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09175London January 1843-July 1844: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Publisher's Presentation Copy with "With The Publisher's Compliments" stamped onto front wrapper of part IV in the same style as we have seen on other publisher presentation copies. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver except for the rare "Foreign Travel" slip in part VII which is known in only 6 copies. Annotated by Thomas Hatton in part VIII on the verso of plate #15 thus: "M - C / Part 8 / A" and in part XVI on the verso of plate #32 thus: "Part 16 / A " as was his custom on certain ads and plates. First issue of the text conforming in all points to Smith pp. 65 - 67. Errata is 13 lines and the vignette title is in the first state with the British Pounds symbol following "100." The text in parts V and part VIII is UNOPENED therefore unread. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. The plates in part XXVIII are lightly age-toned all others are very good to fine; tissue guards are in place. Octavo i-viiviiiixx-xiixiiixivxv-xvi 12-624. An outstanding set in every respect internally very clean and bright; minor soiling to a few wrappers; neat subscriber's name on front wrap of part XI; spines expertly renewed on most parts. Armorial bookplate on slipcase. Housed in a custom tan quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver collection the Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Rare Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 185-212. Chapman & Hall unknown
183858637London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition first issue with "Boz" listed as the author and with the "Fireside" plate in vol. III; 3 volumes 8vo; 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank; the binding on this copy has the Bentley imprint on the base of the spines thought by Carter to be later than the binding without the Bentley imprint although Smith found no "consistent association"; this copy does not contain the leaf listing the illustrations after the title leaf in the first volume but does contain the half-titles in volumes I and II; and the text exhibits all the textual flaws outlined by Smith; also with the required leaves of ads at the back of volume I and the single leaf of ads preceding the title in vol. III. Excessive bookseller's notes in pencil on front endpapers and pastedowns occasional light foxing some darkening of the plates in the margins some cracking and restoration to the rear joint on volume I all three volumes rubbed and worn the gilt lettering on spine a bit dull but the bindings are sound and with no appreciable cracking at the spine ends. Carter Binding Variants p. 107 and More Binding Variants p. 7; Sadlier 696; Smith I 4; Wolff 1808. Richard Bentley unknown
1859TB29375London: Chapman & Hall 1859. First Edition. First Issue Professionally re-backed preserving much of the original back strip and the blind embossed red cloth covered boards with new end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Overall in very good plus condition with slight foxing to the engraved title pages. Page 243/244 has a 1 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge which has been repaired. The plate facing page 72 has been professionally reattached; however its extreme lower edge is soiled. The top edge of the text block is soiled. 254 pages of text followed by the publisher's Catalogue of Books 32 pages dated November 1859. With 14 plates and the frontispiece and the vignette titlepage by H. K. Browne 'Phiz'. The list of plates shows the signature letter "b" the page number error on 213 is present as is the misspelling of "affectionately" on page 134 line 12 all of which evidence this copy as a first issue. Eckel p.86 Podeschi A143; Smith 13 Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1849145501849. the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 20 monthly serial parts in 19. London: Bradbury & Evans 1849-1850. Original pictorial light blue-green wrappers. First Edition in the original serial parts issued monthly beginning in May 1849 and ending with a double number in November 1850; the same sheets were then issued in book form using the preliminaries supplied in the last part on 14 November 1850. COPPERFIELD was Dickens's most autobiographical novel written in the first person; along with OLIVER TWIST and A CHRISTMAS CAROL it remains one of his best-loved today. This set has all the proper wrappers with the exception that the wrappers of Part II are from another Part I; also the rear wrapper of Part VIII is actually from another Part XV but the original Part VIII rear wrapper is loosely included -- torn in half and then stitched together with thread as was done 120 years ago. All 19 parts include the proper "Copperfield Advertiser" preliminary ads although four parts have one or more "Advertiser" pages missing. Of all the various terminal ads this set lacks only three: "Lett's Diaries" in VIII as is often the case "Eliza Cook" in XVIII and part of "Cundall & Addey" in XIX/XX. Four of the announcement slips following the plates are lacking. All of the 40 plates by "Phiz" are of course present though about half have some darkening around the edges. Condition is generally very good with minor wrapper edge-wear and soil; the wrappers' spines of some parts are restored at the ends with paper of similar color; in the case of the first two parts and the last double-part the entire spine is so restored. Most of the parts have the same early penciled signature at the top of the front wrapper -- a plus. COPPERFIELD was issued with fewer copies than most of Dickens's other serials of the period such as BLEAK HOUSE and LITTLE DORRIT; as Eckel wrote of COPPERFIELD almost 90 years ago "Comparatively the printing was small and the parts were much read and roughly handled so it is that fine clean and unrepaired copies are difficult to procure." This is not a fine set but it is accordingly not priced in five figures. Eckel pp 77-78; Hatton & Cleaver pp 253-272; Podeschi/Gimbel A121; Carr B220. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. unknown books
18591260071859. London: Chapman & Hall 1859. <br /> <br /> Large 8vo viii 254 pp. Frontispiece engraved title & 14 plates by H.K. Browne. Without list of plates. Polished green calf backstrip gilt with red and brown gilt-lettered labels marbled edges and endpapers. Binding a little rubbed and worn at corners spot of worming to backstrip contents clean with minimal toning to the plates small address ticket on front free endpaper overall very good.<br /> <br /> § First edition in book form of Dickens' great novel of darkness and light containing 7 of the 8 first issue points identified by Smith the final two letters of "himself" on p.166 are well printed. The list of plates is not present. <br /> <br /> "When Dickens began the publication of All the Year Round the successor of Household Words he realized the necessity of making a strong start. So he began writing A Tale of Two Cities publishing the first of the serial in the opening number of his new periodical. As a novel of great popularity it probably ranks next to Pickwick and Copperfield" Eckel 87. This was the last novel in which Dickens worked with "Phiz" after a partnership of 23 years and was published on commission through the renewed partnership with Chapman & Hall. <br /> <br /> "A Tale of Two Cities originally appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from April 30 to November 26 1859 Nos. 1-31. It was also published in eight monthly parts the last part forming a double number from June- December 1859. The novel was published in book form on November 21 1859." Smith I 13. <br /> <br /> Eckel 87. Thomson 89. Smith I 13. unknown
18387759London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition. Near Fine. First issue with the "Boz" title-pages in each volume and the "Fireside" plate facing p. 313 in volume three the "Church" plate also bound in facing p. 315. Complete with the half-titles in volumes one and two and the correct ads at the end of volume one and the beginning of volume three. A lovely Near Fine set unusually clean and fresh throughout with just a bit of foxing and toning to some of the plates. Elegantly bound in full green morocco. Spines with raised bands and gilt stamping. Spines sunned with patches of sunning to lower board of voume three. Top edge gilt and gilt turn-ins. Marbled endpapers with nineteenth-century bookplate to upper pastedowns and twentieth-century bookplate to upper free endpapers. Small ink gift inscription dated 1913 to volume one and a small sticker from a bookseller or previous owner to preliminary blank of volume two. An excellent copy of one of Dickens' most famous works.<br /> <br /> Oliver Twist Dickens' second novel is a dark and biting work but one that is balanced with Oliver's indefatigable innocence and charm. Often cited as the first Victorian novel to feature a child protagonist it was developed as a social commentary and a call for improving the conditions of London's destitute and orphan children. In recent scholarship critics have noted that Dickens also sought to find balance as many of his contemporaries did between Darwin's theories about human nature and those from the Christian tradition; as the characters make their way through a seemingly uncaring world they are ultimately drawn back to reward or retribution based on their individual level of goodness. The story was immensely successful both as a novel filled with memorable characters and also as a work prompting much-needed social reform. Today it remains high within the pantheon of Victorian literature and is a work that has been successfully adapted to both the stage and screen.<br /> <br /> For this novel Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: volume one was printed by Samuel Bentley; volume two format by Whiting; and volume three in part by both Whiting and Bentley. The triple-decker publication date was November 9 1839; within a week at Dickens's insistence the title-pages were changed to include his name and the "Fireside" plate was replaced with the "Church" version. The present set is from the first issue with the original "Boz" titles and the "Fireside" plate.<br /> <br /> Smith I 4. Near Fine. Richard Bentley unknown
1844140941524New York: Carey & Hart 1844. First Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with covers decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt illustrated with four hand-colored lithograph plates and four uncolored. Very Good with lean to spine. Cloth a little mottled and rubbed edge-worn with shallow chipping at spine and some loss to joints. Former owner names to preliminary pages and two owner bookplates to front paste down. Pages toned and occasionally spotted one uncolored illustration is creased. Carey & Hart unknown books
1869267671Gads Hill Place 1869. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. Framed double glass. About fine. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. A Recommendation from Charles Dickens. Mowbray Morris 1819-1874 manager of The Times newspaper from 1847 to 1873 wrote Charles Dickens on 23 November 1869 thanking him for the "recommendation of Adolphus Trollope. It is an infinite comfort to a man who is charged with the difficult task of fitting holes with their appropriate pegs to have the assistance of any one so competent as you are. I think we shall give Mr. Trollope a trial ."<br/>Dickens wrote a note on the blank "My Dear Trollope I received the note on the other side from Mowbray Morris this morning and immediately post it on to you. Very affectionately yours Charles Dickens" signing with a fine flourish.<br/>Dickens had written to Morris on 20 November; Trollope did not take up the position at The Times. Published in Pilgrim Edition vol. 12 on the basis of 1935 description in T.A. Madigan catalogue unknown books
1868146611868. One page on Gads Hill Place stationery dated 21 May 1868. The text of this letter reads: I am deeply gratified by your praises of Harry; and I dearly hope that in his future career he will do us both justice. Nothing will occur I trust to prevent my having the pleasure of giving away the prizes on the day of the Sports. I am sorry to say that my surgeon forms a far less hopeful view of Harry's accident than yours does. Faithfully yours always signed Charles Dickens The Rev. Brackenbury was the headmaster of Wimbledon School which Dickens's 19-year-old son Harry had attended since 1861 and as "Head Censor" was nearing the end of his final year before going up that fall to Trinity Hall Cambridge the only Dickens child to attend university. Henry Fielding Dickens was the eighth of Dickens's ten children -- named of course for one of Dickens's favorite authors Henry Fielding; it is said that CD wanted to name him for another author Oliver Goldsmith but worried that his son would be teased at school as "Oliver asking for more." Earlier that same month Dickens had returned from his "exhausting" five-month tour of North America. Although Dickens here tells Brackenbury that nothing should prevent him from giving away the Sports prizes on May 30th the Wimbledon prizes would in fact be handed out by someone else "in the unavoidable absence" of Charles Dickens; his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth and his eldest daughter "Mamie" Dickens attended in his absence. As for "Harry's accident" referred to in the letter Dickens wrote about it the very next day in a letter to J.C. Parkinson: My boy is laid up at Wimbledon he is headboy there now and going up to Cambridge with a lamed knee. Having lamed it two years ago he was medically admonished not to jump -- of course therefore did jump -- and probably will never jump again. Dickens's "hope that in Harry's future career he will do us both justice" did come to fruition: Harry is generally considered to have been the most successful of the Dickens children becoming barrister Sir Henry Fielding Dickens K.C. Harry died in December 1933 when as was his custom he crossed a busy London street by raising his walking-stick rather than by looking both ways -- and was run over by a motorcycle. He was the last surviving Dickens child which is why Dickens's last book THE LIFE OF OUR LORD though written in 1846 was not published until early 1934 -- as Dickens had stipulated that it not be published until all his children had died. One final unrelated tidbit: on the very day after Dickens wrote this letter the last public hanging in Britain took place as the Capital Punishment Amendment Act took effect on the 29th; for decades but especially as revealed in his 1849 letters to The London Times Dickens had campaigned against public hangings -- not against the hangings themselves but against the public spectacles they had become. This letter documented in The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol 12 page 115 is in fine condition original fold-marks from mailing. unknown books
03229London: Chapman and Hall 1844. Selfishness Portrayed in a Satirical Fashion"<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1844. <br/><br/>First edition in book form first issue following all points in Smith including vignette on title-page with amount on sign post transposed to read "100£" and seven studs in the trunk. Plates facing pp. 387 and 386 transposed as per Michael Sadleir's copy at UCLA and all of the other thirty-four first issue points. According to Smith "An earlier 13-line errata leaf exists with the same data that is found on the 14-line leaf; the setting was changed to 14-lines for a better balance."<br/><br/>Octavo 8 11/16 x 5 7/16 inches; 220 x 139 mm. xiv errata with 14 lines verso blank 624 pp. Forty etched plates including frontispiece and title-page vignette by Hablot K. Browne aka "Phiz." <br/><br/>Publisher's primary binding of moderate blue diagonally-ribbed cloth. Covers stamped in blind spine stamped in blind and lettered in gilt with "London 1844" at foot. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Armorial book-plate of "Sherwin" on front paste-down and ink signature of "J.Sherwin Sherwin" on half-title.<br/><br/>The text-block has been expertly re-cased using the original yellow-coated end-papers. The original cloth is near fine with no fading and just the bare minimum of strengthening at the spine ends and slight wear to the lower corners. The gilt lettering is bright and fresh. The plates have light to moderate foxing which is mainly confined to the blank margins. There is a 3/8 inch diameter stain on the margin of the plate facing page 160 and a light marginal stain on the facing leaves. Closed tear on margin of O2 pp. 195/6 corner 3/8 x 1/2 inch torn away from FF4. Light foxing to end-papers and first and last leaves only. The text block remarkably clean and fresh. Overall this is an exceptional copy of a title rarely found in better condition. Housed in an early fleece-lined green cloth clamshell case. <br/><br/>Martin Chuzzlewit is listed as number five in Michael Sadleir's list of Charles Dickens comparative scarcities.<br/><br/>The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit originally appeared in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts January 1843 - July 1844. This the first edition in book form appeared on July 16 1844 at 21s. and was the last of Dickens's picaresque novels. Dickens thought it to be his best work - but his readers disagreed. In fact Martin Chuzzlewit was the first of his novels to lose readers during serialization and the publisher Chapman and Hall suggested that Dickens's fees should be reduced. This never happened but it caused a rift that was not bridged until Chapman and Hall published A Tale of Two Cities in 1859. Dombey and Son 1848 David Copperfield 1850 Bleak House 1853 Hard Times 1854 and Little Dorrit 1857 were all published by Bradbury and Evans. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844 unknown books
18461270521846. First Edition. DICKENS Charles. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son Wholesale Retail and for Exportation. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846-48. Twenty parts in nineteen. Octavo original green printed paper wrappers. Housed in custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. $5500.First edition first issue in scarce original parts of Dickens' novel of ""Pride"" with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne ""Phiz"" including the famous first ""dark plate."" An excellent copy in the original parts with all of the advertisements called for.For its inclusion of fairy-tale themes and the much discussed demise of Paul Dombey Dombey and Son ""has a sense of the numinous is more profoundly touched by the sense of last things than any of Dickens' previous novels. It is larger in conception so that human life is seen in terms of its beginning and its end so that grief and forgiveness become more powerful forces within it Dickens is aware of its status as art and provides here a simulacrum of human life touched by majesty and purpose"" Ackroyd 526. Dombey and Son ""was well received by its readers and is considered to be the first novel that reflects Dickens's artistic maturity Dickens told his first biographer 'It was to do with Pride what its predecessor Martin Chuzzlewit has done with Selfishness"" Schlicke 280. Dombey and Son contains the first of Browne's so-called ""dark plates"" ""On the dark Road"" in part 18 created by the engraver's lining machine and roulettes that tint the etched plate so as to heighten the contrast between black and white Johannsen Phiz 309. First-issue text with the following first-issue points: page 284 with ""Toot's Delight"" mentioned twice instead of ""Toot's Joy""; page 324 with ""Capatin"" on the last line; page 426 with blank space at the beginning of line 9; and two-line errata slip in the preliminary pages at the rear of Part 19/20 rather than eight. Text preliminaries and illustrations are all present as are all wrappers. All advertisements called for are present. Hatton and Cleaver 227-250. Only mild foxing to several plates text generally clean. Some neat and unobtrusive repairs to several spines light edge-wear and creasing to fragile paper wrappers less than often seen. An exceptional copy in parts in the original wrappers quite scarce and desirable with all advertisements. hardcover
1844005110London: Chapman and Hall 1844 1844. FOURTH EDITION. 1 vol. 6-5/8" x 4-7/16" illustrated with 4 hand colored engraved plates by John Leech and 4 black and white illustrations by W.J. Linton. Bound in the original straight grained rose colored cloth gilt tile and wreath to spine and front cover yellow pastedowns and endpapers all edges gilt. Back corners still square head and foot of spine rubbed hinges fine rear upper hinge just starting internally clean and bright "Marley's Ghost" plate slightly askew completely unsophisticated no bookplate or former ownership inscription or markings overall a GOOD copy. Regarded as Dicken's most widely read novel and considered to be "the greatest Christmas book ever written in any language" Eckel p. 116 selling more than 6000 copies in the few days leading up to Christmas. The work was extravagantly costly as Dickens for the first time and incidentally his last used color in the title-page and etchings as he wanted to make the book a beautiful gift and to be a celebration of the Christmas spirit. After the initial success Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840's maintaining "the Carol" philosophy to "strike a sledgehammer blow" for the poor uneducated and repressed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844 hardcover
1859143955London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works. Octavo bound in three quarters morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In very good condition name to the front free endpaper. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist an authentic ogress and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. “Dickens had always admired Carlyle’s History of the French Revolution and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a ‘cartload’ of volumes… So great was Dickens’ enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed ‘taken in possession’ of him… The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens’ real sense of transcendence from his ability to see the sweep of destiny†Ackroyd 858. The last of Dickens’ books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne “Phiz†with 16 engraved plates by him. “Browne for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these Dickens’ books produced his last drawings for the present work… Bradbury and Evans the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickens’ works as issued in monthly parts had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorrit… resulting in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding works†Hatton & Cleaver 333. Chapman and Hall unknown
1869267671Gads Hill Place 1869. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. Framed double glass. About fine. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. Mowbray Morris 1819-1874 manager of The Times newspaper from 1847 to 1873 wrote Charles Dickens on 23 November 1869 thanking him for the "recommendation of Adolphus Trollope. It is an infinite comfort to a man who is charged with the difficult task of fitting holes with their appropriate pegs to have the assistance of any one so competent as you are. I think we shall give Mr. Trollope a trial ."<br /> Dickens wrote a note on the blank "My Dear Trollope I received the note on the other side from Mowbray Morris this morning and immediately post it on to you. Very affectionately yours Charles Dickens" signing with a fine flourish.<br /> Dickens had written to Morris on 20 November; Trollope did not take up the position at The Times. Published in Pilgrim Edition vol. 12 on the basis of 1935 description in T.A. Madigan catalogue unknown
148497Rare signature of the great Victorian novelist Charles Dickens. Carte-de-visite bust portrait by John Watkins photographer to the Queen showing Dickens in three-quarter view. Clipped signature mounted to lower edge of the photograph. In near fine condition with toning. The entire piece measures 2.5 inches by 4.25 inches. English writer and social critic Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. unknown
06357London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First Edition Early Issue - in the Original Cloth<br /> <br /> DICKENS Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1839. <br /> <br /> First edition. Early issue with thirty-five of Smith's forty-one first-issue internal flaws including all of the major points and the first-state frontispiece bearing the Chapman and Hall imprint.<br /> <br /> Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 1/4 in; 225 x 133 mm. xvi 624 pp. Forty black and white plates including frontispiece portrait engraved by Finden after Maclise. The publisher's imprint called for in first issue of the first five plates shows only on the Maclise portrait. The parts were issued with and without the imprint on the first four plates.<br /> <br /> Publisher's primary binding in dark olive-green fine-diaper-grain cloth covers stamped in blind spine lettered in gilt. With the bookplate of Joseph Turner on the front pastedown. Inner hinges expertly repaired a few small tears to the joints. A bright copy with only slight fading to the spine. Some light to moderate foxing to the plates but without the dark staining to the plate borders usually encountered in this title. Housed in a felt-lined green cloth slipcase. A very good example.<br /> <br /> Nicholas Nickleby was originally published in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts the last part as a double number from April 1838 through October 1839. The first edition in book form was made up from these parts. "It was the novelist's intention to expose in this story the terrible abuses practiced in the cheap boarding-schools of Yorkshire and in order that he realize their true character he determined to investigate for himself the real facts as to the condition of those notorious seminaries Accordingly at the end of January 1838 he and 'Phiz' started on this memorable journey in bitterly cold weather and visiting several schools in the locality they came into direct contact with the proprietors. One of these was William Shaw the identical schoolmaster who some years previously had been heavily fined for what was represented at the trial as gross maltreatment of his pupils" Kitton Dickens and His Illustrators p. 75. It was Shaw upon whom Dickens based the infamous Squeers. Having made an enemy of his uncle Ralph Nickolas was sent as an usher to Dotheboys Hall where Wackford Squeers starved and maltreated forty students under the pretense of education. "The character of Mrs. Nickleby was largely founded upon that of Dickens's mother. The title character was founded on Dickens's brother-in-law Hanry Burnett a music teacher at Manchester" Hayward The Dickens Encyclopedia p. 115.<br /> <br /> "H.K. Browne prepared 39 illustrations for this novel as well as the cover for the monthly parts while the portrait frontispiece was engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise. Because of the the large monthly circulation of the parts Browne etched as many as four plates in some cases of each illustration and all of them were printed in the initial issue of the parts. Many of the plates from 'Miss Nickleby introduced to her uncle's friends' page 175 onward contain Arabic or Roman numerals which indicate the order in which they were etched. Most of the numerals are located in the lower right corner and occasionally in the left. Hatton and Cleaver state that the numeral for Plate 31 'Mysterious appearance of the gentleman in the small-clothes' p. 487 appears on the front of the mantleshelf.The first state of the frontispiece and the first four illustrations contain the imprint of Chapman and Hall. The first state of the frontispiece always appears in the monthly parts; the first four illustrations were issued with and without the imprint in the parts but the plates without imprints did not appear in the earlier issues of the monthly parts and may therefore be termed 'second states''' Smith I 5.<br /> <br /> Smith Part I 5. Eckel p.64. Hatton and Cleaver pp. 131-160; Sadleir 695; Wolff 1806. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839 unknown
1870331223London: Chapman & Hall 1870. First. paperback. fine. 6 vols. original blue green printed wrappers. London: Chapman & Hall 1870. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Fine copies. The fore-edge of volume I is lightly chipped the other volumes fine. The Edwin Drood Advertiser appears in each volume The "Cork Hat" slip is present in volume II and eighteen pence is pasted over the price on volume VI. Preserved in a 1/2 red leather clamshell case.<br/> <br/> Chapman & Hall unknown
1850149344London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First edition of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo original publisher's variant olive green cloth with gilt titles to the spine panels and spine with stamped in blind decorations illustrated with 40 plates designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne Phiz including frontispiece and additional pictorial title. In very good condition. Housed in a custom black silk moire slipcase. "Charles Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. Charles Dickens’ The Personal History of David Copperfield is a semi-autobiographical novel that explores themes of perseverance self-discovery and social mobility through the life of its protagonist David Copperfield. Often considered one of Dickens’ most personal works the novel reflects his own experiences with childhood hardship labor and the pursuit of literary success. Through a rich cast of characters including the benevolent Betsey Trotwood the villainous Uriah Heep and the tragic yet endearing Mr. Micawber Dickens examines issues of class ambition and personal integrity. The novel’s blend of realism and sentimentality combined with its first-person narrative allows for a deeply introspective and emotionally resonant exploration of personal growth. David Copperfield remains one of Dickens’ most celebrated works praised for its vivid characterizations and its insightful portrayal of 19th-century English society. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
elala5011London: Chapman and Hall c1880. 30 Volumes. 8vo. numerous engraved plates after Robert Seymour George Cruikshank Hablot Knight Browne Phiz George Cattermole & John Leech. contemporary half calf gilt backs spines sunned London: Chapman and Hall, [c1880] unknown
1852206028London: Chapman and Hall 1852. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Chapman and Hall hardcover
18433621328/07/1843. <p>Dickens actively used his celebrity and cash to aid charitable institutions. In 1843 Charles Dickens was involved in charitable and professional committees most notably forming a committee to raise funds for orphaned children. Late in the year he worked on “A Christmas Carol†which was published in December 1843.</p><p><strong>Autograph letter signed</strong> from his home at 1 Devonshire Terrace July 28 1843 to J.F. Rogers thanking him for his interest in one of the organizations with which Dickens was working. The recipient was possibly related to Samuel Rogers the banker-poet who Charles Dickens held in high regard dedicating his 1841 novel The Old Curiosity Shop to him as a ""faithful friend"".</p><p><em>“I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and in the name of the committee to thank you for it. We cannot suggest any mode by which you can advance any object we have in view. But should any means of doing so occur to you I need hardly add that we shall be happy to add the smallest contribution to the common stock.â€</em> Clearly Rogers’ offer to help was not in the form of a financial contribution but that is what Dickens requests.</p><p>A fine letter relating to his charitable work written the year he published “A Christmas Carol.â€</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt=""historical memorabilia dealer"" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown
185028170New York: G. P. Putnam and others see below 1850. First American edition 19 volumes 8vo text in double column within ruled borders; a fine set in contemporary half blue polished calf over marbled boards red morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines. Household Words was considerably more popular in England than America and its publishing history in America is "almost absolutely dark as is the whole subject of periodical printing and 'arrangements' . The 1850's were years of copyright agitation in America and certainly no legally protective arrangements were possible to the English publishers before the journal was discontinued in 1859. And it is not surprising that the course of Household Words was not so brilliant in America as was that of its successor All the Year Round.It was partially a local work and not quite so interesting to an America as to an English reader; it had changed publishers too often; there was no legitimate arrangement between the English proprietors and the American publishers; it was sold at too high a price; it had been published by inexperienced people and therefore had not received proper publicity and promotion; and its lack of pictorial illustration made it unpopular with the masses" Buckler William E. "'Household Words' in America" in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America vol. 45 pp. 160-66. While the first volume was published by Putnam volumes 2 and 3 were printed from English plates and have a London imprint; those publishing the remaining volumes included in order McElrath & Lord; Angell Engel & Hewitt McElrath & Barker; T. C. McElrath & Co.; J. A. Dix; Dix & Edwards; Dix Edwards & Co.; Miller & Curtis; James Miller; Jansen & Co.; and Frederick A. Brady. Complete sets of this American piracy in a matching contemporary binding are uncommon. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam [and others, see below] hardcover books
185566642London: Bradbury & Evan Bouverie Street 1855. First edition in the original 20 parts in 19 8vo pp. xiv 625; engraved frontispiece engraved title-p. and 38 steel-engraved plates including the "dark" plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz"; includes all advertising matter and inserts per Hatton & Cleaver; some spines neatly repaired; enclosed in a folding green cloth box lettered in gilt. In the fourth number for March 1856 is a curious anomaly. In the advertisement for the first three issues of The Train at the back of that number is what is likely the first appearance of Charles Dodgson's famous pseudonym "Lewis Carroll. Bradbury & Evan, Bouverie Street unknown
185086860London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. Fine. Bradbury & Evans London 1850 13.50 x 21.60 cm relié First edition illustrated with 40 hors-texte by H. K. Browne frontispiece and engraved title included dated 1850. This first volume edition follows closely the serial publication that appeared during 1849/1850. Some first issue points: P. 16 ""recal"" instead of ""recall""; six lines of errata on one leaf; mezzotint engraving facing page 482; chapter XXVII is on p. 282 while it is noted as page 283 in the index; the third i on p. viii is not aligned; p. 132 line 20 ""screwed"" instead of ""screamed"". Like all Dickens books illustrated by Phiz H. K. Browne a close collaboration presided over this achievement Phiz having illustrated no fewer than 10 works by the author. Contemporary dark green half-shagreen binding English binding with corners. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with roulettes on the bands and fillets. Traces of rubbing. Text fresh and clean the hors-texte engravings as always bearing browning and foxing but moderate mainly at edges. Pale dampstain on one engraving: Changes at home. Fine copy. ""the most perfect of all the Dickens novels"" Virginia Woolf. A coming-of-age novel narrated by the hero himself which leads him from childhood to maturity. Tinted with the author's own experience David Copperfield is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful novels written about childhood. Dickens himself will emphasize in a later preface: ""Of all my books I like this the best."" Bradbury & Evans hardcover
18392793abLaunceston Australia: V D Land / Henry Dowling. Good. Hardcover. 1839. 588 pages. <br><p>588 pages. lithographed frontis piece & lithpgraphed title page with vig nette 17 other lithographed plates some with page allocation numbers no i nserted advertisments at the end publishers preface a first edition of the r . V D Land / Henry Dowling hardcover
