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18591804045Chapman 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good first edition first issue rebound in leather with all first issue points. As Hatton and Cleaver note in their bibliography A Tale of Two Cities has "practically no 'points' sufficiently outstanding to distinguish the earlier printings." However both H&C and Smith agree that copies with the misprint on page 213 corrected and lacking the signature "b" on page ix are decidedly second printings. This copy has the first issue points. Foxing all plates and some pages have been inserted. All plates and pages are present except no publisher's catalog which is not present in all copies. Housed in custom-made collector's cloth slipcase. Chapman hardcover books
09019London April 1838 - October 1839: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Hablot K. Browne Phiz. In the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19. From the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection and annotated by Thomas Hatton who has written in pencil on the rear wrapper of part VI: "No. 920 - clean and perfect." Additionally Mr. Hatton has written in pencil in part VI on page 192 the final page of text "CNP . TH." "CNP" meaning "clean and perfect." Original green printed wrappers - ALL wrappers are correct. FIRST ISSUE of the text with part IV having the misprint "visiter" for "sister" on page 123 line 17 and part V having the misprint "latter" for letter on page 160 line 6 up. FIRST STATE of the plates having the publisher's imprint beneath the illustrations in parts I and II and FIRST STATE of plate 29 in part XV with the long title and the signature "PHIZ" in caps a dot preceeding the letter "P" and another dot between the last two letters. Part XI has the Charles Tilt ad as cited by Hatton & Cleaver: "In many copies seen there is to be found pasted within the front wrapper a small yellow slip 4 1/2" x 3" issued by Charles Tilt Fleet Street. On one side it is headed "New books for Children/Tales of Shipwrecks & Disasters at Sea" and on verso "Unique Present" - Substantially all the ads and slips are present with the following exceptions: part II lacks the Mechi slip and two leaves of the Advertiser; part III lacks the scarce Joseph Amesbury ad; part VIII lacks only the scarce Tyas "Heads of the People" ad. All other ads are present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver. Part XIX/XX has the scarce "Hill's Seal Wafers" ad without the seals. The plates are very good to fine; tissue guards are present. Spines are expertly renewed on parts I VI and perhaps a few others. Subscriber's names or initials on front wraps of parts IX XII XIII XVI and XIX/XX. Small repair to fore-corners of part I front wrapper. Bookplate of Mortimer L. Schiff on page 1 of Advertiser of part I; armorial bookplate of Charles Parkhurst on inside of slipcase and chemise. Octavo i-viiviii-xxixii-xivxvxvi 12-624 with 39 plates by Phiz and the frontis by Maclise. The present set is exceptional in many ways: both the text and plates have the FIRST ISSUE points; it is annotated by the bibliographer Thomas Hatton and is from the Hatton & Cleaver collection; all parts are complete with the exceptions of II III and VIII as noted above. Housed in a handsome purple quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver Collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
183718130London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First Edition Second State. Full leather. Near fine. First edition of The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens in a stunning Cosway-Style Binding. Octavo xiv 2 609pp 7. Full green morocco over beveled boards title in gilt on the spine. All edges gilt. Five decorative raised bands gilt lettering and decorative compartments. Doublures with inlaid red morocco and gilt dentelles. Inset hand-colored portrait of Dickens after paintings by Daniel Maclise under glass with brass frame in front doublure. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Charles J. Sawyer LTD of London. Front hinge reinforced with archival leather restoration almost indistinguishable. This work is the second issue of the text with the half-title the corrected "W" in Weller on the vignette title "loud knocking" on page 18 is slightly mutilated signature "E" present on pages 25 and 27 and pagination present for page 26. Solid text block light wear to edges of some leaves faint foxing. Complete with vignette title page frontispiece portrait and 41 illustrated plates by Robert Seymour and H.K. Brown "Phiz". Smith I 3 Hatton & Cleaver 3-88pp A beautiful Cosway-Style binding. The Cosway-style binding originated in London in the early 20th Century created by bookseller and Dickens scholar John Harrison Stonehouse. The style was named after Richard Cosway 1742-1821 the celebrated English miniaturist painter known for his delicate portrait work. Stonehouse commissioned Sangorski & Sutcliffe to create bindings that incorporated miniature watercolor portraits set into the covers under glass. These miniatures-painted on ivory by artists such as Miss C.B. Currie-were often portraits of the book's author a key character or a historical figure related to the text. Each was framed within the leather cover usually of richly gilt morocco and accompanied by elaborate tooling and jeweled ornamentation. The style became a hallmark of Edwardian luxury bookbinding. After the deaths of Sangorski 1912 and later Currie the tradition continued under Sutcliffe and later firms and "Cosway-style" came to denote any binding featuring such inset miniatures even when produced elsewhere. Chapman and Hall unknown
424301823-1895 Publisher and partner in Chapman and Hall sending "another little job for Clowes's. It is a very short one. I have written all needful instructions fro the printer. Will you let them have a few sheets of the same paper as before and direct them to pull three piles for me when revised as in the other instances and then to distribute. Speed will be a great convenience to m as my Reading time is fast drawing on and I want the book by me any hour." 1 side 8vo. Gads Hill Place Higham by Rochester Kent Saturday Night 1st September Chapman and Hall published the works of Charles Dickens Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning among others. In 1880 Chapman turned his business into a limited company which he ran until his death. On 28th March 1870 three months before his death Charles Dickens signed an agreement with Frederic Chapman and Henry Trollope confirming their shared ownership of Dickens's copyrights. Chapman bought the remainder of those copyrights after Dickens's death; he also carefully cultivated Dickens' relatives Georgina Hogarth and Mary Dickens when they proposed to edit Dickens's letters. Dickens in fact made Chapman & Hall rich. William Clowes Ltd. is a British printing company founded in London in 1803 by William Clowes. It grew from a small one press firm to one of the world's largest printing companies in the mid-19th century. After separating from Catherine Dickens undertook a series of popular and remunerative reading tours which together with his journalism were to absorb most of his creative energies for the next decade in which he was to write only two novels. His first reading tour lasting from April 1858 to February 1859 consisted of 129 appearances in 49 towns throughout England Scotland and Ireland. Dickens's continued fascination with the theatrical world was written into the theatre scenes in Nicholas Nickleby and he found an outlet in public readings. In 1866 he undertook a series of public readings in England and Scotland with more the following year in England and Ireland. His books at this time were A Tale of Two Cities 1859 and Great Expectations 1861 both of which were resounding successes. unknown
1870ST18330London: Chapman and Hall 1870. FIRST EDITION in book form. 215 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. vii 1 blank 190 pp. Without the leaf of publisher's ads. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO BY CEDRIC CHIVERS stamp-signed on rear turn-in ca. 1911 covers framed by one blind and two gilt fillets upper cover with INLAID PAINTED VELLUCENT ESCUTCHEON with the arms of the city of Rochester within a "tiled" gilt frame the inlay enclosed by Art Nouveau floral design incorporating a heart motif an onlaid citron morocco heart at the foot of the design three raised bands dividing the spine into two small compartments slightly larger compartment with gilt titling and an elongated compartment with inlaid vellucent and gilt escutcheon displaying the arms of the county of Kent within similar Art Nouveau tooling featuring an onlaid citron heart turn-ins ruled in gilt with dot cornerpieces leather hinges red watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait engraved vignette title and 12 plates as called for by S. L. Fildes EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with reproductions of a black & white portrait of Fildes and an engraved portrait of John Forster both taken from contemporary publications a reduced reproduction of the original green paper wrapper cover all three of these mounted in heavy stock frames additional calligraphed title page noting extra-illustrations 16 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS FOUR OF THESE WATERCOLORS 13 dry-point all but one mounted in heavy stock frames one drawn directly on heavy stock all captioned and all with tissue guards. Front flyleaf with embossed ex-libris of Dana C. Bradford. With "The Last Book" a seven-page excerpt from Forster's "Life of Dickens" mounted in frames at rear following a handwritten section title page. ◆Slight rippling of some of the inserted leaves text faintly yellowed because of paper stock as no doubt in all copies perhaps a whisper of wear to the binding but still and easily a very fine copy.<br/> <br/> In terms of content illustration binding and condition this item is obviously of very considerable appeal. Dickens' final unfinished novel "Edwin Drood" is a murder mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Set in a lightly fictionalized version of Rochester near which Dickens was living the plot involves a marriage engagement between the two orphans Drood and Rosa Budd made by their parents and distasteful to both of them. When Drood disappears suspicion falls heavily on Neville another orphaned young man who is in love with Rosa. Neville has the reader's sympathy and we can only hope that Drood's sinister and scheming uncle Jasper is the culprit. A distinguished artist who did many famous portraits in his later years Samuel Luke Fildes 1844-1927 began as an illustrator known especially for powerful black and white images of social realism; his career was measurably advanced by his selection as the artist to execute the plates in "Edwin Drood." Cedric Chivers opened his Bath bindery in the 1880s producing various kinds of fine decorative bindings but specializing in a "vellucent" binding based on the 18th century painted vellum work of Edwards of Halifax. Here he has used the vellucent technique to create the shields with the arms of Rochester and Kent inlaid on the cover and spine. The anonymous watercolors here are extremely attractive being skillfully done in pleasing colors. They are mostly depictions of the novel's localities generally in Rochester. Chapman and Hall unknown
18386256London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition. First issue with no border around final plate and correct page listing in list of "Embellishments." Two octavo volumes 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 191 x 117 mm. i-xix xx blank 288 pp; i-ix x blank 263 264 printers imprint. Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I and twelve engraved plates by George Cruikshank. The frontispiece to each volume hand-colored volume I. "Joseph Grimaldi" & Volume II. "Grimaldi's kindness to the Giant". Extra illustrated by the insertion of forty-eight engraved plates eighteen of which are hand colored. Six of the hand colored plates are by F.W. Pailthorpe; six by Isaac Cruikshank and two by George Cruikshank--all three of these artists are famous Dickens illustrators. Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on rear silk endleaves. Bound in full forest green crushed levant morocco covers triple-ruled in gilt surrounding a thin inlaid border of black morocco. Spines with five raised bands decoratively bordered in black and gilt in compartments gilt lettering gilt board edges and decorative gilt turn-ins. Front and back doublures of each volume with a superb figure and background inlaid in various colored morocco's. The four inlaid designs include "Gaby Grin The Eccentric Clown" and three other characters from the book. Green watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise very fine. Housed in the original fleece-lined green cloth slipcase. A spectacular example of a pair of early Bayntun bindings typical of the firm's first-rate work and use of the best materials. <br /> <br /> Joseph Grimaldi 1779-1837 was considered "the most celebrated of English clowns" famous for his pantomime skills Britannica. Purportedly an autobiography edited by Dickens scholars have debated the extent of his authorial role: Forster claims he wrote the introductory chapter Eckel says the last and Bentley argues a significant portion of the book. It is for a discerning reader to parse Grimaldi from Dickens nevertheless it makes for an entertaining read.<br /> <br /> George Bayntun 1873-1940 was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery also based in Bath in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. <br /> <br /> <br /> Gimbel B64. Eckel pp. 140-2. Richard Bentley unknown
18375218London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition. Very Good . Bound in the publisher's full crushed purple morocco all edges gilt. Stamped in gilt on the spine and with blind rules on the boards and spine. With original yellow-coated end papers. Joints holding well although three short tears at the crown where it looks like someone pulled the book from a shelf at the crown causing three .5 inch tears. Inner hinges just starting but holding well. The book complete and entirely unrestored. Generally clean internally with less foxing near the plates than many copies. A Very Good copy rarely found in this deluxe format often used by Dickens for presentation copies.<br /> <br /> Collating xvi 609 1 complete with half title and 43 inserted plates. A few of Hatton and Cleaver's first issue points to the later half of text; all plates in the Phiz states and with the later Chapman & Hall imprints. Given that the early parts continued to be reprinted and corrected while the later parts were produced it is common for the cloth-bound or publisher's morocco-bound copies to have most the the earlier misprints corrected as here.<br /> <br /> Dickens' first novel showcasing his astounding talent for sketching charming sympathetic characters helped to launch his career. "Its main literary value and appeal was formed by its numerous memorable characters.The Pickwick Papers are mostly a series of humorous misadventures with a bit of satire that give some insight into the mores of Victorian society. You can witness Dickens here working on a few prototypes that will show up in later novels.you also see his social consciousness manifesting itself" Inverarity. An important early work that remains beloved by Dickens' fans for its sensationalism and humor. Very Good . Chapman and Hall unknown
1838166600Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard successors to Carey & Co. 1839 though December 1838. Oliver in America First US edition of one of the best-known of all works of English fiction unrestored in the original quarter cloth. Oliver Twist was first serialized in Britain in Bentley's Miscellany from February 1837 to April 1839. Before serialization was complete the full novel was issued in Britain in book form in November 1838. The publishing history of the first US edition is complicated. Dickens's works did not have copyright protection in the US to his irritation and his novels were subject to rapid competing piracies. Lea and Blanchard made a payment of £50 to Dickens and £60 to his British publisher Richard Bentley in return for advance sheets of Oliver Twist to gain an advantage over other American publishers. From these advance sheets Lea and Blanchard issued a separate part serialization and planned a one-volume illustrated edition which was indeed the first printed in early December 1838. However delays in receiving Cruikshank's illustrations from Britain ensured the sheets of the one-volume edition were not published until 2 February 1839. Lea and Blanchard feared their competitors would publish first pirating copies of the British edition which were making their way over the Atlantic. They quickly printed this two-volume edition published on 19 December 1838 the title page post-dated 1839. 2 vols octavo. With 2 pages of preliminary advertisements in vol. I first state signed with an asterisk but not "1" and 16 pages in vol. II some copies have 12 pages without established priority. Original purple quarter cloth printed paper label to spines drab paper-covered sides. Housed in a brown half calf solander box. Contemporary ownership signature of one Joseph Hall to front free endpaper of each volume; recent bookplate of collector Peter Russell mounted to inside cover of box. Light sunning to spines slight wear to labels and corners contents a little browned and foxed as usual vol. I a little shaken pp. 155/6 of same with 80 mm closed tear affecting pagination and headline without loss pp. 81/2 of vol. II with 81 mm closed tear into text without loss. A very good copy. Gimbel A33; Walter Smith Charles Dickens: A Bibliography of his First American Editions 2012 pp. 83-7. See Kathleen Tillotson "The Philadelphia editions of 1838-9" in The Clarendon Edition of Oliver Twist 1966. hardcover
1894175950Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press 1894. A handsome set The Large-Paper Edition number 301 of 500 sets: a very attractive edition of Dickens's collected works incorporating the illustrations of the first editions alongside scholarly commentary here handsomely bound. 32 vols octavo 221 x 151 mm. Illustrated throughout with engravings from the original designs by Brown Cruikshank Leech and others. Contemporary red half morocco spines lettered in gilt gilt floral blocking to compartments marbled sides top edges gilt others uncut. Spot of wear at head of spine of vol. I several leaves in vol. 13 chipped without loss to text otherwise contents fresh. An excellent set. unknown
1911008394London Philadelphia: William Heinemann J.B. Lippincott 1911. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. RACKHAM Arthur 1867-1939. The deluxe edition & one of 525 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. In the publishers original gilt-stamped pictorial vellum a few faint surface soils to upper cover lacking the cloth ties. Spine gilt titles & illustrations. Internally illustrated endpapers limitation leaf with Rackham signature half title coloured frontis title with coloured illustration 8 ix-xv 1 2 3-147 pp 1 12 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham mounted on brown paper all with captioned tissue-guards illustrations 20 B&W illustrations within text t.e.g. others uncut pencil ownership inscription to fep Townsend occasional very faint edge browning but an excellent example of a title rarely found in as good a condition. 291230 mm 4to Riall p124. Latimore/Haskell p44 Through the intervention of four ghosts Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the spirit of Christmas! This the 1915 Arthur Rackham edition of A Christmas Carol presents Charles Dickens's classic Christmas novella accompanied by richly atmospheric illustrations. The book contains the complete text of Dickens's story first published in 1843 alongside Rackham's distinctive pen and ink drawings and colour plates which reinterpret the tale with dramatic often eerie visual intensity <br/> <br/> William Heinemann J.B. Lippincott hardcover
18365000622Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1836. Some spotting or staining; joints to vols 2 3 and 5 neatly repaired and strengthened at top and tail; new endpapers to vol. 5; boards a bit worn and spine labels rubbed with some loss of lettering. Five volumes small octavo; original quarter pink cloth and plain boards printed spine labels; preserved in separate folders contained together in a quarter morocco bookform slipcase. <p><p>Pickwick in its earliest book form: Dickens' first great work completed when he was just 24. This very scarce first American edition predated the English book edition at a time before any international forms of copyright a practice that was to cause its author great annoyance. The first four volumes of this Philadelphia edition were published between November 1836 and September 1837. The one-volume book edition in England was not issued until November 1837 with the fifth volume of this American edition appearing in December. </p> <p>Only about 1500 copies of the first volume were issued but as Dickens' popularity grew later volumes appeared in greater quantities and volumes 1 and 2 were re-issued. In this set once in the famous Suzannet collection of Dickens volume 1 is in its rare first state while volume 2 is in its second issue form.</p> <p>With this set is the letter from the Rosenbach Company offering it to Count de Suzannet the Dickens collector for the very substantial 1932 price of $585 citing the $600 made by a copy at Jerome Kern's 1929 sale. For the relationship between Rosenbach and Suzannet see Frank A. GIbson "A Great Bookseller" in The Dickensian Vol. 57 Issue 334 1 May 1961.</p> <p>Detailed summary: first issue of volume one no mention of 'part first' on title or spine label verso of title with note "Dickinson & Ward Printers" 2pp. advertisements at front listing only "Watkins Tottle" and two sections of 8pp. and 4pp. at end with advertisement for two further works by Boz on verso of final leaf of text p.220 second issue of volume two with 'part second' on title and spine label and 'sporting' on sixth line only volumes 3-5 each with advertisements 3: 4 pp. at front and 4 pp. at end 4: 4 pp. at front 5: 4 pp. at front and 14 pp. at end.</p> </p> . Provenance: Rosenbach Company New York; sold in 1932 to Count Alain de Suzannet Lausanne his bookplates and original Rosenbach offer letter; Sotheby's 22 November 1971 lot 26; Frank Fletcher decorative bookplate; Sotheby's 11 July 2002 lot 183; private collection Sydney. Carey, Lea & Blanchard unknown
1843924F19London: Chapman & Hall 1843 . Cloth. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". John Leech. The second edition of Charles Dickens's festive novella illustrated by John Leech and in the publisher's original cloth binding. The scarce second edition of this iconic work.The first run of 6000 copies sold out entirely between the 19th December and the 24th December 1843 with second and third editions quickly being made available before the New Year.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece and three further hand-coloured steel-engraved plates after John Leech. One plate is detached and loosely inserted. Collated complete.With the contemporary inscription of Ann Brown dated Jan. 1st 1844 to the front free endpaper.With two pages of advertisements to the rear.Retaining the original half title.Written by Dickens during a period when the British were re-evaluating past Christmas traditions and introducing newer customs such as Christmas cards and Christmas trees. The novella captured the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fraying and small losses of cloth to back strip head and tail. Back strip age toned. Bumping and small losses of cloth to board perimeters. Horizontal line of abrasion to centre of front board. Hinges strained and slightly tender. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally text block divided into two between pages 64 and 65 with two central gatherings of sixteen leaves working loose and one plate detached and loosely inserted. Binding further tender between pages 128 and 129. Pages age toned most concentrated to title page. Small closed tear to title page head. Spotting and handling marks throughout. Good Only Chapman & Hall hardcover
517731London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. for the Dickens Fellowship 2005. Unbound. Near Fine. Periodical. Vol. 1 Number 1 through Vol. 100 Number 3. 464 consecutive issues lacking only Vol. 15 No. 1 from 1919. A combination of single issues and 17 bound volumes with wrappers and ads bound in the rear. Single issues with light wear and soiling many with a brief inked note on the cover and mostly later issues with occasional cover stamp or internal inked checkmarks or marginal bracketing some spines sunned a couple of outliers with moderate wear or loss at the spine overall near fine. The bound volumes with some wear and soiling a couple of owner signatures or bookplate and several volumes heavily sunned overall the bindings are very good and sound and the magazines are bright and fresh. Also included are separately printed indexes for Volumes 68-100 1972-2004; volume number and year inked on cover occasional interior checkmarks. A remarkably large and well-preserved collection of this magazine for Dickens lovers spanning 100 years of scholarship. Chapman & Hall Ltd., for the Dickens Fellowship unknown
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
1843104873London: Chapman and Hall 1843-48. Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes bound in the original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a sixth edition with the half-title printed in blue title-page printed in red and blue verso printed in blue hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. In very good condition with a contemporary gift inscription to the verso of the front panel. First edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year with the advertisement half-title engraved frontispiece and additional first state pictorial vignette title page. In near fine condition. First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home with half-title frontispiece and vignette title page with tissue guard present first state ad leaf. In near fine condition with ownership inscriptions. First edition of the Battle of Life: A Love Story with half-title advertisements frontispiece and fourth state vignette title page. In near fine condition with an autograph letter bound in and period catalogue descriptions affixed to the half-title. First edition of The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time with advertisements frontispiece and vignette title page. A nice set. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievementthe one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1859118558London: 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 full morocco gilt titles to the spine raised bands inner dentelles marbled endpapers. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation. 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
09051London 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 V. ALL wrappers are correct. Substantially all ads and slips are present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver with the following exceptions: the rare "Foreign Travel" slip in part VII which is known in only 6 copies; the "Pride of London slip in part XI and the "Temple of Fashion" slip in part XVI. Annotated by Thomas Hatton in part I on margin of the "Tea" add "M.C. I" and on margin of the "Extracts from the Britannia" ad on page 1 "M.C. I" and on page 3 "MC. at end of Pt I" - also annotated on the front wrap of the Wyld's Globes ad "M.C. I" as was his custom on certain ads. Laid in to part XI is a manuscript note by Thomas Hatton: "Martin Chuzzlewit / Part XI / 7 copies - Incomplete / Text only." First issue of the text conforming in all points to Smith pp. 65 - 67. Errata is 14 lines the 13 line errata was correct but changed to balance the format. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. All plates are very good to fine; tissue guards are in place. Octavo i-viiviiiixx-xiixiiixivxv-xvi 12-624. An outstanding set internally very clean and bright; minor soiling to a few wrappers; subscriber's name on front wrap of parts XIII and XV; most parts have spines expertly renewed. Armorial bookplate. 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
18392259London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition. Very Good. Bound in the original publisher's deluxe full green morocco binding gilt titles stamped in gilt and blind yellow end papers all edges gilt. A Very Good copy with creasing and wear to the spine one short tear at the head some foxing to the plates. Armorial bookplate of Henry Gillett on the front paste-down. Bound without the half-title otherwise complete with the engraved frontis and 39 plates by Phiz.<br/><br/>Nicholas Nickleby Dickens' third novel was originally serialized in monthly parts then issued as a book in cloth. The publishers also had a small number of copies bound up in the present morocco both for presentation - a census of copies inscribed by Dickens on publication show them all to be in the green morocco binding - and for sale to the public at a higher price. This copy with most of the issue points outlined in Smith but with a few typographical errors corrected.<br/><br/>"Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer.The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention and it demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" Bannerjee. A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable Nicholas ultimately prevails dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. A favorite among Dickens' works Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film. Very Good. Chapman and Hall unknown books
03743London: Richard Bentley 1838. Charles Dickens Unromantic Portrayal of Criminals and Their Sordid Lives<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. Author of "The Pickwick Papers" In Three Volumes. Vol. I. II. III. London: Richard Bentley 1838. <br/><br/>First edition of Dickens' second novel. The "Charles Dickens" issue with the title-page authorship credit to Charles Dickens instead of "Boz" and with the "Church" version of the final plate. First state of volume III with "pilaster" instead of "pier" or "pedestal" on page 164. Almost all the internal flaws according to Smith present. <br/><br/>Three octavo volumes 7 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 202 x 124 mm. Volumes I and III in twelves volume II in eights. iv 12-331 1 blank 4 advertisements; iv 12-307 1 blank; iv 12-315 1 blank pp. No half-title called for in Volume III. Twenty-four engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Small piece 3/4 x 3/8 inch torn away from upper corner of second plate in volume II repaired tear to top margin of following pages 61/62; E7. <br/><br/>Original Smith primary binding; Carter binding variant B reddish brown fine-diaper cloth front and back covers stamped in blind with an arabesque design spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt original pale yellow coated endpapers. Some light foxing to plates as usual some light occasional marginal soiling. Spine ends and inner hinges of volume three expertly and almost invisibly repaired spines very slightly faded but gilt still bright. Armorial bookplate of Adrian Hoffman Joline on front paste-downs bookplate for volume two removed. Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell case. An excellent and very attractive set. <br/><br/>For this novel Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: Volume I was printed in a twelvemo format by Samuel Bentley; Volume II in octavo format by Whiting; and Volume III preliminaries and signatures A-F and probably G by Whiting with the remaining text by Samuel Bentley again in twelvemo format. The three-decker publication date was 9 November 1839 and within a week at Dickens's insistence the title-pages were changed to include his name and the "Church" version of the final plate was substituted for the "Fireside" version. <br/><br/>Smith I 4. <br/><br/>Oliver Twist is the second novel by Charles Dickens and was first published as a serial 1837-39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin.<br/><br/>Oliver Twist is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century. <br/><br/>"My dear child' said the old gentleman moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal 'you need not be afraid of my deserting you unless you give me cause.' I never never will sir' interposed Oliver."<br/><br/>In this early example of the social novel Dickens satirizes the hypocrisies of his time including child labor the recruitment of children as criminals and the presence of street children. The novel may have been inspired by the story A Memoir of of Robert Blincoe 1832 an orphan whose account of working as a child laborer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences contributed as well.<br/><br/>Oliver Twist has been the subject of numerous adaptations for various media including a highly successful musical play Oliver! and the multiple Academy Award-winning 1968 motion picture which featured Mark Lester as Oliver Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger Ron Moody as Fagin and Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes. London: Richard Bentley, 1838 unknown books
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
