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18509951850. First Edition. Uniformly bound by Bayntun Riviere in full crushed Morocco. Near Fine. Cruikshank. Twain Mark.<br /> WHAT IS MAN And Other Essays.<br /> Harper & Bros: NY 1917. Item #99-1211<br /> Illustr 7.75 x 5.25 376 pp vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS FIRST ED. A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> TOM SAWYER ABROAD/TOM SAWYER DETECTIVE And Other Stories.<br /> Harper & Bros.: NY 1896. Item #99-1183<br /> Illustr; 7.75 x 5.25 410 ads vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.<br /> Charles L. Webster: NY 1892. Item #99-1198<br /> Illustr 8 x 5.5 277 ads vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS FIRST ED. A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> CHRISTIAN SCIENCE with Notes Containing Corrections to Date.<br /> Harper & Bros: NY and London 1907. Item #99-1200<br /> Illustr 7.75 x 5.25 362 pp vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS FIRST ED. FIRST STATE. A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES. New and Old.<br /> American Publishing Co: 1875. Item #99-1203<br /> Illustr 8.5 x6.5 320 pp vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS FIRST ED FIRST STATE. A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> TOM SAWYER ABROAD BY HUCK FINN.<br /> Charles L. Webster: NY 1894. Item #99-1186<br /> Illustr; 8 x 5.75 219 ads vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. A beautiful copy.<br /> Dickens Charles.<br /> THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.<br /> Chapman & Hall: London 1844. Item #99-2460<br /> "With illustrations by Phiz." 8.25 x 5.25 finely bound in full gilt-ruled golden crushed morocco; aeg 624 pp covers lightly rubbed hinges a little loose pp toned but still a very nice handsomely bound copy of the FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE with all the points listed in Smith: Heritage Bookshop; with one of the "L100" plates as engraved extra title. Binding by Bayntun-Riviere though not noted as such.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> EVE'S DIARY.<br /> Harper & Bros.: NY and London 1906. Item #99-1189<br /> Illustr by Lester Ralph; 8 x 5. 109 pp vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS FIRST EDITION. A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark and Charles Dudley Warner.<br /> THE GILDED AGE.<br /> American Publishing Co: Hartford. 1873. Item #99-1201<br /> Illustr 8.75 x 5.5 574 appendix vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS FIRST ED. EARLY ISSUE no ads. A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> MERRY TALES.<br /> Charles L. Webster: NY 1892. Item #99-1193<br /> 7 x 4.75 209 ads blind stamped name and address on title page else vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS FIRST ED state unknown but no portrait. "Fiction Fact And Fancy Series." A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG And Other Stories and Essays.<br /> Harper & Bros.: NY and London 1900. Item #99-1187<br /> Illustr; 7.75 x 5.25 398 ads vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. Third State 1.25" bulk A beautiful copy.<br /> Twain Mark.<br /> EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD'S VISIT TO HEAVEN.<br /> Harper & Bros NY and London 1909. Item #99-1181<br /> Frontis 7.5 x 5. 121 pp vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO GILT STAMPED SPINE ALL EDGES GILT MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. A beautiful copy.<br /> Dickens Charles. LITTLE DORRIT.<br /> Bradbury and Evans: London 1857. Item #99-2458<br /> "With illustrations by HK Browne" 8.5 x 5.25 finely bound in gilt-ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands; aeg 625 pp covers with minor rubbing hinges a little loose pp toned illustr with some spotting else a beautifully bound copy of the FIRST EDITION EARLY ISSUE with "po litical" on p 50 "figetty" on p265 "chimnies" on p342 "diceing" on p 360. "B2" at bottom of p 371; but with proper quotes before "Because" on p377 "Rigaud" for "Blandois" with printed errata on p xiv Smith: Heritage Bookshop. Binding by Bayntun-Riviere though not noted as such.<br /> Dickens Charles.<br /> THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD.<br /> Chapman & Hall: London 1870. Item #99-2455<br /> "With twelve illustrations by S.L. Fildes and a portrait" 8.5 x 5.25 finely bound in gilt-ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands; aeg 190 pp ads covers with very minor rubbing hinges a bit loose pp toned illustr toned and spotted as usual else nice clean fresh copy of the FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE with "Tower" on pl "sentiment" on p131 "years" on p149 no "very" on p168 and "reflection" on p 169 Smith: Heritage Bookshop.<br /> Dickens Charles.<br /> OUR MUTUAL FRIEND two volumes in one.<br /> Chapman and Hall: London 1865. Item #99-2456<br /> two volumes in one. "With illustrations by Marcus Stone" 8.5 x 5.25 finely bound in full gilt-ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands; aeg 320 pp. 309 pp minor rubbing to covers hinges a little loose pp toned small tear to foredge of frontis margin else a nice finely bound copy of the FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE with all the points listed in Smith: Heritage Bookshop.<br /> Dickens Charles.<br /> DOMBEY AND SON.<br /> Bradbury and Evans: London 1848. Item #99-2453<br /> "With illustrations by HK Browne" 8.5 x 5.25 finely bound in gilt ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands aeg 624 pp very minor cover rubbing hinges a little loose pp toned illustr toned and spotted as usual else a beautifully bound copy of the FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE with errata leaf and such points as "figetty" on p26 "amiliar" on p70 "Capatin" on p324 no period at the end of the last line on p582 and hook on left arm in title page vignette Smith: Heritage Bookshop. Binding by Bayntun-Riviere though not noted as such.<br /> Dickens Charles.<br /> THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.<br /> Chapman & Hall: London 1859. Item #99-2619<br /> 7.25 x 4.75 finely bound in full gilt ruled full crushed golden morocco with raised bands; aeg binding by Bayntun-Riviere though not identified as such 264 pp with original cloth spine affixed to rear blank minor cover rubbing hingesa little loose pp a little edge toned but still a nice beautiful copy of the FIRST ED but with no ads in rear.<br /> Dickens Charles.<br /> MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK.<br /> Chapman and Hall: London 1840-1841. Item #99-2566<br /> 3 Vols in 1. Illustr by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne 10 x 6.5 gilt ruled crushed gold morocco with raised bands; aeg binding by Bayntun-Riviere but not designated as such but with a printed slip from Bayntun Riviere 306 pp 306 pp. 426 pp covers with minor wear hinges a little loose pp browned with some finger soiling and spotting old ink name of former owner at start of third part else a nice elegant finely bound copy of FIRST ED with most of the flaws listed in Smith: Heritage Bookshop bibliography including p 128 1 "deessed" and p 133 III "THIRTY-FIFTH.". unknown
19003597London: Merrill & Baker 1900. First Thus. Edition des Bibliophiles. Limited to twenty-six lettered and registered copies this copy being Letter "H" Printed for Sadie Belle Lufkin. Thirty-two octavo volumes 227 x 154 mm. Contemporary blue crushed levant morocco. Covers decoratively tooled in gilt in a floral design within a gilt single fillet border spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands gilt-dotted board edges turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt within an outer border of a gilt-dotted rule and two gilt fillets red calf doublures red watered silk liners top edge gilt others uncut. Partially unopened.<br/><br/>Elaborately illustrated with frontispieces and plates including photogravures etchings photo-etchings from the original illustrations by Frederick Barnard Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" George Cattermole George Cruikshank Dalziel F.O.C. Darley Luke Fildes John Gilbert Edwin Landseer John Leech Daniel Maclise J. Mahoney F.W. Pailthorpe Robert Seymour Stanfield F. Stone Marcus Stone and others including fifty original watercolor drawings "Aquarelles" by "Kyd" Joseph Clayton Clarke of Dickens's characters. Descriptive tissue guards.<br/><br/>Few writers in English have generated such sustained fame as Charles Dickens. A prolific novelist interested how science technology economics and religion shaped human experience in the changing modern world he deftly combined good natured humor and biting satire. The present is a near comprehensive gathering of his best loved works. Although the spines are uniformly faded to green and a few leaves are poorly opened this set is in a spectacular binding. Merrill & Baker unknown books
1837195825London: Chapman & Hall / Cosway 1837. First Edition; First Printing. Fine Binding. First edition. One octavo volume bound in two. Title-page bound in the second volume with the rest of the preliminaries bound in the first volume. Very tastefully extra-illustrated with portraits of Dickens Seymour Talfourd the dedicatee and Phiz; engraved woodcut and a few hand-colored views of places mentioned in the text; plates a few colorea by A. B. Frost and other artists from later sets of illustrations to Pickwick; additional plain and hand-colored plates by George Cruikshank another Dickensian illustrator; and two different states of the original illustrations to Pickwick by Seymour Buss and Phiz. Handsomely bound in full green morocco gilt for Charles J. Sawyer almost certainly by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Covers panelled in blind and gilt with central gilt facsimile signature of Dickens on front covers spines lettered and decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments. Gilt-ruled board edges and gilt-tooled turn-ins. Red morocco doublures and red watered silk end-leaves front end-leaf in Volume I with gilt facsimile signature. With a portrait of Charles Dickens set under glass in the front inner cover of Volume I above the gilt-lettering "Charles Dickens at: 27 after the painting by Maclise." Some very minor browning to text and plates but overall a fine copy of this book in a very attractive binding. Hatton and Cleaver pp. 1-88. Johannsen PP. 1-75. Smith I 3. Both Volumes Very Good in decorative boards. One octavo volume bound as two. Bound in full green morocco gilt. Covers panelled in blind and gilt with central gilt facsimile signature of Dickens on front covers. Red Morocco doublures and red watered silk end-leaves. Very minor browning to text and plates overall a fantastic copy in a very attractive binding. Chapman & Hall / Cosway unknown
18611602012Chapman and Hall London 1861. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition fifth issue. Three volumes including the publisher's catalog dated August 1861 at the rear of Volume III. Bound in the publisher's original ribbed purple cloth binding with ruling and decorations in blind to boards lettering and decorations in gilt to spine. This copy has the majority of the first issue points with only a few of the corrections that were made after the first issue. Overall a clean and attractive set extremely rare in the unsophisticated publisher's cloth. The first issue of the first edition book published on July 6 1861 was followed by four subsequent issues of the same edition published on August 5 August 17 September 21 and October 30 of the same year. Smith notes that "These first five issues were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered title pages to imply and encourage a rapid sale In all five issues the same misprints persist." The first issue which included a print run of 1000 copies was "almost entirely taken up by the libraries" leaving only a few hundred copies for private ownership. Overall a beautiful unrestored uniform set. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Chapman and Hall, London hardcover books
1859131460London: Chapman and Hall June-December 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens’ most enduring works with p.213 in part 7/8 mispaginated "113" and signature mark 'b' present on List of Plates at end etched frontispiece additional title and 14 plates by "Phiz" Hablot K. Browne. Octavo original blue-green wrappers. Complete with all the advertisements called for by Hatton & Cleaver and the two rare slips in parts 1 and 5. Includes three variant issues of part 1 one with Morison's 'premises' advert the second with Morison's 'lion' advert and the third with the rare French version of the Morison's 'lion' advert. In near fine condition. A scarce and desirable complete set in original parts. Housed in a custom folding clamshell box. 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
1855374851Folkestone 1855. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Written on the first and last pages of a folded sheet in blue ink. Chemise and half green morocco slipcase with spine lettered in gilt. 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In late summer of 1855 Dickens agrees to a public reading of A Christmas Carol already a much-loved work at Peterborough in December. He first read his ghost story of Christmas at Birmingham in 1853 and had reprised the performances the following year. "The public readings of Charles Dickens which were to play so large and in some respects so fatal a part in his life were from the start specifically associated with his philanthropic activities" Ackroyd Dickens p. 666.<br /> <br /> "Resuming the correspondence I had the pleasure of holding with you some time since I beg to say that I shall be happy to read my Christmas Carol at Peterborough on the morning of Tuesday the 18th of December. As I shall stay there but a few hours and shall probably be accompanied by at least two friends I shall not be able to have the honor of accepting your hospitality; but I feel greatly obliged to you for offering it. When the arrangements for the occasion shall begin to be in progress may I beg you to contact my friend Mr W. H. Wills of the Household Words office London. Mr. Wills will give him any information he may desire as to the time the reading will occupy and as to my own little requirements with a view to position &c."<br /> <br /> Dickens' readings were well attended and he gave memorable moving performances. In December in the midst of work on Little Dorrit which had just begun serial publication Dickens went to Peterborough and gave his reading at the Mechanics' Institute returned to London "where the people I met on their way to offices were actually sobbing and crying with cold"; up North to Sheffield for another performance then back to London like "an enormous top in full spin" and off to Paris to resume work on the novel in progress Ackroyd pp. 751-2. Letters from Dickens discussing the public readings of A Christmas Carol are uncommon.<br /> <br /> A CHOICE LETTER FROM DICKENS. Provenance: Swann November 26 2013 sale 2333 lot 270 unknown
18611602012Chapman and Hall London 1861. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition fifth issue. Three volumes including the publisher's catalog dated August 1861 at the rear of Volume III. Bound in the publisher's original ribbed purple cloth binding with ruling and decorations in blind to boards lettering and decorations in gilt to spine. This copy has the majority of the first issue points with only a few of the corrections that were made after the first issue. Overall a clean and attractive set extremely rare in the unsophisticated publisher's cloth. The first issue of the first edition book published on July 6 1861 was followed by four subsequent issues of the same edition published on August 5 August 17 September 21 and October 30 of the same year. Smith notes that "These first five issues were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered title pages to imply and encourage a rapid sale In all five issues the same misprints persist." The first issue which included a print run of 1000 copies was "almost entirely taken up by the libraries" leaving only a few hundred copies for private ownership. Overall a beautiful unrestored uniform set. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Chapman and Hall, London hardcover
1843148799London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1843-48. Complete first edition set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt frontispiece title page vignettes. A Christmas Carol is a first printing with 4 hand-colored plates red and blue title page 'Stave 1' and uncorrected text chalky green endpapers 1843; The Chimes: A Goblin Story is a second printing with the advertisement leaf for the above edition of A Christmas Carol second state of vignette title-page 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth is a second printing with second state of advertisement leaf 1846; The Battle of Life is a fourth printing with vignette title-page in fourth state without imprint Todd's E1 1846; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain with p.161 numeral intact 1848. In very good condition uniform shelf wear and soiling. Ownership inscriptions on the front free endpaper of each volume except for The Chimes. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas. It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens’ great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens’ Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievement—the one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans hardcover
1840179396London: Edward Moxon 1840. Presentation copy from Charles Dickens Inscribed by Charles Dickens to a protégé in the publication year on the Volume I half-title "J. A. Overs from Charles Dickens 1st November 1840". John Overs a carpenter made Dickens's lion couchant bookplate in the same year. Dickens nurtured Overs's literary interests and later wrote the preface to his sole book Evenings of a Working Man 1844. Dickens wrote in his preface to Overs's book "it has been a pleasure to me to put a few books in his way" p. ix. Overs 1808-1844 first wrote to Dickens in January 1839 hoping to be published in Bentley's Miscellany though Dickens resigned his editorial role there soon after. Dickens initially warned Overs against neglecting his employment to pursue a literary career. However he was satisfied when Overs explained he wrote only in his leisure time both to further his education and to provide more for his wife and children. Dickens spent the next few years reading and revising Overs's writings often in person during their spare Sunday hours together. As Overs's health declined Dickens found him lighter employment at the Drury Lane theatre. Dickens later supported Overs's family following his death from tuberculosis at the age of 34. The scholar Sheila M. Smith suggested that Overs might have influenced Dickens's The Chimes 1844. "A working man of this kind goaded to such feelings would have aroused Dickens's sympathy at a period when the novelist was experiencing his most violent indignation about his country's poor. It is arguable that Overs's plight at least contributed to this violence. At the time that Dickens began The Chimes he must have had Overs very much in mind. Dickens's concern for Overs might very well have influenced his decision to make a working man a central character in The Chimes" pp. 211-12. This copy was later given from Overs's widow Amelia Overs née Horton 1808-1885 to their daughter Amelia "Emily" Elizabeth Jane Overs 1834-1902. The gift inscription on the title pages reads "Emily Vine the gift of her mother 1857". Emily married William Andrew Vine 1833-1899 in 1854. 2 vols octavo 237 x 150 mm. Steel-engraved frontispieces and title page vignettes. Early 20th-century polished calf by Riviere for Henry Sotheran red and brown spine labels compartments decorated gilt and lettered in final compartments noting the Dickens provenance gilt French fillet with circular corners on covers gilt milled roll on board edges gilt floral roll to turn-ins marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Book label of noted Dickens collector William E. Self his sale Sotheby's 2 April 2008. Bindings bright one spine label partially restored wear to lower corners front inner hinge of vol. II partially split repaired tear to vol. II pp. 657/8 occasional soiling mostly clean. A very nice set. Sheila M. Smith "John Overs to Charles Dickens: A Working-Man's Letter and Its Implications" Victorian Studies vol. 18 no. 2 Dec. 1974. unknown
04558London: Chapman & Hall 1843. A Superb First Edition Set of The Charles Dickens Christmas Books<br/>Beautifully Bound by Root & Son ca. 1920<br/><br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. ROOT & SON Binders. The Christmas Books. London: Various 1843-1848.<br/><br/>Comprising:<br/><br/>A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall 1843. <br/><br/>First edition first issue with "Stave I" reading. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 166 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and ads. Half-title printed in blue title-page printed in red and blue four hand-colored plates and intertextual illustrations. Original endpapers bound in.<br/><br/>And:<br/><br/>The Chimes: A Goblin Story or some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and A New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall 1845.<br/><br/>First edition second state of the engraved title. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 175 1 colophon pp. Complete with ad for A Christmas Carol on verso of the first leaf. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/><br/>And:<br/><br/>The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans 1846.<br/><br/>First edition. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 174 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and the Oliver Twist advertisement at end. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/> <br/>And:<br/> <br/>The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846.<br/><br/>First edition fourth issue with Cupid added to the scroll but without publisher's imprint on engraved title. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 1-2 sectional title 3-175 1 colophon 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and ads. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/> <br/>And:<br/> <br/>The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury &<br/>Evans 1848.<br/><br/>First edition. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 188 pp. Complete with ads and half-title. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/><br/>Uniformly bound by Root & Son ca. 1920 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins. Full blue crushed levant morocco covers with three-line gilt border surrounding a large holly leaf inlaid in green morocco and detailed in gilt with six inlaid red morocco berries on stem. Four similar but smaller corner-pieces also inlaid in green and red morocco. Spines with five raised bands similarly decorated with inlaid green and red morocco holly leaves and lettered in gilt in compartments. Decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins pale blue liners and endleaves. all edges gilt. Each volume with the original tan and brick red cloth covers and spines bound in at end. Spines very slightly and uniformly darkened. Some scattered light foxing otherwise a very fine set of arguably the most influential and important nineteenth century tales of the Christmas season. Housed in a felt-lined quarter black morocco clamshell case smooth curved spine lettered in gilt.<br/>  <br/>Following the overwhelming success of A Christmas Carol in 1843 Dickens embarked upon the Christmas Books project seeking to marshal "the Carol philosophy . in order to strike a sledgehammer blow" for England's lower classes. He continued publishing the Christmas Books throughout the 40s and the stories became mainstays of Dickens's public reading tours of the 1850s and 1860s.<br/><br/>A Christmas Carol was an instant success reportedly selling all 6000 copies of the first edition on the first day of publication and Dickens went on to write four more small festive books for each successive Christmas.<br/><br/>The London bindery of W. Root & Son consistently turned-out excellent work both on fine bindings as here and on trade bindings and sets. Packer lists the firm in business in Red Lion Square in 1899-1901 and the December 1942 issue of The Rotarian notes with regret that W. Root had been bombed out uprooted of their premises on Paternaster Row during the 1941 Blitz. There is a record in the June 10 1905 issue of The Academy "Esteemed Editions of various Authors some scarce all in new extra leather bindings. W. Root & Son 29-30 Eagle Street Red Lion Street Holborn W.C." Root & Son are also recorded at the same address in The Literary Year-Book 1909 thirteenth annual volume. The British Library have five examples of bindings by Root & Son. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843 unknown books
183769533London: Chapman and Hall 1837. CRUIKSHANK George. . Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. With Forty Illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition Complete. London : Chapman and Hall 1837.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> DICKENS Charles. Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. With Forty Illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition Complete. London: Chapman and Hall 1839 i.e. November 1837-June 1839.<br> <br> First edition in the original twenty monthly parts as issued. Octavo 9 x 5 5/8 inches; 226 x 141 mm. i-viii 12-526-528. Complete with forty inserted plates including the engraved title-page. This set is remarkably complete when collated against Hatton and Cleaver. With all the text first issue points: with "8" of p. 18 set lower; "0" of p. 50 set higher; p. 83 pagination figures set level and clearly printed; pagination figures on p. 515 printed center; p. 526 with "reeledbefore". Also with every add called for in Hatton & Cleaver including the often lacking Mechi catalogue for Part III. Only four parts with wrappers that have been substituted or supplied. The wrapper substitutions are: XI front and back using X; back of XVI replaced with a blank XVII front in facsimile back blank and front and back of XX using III.<br> <br> Of the forty inserted plates all are the correct state except Plate 11 which is a later state without imprint. Plate 12 "Vauxhall Gardens by Day" is bound in Part X and Plate 19 "Private Theatres" bound in Part VI. Plates 17 23 and 34 supplied from another copy.<br> <br> Original pink printed wrappers with cover design by Cruikshank. The thin pink stock for these wrappers did not wear well and some soiling and spotting is inevitable; as expected the wrappers are a little tired around the edges and the original pink tint has faded. Some occasional foxing and soiling to wrappers. Plates are rather foxed or toned sometimes obscuring the caption and imprint. Spines generally either repaired or renewed. With an ownership signature erased from upper front wrapper of parts XII and XIII. The set still shows very well. Overall very good. Housed in a full cloth clamshell.<br> <br> "The Sketches had initially appeared in magazines and daily journals a few being gathered into book form and published in 1836 with the remainder appearing in 1837 see lot 7 onwards. The copyright was purchased outright by Chapman and Hall and issued in original parts a format which had become popular to coincide with the final part of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. The standard green wrappers were replaced in this instance with pink ones; this change was not well-received by advertisers resulting in few inset advertisements. Twenty-seven of the etchings had first appeared in the earlier book form enlarged here to match the additional thirteen supplied for the monthly parts ." Sotheby's.<br> <br> "Those to whom the Sketches revealed a new writer saw in them many merits which to us are obscured: they broke entirely new ground were written in a new style and despite their frouzy topics seemed to bring a refreshing breath of reality into the literary atmosphere. Nowadays the best parts of the book seem to be those which are purely descriptive. Remembering how rare a thing is the ability to depict really to depict in words and especially to make interesting a description of the everyday the commonplace we gladly recognize Boz's handwork in the first proofs of Dickens' extraordinary power" Gissing The Immortal Dickens.<br> <br> Hatton and Cleaver pp. 91-128.<br> <br> HBS 69533.<br> <br> $22500. Chapman and Hall unknown
18593995<p>First Edition in Book Form/First Issue with all points present p.213 misnumbered 113 list of plates with "b" at bottom; Autograph Letter SIGNED by Dickens to author Percy Fitzgerald recommending a title for Fitzgerald's upcoming book "The Doctor's Mixture" on Gad's Hill stationary and dated 4/4/1870. The Morgan Library records a follow up letter on the same subject dated May of 1870. A Very Good to Near Fine copy rebound by the renowned bookbinders Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London with final lines of the novel in gilt encircling the upper cover in a decoratively ruled border; publisher's red cloth covers and spine bound in. An extraordinary presentation of one of the all time classic works of literature; signed Dickens pieces with association and provenance are scarce in today's marketplace.<br />This copy is in very good to near fine condition with light rubbing and age-toning to the board edges and front board; a few small tears are present to the page edges at pages 2 131 212 and the bottom of the engraved title page; top page corners lightly bumped for first 50 or so pages; scattered small age-spots throughout text; plate at p. 136 has a repaired short tear; rear free papers slightly loose; and ribbon marker mildly frayed at bottom. Overall a highly presentable and collectible piece; an important addition to any classic literature library.</p> Chapman and Hall hardcover
186130492London: Chapman and Hall 1861. 3 volumes. First Edition fifth impression of the title-pages but the text-blocks with virtually all first issue points of the First Edition first impression first state. Vol. III with "i" p. 193 "3" present as last digit in p. 103 in the text per Smith and Clarendon bibliographies and etc. With the August 1861 catalogue. 8vo publisher’s original purple cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spines and in blind on the upper and lower covers. iv 344; ii 350; ii 344 pp. An unusually handsome clean and fresh copy without repairs or sophistication. Light mellowing to the cloth from age slight rubbing at the tips hinges strong and quite tight with only slight evidence of age wear. The text block remains clean and in excellent condition. Very rare in this condition and state of preservation. HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. "The rarity of the first issue of GREAT EXPECTATIONS has been attributed to the.fact that 'the first edition was almost entirely taken up by libraries.†Patten pp. 290-292 states that 1000 copies of the first issue and 750 of the second were printed and that probably most of the first and more than half of the second 1400 copies in all were purchased by Mudies Select Library" Smith DICKENS IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. <br> Even in 1932 Eckel lamented that "to obtain fine clean copies of this book has been the unsuccessful quest of many book collectors." Struggle between the various bibliographical arguments continues to this day with many holding to the points and positions formulated by Smith see CHARLES DICKENS IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH while some argument is occasionally made that copies of the book must correspond to the specifications put forth in the Clarendon bibliography. But as the sampling of copies used in that bibliography was statistically too small to gain absolute information by which a definitive argument could logically be made for the entire first edition run it remains the case that such data can be used logically to build an argument towards acceptance of the existence of one micro pattern only within the run and not therefore a finding which determines finally and clearly for the whole. <br> Most experts today continue to hold that Victorian printings and editions yielded to many factors during the binding process not the least of which were economy and imprecision. It is likely that a Victorian publisher would most surely have used existing sheets when sewing together the gatherings before binding. Indeed the specifications which are contained in the Oxford article seem to show that the textual points noted are of a very minor state and involve a change of or damage to a letter here or a word there and as the editor Margaret Caldwell herself notes “the clear conclusion is that there is no warrant for treating the five impressions as distinct editions: no authorial revision distinguishes one from another; blatant errors of substance remain uncorrected; a few errors and accidentals are corrected but many more remain.†It is also noted that one copy at the Bodlean at Oxford University is mixed state within the text while having first edition first issue title pages. Chapman and Hall hardcover
18691666871869. Signed by Dickens shortly before his death A fine portrait boldly signed by Dickens at the foot; Edward Goodwyn Lewis's portrait of 1869 was the last major portrait of Dickens executed a year before his death. The existence of similar examples indicates Dickens signed a small number for presentation. Lewis 1827-1891 was known for his portraits of prominent Victorians as well as Biblical and Shakespearean subjects with works in many collections including the British Museum the National Portrait Gallery and the Folger Shakespeare Library. The original artwork for this portrait is now in Princeton. Hand-finished lithograph 25.5 x 34 cm in original mount 58 x 45.5 cm. Overmounted and presented in late 20th-century gilt frame with conservation acrylic glazing. A few spots to front of original mount lithograph taped into original mount on verso. In good condition. unknown
1849188141London: Bradbury & Evans 1849-50. His "favourite child" in original parts First edition in the original monthly parts as published from May 1849 to November 1850. The set conforms to Hatton and Cleaver's collation of earliest issue throughout with only a few exceptions noted below. Almost all the advertisements are present including the scarce "Lett's Diaries". This set also includes two additional adverts that are unrecorded in Hatton and Cleaver. Dickens's classic Bildungsroman is his most lightly disguised autobiographical fiction. In the preface to the 1867 edition Dickens called the novel his "favourite child" a sentiment shared by many readers: "With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings" Eckel p. 77. The novel has been adapted into films multiple times including most recently in 2019 starring Dev Patel. The set varies from Hatton and Cleaver in these particulars: Part 6 with two extra rear adverts "Journal of Design" 2 pp. and "Practical Treatise on Musical Composition" 2 pp.; Part 7 without front slip; Part 8 with front advert in four pages rather than two; Part 18 front wrapper dropping the "N" in "No. XVIII" and with the alternative 2-page Waterlow & Sons rear adverts in yellow rather than salmon; Parts 19-20 with the alternative Waterlow & Sons adverts and lacking the two front slips and the "Lewis Arundel" rear ad leaf. Part 8 includes the scarce "Lett's Diaries" advert with six specimen diary leaves one of them folding. 20 numbers in 19 monthly parts as issued. Engraved frontispiece vignette title page 38 plates all by H. K. Browne Phiz. Original pale blue pictorial wrappers. Housed in custom red cloth folding box. Bookseller's ticket of Sandford & Howell Shrewsbury on front wrappers of Parts 2 & 11; Rockwell Kent-engraved bookplate of Marie Luise Hinrichs inside folding box. Couple of spots to bright wrappers a few spines with discreet repair minimal tears to edges occasional light browning to plates clean overall. A near-fine set. Eckel pp 75-7; Hatton & Cleaver pp. 253-72. hardcover
1859107910Chapman and Hall 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Chapman and Hall 1859. Beautiful First edition First Issue in the Original Red Cloth DICKENS Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue in the primary binding. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 9/16 inches; 222 x 141 mm. i-vii viii ix-x 1 2-254; Sixteen inserted plates including frontispiece and vignette title by Browne 'Phiz'. All eight of Smith's internal flaws necessary for the first issue present including page 213 misnumbered 113. Publishers primary binding of deep red sand-grain cloth covers stamped in blind spine lettered in gilt. Edges uncut. Cloth on boards is still a rich red. Housed in a full leather decorated red morocco clamshell case. An excellent copy. A Tale of Two Cities was first serialized in Dickenss periodical All the Year Round from April 30-November 26 1859. Its appearance in monthly parts July-December 1859 and book form mark Dickenss return to his old publishers Chapman and Hall after a long stay with Bradbury and Evans. The extremely large audience for the novel in All the Year Round however left less than the usual demand for the parts issue and at first for the book both of which are now quite rare. This title also marks the authors final collaboration with Phiz Dickenss most evocative and most sympathetic illustrator. Smith I 13. Hatton and Cleaver pp. 333-342. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
185066Bradbury & Evans 1850. First Edition. wrappers. Very good. 20 vols. in 19 a serialization sequentially published over 1 1/2 years. 1st edition 1st issue in the original monthly parts preceding all other editions and read the next sentence deliberately because the distressing phrase you inevitably see is "almost every" while the happy phrase you are about to see is "each and every." This set conforms to each and every point in Hatton & Cleaver all erratum the correct covers all ads all samples and all 40 inserted plates by H. K. Browne including the frontispiece and vignette title. And perfection is important in a Dickens parts serialization because later ads are the telltale sign of later issue in many cases months later so do not discount comprehensiveness as mere frill or turn your back on it the way you would on a drunk woman haphazardly seated nearby at a dinner party who relentlessly keeps insisting that you name your favorite Powerpuff Girl. Original wrappers neat repairs to backstrips light wear at edges else a very good set the old-fashioned very good infrequently offered for sale so clean complete upright and intact a stirring combination of quality magnitude precedence and inclusiveness. Full dark blue morocco case. Collation: Octavo 8 1/8" X 5 9/16". i-vii viii ix x-xii xiii xiv xv-xvi 1 2-624. Reference: Hatton and Cleaver pp. 253-272. Eckel pp. 75-77. Raising his game at the height of his powers Dickens explores writing in the first person and achieves the great novel of initiation finding the ideal balance between the bustling energy of his early works and the mature sense of design exhibited here for the first time. The plotline is pierced by an unsettling exposé of the treatment inflicted on Victorian children and this is buttressed by poignant statements about the terrors and torments of youth coming of age most of which apply in any era and successfully concluding his quest the novel ends with a glimpse of the grown man. Dickens began to write it as pure autobiography but he found the naked facts too personal accordingly many of the events are drawn from his personal experiences but many more are fictionalized from his keen reconnaissance of life. However Micawber can be no other than Dickens' father and there is no doubt that David Copperfield is Dickens himself. And knowing that he had laid the needle against the redline pin on the great-ometer he openly stated more than once that Copperfield was his favorite from among all his books. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1843140945178London: Chapman & Hall 1843. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. First issue with title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 in Roman numerals; half title and verso of title page printed in blue; "Stave I" on page 1. Bound in fine contemporary full marbled calf gilt lettered black morocco spine label covers ruled in gilt gilt dentelles red pastedowns and endpapers all edges gilt by J. Leighton Brewer Street. Illustrated with 4 hand colored engraved plates by John Leech and 4 black and white illustrations by W.J. Linton. Near Fine with small vintage bookseller ticket to front pastedown and hinge at half-title page exposed though binding remains solid pages lightly tanned. A fantastic copy in a beautiful contemporary binding. <p>Written by Dickens during a period when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions including carols and newer customs such as Christmas cards and Christmas trees. He was influenced by the experiences of his own youth and by the Christmas stories of other authors including Washington Irving. The novella captured the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday. Dickens acknowledged the influence of the modern Western observance of Christmas and in turn his novella would go on to later influence several aspects of Christmas traditions including family gatherings seasonal food and drink dancing games and a festive generosity of spirit. Chapman & Hall unknown
1836240609001London: John Macrone 1836. 1st Edition. Hardcover Fine Full Calf. Very Good. cruikshank. BOTH SERIES 1 & 2 ARE 1ST PRINTINGS. SKETCHES BY BOZ SERIES I IS IN THE EARLIEST STATE ON THE MARKET AND THAT'S BEEN AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN QUITE SOME TIME WITH NEARLY ALL ERRORS UNCORRECTED.<br /> <br /> CONDITION: VG<br /> <br /> ABOUT THE BOOK<br /> <br /> Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Series I in Two Volumes & Series II in One Volume by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.<br /> <br /> Series I Published in February 1836 and Series II in December 1836 by John Macrone in London. Both series are first editions first printings rare earliest of states with nearly ALL points of over 100 errata identified by famed Dickens bibliographical cataloguer Walter E Smith. All volumes bound in polished full calf leather fine binding by the famous Riviere and Son bindery circa 1880s: ruled and bordered in gilt; triple gilt fillets paneling with corner emblems; spine with five raised bands two morocco labels and elaborate gilt decoration; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles; dark green endpapers. All plates are present.<br /> <br /> While The Pickwick Papers is Dickens' 1st novel this is Dickens' scarce 1st book a collection of short stories published a year earlier in 1836. It is arguably the rarest of Dickens' works in its first issue and exceedingly scarce when nearly all identified errata are uncorrected. SERIES I first printing as signified by February 1836 publication date and Whiting imprint the printer.<br /> <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFO<br /> <br /> Volume I State: The many dozens of errata points are met except three: 1 page 336 line 20 "vice" is spelled correctly. Two other points mentioned are not met but Smith is uncertain of them having priority as an earlier state: 2 period is present after "this" on page 174 last line; and 3 Macrone imprint is present on the Greenwich Fair illustration facing page 329. <br /> <br /> Volume II State: The many dozens of errors are present except 3: 1 the hyphen on page 287 is present after "chair"; 2 & 3 page 305 3 lines up correct spacing in "deal" and the "f" is present in "of." As an additional point of errata not mentioned by Smith the plates which should be facing pages 235 and 255 have been swapped. <br /> <br /> SERIES 2: First printing first issue as indicated by the publisher's failure to include the list of illustrations and the 1836 date on vignette title page. All other errata listed by Smith have no state priority as he indicates. This is due to the Second Series being so rushed to be printed in time for Christmas that almost every book published is mixed with a variety of corrections and errata with an indiscernible pattern for determining priority beyond the two listed above. Having said that this copy has the vast majority of possible errata identified by Smith.<br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT: VG<br /> <br /> Series I & II - sun -darkened spines which are dry and a bit rubbed. In both Series I volumes a small strip of leather has been chipped off the crown. Some shelf wear rubbing to edges. Interior is generally quite clean and bright with only light foxing signs of finger handling like a smudge and the ever-present light offsetting from the steel-engraved plates. Frontispiece tissue guards were removed in all volumes. Only 4 pages of the original 20 pages of publisher ads are included in Series II. Text is free of writing: markings in pencil on front flyleaves and a few stray marks in pencil/evidence of pencil erasure on some of the initial page margins. No bookplates. No stickers. Overall a beautiful set of first editions and printings of Dickens' first books in 19th century Riviere fine binding. John Macrone hardcover
03956London: Richard Bentley 1838. Original Cloth Rare First Issue<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. Oliver Twist; or the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." In Three Volumes. Vol. I. II. III. London: Richard Bentley 1838.<br/><br/>First edition first issue with the title-page authorship credit to "Boz" instead of Dickens and with the "Fireside" version of the final plate. <br/><br/>Three octavo volumes 8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm. Volumes I and III in twelves volume II in eights. iv 1<br/>2-331 4 advertisements; iv 12-307308; iv 12-315316. No half-title called for in Volume III. Twenty-four inserted plates by George Cruikshank. With all but two of the sixty first issue points as stated by Smith. Volume III with short clean marginal tear 7/16 inch on B6 pp. 11/12 two short expertly repaired marginal tears on N6 & N7 pp. 255/6 & 257/8. Plates facing p. 105 and p. 165 a little foxed otherwise a remarkably clean set with all the text and plates clean and fresh.<br/><br/>Publisher's Carter A binding of moderate reddish brown horizontally ribbed cloth front and back covers stamped in blind with an arabesque design. Spines lettered and ruled in gilt without the gilt stamped London/Bentley imprint at foot original pale yellow coated endpapers. Inner hinges of volume I expertly and almost invisibly repaired rear inner hinge of volume III with very small minor and almost invisible repair. Lower joint of volume III with very slight four-inch crack which has been professionally repaired. Spines very slightly faded some minor rubbing and light wear to spine ends and corners but really a near fine set of Dickens landmark second novel. With the armorial bookplate of George Clinton Fairchild Williams on each paste-down. Individually chemised in a blue cloth clamshell case with four dark green morocco labels lettered in gilt on spine.<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 1838 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 "Rose Maylie and Oliver" was substituted for the "Fireside" version. The true first issue is quite rare. <br/><br/>Smith I 4; Gimbel A27. London: Richard Bentley, 1838 unknown books
1850919London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First Edition. Original publisher’s green cloth variant stamping to the binding not recorded by Smith and though variant often means later this copy can’t be later as it has the 1850 date on both title pages the key 1st issue point and 19 of the 20 internal 1st state points listed by Smith a percentage greater than many copies in the common binding that Smith does describe and picture. Endpapers toned short tear to the half title mended foxing to the margins of the plates more so at the beginning and end but the text is clean and let me be unmistakable about what this is. It’s otherwise in fine condition startlingly bright unfaded the covers unmarked and never abused and rare like this and you will watch many birthdays pass by before you see another copy that looks like our copy with an unfaded spine and intact unrepaired inner paper hinges and get this: Copperfield in cloth is the most difficult Dickens novel to acquire in fine condition confirmed by Michael Sadleir who assembled the most comprehensive collection of Victorian novels in cloth and from his experience he provided us with 2 lists of comparative scarcities for Dickens’ novels in cloth one of them ranking their scarcity regardless of condition and another ranking their scarcity in fine condition and on that list of Dickens’ novels in fine condition Davie Copperfield is ranked first over even the notoriously elusive 1st editions fine in cloth of Pickwick Papers and Great Expectations. Dickens's "David Copperfield" functions as a sophisticated critique of Victorian social hierarchies while simultaneously reinforcing certain class-based ideologies of its era. Through David's bildungsroman journey from impoverished orphan to established author Dickens interrogates the rigid class structure of nineteenth-century England exposing how economic precarity and social vulnerability disproportionately impact women children and the working poor. The novel's representation of social mobility is notably complex; while David ultimately achieves middle-class respectability through professional achievement rather than inherited privilege this narrative arc implicitly endorses Victorian meritocratic ideals that obscured systemic inequalities. Dickens's portrayal of characters like Uriah Heep—whose social ambition is coded as repulsive—reveals the text's ambivalence toward class transgression while his sentimentalized depictions of working-class figures like Peggotty often serve to naturalize their subordinate positions. Bradbury & Evans unknown
09063London 1837 i.e. April 1836 - November 1837: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. First edition in the original monthly parts 20 parts in 19 original green printed wrappers "With forty-three illustrations by Seymour and Phiz" and Buss. A NEAR PRIME COPY lacking just 3 of the 11 points required in Eckel's bibliography "The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens 1932." Eckel enumerates 16 known Prime Copies in his book; one other Prime Pickwick has come to market since then making a total of 17 known Prime Copies. In 2014 Charles Parkhurst owned Prime Pickwick number 17 which was sold that year in a private sale. These 11 points are enumerated below. Octavo i-vviviiviii-ixx-xixii-xivxv-xvi 12-609610. This outstanding set has the supressed Buss plates in part III. Parts with first state original plates are II III Buss V VII VIII IX X XI XIII XIV XV XVII XVIII XIX/XX; the remaining plates are 2nd state. ALL plates are before letters i.e. without captions. As called for in Hatton & Cleaver plates in parts I through XII have page numbers; plates in parts XIII through XIX/XX have no page numbers It should be noted that plates 26 and 27 in part XII are 1st issue and therefore have no page number as explained in Hatton & Cleaver p. 63 and in Miller & Strange p. 45. All plates are very good to fine. Plates in part XIV are browned at edges. All front wrappers are dated MDCCCXXXVI 1836. Parts having correct or first issue wrappers are: VI VII X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII and XIX/XX; part VIII wrappers are second issue as usual first issue wrappers for part VIII are the rarest things in all of Pickwick re: Hatton & Cleaver all others are "early" state wrappers "early" here means "not first issue". Spines are expertly renewed on most parts. Owner name or initials are in margin of front wrapper of parts VII and XIX/XX. The Addresses are present in parts X XV XVII XVIII and XIX/XX. The Advertiser not issued in the first three parts is present and complete in parts XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII and XIX/XX. Parts having the first issue text and in accord with Miller & Strange are parts VII X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII and XIX/XX; parts having mixed issue text are V. Parts which are complete or having all the ads and slips called for by Hatton & Cleaver are parts XI XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII; parts XII XIII and XIX/XX are lacking only one ad. Let us enumerate the 11 points required by Eckel for a Prime Pickwick: #1. All covers must bear the date 1836. #2. Parts I and II must carry the words on the front wrapper "With Four Illustrations By Seymour." #3. Part III the words "With Illustrations by R. Buss" on the front wrapper. #4. Part I must have four plates by Seymour signed and not re-etched by Phiz. #5. Part II must have 3 plates by Seymour signed. #6. Part III must have the two plates signed "Drawn and etched by R. W. Buss" and the page numbers. #7. Part IV has the two plates indistinctly signed "Nemo" and not "Phiz." #8. Parts II III X and XV must have the addresses by the Author. #9. Parts XVII XVIII and XIX/XX must have the Addresses by the publishers. #10. Plates in parts I to XII must have no captions only references to the pages where they were inserted; parts XIII to XIX/XX must have neither titles nor numerical guides. #11. On the vignette title page the name "Weller" on the signboard over the door must appear with a "V" and the signature "Phiz fecit" must surround the tablet at the bottom of the frontispiece. The present Pickwick lacks only numbers 2 3 and 8 above i.e. the illustrators names on the front wraps of parts I II and III and the Addresses in parts II and III. Descriptions of each individual part follow: Part I. Wraps are early plate 1 1st state of 1st Seymour plate; plate 2 2nd state of 1st Seymour plate; plate 3 2nd state of 1st Seymour plate; plate 4 1st state of 2nd Seymour plate VG Text is early front ad by Chapman & Hall is lacking. Part II. Wraps are early with insides blank plates are 1st issue fine text is early Address is not present. Part III. Wraps early with insides blank with the Buss plates Fine text is early lacking the Address lacks the front and rear ad. Part IV. Wraps are early plates are 1st plate second state fine text is early lacks the Advertiser. Part V. Wraps are early plates are 1st issue fine text is mixed lacks the Advertiser and 2 rear ads. Part VI. Wraps are correct first issue plates are 1st plate 2nd state VG text is early lacks the Advertiser. Part VII. Front and rear wraps are correct first issue; plates are 1st issue text is 1st issue lacks the Advertiser and rear ad. Part VIII. Wraps are 2nd issue plates are 1st plate 1st state VG text is early lacking the Advertiser and rear ad. Part IX. Front wrap is correct rear wrap is early plates are 1st plate 1st state VG text is early lacks the Advertiser and 2 rear ads. Part X. Wraps are correct 1st issue plates are 1st plate 1st state Fine text is 1st issue with the Address lacking the Advertiser. Part XI. Wraps are 1st issue plates are 1st plate 1st state VG with the Advertiser text is 1st issue complete. Part XII. Wraps are correct 1st issue plate 26 is 1st plate 1st state plate 27 is 1st plate 2nd state Fine text is 1st issue with the Advertiser lacking the Mechi ad at rear. Part XIII. Wraps are correct 1st issue plates are 1st plate 1st state VG text is 1st issue with the Advertiser lacking the rare ad "Pigot's Coloured Views." Part XIV. Wraps are correct 1st issue plates are 1st plate 1st state VG text is 1st issue with the Advertiser and rear ad complete. Part XV. Wraps are correct 1st issue plates are 1st plate 1st state VG text is 1st issue with the Advertiser with the Address and rear ads complete. Part XVI. Wraps are correct 1st issue plate 34 is 1st plate plate 35 is 2nd plate VG text is 1st issue with the Advertiser complete. Part XVII. Wraps are correct 1st issue plates are 1st plate 1st state fine text is 1st issue with all rear ads with the Advertiser with the Address complete. Part XVIII. Wraps are correct 1st issue plates are 1st plate fine with the Advertiser with the Address with all rear ads complete. Part XIX/XX. Wraps are correct 1st issue plates are first state VG text is 1st state with the Advertiser with the Address with rear ads lacking only the Mechi slip. ANNOTATED in pencil BY DICKENS' BIBLIOGRAPHER THOMAS HATTON as follows: Part III note on p. 51 "Wants Buss Plates." but Buss plates are present here. Part X note on inside rear wrap "10 1st issue." Part XII note on verso of plate #26 "1st issue / No newspaper on floor" and on verso of plate #27 "2nd issue / No hat on front bench." Part XIV note on final leaf of rear ad "93/20." Part XVII note on plate #36 "at p. 504." Housed in a custom blue quarter-leather slipcase with chemise with armorial bookplate of Charles Parkhurst. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver collection The Heritage Book Shop Charles Parkhurst Rare Books Inc. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
108340London: Bradbury & Evans Whitefriars May 1849 - November 1850. 8vo 20 monthly parts in 19 as issued 32 1-32 4; 12 33-64 12; 12 65-96 4; 8 97-128; 4 129-160; 8 161-192 8; 8 193-224 8; 14 225-256; 12 257-288 22; 12 289-320 8; 8 321-352; 8 353-384 2 8; 8 385-416; 8 417-448; 4 2 449-480 8; 4 481-512; 4 513-544 2; 8 2 545-576 8 1; 16 577-624 xiv 1 errata 8 4 8 40 engraved plates including frontispiece and title vignette. Original blue printed wrappers with trade advertisements to inner sides as well as outside back wrappers uncut with a variety of ads on teal pink and white paper bound-in. Housed in a blue morocco pull-off case with raised bands gilt titling and additional blue cloth portfolio with flaps. Some backstrips and hinges mended edges slightly rubbed and chipped occasionally minor foxing to plates overall remarkably good condition for such an ephemeral publication; very good. § First edition in the original parts of Dickens's favorite of his novels. It was the first of his major works to be written in the first person and by his own admission contained much autobiography: "a very complicated weaving of truth and invention" Letters VII 515. This set contains all of the advertisements slips steel engraved plates and specimens listed by Hatton & Cleaver except for rear insert “2†in part twelve eight pages or four; there are six specimens of Letts’ Diaries in part eight Hatton & Cleaver 235-271. Eckel 75. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
1840WRCLIT64145London: Edward Moxon 1840. Two volumes. Polished tan calf spines gilt with gilt labels small repairs t.e.g. by Sotheran. Gift inscription to Emily Vine from her mother dated 1857 on title of each volume; extremities raised bands and edges rubbed; covers a little worn and soiled otherwise a good set. From the collection of William E. Self with his book label in each volume. An excellent association copy with a presentation inscription on the half-title in volume one: "J.A. Overs / From / Charles Dickens paraph / 1st November 1840." John A. Overs 1808-1844 a London cabinet-maker by training educated himself and pursued his interests in writing. Dickens became his most important literary friend providing comments on his stories and poems introducing him to newspaper editors and offering financial assistance when Overs became ill. Overs first wrote to Dickens in January 1839 hoping to have some poetry placed in Bentley's MISCELLANY and Dickens recommended several pieces to his successor as editor. "Perhaps more importantly however Dickens advised Overs on the publication of his EVENINGS OF A WORKING MAN 1844 and wrote the preface to the work. . . . In his preface Dickens is careful to emphasize Overs's autonomy stating that although he had given advice to the author on this collection of short pieces he 'never altered them otherwise than by recommending condensation now and then' and assuring the reader that the volume's sketches represented Overs's 'genuine work as they have been his sober and rational amusement'" - DNB. The two men remained close until Overs's death in 1844: "When poor Overs was dying he suddenly asked for a pen and ink and some paper and made up a little parcel for me which it was his last conscious act to direct. She Amelia Overs told me this and gave it me. I opened it last night. It was a copy of his little book in which he had written my name 'With his devotion.' I thought it simple and affecting of the poor fellow" Dickens to John Forster 17 Dec. 1844 in the LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS Pilgrim Edition 4240. Edward Moxon hardcover books
1843135440London: Chapman and Hall 1843-48. Complete set of Charles Dickens’ Christmas Books containing first editions of each volume in the series with the exception of A Christmas Carol. Octavo five volumes elaborately bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles all edges gilt illustrated. The set includes a second edition of A Christmas Carol and first editions of The Chimes The Battle of Life Cricket on the Hearth The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain. Vignette titles in each volume with the exception of A Christmas Carol. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase. An attractive example of Dickens' famed work. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens’ great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens’ Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievement—the one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall unknown
