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1837817F1London: Chapman and Hall 1837 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". Phiz Hablot Knight Browne; R. Seymor; Buss. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel. With many first issue points present and containing the two suppressed Buss plates. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel initially published serially over the course of twenty months. In a half calf signed binding from Bickers.The first edition in book form mixed but very early issue. With the issue points: 'Veller' to the sign on the engraved title page; five lines of footnotes to page 9; with mark between 'r' and 'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10; with the last 'e' of page 17 broken; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; without the parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom of page 34; with the quotation mark indistinct before 'Sir' in the ninth line of page 244; line 29 of page 260 reading 'hodling' for 'holding'; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; line 1 of page 341 reading 'inbe-licate' rather than 'inde-licate'; line 5 plates at page 343 and 358 are with page numbers; line 5 of page 341 reading 'inscriptino' rather than 'inscription'; 'Picwkick' to the running title of page 375; 'this friends' for 'his friends' on page 400 line 21; an imperfect 'F' in the word 'OF' in the headline on page 432. Plates in first state with page numbers rather than titles and without the publisher's imprint.Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title page and forty-one plates. Collated complete.Including the scarce two suppressed Buss plates facing pages 69 and 74. Retaining the original half title.Plates from Phiz who is known for illustrating many of Dickens' works and Robert Seymour who died whilst illustrating the work.The first edition in book form of this publishing phenomenon from Charles Dickens his first novel credited with defining a new genre. It popularised both the serial format and stylistic feature of the cliffhanger. In a half calf signed binding with marbled paper covered boards. Light rubbing to back strip. Front joint starting with board holding firm. Evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper and front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Discolouration and some light spotting to plates most concentrated to frontispiece and illustrated title page. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good Chapman and Hall hardcover
09605London April 1838 - October 1839: Chapman & Hall. Very Good. FIRST EDITION in the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19. Octavo i-viiviii-xxixii-xivxvxvi 12-624 with 39 plates by Phiz and the frontis by Maclise. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with Proofs on heavy laid paper .012" thick plates in Dickens parts are on wove paper .008" thick of plates 23 and 24 laid in. Original green printed wrappers; all wrappers are correct and all slips and Advertisers are present as called for in Hatton & Cleaver. First edition first issue of the text with part IV having the misprint "visiter" uncorrected on page 123 line 17 and with part V having the misprint "latter" for "letter" on page 160 line 6 up 1st issue. Plate 29 in part XV is in the first state. All plates are very good to fine which is remarkable for a first edition of this title. So all parts are complete having all ads and slips as called for by Hatton & Cleaver. Part XIX/XX has the quite scarce "Hill's Seal Wafers" ad with all 5 seals present. Spines are expertly renewed on parts I III VII and XIX/XX. Subscriber name on front wrap of parts IX and XII. An outstanding set internally clean and bright. Armorial bookplate in slipcase. Housed in a custom red quarter-leather box with chemise.and with a pedigree - it is from the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 129-160. Chapman & Hall unknown
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 in the same style as we have seen on other publisher presentation copies. 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 vignette title is in the first state with the British Pounds symbol following "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 tan quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver collection the Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Rare Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 185-212. Chapman & Hall unknown
183858637London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition first issue with "Boz" listed as the author and with the "Fireside" plate in vol. III; 3 volumes 8vo; 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank; the binding on this copy has the Bentley imprint on the base of the spines thought by Carter to be later than the binding without the Bentley imprint although Smith found no "consistent association"; this copy does not contain the leaf listing the illustrations after the title leaf in the first volume but does contain the half-titles in volumes I and II; and the text exhibits all the textual flaws outlined by Smith; also with the required leaves of ads at the back of volume I and the single leaf of ads preceding the title in vol. III. Excessive bookseller's notes in pencil on front endpapers and pastedowns occasional light foxing some darkening of the plates in the margins some cracking and restoration to the rear joint on volume I all three volumes rubbed and worn the gilt lettering on spine a bit dull but the bindings are sound and with no appreciable cracking at the spine ends. Carter Binding Variants p. 107 and More Binding Variants p. 7; Sadlier 696; Smith I 4; Wolff 1808. Richard Bentley unknown
18591260071859. London: Chapman & Hall 1859. <br /> <br /> Large 8vo viii 254 pp. Frontispiece engraved title & 14 plates by H.K. Browne. Without list of plates. Polished green calf backstrip gilt with red and brown gilt-lettered labels marbled edges and endpapers. Binding a little rubbed and worn at corners spot of worming to backstrip contents clean with minimal toning to the plates small address ticket on front free endpaper overall very good.<br /> <br /> § First edition in book form of Dickens' great novel of darkness and light containing 7 of the 8 first issue points identified by Smith the final two letters of "himself" on p.166 are well printed. The list of plates is not present. <br /> <br /> "When Dickens began the publication of All the Year Round the successor of Household Words he realized the necessity of making a strong start. So he began writing A Tale of Two Cities publishing the first of the serial in the opening number of his new periodical. As a novel of great popularity it probably ranks next to Pickwick and Copperfield" Eckel 87. This was the last novel in which Dickens worked with "Phiz" after a partnership of 23 years and was published on commission through the renewed partnership with Chapman & Hall. <br /> <br /> "A Tale of Two Cities originally appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from April 30 to November 26 1859 Nos. 1-31. It was also published in eight monthly parts the last part forming a double number from June- December 1859. The novel was published in book form on November 21 1859." Smith I 13. <br /> <br /> Eckel 87. Thomson 89. Smith I 13. unknown
18387759London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition. Near Fine. First issue with the "Boz" title-pages in each volume and the "Fireside" plate facing p. 313 in volume three the "Church" plate also bound in facing p. 315. Complete with the half-titles in volumes one and two and the correct ads at the end of volume one and the beginning of volume three. A lovely Near Fine set unusually clean and fresh throughout with just a bit of foxing and toning to some of the plates. Elegantly bound in full green morocco. Spines with raised bands and gilt stamping. Spines sunned with patches of sunning to lower board of voume three. Top edge gilt and gilt turn-ins. Marbled endpapers with nineteenth-century bookplate to upper pastedowns and twentieth-century bookplate to upper free endpapers. Small ink gift inscription dated 1913 to volume one and a small sticker from a bookseller or previous owner to preliminary blank of volume two. An excellent copy of one of Dickens' most famous works.<br /> <br /> Oliver Twist Dickens' second novel is a dark and biting work but one that is balanced with Oliver's indefatigable innocence and charm. Often cited as the first Victorian novel to feature a child protagonist it was developed as a social commentary and a call for improving the conditions of London's destitute and orphan children. In recent scholarship critics have noted that Dickens also sought to find balance as many of his contemporaries did between Darwin's theories about human nature and those from the Christian tradition; as the characters make their way through a seemingly uncaring world they are ultimately drawn back to reward or retribution based on their individual level of goodness. The story was immensely successful both as a novel filled with memorable characters and also as a work prompting much-needed social reform. Today it remains high within the pantheon of Victorian literature and is a work that has been successfully adapted to both the stage and screen.<br /> <br /> For this novel Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: volume one was printed by Samuel Bentley; volume two format by Whiting; and volume three in part by both Whiting and Bentley. The triple-decker publication date was November 9 1839; within a week at Dickens's insistence the title-pages were changed to include his name and the "Fireside" plate was replaced with the "Church" version. The present set is from the first issue with the original "Boz" titles and the "Fireside" plate.<br /> <br /> Smith I 4. Near Fine. Richard Bentley unknown
18461270521846. First Edition. DICKENS Charles. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son Wholesale Retail and for Exportation. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846-48. Twenty parts in nineteen. Octavo original green printed paper wrappers. Housed in custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. $5500.First edition first issue in scarce original parts of Dickens' novel of ""Pride"" with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne ""Phiz"" including the famous first ""dark plate."" An excellent copy in the original parts with all of the advertisements called for.For its inclusion of fairy-tale themes and the much discussed demise of Paul Dombey Dombey and Son ""has a sense of the numinous is more profoundly touched by the sense of last things than any of Dickens' previous novels. It is larger in conception so that human life is seen in terms of its beginning and its end so that grief and forgiveness become more powerful forces within it Dickens is aware of its status as art and provides here a simulacrum of human life touched by majesty and purpose"" Ackroyd 526. Dombey and Son ""was well received by its readers and is considered to be the first novel that reflects Dickens's artistic maturity Dickens told his first biographer 'It was to do with Pride what its predecessor Martin Chuzzlewit has done with Selfishness"" Schlicke 280. Dombey and Son contains the first of Browne's so-called ""dark plates"" ""On the dark Road"" in part 18 created by the engraver's lining machine and roulettes that tint the etched plate so as to heighten the contrast between black and white Johannsen Phiz 309. First-issue text with the following first-issue points: page 284 with ""Toot's Delight"" mentioned twice instead of ""Toot's Joy""; page 324 with ""Capatin"" on the last line; page 426 with blank space at the beginning of line 9; and two-line errata slip in the preliminary pages at the rear of Part 19/20 rather than eight. Text preliminaries and illustrations are all present as are all wrappers. All advertisements called for are present. Hatton and Cleaver 227-250. Only mild foxing to several plates text generally clean. Some neat and unobtrusive repairs to several spines light edge-wear and creasing to fragile paper wrappers less than often seen. An exceptional copy in parts in the original wrappers quite scarce and desirable with all advertisements. hardcover
1844005110London: Chapman and Hall 1844 1844. FOURTH EDITION. 1 vol. 6-5/8" x 4-7/16" illustrated with 4 hand colored engraved plates by John Leech and 4 black and white illustrations by W.J. Linton. Bound in the original straight grained rose colored cloth gilt tile and wreath to spine and front cover yellow pastedowns and endpapers all edges gilt. Back corners still square head and foot of spine rubbed hinges fine rear upper hinge just starting internally clean and bright "Marley's Ghost" plate slightly askew completely unsophisticated no bookplate or former ownership inscription or markings overall a GOOD copy. Regarded as Dicken's most widely read novel and considered to be "the greatest Christmas book ever written in any language" Eckel p. 116 selling more than 6000 copies in the few days leading up to Christmas. The work was extravagantly costly as Dickens for the first time and incidentally his last used color in the title-page and etchings as he wanted to make the book a beautiful gift and to be a celebration of the Christmas spirit. After the initial success Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840's maintaining "the Carol" philosophy to "strike a sledgehammer blow" for the poor uneducated and repressed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844 hardcover
1859143955London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In very good condition name to the front free endpaper. 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
1869267671Gads Hill Place 1869. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. Framed double glass. About fine. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. Mowbray Morris 1819-1874 manager of The Times newspaper from 1847 to 1873 wrote Charles Dickens on 23 November 1869 thanking him for the "recommendation of Adolphus Trollope. It is an infinite comfort to a man who is charged with the difficult task of fitting holes with their appropriate pegs to have the assistance of any one so competent as you are. I think we shall give Mr. Trollope a trial ."<br /> Dickens wrote a note on the blank "My Dear Trollope I received the note on the other side from Mowbray Morris this morning and immediately post it on to you. Very affectionately yours Charles Dickens" signing with a fine flourish.<br /> Dickens had written to Morris on 20 November; Trollope did not take up the position at The Times. Published in Pilgrim Edition vol. 12 on the basis of 1935 description in T.A. Madigan catalogue unknown
148497Rare signature of the great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. Carte-de-visite bust portrait by John Watkins photographer to the Queen showing Dickens in three-quarter view. Clipped signature mounted to lower edge of the photograph. In near fine condition with toning. The entire piece measures 2.5 inches by 4.25 inches. 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. unknown
06357London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First Edition Early Issue - in the Original Cloth<br /> <br /> DICKENS Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1839. <br /> <br /> First edition. Early issue with thirty-five of Smith's forty-one first-issue internal flaws including all of the major points and the first-state frontispiece bearing the Chapman and Hall imprint.<br /> <br /> Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 1/4 in; 225 x 133 mm. xvi 624 pp. Forty black and white plates including frontispiece portrait engraved by Finden after Maclise. The publisher's imprint called for in first issue of the first five plates shows only on the Maclise portrait. The parts were issued with and without the imprint on the first four plates.<br /> <br /> Publisher's primary binding in dark olive-green fine-diaper-grain cloth covers stamped in blind spine lettered in gilt. With the bookplate of Joseph Turner on the front pastedown. Inner hinges expertly repaired a few small tears to the joints. A bright copy with only slight fading to the spine. Some light to moderate foxing to the plates but without the dark staining to the plate borders usually encountered in this title. Housed in a felt-lined green cloth slipcase. A very good example.<br /> <br /> Nicholas Nickleby was originally published in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts the last part as a double number from April 1838 through October 1839. The first edition in book form was made up from these parts. "It was the novelist's intention to expose in this story the terrible abuses practiced in the cheap boarding-schools of Yorkshire and in order that he realize their true character he determined to investigate for himself the real facts as to the condition of those notorious seminaries Accordingly at the end of January 1838 he and 'Phiz' started on this memorable journey in bitterly cold weather and visiting several schools in the locality they came into direct contact with the proprietors. One of these was William Shaw the identical schoolmaster who some years previously had been heavily fined for what was represented at the trial as gross maltreatment of his pupils" Kitton Dickens and His Illustrators p. 75. It was Shaw upon whom Dickens based the infamous Squeers. Having made an enemy of his uncle Ralph Nickolas was sent as an usher to Dotheboys Hall where Wackford Squeers starved and maltreated forty students under the pretense of education. "The character of Mrs. Nickleby was largely founded upon that of Dickens's mother. The title character was founded on Dickens's brother-in-law Hanry Burnett a music teacher at Manchester" Hayward The Dickens Encyclopedia p. 115.<br /> <br /> "H.K. Browne prepared 39 illustrations for this novel as well as the cover for the monthly parts while the portrait frontispiece was engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise. Because of the the large monthly circulation of the parts Browne etched as many as four plates in some cases of each illustration and all of them were printed in the initial issue of the parts. Many of the plates from 'Miss Nickleby introduced to her uncle's friends' page 175 onward contain Arabic or Roman numerals which indicate the order in which they were etched. Most of the numerals are located in the lower right corner and occasionally in the left. Hatton and Cleaver state that the numeral for Plate 31 'Mysterious appearance of the gentleman in the small-clothes' p. 487 appears on the front of the mantleshelf.The first state of the frontispiece and the first four illustrations contain the imprint of Chapman and Hall. The first state of the frontispiece always appears in the monthly parts; the first four illustrations were issued with and without the imprint in the parts but the plates without imprints did not appear in the earlier issues of the monthly parts and may therefore be termed 'second states''' Smith I 5.<br /> <br /> Smith Part I 5. Eckel p.64. Hatton and Cleaver pp. 131-160; Sadleir 695; Wolff 1806. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839 unknown
1870331223London: Chapman & Hall 1870. First. paperback. fine. 6 vols. original blue green printed wrappers. London: Chapman & Hall 1870. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Fine copies. The fore-edge of volume I is lightly chipped the other volumes fine. The Edwin Drood Advertiser appears in each volume The "Cork Hat" slip is present in volume II and eighteen pence is pasted over the price on volume VI. Preserved in a 1/2 red leather clamshell case.<br/> <br/> Chapman & Hall unknown
1850149344London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First edition of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo original publisher's variant olive green cloth with gilt titles to the spine panels and spine with stamped in blind decorations illustrated with 40 plates designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne Phiz including frontispiece and additional pictorial title. In very good condition. Housed in a custom black silk moire slipcase. "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. Charles Dickens’ The Personal History of David Copperfield is a semi-autobiographical novel that explores themes of perseverance self-discovery and social mobility through the life of its protagonist David Copperfield. Often considered one of Dickens’ most personal works the novel reflects his own experiences with childhood hardship labor and the pursuit of literary success. Through a rich cast of characters including the benevolent Betsey Trotwood the villainous Uriah Heep and the tragic yet endearing Mr. Micawber Dickens examines issues of class ambition and personal integrity. The novel’s blend of realism and sentimentality combined with its first-person narrative allows for a deeply introspective and emotionally resonant exploration of personal growth. David Copperfield remains one of Dickens’ most celebrated works praised for its vivid characterizations and its insightful portrayal of 19th-century English society. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
elala5011London: Chapman and Hall c1880. 30 Volumes. 8vo. numerous engraved plates after Robert Seymour George Cruikshank Hablot Knight Browne Phiz George Cattermole & John Leech. contemporary half calf gilt backs spines sunned London: Chapman and Hall, [c1880] unknown
1852206028London: Chapman and Hall 1852. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Chapman and Hall hardcover
18433621328/07/1843. <p>Dickens actively used his celebrity and cash to aid charitable institutions. In 1843 Charles Dickens was involved in charitable and professional committees most notably forming a committee to raise funds for orphaned children. Late in the year he worked on “A Christmas Carol†which was published in December 1843.</p><p><strong>Autograph letter signed</strong> from his home at 1 Devonshire Terrace July 28 1843 to J.F. Rogers thanking him for his interest in one of the organizations with which Dickens was working. The recipient was possibly related to Samuel Rogers the banker-poet who Charles Dickens held in high regard dedicating his 1841 novel The Old Curiosity Shop to him as a ""faithful friend"".</p><p><em>“I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and in the name of the committee to thank you for it. We cannot suggest any mode by which you can advance any object we have in view. But should any means of doing so occur to you I need hardly add that we shall be happy to add the smallest contribution to the common stock.â€</em> Clearly Rogers’ offer to help was not in the form of a financial contribution but that is what Dickens requests.</p><p>A fine letter relating to his charitable work written the year he published “A Christmas Carol.â€</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt=""historical memorabilia dealer"" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
185566642London: Bradbury & Evan Bouverie Street 1855. First edition in the original 20 parts in 19 8vo pp. xiv 625; engraved frontispiece engraved title-p. and 38 steel-engraved plates including the "dark" plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz"; includes all advertising matter and inserts per Hatton & Cleaver; some spines neatly repaired; enclosed in a folding green cloth box lettered in gilt. In the fourth number for March 1856 is a curious anomaly. In the advertisement for the first three issues of The Train at the back of that number is what is likely the first appearance of Charles Dodgson's famous pseudonym "Lewis Carroll. Bradbury & Evan, Bouverie Street unknown
185086860London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. Fine. Bradbury & Evans London 1850 13.50 x 21.60 cm relié First edition illustrated with 40 hors-texte by H. K. Browne frontispiece and engraved title included dated 1850. This first volume edition follows closely the serial publication that appeared during 1849/1850. Some first issue points: P. 16 ""recal"" instead of ""recall""; six lines of errata on one leaf; mezzotint engraving facing page 482; chapter XXVII is on p. 282 while it is noted as page 283 in the index; the third i on p. viii is not aligned; p. 132 line 20 ""screwed"" instead of ""screamed"". Like all Dickens books illustrated by Phiz H. K. Browne a close collaboration presided over this achievement Phiz having illustrated no fewer than 10 works by the author. Contemporary dark green half-shagreen binding English binding with corners. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with roulettes on the bands and fillets. Traces of rubbing. Text fresh and clean the hors-texte engravings as always bearing browning and foxing but moderate mainly at edges. Pale dampstain on one engraving: Changes at home. Fine copy. ""the most perfect of all the Dickens novels"" Virginia Woolf. A coming-of-age novel narrated by the hero himself which leads him from childhood to maturity. Tinted with the author's own experience David Copperfield is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful novels written about childhood. Dickens himself will emphasize in a later preface: ""Of all my books I like this the best."" Bradbury & Evans hardcover
18392793abLaunceston Australia: V D Land / Henry Dowling. Good. Hardcover. 1839. 588 pages. <br><p>588 pages. lithographed frontis piece & lithpgraphed title page with vig nette 17 other lithographed plates some with page allocation numbers no i nserted advertisments at the end publishers preface a first edition of the r . V D Land / Henry Dowling hardcover
188114351London: Published by Chapman and Hall 1881. Comprising 8 pen and ink drawings by Mahoney signed with monogram M; and 1 gray wash drawing and 2 watercolor drawings by Green signed CG. 1 vols. Various sizes. Matted and bound into an oblong folio album of red morocco gilt by Rivière & Sons front hinge repaired. A few of the drawings show some minor foxing otherwise fine. Comprising 8 pen and ink drawings by Mahoney signed with monogram M; and 1 gray wash drawing and 2 watercolor drawings by Green signed CG. 1 vols. Various sizes. Cf. Podeschi H1150; H1816a Published by Chapman and Hall unknown
1862263DickensNorth2<p><strong>FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES DICKENS. </strong></p><p>Two books from his library.</p><p>With two original bookplates of Charles Dickens.</p><p>Complete in two volumes.</p><p>Both volumes have Dickens' bookplates.</p><p>Some sets from Dickens' Library only have his bookplate in volume one.</p><p>Some books from the Gadshill sale don't have Dickens' actual bookplates.</p><p>This set has 2 Charles Dickens bookplates.</p><p>Protected in a custom case.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Provenance:</p><p>Original bookplates of Charles Dickens in both volumes.</p><p>Original bookplates from the Gadshill sale.</p><p>Provenance records from the Sotheran / Gadshill dispersal sale the Stonehouse catalogue and the Charles Dickens Junior catalogue as shown in picture 24</p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p>First Edition.</p><p>The bindings are original.</p><p>Protected in an archival custom bound leather case with folding chemise insert.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Bound in cloth.</p><p>These are the original Victorian bindings.</p><p>Intricately gilded bindings.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>This set is in good condition.</p><p>The bindings are original.</p><p>Quality rag paper.</p><p>Internal hinge paper is splitting.</p><p>Generalized abrasion.</p><p>Looseness from use.</p><p>Some foxing.</p><p>Some pencil provenance dealer marks upfront.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>The books are approximately 8 inches tall.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Charles Dickens's Copy with his bookplates.</p><p>Christopher North: A Memoir of John Wilson</p><p>Printed in 1862.</p><p>First Edition</p><p>Complete in Two Volumes</p><p>With Dickens's Personal Bookplates and 1870 Gadshill Library Dispersal Labels.</p><p>A superb association set from the personal library of Charles Dickens bearing both his engraved lion‑and‑cross bookplate and the original June 1870 Gadshill Place dispersal label—the very tag used when Dickens's belongings were sold shortly after his death.</p><p>First edition. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1862. Two volumes 8vo. original blue cloth with gilt portrait bust and titling 734 pp. total. Housed in a custom slipcase with matching chemise.</p><p>A Genuine Dickens Library Book — With Both Provenance Markers Present</p><p>Each volume's front pastedown carries:</p><p>Dickens's personal bookplate: the gold lion couchant holding a Maltese cross adopted from the dormant 1625 coat of arms claimed by his father John Dickens. Though Dickens mocked social pretension in his fiction he embraced this heraldic device in his own life—using it on bookplates letterhead and household items.</p><p>The 1870 Gadshill Place sales label: "From the Library of Charles Dickens Gadshill Place June 1870." This label was created specifically for the posthumous auction of Dickens's personal effects and is one of the most authoritative indicators of authentic Dickens provenance.</p><p>Bibliographic & Historical Notes - Dickens's lion‑and‑cross emblem evolved over time as various engravers interpreted it differently. In 1840 Dickens clarified the design in a letter to cabinetmaker John Overs specifying that the lion should hold a Maltese cross not a cross patonce and even supplied a sketch. The bookplate seen here reflects that corrected form—one of the key identifiers used by bibliographers to authenticate volumes from his library.</p><p>Provenance -This exact copy appears in:</p><p>Sotheran's Price Current of Literature vols. CLXXIV 30 Nov. 1878 & CLXXV 31 Dec. 1878</p><p>J. H. Stonehouse Catalogue of the Library of Charles Dickens from Gadshill Place 1935 — Ref. S118.6c</p><p>Bibliographic Details from the catalogue -</p><p>Author: Mary Wilson Gordon</p><p>Title: Christopher North; A Memoir of Prof. John Wilson; from Family Papers etc.</p><p>Publisher: Edmonston & Douglas Edinburgh</p><p>Date: 1862</p><p>Format: Post 8vo blue cloth gilt‑stamped first edition two volumes</p><p>Illustrations: Portraits and "Hogarthian Sketches" by J. G. Lockhart and others</p><p>Original Price: 8 shillings</p><p>From Charles Dickens Jr.'s Catalogue — Ref. C016.03 location RR2</p><p>Condition - Good plus. Cloth shows edgewear; spines darkened; hinges cracked; scattered small stains. No dust jackets as issued. A handsome set in a custom slipcase with the two critical provenance markers cleanly affixed and well‑preserved.</p><p>Books from Dickens's personal library are scarce; books retaining both the engraved bookplate and the 1870 dispersal label are significantly rarer still. This set has two Dickens bookplates. This is a quintessential example—documented bibliographically traceable and carrying the unmistakable physical evidence of Dickens's ownership.</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>26.2 26.3</strong></p> hardcover
1838BBS-2024287Richard Bentley 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes complete. Originally serialized from 1837-1839 this is the first edition in book format published shortly before the close of the serial in its first state with 'Boz' at title pages and the Fireside plate at page 313 in volume three. Bound without half titles or publisher's adverts. With twenty-four engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Contemporary half leather marbled-papered boards boards scuffed scratched and moderately edgeworn; leather cracked at spines. Inner hinges of volume one very slightly cracked. Bindings sound. Pages toned foxed and with occasional staining; heavier foxing to illustration plates; prior owner's name blind-stamped near top fore-edge corner of each title page. Interiors else unmarked. Richard Bentley hardcover
1853331935London: bradbury & Evans 1853. First. hardcover. very good. H.K. Browne. With 40 illustrations by H.K. Browne. Handsomely bound in 20th century 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards gilt lettered spine with raised bands. London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First Edition.<br/> <br/> First issue with all the three typographic errors. The plates are browned at the edges not affecting the images which are free from offset or foxing.<br/> <br/> bradbury & Evans unknown
184089477London: Chapman and Hall April 1840-November 1841. First Edition. First Printing. Large Octavo. 27cm. Complete in 88 parts in original wraps housed in a tailor-made leather Solinger box and bookcloth chemise. Prefaces and preliminary matter present in Parts 26 52 and 88. The vast majority in very good condition with some light soiling creasing or inoffensive wear; Part 7 has a split to the spine Part 17 has an amateur repair Parts 29 & 30 have closed tears to the rear wrap and Parts 12 3237 81 83 85 87 and 88 have visible soiling or shallow chipping to the wraps to some extent. The majority are internally clean and fresh and all pieces present conform to the requirements called for in Hatton & Cleaver "Periodical Works of Charles Dickens" P. 163. A significant number of the parts bear the signature of "H. Evans Esq." discreetly to the upper front wrap. A very good complete set of a very unusual Dickens periodical publication. <br /> <br /> From a publishing perspective a bit of a botched experiment although sales at points were astronomically higher than expected and from a bibliographical standpoint something of a curiosity. Master Humphrey was available in this format initially each weekly part being 16 pages and priced at threepence; weekly parts were then gathered by Chapman and Hall and combined into the more usual trimmed monthly parts; then three volumes of the weekly parts bound together with yellow endpapers and trimmed edges were followed by a slightly shorter three volume edition with marbled endpapers and edges. Eckel states "Of the four issues the weekly one is difficult to obtain in a clean condition and is therefore the costliest." It's possible the entire concept would have been a costly failure had it not been for the legendary popularity of Little Nell going viral in "The Old Curiosity Shop" which makes up one of the full length stories encased in Master Humphrey's Clock. The concept itself is charming and typically Dickensian; Master Humphrey is an elderly antiquarian who keeps old manuscripts in the belly of a long case clock and invites his friends and confidantes to come read them. The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge make up the bulk of the long form narrative accompanied by numerous short stories sketches and anecdotal digressions. <br /> There's something quite unnerving about the Victorian preoccupation with presenting everything as a communal parlour game that probably has something to do with the very things Dickens highlights; Victorian London was haves and have-nots the invited and those who had to watch the feast from the other side of the window you either conformed and joined in the games or you were outside. The cast iron social awareness of your average Victorian must have been something to behold. <br /> Complete and presentable sets of either of the parts issues are hard to come by and the tales held in Master Humphrey's Clock are probably best read in this form one slim episode after another accompanied by ads for Mechli's Leadenhall emporium. Chapman and Hall unknown
