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1894290899Boston. : Houghton Mifflin Company. 1894. Half red leather over red marbled boards raised bands raised bands gilt spine decorations top edge gilt marbled endpapers. . Fine tight and bright. 20.6x13.5 cm. . An attractive well preserved nicely illustrated set in fine bindings. Heavy setwill require extra shipping. weight: 50.0 lb. Numerous engraved plates. Houghton, Mifflin Company. hardcover books
1848121387London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First edition in book form of Dickens' novel of "Pride" with 40 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz". Octavo bound in full morocco by Bayntun gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel gilt signature on the back panel inner dentelles gilt ruled to the front and rear panels all edges gilt marbled endpapers. With 40 engraved plates including frontispiece and engraved title by H. K. Browne. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. 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. The work "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. The original serials contain the first of Browne's "dark plates" "On the dark Road" in part 18 created by the engraver's lining machine and roulettes that tint the etched plate creating heightened contrast Johannsen Phiz 309. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
184021843London: Chapman and Hall 1840-41. First Edition in Book Form. Bound from the original parts. 3 tall octavo volumes 26cm; publisher's purple-brown vertical-ribbed cloth covers decorated with blind border of thick and thin fillets and broad elaborate flower leaf and stem design with spines lettered and decorated in gilt with five scrolled shields and three leaf-bulb designs; primary binding with the hands on gilt clocks on each front cover pointing to the hour which corresponds to the appropriate volume number; variant marbled endpapers; 2 iv 306; vi 306; vi 426pp; illus. with three frontispieces and numerous wood-engravings in text by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". Previous owner's name "Mrs. Eden" written in a contemporary hand at center of first blank in each volume; hint of sunning to spines with spine ends lightly softened; light wear to lower board edges with brief exposure to lower corners; slight forward lean to Vol.1; Vol.3 expertly re-hinged; occasional finger soil to margins though generally clean throughout and free of foxing; an attractive Very Good set overall. Master Humphrey's Clock was planned to be a collection of stories and sketches told by Master Humphrey and his circle of friends as Dickens outlined in his preface - written in weekly parts over 40 months. The original scheme was not successful and Dickens altered the format to make Master Humphrey's material a framework for his novels The Old Curiosity Shop nos.6-45 and Barnaby Rudge nos.46-88. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1837243063London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First. hardcover. Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. 609pp. thick 8vo early 20th century 3/4 red morocco a.e.g .London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First Edition.<br/><br/> Early issue with many of the required points including the 2 Buss plates facing pp. 69 & 74 "Tony Veller" & "Phiz fecit." on half-title signature E on p. 25 etc. The plates are lightly but evenly toned without foxing. Some plates are signed with and others without page numbers but none have captions.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
1852005281London: Bradbury and Evans 1852 1853 and 1854. First edition first issue. Full Morocco. Cloth Slipcase. Fine. Beautiful full brown morocco set bound by Henry Sotheran of London with a blindstamped gilt cameo portrait as a centerpiece on each volume's front board a gilt impression of his autograph on each rear board and English or kingly devices stamped into the spine compartments a crown an abstract rose a fleur-de-lys an armorial lion. Original cloth front covers with gilt vignettes bound into respective volumes. With first issue points: "Christmas 1851" in Vol. I Dedication; missing "xi" for page number in this first volume; missing "6" for Chapter XXV Table of Contents of Vol. II. But does have "287" for page number of third volume. With ads in all volumes. Gilt edges. Gilt ruling. Light wear of custom cloth slipcase. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
1857011323Bradbury and Evans 1857. Book. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. All First Edition Points.3/4 Brown Leather with Marble Boards.Beautiful Copy. White Pages little foxing. Gorgeous Copy. Bradbury and Evans Hardcover books
189013277London: Chapman and Hall 1890. Full leather. Very Good . R. Seymour and "Phiz". A wonderful Presentation copy of this 1890 re-issue bound and signed by the binder in full calf by Morrell of London. Included with this copy are 26 mounted photographs most of them signed by the actors of characters from a local production of "The Pickwick Papers" put on by the "Ipswich Suffolk England Presbyterian Acting Guild". There's also a bound-in Presentation page thanking a Mr. Herbert Walker for his 4 years of leadership and signed by the members of the Ipswich Presbyterian Guild. A clean very sharp copy to boot. Tight and VG to Near Fine with very light scuffing to the front panel mild wear at the foot of the spine and very light foxing internally though not affecting the plates at all and along the fore-edge. Thick octavo nicely illustrated thruout in addition to the 26 photos by R. Seymour and "Phiz" <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1852140941225London: Bradbury & Evans 1852. First Edition. Very Good. 1852 1853 1854 but 1851-1853. Three volumes. First edition in book form. Bound without ads in half crushed red morocco over marbled boards. Very Good. Bindings lightly rubbed spines faded owner names and bookplates at front. Dickens' anti-aristocratic and anti-monarchical history of England written for children. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
184821193London: Bradbury & Evans Chapman & Hall 1848. First editions. Hardcover. All in orig. gilt decorated publisher's red cloth with front and back cover stamping in blind housed in felt lined red cloth slipcase. Aeg. Very good. 4 vols. Leech John. Four of five Christmas Books 17 x 11 cm. Chimes: the second Christmas book 175 pages. Second state of the vignette title page with Chapman & Hall in open letters below illustrated with 13 engravings after designs by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield. Nicks to backstrip head and foot. Cricket 174 pages. Ad leaf "New Edition Of Oliver Twist" second state double page vignette frontispiece and title illustrated with 14 engravings by Leech Doyle Stanfield Maclise and Landseer. Early owner inscription at title head rubbing to backstrip extremities. Battle Of Life. 175 pages. Vignette title page in the fourth and most common state. 13 engravings by Leech Doyle Maclise and Stanfield. Two pages of adverts at rear. Haunted Man. 188 pages. The last Christmas book 16 engravings by Leech Tenniel Stone and Stanfield. Frontispiece and pictorial title printed on light mustard color paper rehinged with original backstrip laid-down slight loss of gilt lettering at head. All copies with yellow endpapers. ECKEL pp.116-118. SMITH II: 5-9. Bradbury & Evans, Chapman & Hall hardcover books
194067936A Beautifully Bound and Illustrated Copy of "A Christmas Carol" DICKENS Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Illustrated by Philip Reed. Chicago: Printed.by John B. Reed and Philip Reed at the Monastery Hill Press for Holiday House New York 1940. First edition illustrated by Philip Reed. Small octavo 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 170 x 121 mm. xii 148. Numerous colored illustrations. Beautifully bound in full red morocco boards decoratively ruled in gilt with two double-fillet borders and with gilt holly leaves as corner devices. Front board with leather inlay of Mr. Fezziwig dancing in tan green brown and black morocco. Spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Top edge gilt others uncut. Partially unopened. A beautiful fine copy. HBS 67936. $1500 The Monastery Hill Press hardcover books
18542157London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition. First edition. Original fine-ribbed olive green cloth with blindstamped design on covers and spine. with "Price 5/- at base of spine. Has p. 244 versus 44. A very good tight and unsophisticated copy with both hinges completely intact. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
18671002625London 1867. Admission ticket #70 for the public banquet given in honor of Charles Dickens as he embarked on his final American reading tour. In 1867 Dickens was at the height of his literary fame and the grand farewell dinner at London's Freemason's Hall was attended by almost five hundred guests including Matthew Arnold Wilkie Collins Alfred Tennyson and Anthony Trollope. In his response to the toasts Dickens outlined his reasons for returning to America: " I am inspired . . . by a natural desire to see for myself the astonishing change and progress of a quarter of a century over there to grasp the hands of many faithful friends whom I left upon those shores to see the faces of a multitude of new friends upon whom I have never looked and last not least to use my best endeavor to lay down a third cable of intercommunication and alliance between the old world and the new." Dickens was overwhelmed by the occasion writing to his friend Harry Wills the following day: "When I got up to speak but for taking a desperate hold of myself I should have lost my sight and voice and sat down again." A near-fine artifact of the Victorian literary scene. Pale green coated card measuring 3 x 4.5 inches printed recto only: "Dinner given to Mr. Charles Dickens / on the occasion of / His Departure for the United States / Freemason's Hall Great Queen St. / Saturday November 2nd 1867 Seven o'clock." Lightest edgewear. unknown books
18804760London: Chapman and Hall 1880. Large thick 8vo. Bound in modern three-quarter dark brown goatskin bold gilt lettering to spine all edges in 23ct gold. The first Household edition bound together. A superb fore edge painting by Martin Frost featuring a portrait of the young Dickens with illustrations from each of the titles monogrammed by Martin Frost with his authenticity ticket tipped in. Fine. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
185421838London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm.; original green blind- and gilt-tooled cloth pale yellow glazed endpapers; viii325pp. Spine a bit cocked and toned to tan covers show some faint dampstaining minor edge wear hinges starting to crack but still holding. Very Good overall. GIMBEL A136; SMITH I 11. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1854121032London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition in book form of Dickens' attack on the living conditions of England's mid-19th century industrial cities. Octavo original green cloth blindstamped with gilt titles to the spine including the "Price 5/-" in gilt at the base of the spine and p.244 misnumbered as 44. In near fine condition with the half-title present which is often lacking. Housed in a custom three quarter morocco and chemise slipcase. Initially published serially in Household Words between April and August of 1854 Hard Times was published in book form almost immediately following the final serial in 1854. Viewed as a departure from Dickens' previous tales the work presents what was to become an increasingly somber picture of contemporary society in Dickens' works. Critics such as George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Macaulay focused on Dickens' treatment of trade unions and his post-Industrial Revolution pessimism in regards to the divide between capitalist mill owners and undervalued workers during the Victorian era. F. R. Leavis a great admirer of the book included it - but not as a whole - in his Great Tradition of English novels. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
1857WRCLIT29812London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. Large thick octavo lettered in gilt decorated in blind. Frontis engraved title and plates by H.K. Browne. Front inner hinge cracking slightly cloth a bit faded head and toe of spine a bit frayed and nicked margins of most plates quite foxed but despite the noted defects a good sound unsophisticated copy. First edition in book form though with some of the errors corrected. In this copy p. 371 is signed correctly and 'Rigaud' has been corrected to 'Blandois' on pp.469-74. SMITH 12. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
184096777London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands red morocco spine label engraved frontispieces illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition. Master Humphrey's Clock originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical published between April of 1840 and December of 1841. Entirely written and edited by Dickens the magazine included both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Many of the short stories acted as frame stories to the novels and although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
184095116London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo 3 volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands top edge gilt marbled endpapers engraved frontispiece in each volume illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Tipped in to the front and rear of each volume is an extensive collection containing pages from a number of the original Master's Humphrey's Clock serials in addition to several period reviews and article related to Dickens. In near fine condition. A unique example containing the stories in their original form. Master Humphrey's Clock originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical published between April of 1840 and December of 1841. Entirely written and edited by Dickens the magazine included both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Many of the short stories acted as frame stories to the novels and although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
187732830Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1877. Reprint of the extremely rare privately printed edition of 1851. 96pp. 1 vols. 24mo. Full olive-green morocco gilt cornerpieces of three-leaf clover gilt spine raised bands gilt turn-ins with floral sprays t.e.g. by WOSFORD. Fine copy. Reprint of the extremely rare privately printed edition of 1851. 96pp. 1 vols. 24mo. According to Eckel "there are only three known copies traceable" of the original edition of this little farce which Dickens wrote with Mark Lemon editor of Punch for the Guild of Literature and Art and that the pamphlet from which this reprint was made was destroyed in the Boston fire of 1879. This is an exceptionally fine copy of the reprint which is in itself becoming very scarce. Eckel pp. 165-66 James R. Osgood & Company unknown books
1865315065London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First Edition in the original parts; first issue text "pricipal" in no. 14. 40 plates engraved on wood by Dalziel and W.T. Green after designs by Marcus Stone. 20 issues bound in 19 parts. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers lightly soiled some backstrips repaired ome wear to some wrappers. In a half green morocco slipcase. Stone Marcus. First Edition in the original parts; first issue text "pricipal" in no. 14. 40 plates engraved on wood by Dalziel and W.T. Green after designs by Marcus Stone. 20 issues bound in 19 parts. 1 vols. 8vo. Our Mutual Friend contains the greatest number of inserted ads of all of Dickens' books in parts. The present copy is a made up set and the ads and slips also largely agree with their count except for the following differences: In nos. 2 & 4 Glenfield Starch slips are present in both without an added slip announcing "Just Published . Mr. & Mrs. Asheton" in no. 4 not called for; with in no. 8 announcement All the Year Round slip in yellow; nos. 14 & 18 lack "The Economic Life Assurance Society" inserts; no. 18 lacks "In Number 335" slip and has Chapman & Hall catalogue for Sept. 1 1865 in place of Mappin & Webb insert; no.19/20 has green the Foreign Bank Notes slip. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 345-370 Chapman and Hall unknown books
66157Typescript Lecture of Charles Dickens's "Personal Reminiscences" DICKENS Charles. Personal Reminiscences of his Father Miss Dickens's Type Writing Office N.p.: N.d. ca. 1934. Typescript of a lecture 118 pp. On one side only. Quarto. With about twenty hand changes in text. The lecture was published in a supplement to the Christmas number of the Windsor Magazine for 1934 under the title "An Important Literary Discovery" and with a forward by Mary Angela Dickens Charles Dickens's grand-daughter. This typescript was done at "Miss Dickens" typewriting office and according to a pencil note "She was one of the pioneers of Typewriting in London. She charged 1/2d a folio." Half brown morocco over brown pebbled cloth gilt-stamped on spine with five raised bands. Many period corrections throughout. Edges rubbed small spot to front cover. Very good. HBS 66157. $1500 1934 hardcover books
1846300157London Bradbury & Evans Whitefriars 1846. 1846. First edition. 8vo. Woodcut vignettes by Samuel Palmer. Half title. Original blind stamped blue cloth with gilt lettered spine; pale yellow endpapers. Two pages of advertisements at front and two pages of advertisements at end. An unusually fresh bright copy no foxing. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. hardcover books
18461771London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition. Fine. Vignette title in the fourth state Smith II.8. Small 8vo: viii 175 1 2; complete. Tipped onto the advertisement leaf is a smaller leaf advertising "Monsieur Vlieland's Works" not described in Smith. A lovely Fine copy with some contemporary ownership markings at the front end papers otherwise an excellent copy both inside and out. <br/><br/>Dickens' fourth Christmas book and one of the lesser known books from the series. The Battle of Life centers on two sisters Grace and Marion who must contend with shared romantic attachments. After Marion disappears with a presumed libertine Michael Warden the family struggles to make sense of her sudden departure. But in standard Dickensian fashion the plot twists get resolved and happiness prevails for everyone. Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1845285862London: Chapman & Hall 1845. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated by Maclise Leech & Doyle. 16mo re-bound in full red morocco with the original red cloth front cover laid on. London: Chapman & Hall 1845. First edition. Fine.<br/><br/> First issue with the publisher's name part of the engraving on the vignette title page.<br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
18393172London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition. Bound by Bayntun in three-quarter red calf over cloth boards all edges gilt. Spine a bid faded internally an excellent copy. Complete with the half-title and all 40 plates engraved by Phiz. Likely washed at the time of binding as most plates show little to no foxing. Most of Smith's internal flaws are found including the ones of pgs. 123 and 160 only found in the earliest copies bound from the parts.<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. "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. Chapman and Hall unknown books
