely significant collection. hardcover books
1859149304London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands all edges gilt illustrated with sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including the frontispiece and title vignette. In very good condition. 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
1859110251London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works with p. 213 misnumbered "113" the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12 p. 134. Octavo bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands marbled endpapers. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. Ownership signature. 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 hardcover
18591609040London: Chapman and Hall 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original maroon cloth covers rebacked with matching leather spine. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 1859. First edition second state with title-page still dated 1859 but with corrected pagination on page 213 and no signature "b" on the list of plates. Octavo. i-viiviiiix-x 12-254 pp. Sixteen inserted plates including frontispiece and vignette title by Browne 'Phiz'. From the silk manufacturing family empire of George Courtauld signed and dated 1859 by George Courtauld unclear if the father or the son on the front free endpaper and with the bookplate of son or brother Sydney Courtauld on the front pastedown. A vestige of British history. Far more desirable with the original cloth instead of the far more common complete rebinding. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. London: Chapman and Hall hardcover
1841523271841. <p>1 Autograph letter signed to Dr. Thomas Southwood Smith 1788-1861. 1 page. Devonshire Terrace London 3 June 1841. 154 x 117 mm. Traces of mounting on blank verso light soiling along folds but very good. With:</p> <p> 2 Carte-de-visite photograph of Dickens by J. Gurney & Son. New York 1867. 107 x 64 mm. Photographer's logo on verso discolored and faded a few tiny spots but very good. Together 2 items.</p> <p> To his friend Thomas Southwood Smith physician and sanitary reformer regarding Smith's plan for founding a subscription sanatorium for middle-class Londoners; Dickens was an early supporter of Smith's scheme and served as a member of the Sanatorium's committee. Dickens letters relating to medicine are rare; this is the first one we have ever handled. This letter was not seen by the editors of Dickens's correspondence who were able only to record its existence from a listing in a 1909 dealer's catalogue; see House and Storey The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2 p. 294.</p> <p> The letter reads:</p> <p> My Dear Dr. Smith I fear I shall be prevented by business from attending the committee tomorrow. I expected to have seen Sir Martin Shee yesterday but did not. I have therefore written to him; and when I receive his answer will let you know. I have also written to Talfourd and Macready and am quite sure they will join most cheerfully though I have not yet received their answers. Faithfully yours always Charles Dickens. Smith's Sanatorium described in its prospectus as "a self-supporting establishment for the lodging nursing and cure of sick persons of the middle classes of both sexes" opened at Devonshire House York Gate close to Dickens's house at Devonshire Terrace in April 1842. As he noted in this letter Dickens had written to the portrait painter Sir Martin Shee 1769-1850 president of the Royal Academy to ask whether Shee would consider supporting Smith's venture; Shee readily agreed for which Dickens thanked him in a letter dated 9 June see the online Charles Dickens Letters Project. The present letter also mentions Dickens's good friends judge and politician Thomas Noon Talfourd 1795-1854 to whom Dickens had dedicated The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club and stage actor William Macready 1793-1873.</p> <p> The letter is accompanied by an 1867 carte-de-visite photograph of Dickens by J. Gurney & Son of New York most likely taken during Dickens's second American tour. </p> . unknown
185369008London: Bradbury and Evans 1853. BROWNE Hablot Knight. . Bleak House. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne London: Bradbury and Evans 1853.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> DICKENS Charles. Bleak House. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne London: Bradbury and Evans 1853.<br> <br> First edition with all first issue points as listed by Smith including "elgble" on page 19 line 6; "chair" on page 209 line 23; "counsinship" on page 275 line 22. The only two points not found are both only found in "Some copies" pg 230 not missing the 2; Page 620 "received". In the primary binding variant with "MDCCCLIII" stamped in gilt on the foot of the spine. But unlike Smith's variant mentioned this current copy is bound with the half-title. Octavo 8 x 5 inches; 217 x 140 mm. i-viiviii-xxixii-xivxvxvi 12-624. With forty engraved plates including the frontispiece and engraved title. Bound with half-title. With a note in Dickens' hand tipped in on front free endpaper reading "Bleak House and The East Wind."<br> <br> Original publisher's green fine diaper-grain cloth spine lettered in gilt covers blindstamped according to the primary stamping pattern and with variant "MDCCCLIII" in gilt at foot of the spine. Yellow coated endpapers. Edges uncut. Spine a bit sunned. Corners and head and tail of spine a bit bumped and some light chipping to head and tail of spine. Back outer joint at top of spine with a small repair to cloth. A tiny split to top front of outer spine joint. Cloth on spine a bit wrinkled. Binding slightly skewed. Plates a bit foxed and toned. Text overall very clean. A few pages opened rough not affecting text. Front pastedown with two previous owner's bookplates. Overall a very nice copy in a primary variant binding. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell<br> <br> With the note in Dickens' hand tipped in to the front free endpaper reading "Bleak House and The East Wind." "The wind blowing in the east is a constant point of reference for Mr. John Jarndyce one of the novel's central characters and a beacon of social good. He deploys the phrase when his world is threatend by disorder or when he witnesses broader injustices. Easterly winds after all were believed to carry dirt and disease and were considered a real threat in Victorian Britain. Given the novel's preoccupation with physical environments and how these relate to individual and public health this small comments is in fact incredibly charged with meaning." Sotheby's<br> <br> "In Bleak House for the first time society is seen as an absurdity an irrelevance almost a madness. A dark force from which the real people must escape in order to create another society of their own. Dickens had been preparing for this novel all his life and despite the calamities. which had helped to provoke it in the first place . was even happy while he was writing it. It might even be said that Bleak House cured the very malaise which was responsible for its composition" Ackroyd 649-50.<br> <br> Smith Dickens I 10.<br> <br> HBS 69008.<br> <br> $7500. Bradbury and Evans unknown
193750747Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press 1937. Hardcover - as published. Complete Nonesuch Dickens in Very Good condition. Binding is tight and stable on all volumes and illustrations are complete throughout. Color illustrations present in Christmas Carol. Some fading and speckling to the spines. All black morocco leather labels intact. Includes 23 volumes of the works the Nonesuch Dickensiana a "Note on the Format" pamplet a staple bound " A Portrait in Natural Colour of the Nonesuch Dickens" and a clamshell containing the Martin Chuzzlewit frontispiece steel plate with the Chapman and Hall letter of authentication numbered 506. . The Nonesuch Press hardcover
190010271Var 1900. Unique. Hardcover. Very Good. Unique. Hardcover. Bookplate of renowned author and librettist Harry Bache Smith. Also bears armorial bookplate of Claire Mendel noted German Consul and collector.<br /> A bit of background on Lord Bateman: "An adaptation of the traditional ballad attributed to Thackeray British Library Catalogue with preface and notes by Dickens. George Cruikshank regaled a dinner of the Antiquarian Society with a rendition of the ballad. On "hearing Cruikshank mournfully intone the word's of the Turks' daughter to the imprisoned Lord. Dickens offered to polish it into an even more solemn absurdity. He told Cruikshank to ask his sister Fanny to take down the music and 'to be sure to mark the shades and the expression.' And although he kept his part in The Loving Ballad secret he not only wrote a burlesque introduction and notes but altered lines and substituted a new last verse." Johnson p. 260. It has also been suggested that Thackeray arranged the old ballad Dickens is thought to have contributed the 'scholarly' notes and Cruikshank provided the illustrations.<br /> This volume is comprised of four parts the first is an engraving of Thackeray of unknown origin the second is Dec. 1892 Harper's Magazine article by Anne Thackeray Richie considering the history of the story's origin and arguing that her father was responsible without Dicken's contribution. The third part is 4 mss pages in Harry Bache Smith exploring his Bateman holdings and its history and noting a direct contradiction to Richie's argument. Finally and notably there are 3 4-up fo leaves which appear to be maquettes of Cruikshank's illustrations for the 1939 first edition.no other such set is known to exist.<br /> An unusual and genuinely significant collection. Light shelf/edge wear age toning to some leaves creases to some two bookplates at front pastedown ephemera laid in else tight bright and unmarred. Full tan leather binding two raised bands gilt lettering and decorative elements dentelles marbled endpages. 8vo. np. Illus. b/w plates. comprised of three parts see below. hardcover
1843121293London: Chapman and Hall 1843-60. Early printings of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books finely bound. Octavo 5 volumes bound in full calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands black and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt double gilt ruled panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Illustrated with sixty-three engravings altogether four in color by Leech Maclise Stanfield Doyle and Landseer. In fine condition. An exceptional 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 the number of reprintings have been so many that all attempts at the figures have been futile. Altogether 24 editions were issued in the original format" 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 achievement—the one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall unknown
18371409508Chapman and Hall London 1837. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in book form. Otavo. MDCCCXXXVII 1837 stated on the title page. With 43 illustrations by R.Seymour and Phiz London including the second state of most of the Seymour plates the Phiz replacement plates for the Buss plates with captions instead of numbers below images and mixed early states of the remaining Phiz plates all prior to Phiz's major re-engravings with the early page numbers instead of the later captions and imprints below the images including simultaneous steels of the frontispiece and vignette title. As expected in the first edition in book form the text points are in the second state showing corrections. Some wear a few small tears on pages some darkening of pages foxing. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Smith Dickens I 3. HBS 36100. Chapman and Hall, London hardcover
1938552364New York: The Columbia Broadcasting System Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto. 94 mimeographed leaves printed rectos only. Bound or likely rebound at an early date with quarter canvas spine and thick card boards with typed title labels on front board and spine. Modest evidence of bookplate removal inside front board small chip at the corner of the label on the front board else very near fine. Adapted from the Charles Dickens novel. The Mercury Theatre on the Air produced 22 radio plays based on literary novels plays or short stories in 1938 this was the third play produced. Up until October 1938 all of the adaptations including this one were written by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Overwhelmed by the weekly deadlines Welles also starred in most of the dramas sometimes playing multiple parts they hired Howard Koch to assist - three weeks later they collaborated on The War of the Worlds - arguably the most famous dramatic radio broadcast in history. In A Tale of Two Cities Welles played both Sidney Carton and Dr. Alexandre Manette in this production. In the script page two is blank except for the word "Welles" - presumably Welles would deliver his introduction extemporaneously. The Mercury Theatre on the Air scripts are rare. OCLC locates a single copy of this script Dartmouth. (The Columbia Broadcasting System, Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air) hardcover
1852810P3London: Bradbury & Evans 1852-53. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". Hablot Knight Browne; Phiz. An uncommon to find complete serial run of 'Bleak House' here in the original nineteen parts with original plates and advertising leaves. Complete as twenty parts bound in nineteen with XIX and XX being published as a double issue.Uncommon to find in the original parts.In a custom cloth portfolio in a very good condition.The serialisation ran from March 1852 to September 1853 across twenty issues. Each issue cost one shilling though the final double issue cost two shillings."Bleak House" is narrated by Esther Summerson describing her house of Bleak House where she goes to live under a new guardian Mr Jarndyce. At the heart of the novel is a long running legal case Jarndyce and Jarndyce in the Court of Chancery. The case surrounds a number of several conflicting wills written by the same person. This case was probably inspired by the Thellusson vs Woodford case a will which was read in 1797 and was contested and not determined until 1859. The novel actually held support a judicial reform in the form of the 1870s Judicature Acts.Complete with all plates by Phiz.Part I published in March 1852 containing chapters 1 to 4. Illustrated with two plates. Twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts to the front ten to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Bound with the two leaves of W. Mott's adverts to the rear and four leaves of Norton's Camomile Pills adverts to the rear. Wraps and the advertising leaves are detached but present.Part II published in April 1852 containing chapters 5 to 7. Illustrated with two plates. Eighteen pages of publisher's adverts to the front twenty pages to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Blue slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Yellow slip advertising Ford"s Eureka Shirts bound in the rear. Part III published in May 1852 containing chapters 8 to 10. Illustrated with two plates. Sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to the front fourteen to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Blue slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Slip for Marsland Son & Co's Griffin Crochet Cotton bound to the rear.Part IV published in June 1852 containing chapters 11 to 13. Illustrated with two plates. Twelve pages of publisher's adverts to the front eighteen leaves to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap including six leaves of yellow adverts from Stevens & Co. Slip for Marsland Son & Co's Griffin Crochet Cotton bound to the rear. Green slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Bound with the 'Cheap Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens' slip called for before the plates.Part V published in July 1852 containing chapters 14 to 16. Illustrated with two plates. Twelve pages of publisher's adverts to the front sixteen to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Blue slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Slip for Marsland Son & Co's Griffin Crochet Cotton bound to the rear. Wraps are detached but present pages 145 to end are detached but present.Part VI published in August 1852 containing chapters 17 to 19. Illustrated with two plates. Eight pages of publisher's adverts to the front fourteen to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Green slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Slip for Marsland Son & Co's Griffin Crochet Cotton bound to the rear. Slip for The Oak Mutual Life Assurance & Loan Company bound to the rear. Bound with the yellow 'New Serial by Mr. Charles Lever' slip to the rear with an additional blue advert of the same loosely inserted.Part VII published in September 1852 containing chapters 20 to 22. Illustrated with two plates. Green slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Twelve pages of publisher's adverts to the front twenty-four to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Slip for Marsland Son & Co's Griffin Crochet Cotton bound to the rear. Bound with the pink 'New Serial by Mr. Charles Lever' slip to the rear with an additional brown advert of the same loosely inserted.Part VIII published in October 1851 containing chapters 23 to 25. Illustrated with two plates. Twelve pages of publisher's adverts to the front six to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Green slip advertising Household Words loosely inserted. Part IX published in November 1852 containing chapters 26 to 29. Illustrated with one plate. Slip explaining the plate printing error bound after the plate as called for. Eight pages of publisher's adverts to the front fourteen to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Green slip advertising Household Words loosely inserted. Wraps and adverts are detached but presentPart X published in December 1852 containing chapters 30 to 32. Illustrated with three plates. Twenty pages of publisher's adverts to the front twenty to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. White slip advertising Household Words loosely inserted. Poem addressed to the public by H. J. Curry bound to the front.Part XI published in January 1853 containing chapters 33 to 35. Illustrated with two plates. Sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to the front twenty-two to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Slip for Marsland Son & Co's Griffin Crochet Cotton bound to the rear. Pink slip for "Handley Cross" loosely inserted. Green slip advertising Household Words loosely inserted. White slip advertising "The Field" loosely inserted.Part XII published in February 1853 containing chapters 36 to 38. Illustrated with two plates. Sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to the front eight to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Slip for Marsland Son & Co's Griffin Crochet Cotton bound to the rear. Green slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Wraps are detached but present.Part XIII published in March 1853 containing chapter 39 to 42. Illustrated with two plates. Sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to the front twelve to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Pink slip for "Handley Cross" bound before the text. Green slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Eight advertising leaves for Groombridge & Sons to the rear. Wraps and adverts to the rear are detached but present. Part XIV published in April 1853 containing chapters 43 to 46. Illustrated with two plates. Eighteen pages of publisher's adverts to the front twenty-four to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Green advertising slip for Ali Ahmed's Treasure of the Desert present as is the advert for 'Frank Merryweather' "The Two Widows" and Griffin Crochet Cotton. The 'New Geographical and Educational Work' advert leaves are printed on a now faded pink paper. Blue slip advertising Household Words bound before the text.Part XV published in May 1853 containing chapter 47 to 49. Illustrated with two plates. Twelve pages of publisher's adverts to the front twenty to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Adverts for Mrs. S. C. Hall's 'A Descriptive Sketch' and Mayall's Daguerreotype Portrait Galleries present. Green slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. The 'A Descriptive Sketch' advert is particularly scarce.Part XVI published in June 1853 containing chapters 50 to 53. Illustrated with two plates. Twelve pages of publisher's adverts to the front ten to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Advert for Marsland's Manual to the rear. Blue slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Advert for "The Anti-Slavery Reporter" present to the rear. Part XVII published in July 1853 containing chapters 54 to 56. Illustrated with two plates. Twelve pages of publisher's adverts to the front eight to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Blue slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Green advert for 'The Field' present to the rear.Part XVIII published in August 1853 containing chapters 57 to 59. Illustrated with two plates. Blue slip advertising Household Words loosely inserted. Eight pages of publisher's adverts to the front twelve to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Adverts for 'Alison's History of Europe' and Treasures of the Desert present 'Treasures' advert printed on plain white paper the first on blue paper and is detached but present.Parts XIX and XX published in September 1853 containing chapters 60 to 67. Illustrated with four plates. Twenty pages of publisher's adverts to the front thirty-six to the rear and adverts to the rear wrap. Blue slip advertising Household Words bound before the text. Bound without the 'New Periodical Work.The Newcomers' slip to precede the 'Advertiser' to the front. Wraps and adverts are detached but present.Pagination is as follows: 24 32 10; 16 2 33-64 20; 16 65-96 14; 12 97-128 18; 12 129-160 16; 8 161-192 14; 12 193-224 24; 12 225-256 6; 8 257-288 14; 20 289-320 20; 16 321-352 22; 16 353-384 8; 16 385-416 12; 18 417-448 24; 12 449-480 20; 12 481-512 10; 12 513-544 8; 8 545-576 12; 20 577-624 7 viii-xvi 36pp In the original publisher"s paper wraps in a custom cloth portfolio. Externally generally smart. A little wear to the backstrips resulting in some loss. Light marks and spots to the wraps. Minor edge wear with some small closed tears. Faint tide mark to the front wrap of Part VI. Blind stamp to the head of the front wrap of Part XVII. Heavier age-toning to the wraps of Part XVIII. Prior owner"s ink inscription to the front wrap of Parts I VI VIII and XV. Wraps detached but present of Parts I V IX XII XV XVI and XIX/XX. Front wrap of Part XIII is detached but present. Rear wrap of Part II is detached but present. Adverts detached but present to Parts I II V IX XIV and XIX/XX. Rear wrap and adverts to the rear of Part XIII are detached but present.Label to the head of the front wrap of Part IV. Wraps and adverts of Part XI may detach with further handling. Adverts to the rear detached but present to Part XVI. Internally firmly bound textblock of Part XIX/XX is broken to the middle. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Plates are more age-toned and spotted. Tidemark to the plates of Part III VII and VIII. Pages 145 to end of text of Part V are detached but present. Green slip advertising Household Words in Part VIII is detached but present with some edge wear. Pink slip for "Handley Cross" in Volume XIII is chipped and with a closed tear. Advert for Hall"s work in Part XV is detached but present. Cloth portfolio with some light marks ribbon lies a bit worn with some loss. Portfolio in a very good condition. Very Good Bradbury & Evans paperback
1845141512London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1845-48. 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 is an eleventh edition plates hand-colored recased by Morrell 1845; The Chimes: A Goblin Story is a sixth edition recased 1845; first edition of The Cricket on the Hearth second state of advertisement leaf spine repaired and new endpapers 1846; first edition of The Battle of Life with vignette title-page in fourth state without imprint Todd's E1 1846; first edition of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain Bradbury & Evans 1848. All but A Christmas Carol with additional vignette titles. In very good condition. 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 achievement—the one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans hardcover
