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185948713Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers 806 Chestnut Street 1859. 1st US book edition first issue possible later state cf Smith AMERICAN 12 especially note 5 where Smith notes their possible earlier release date than December 5th. Original publisher's printed buff paper covers with wood engraving to center of front cover. Rear cover advertises the "Twenty-five Different Editions" splendidly illustrated by McLenan. Now housed in a custom chemise / slipcase. General wear & soiling to wrappers tideline in upper left of front wrapper professionally refurbished. Foxing throughout. An About Very Good copy of a rare survivor housed in a handsome As New chemise / slipcase. 2 19 - 211 13 pp. Text double column. 2 pages of adverts begin volume noting the publication of the title in 25 different "editions" which concludes with 13 pages of publisher adverts. Unillustrated. Royal 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>The first US appearance of ATTC was serially in Harper's Weekly; Peterson published the 1st US book edition of which Smith notes that "the presumed first issue in paper covers has not been found" that is until now. <br /> <br />According to Smith who posits a release date for this edition of 29 November 1859 "Peterson placed this cheap issue which concluded on page 211 on the market before its serialized completion in Harper's Weekly to forestall competitors. On Monday December 5 Peterson then published the novel in 25 different styles with illustrations to make it uniform with the various collected editions of Dickens's works published previously by the firm." <br /> <br />Quite rare first time we've seen much less handled a copy. T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 806 Chestnut Street unknown books
1859300379London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First. hardcover. fine. Browne. Illustrated by H.K. Browne. Rebound from the parts in half red leather over marbled boards with the front wrapper of Part I bound in. London: Chapman & Hall 1859. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue with page 213 wrongly numbered 113. Bound in is the announcement of the first part of this title in "All The Year Round" also a page entitled "An Anecdote from the Bastille" and two extra illustrations: a color map entitled "London to Dover"and an engraving "The People at the Tuilleries 20th June 1792". Some of the plates by H.K. Browne are foxed but most are quite clean. Altogether a unique copy.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
1937180310005Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's variously-colored buckram with leather spine labels gilt top stains. Complete in 23 volumes plus cloth slipcased original steel plate by Phiz for the illustration "Mr. Moddle is both particular and peculiar in is attentions" from Martin Chuzzlewit a print pulled from it as well as a letter of authenticity signed by an officer at Chapman & Hall Ltd. Also includes clothbound Nonesuch Dickensia and wrappered Sample Pages: The Nonesuch Dickens booklet. Very Good overall with slight sunning to spines a few head and tails slightly frayed especially Printing Plate case and foot of David Copperfield slight shelf wear a few spine labels slightly chipped. An attractive set. An attempt by renowned British private press The Nonesuch Press to create the definitive collection of the works of Charles Dickens with their signature fusion of technologies from different eras of publishing using hand press type and the original printing plates and wood blocks for many of the illustrations herein. The plates and wood blocks were then dispersed one per set creating a limitation of 877. The pleasant rainbow of colors by the bindings the thoroughness of the scholarship etc. made The Nonesuch Dickens an immediate hit with book collectors and it remains so to this day. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1843109280London: Chapman & Hall MDCCCXLIII 1843; London: Bradbury & Evans 1846; London: Bradbury & Evans MDCCCXLVI 1846; London: Chapman & Hall MDCCCXLV 1845; London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 5 vols. 8vo illustrated with engravings see below for the discussion of states and pagination. All volumes in full dark green morocco extra covers with gilt holly sprigs at corners backstrips faded to rich brown lettered and stamped in gilt all edges gilt each book with its original cloth covers bound in at the end. In uniformly very good condition with just a hint of rubbing to the bindings. Each volume with the bookplate of the famous minister Henry Sloane Coffin by descent to a private collector in San Francisco. A lovely set perfect for reading or handling without fear of damage. § First editions of all five of Dickens’s Christmas books. With engravings by D. Maclise R. Doyle C. Stanfield J. Leech J. Tenniel and F. Stone Thompson G. Dalziel E. Dalziel T. Williams Swain and Groves. A Christmas Carol is the high point and the crucial component in any set of Dickens’s Christmas Books. Dickens kept its production on a short leash and anecdotes abound about his pleasure or displeasure with the differently colored endpapers the color of the cloth for the binding the typography and so forth. Oddly enough despite Dickens’ personal attention to this edition it is not a particularly well-made title. Coupled with the legions of fans who often read their copies “to death†it comes as no surprise that original and well-preserved copies of this book in its correct state seldom appear on the market. The Chimes written in Genoa Italy was commercially more successful than A Christmas Carol and Dickens worked hard to make this second Christmas book a worthy successor. The Cricket. grew from the idea to begin a weekly periodical which would have been called “The Cricket†though was abandoned quickly for a more important venture and the founding of The Daily News. The Cricket was wildly successful doubling in circulation of both its predecessors. Dickens wrote The Battle of Life during a period of recuperation needed after illness attributed to overworking; despite being seriously indisposed he managed to complete the work while working on Dombey and Son though it was not as successful as his other Christmas books thus far. The Haunted Man. was the last of the Christmas books and despite requiring a final rally from the author to avoid disappointing the public the book is considered the least interesting and lowest grossing of the Christmas books; the issue of 20000 had not completely sold when the author died. All books are in their most desirable states as follows:A Christmas Carol.: i-viii 1-166 2 ads pp. First edition first issue. Green endpapers; “Stave I†on pp. 1; uncorrected text throughout; red-and-blue printed title page with four color etchings and four woodcuts full-page color etchings. The Chimes.: i-viii 1-175 1 imprint; 1 advert. pp. First edition first issue. The name of the publishers is a part of the the vignette title page as per the first issue. 11 woodcuts in text and steel engraved frontis and titlepage.The Cricket on the Hearth.: i-viii 1-174 lacks 2pp. ads pp. First edition first issue. With steel engraved frontis and titlepage and 12 woodcuts in text. The Battle of Life.: i-viii 1-3 4-175 3 imprint and ads. First edition second of four states of the engraved title. Terminal ads announce the publication in parts of Dombey and Son and the bound volume of Oliver Twist. In addition to the engraved frontis and titlepage there are 11 woodcuts in the text. The Haunted Man and the Ghosts Bargain.: i-viii 1-188 pp. with engraved frontis and title page and 15 woodcuts in the text. Smith II 4 5 6 8 9. Eckel 116-134. See Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1838107264London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition first issue of Dickens' classic work. Octavo three volumes original reddish brown cloth gilt titles to the spine front and rear panels with arabesque stamp with 24 plates by George Cruikshank. In near fine condition. Housed in individual chemise case within a full morocco slipcase. An exceptional example. "Dickens turned in Oliver Twist to the novel of crime and terror Some characters are drawn with humorous realism but for the most part humor is dimmed by gloomy memories of the authors own neglected childhood and sensational scenes are shrouded in an atmosphere genuinely eerie and sinister That Dickens shared with his contemporaries the conviction that the novel should be an instrument of social reform is evident in Oliver Twist" Baugh. Richard Bentley hardcover books
1853295676London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First. paperback. fine. H.K. Browne. Published in 20 parts issued in 19 from March 1852 - September 1853. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. Original blue green printed wrappers. London: Bradbury & Evans 1852-3. First Edition.<br/><br/> A complete set with the ads and including the scarce "Village Pastor" booklet in Part XV. Except for Vol. I which is lightly worn on the spine the parts are in unusually fine condition with no wear or repair. Preserved in a cloth clam-shell case with leather spine label.<br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown books
184996035London: Bradbury and Evans May 1849 - November 1850. First edition in the original monthly parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers twenty parts in nineteen frontispiece vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates. In near fine condition an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work which is virtually complete with all preliminary advertisements with the exception of the slips after plates parts 9 13 14 and 16; all front advertisements in part 11 and the "Household Words" advertisement in part 15. With all of the rear advertisements with the exception of "The Theory of Musical Composition" "Illustrated Weekly Journal" and "Penny Maps" in part 15 and all advertisements in parts 2 and 8. Housed in two custom full morocco and chemise boxes. From the library of Peggy and Steve Fossett with their bookplate to the pastedown. Scarce and desirable in the original parts which were "much read and roughly handled" with "fine clean and unrepaired copies difficult to procure" even in 1932 Hatton & Cleaver pp.253-272; Sadleir 686; Yale/Gimbel A121. With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick. it would be strange if it had been otherwise" Eckel 77. "Dickens and 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 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. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
184991369London: Bradbury and Evans May 1849-November 1850. First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Original serial issue. Twenty parts in nineteen octavo four to thirty-two pages of preliminary advertisements; text continuously paginated 1-624; eight leaves of preliminaries follow text in final part. Frontispiece vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates the majority with tissue inserts as issued. Original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers. Several backstrips chipped at head and foot; some light soiling wear at hinges; some parts skewed. In excellent condition an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work. Includes the scarce insert "Lett's diaries" advertisement at end of Part VIII which unfolds to a 26 inches with ten specimen diary leaves. According to Hatton & Cleaver this is a "particularly scarce" insert. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 253-272. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A very nice example. With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick. it would be strange if it had been otherwise" Eckel 77. "Dickens and 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 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. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
185212328419 parts 20 numbers in 2 vols. London: Bradbury & Evans 1852-1853. 19 parts 20 numbers in 2 vols. Vol. 1: 8vo xiv 624 pp. with the full text 40 plates etched by "Phiz" including the engraved title plus the original wrappers and some ads bound in. Full green morocco gilt with pink silk doublures t.e.g. Vol. 2: Bound ads the majority various sizes and paginations. Half green morocco gilt with marbled paper sides and endpapers t.e.g. Very handsome bindings by Zaehnsdorf slightest rubbing to morocco the finest set known. § First edition bound from the original parts with the advertisements collected in a separate volume. Dickens' great byzantine tale of family secrets rapacious lawyers and innocent victims which helped lead to actual legal reform in the United Kingdom. Originally serialized in 19 parts the final part contained two numbers this is surely the finest bound set known presented with the wrappers illustrations and advertisements in a superb Zaehnsdorf binding. Lacking only 2 of 16 slips for Household Words issues 5 and 6 per Hatton & Cleaver and the slip announcing the plate mishap from part 9. The ad for "The Village Pastor" often lacking is present as are all issues of the Bleak House Advertiser divided between vols. 1 and 2 and 80 additional ads and inserts. Previously sold by Colin Franklin to a private collector and thence to us. Eckel 79-81. Sadleir 682. Hatton & Cleaver pp.275-304. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
05091London: Chapman and Hall 1837. A Fine Extra-Illustrated First Edition of 'Pickwick Papers'<br/>In a Handsome Cosway-Style Binding with Two Fine Miniatures<br/><br/>COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE binders. DICKENS Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1837.<br/><br/>First edition early issue in book form of Dickens's first novel. Extra illustrated by the insertion of Pictures Picked from the Pickwick Papers by Alfred Crowquill Alfred Henry Forrester London: Ackermann & Co. 1837 Forty hand-colored etched plates; and Thirty-Two Illustrations to Pickwick by Onwhyn and other eminent Artists. London : J. Newman & Co. 1848.<br/><br/>Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 3/16 inches; 217 x 132 mm. iii-vviviiviii-ixx-xixii-xiv 12-609610. Complete with half-title and the 'directions to the binder' leaf. Forty-three inserted engraved plates by Phiz and Seymour including the first states of the frontispiece and vignette title with the Phiz replacement plates for the two Buss plates and mixed early states of the remaining Phiz plates all prior to Phiz's major re-engravings with the early page numbers instead of the later captions and imprints below the images including simultaneous steels of the frontispiece and vignette title. <br/><br/>Bound ca. 1940 in full dark blue crushed levant morocco over beveled boards by by Bayntun Rivière stamp-signed in gilt on the front turn-in. Covers ruled and decoratively bordered in gilt each with a fine hand-painted oval miniature set under glass the front cover with a portrait of a 'Young Dickens' the rear cover with a portrait of an 'Older Dickens'.<br/>Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt-ruled board edges and wide turn-ins clue watered silk liners and endleaves all edges gilt. Spine a little faded otherwise fine.<br/><br/>The text with the majority of the Hatton and Cleaver first issue points including: "holding" with type loose on p. 260; the correct readings "inde-licate" and "inscription" on p. 341; "S. Veller" uncorrected on p. 342; "this friends" on p. 400; the "F" in "OF" imperfect in the headline on p. 432. Errata uncorrected. <br/><br/>A simply superlative copy of the first edition in an exceedingly attractive binding with the addition of seventy-two extra illustrations.<br/><br/>Smith Dickens I 3. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 unknown books
05123London: Chapman and Hall 1839. The First Complete Edition of 'Sketches by Boz'<br/>Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of a Hand-Colored Duplicate Suite of the Plates<br/>In A Fine Bayntun Rivière Cosway-Style Binding<br/><br/>COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE binders. 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. <br/><br/>First book form edition of the first and second series complete in one volume with Chapman and Hall revised texts and re-engraved plates used in their Parts issue. <br/><br/>Octavo 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 208 x 133 mm. iii-viiviii 1-34-526. Forty inserted steel engravings. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of a duplicate suite of the original engravings expertly hand-colored.<br/><br/>Bound by Bayntun Rivière Bath ca. 1955 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in in full wine red crushed levant morocco over beveled boards. Covers triple-ruled in gilt front cover with an elaborate central gilt floral and thistle design surrounding a fine hand-painted portrait miniature 2 3/4 x 2 inches; 70 x 51 mm. of a young Charle Dickens set under glass. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Decorative gilt board-edges wide elaborate gilt turn-ins marbled liners and endleaves all edges gilt. Housed in the original felt-lined red cloth slipcase spine with two black morocco labels lettered in gilt.<br/><br/>A total of forty plates were drawn and etched by George Cruikshank for this octavo edition of which twenty-seven are the original designs as they appeared in the First and Second Series of the Sketches published in volume form 1836-37; these however were enlarged in size to match an additional thirteen etchings. <br/><br/>"This collection of short pieces contains the earliest of Dickens's work. It is undoubtedly the most valuable from the antiquarian's point of view containing references and descriptions of life in the 30's to be found nowhere else" Hayward The Dickens Encyclopedia p. 141.<br/><br/>"When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837 they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839. Cruikshank designed a cover enlarged the plates except 'The Free and Easy' which was discarded and created 13 new illustrations for these monthly parts. In may 1839 Chapman and Hall published these parts complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations" Smith p. 16.<br/><br/>Smith I: 2 note 4; Gimbel A7; Hatton and Cleaver cf. pp. 91-128. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839 unknown books
1859107546London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works with p. 213 misnumbered "113" the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12 p. 134. Octavo bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands marbled endpapers. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist an authentic ogress and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. "Dickens had always admired Carlyle's History of the French Revolution and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a 'cartload' of volumes. So great was Dickens' enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed 'taken in possession' of him. The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens' real sense of transcendence from his ability to see the sweep of destiny" Ackroyd 858. The last of Dickens' books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne "Phiz" with 16 engraved plates by him. "Browne for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these Dickens' books produced his last drawings for the present work. Bradbury and Evans the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickens' works as issued in monthly parts had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorrit. resulting in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding works" Hatton & Cleaver 333. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
02749London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First Edition in the Original Cloth<br/>A Very Early Issue Bound From The Original Parts<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1839. <br/><br/>First edition a very early issue bound from the original parts. With thirty-five of Smith's forty-one first issue internal flaws including all of the major points first state frontispiece and all further plates mostly first state including the first four typically in second state with imprint of Chapman and Hall. <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. <br/><br/>Publishers primary binding in dark olive-green fine-diaper grain cloth covers stamped in blind spine lettered in gilt. With the bookplate of the Earl of Aylesford. An unusually bright copy with just the lightest of wear and without any fading to cloth whatsoever. Some light foxing to plates but far less than usually found in this title. Two neat three-quarter inch closed splits to upper joint at head and tail and one short closed split to lower joint at head. <br/><br/>The nicest copy we have ever seen unsophisticated and near fine: better than the famed William E. Self copy which is bumped rubbed and shows distress to the spine Christie's-NY April 2 2008 lot 60. Housed in a full plum pigskin drop-front clamshell box.<br/><br/>With an ALs with original autograph envelope by Dickens to one Thomas Ellis Bramale Esq. dated August 5 1839:<br/><br/>"Sir I have very great pleasure in complying with your request and beg to thank you cordially for the obliging expressions with which it is accompanied. I am Sir Your very obedient servant Charles Dickens."<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. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839 unknown books
185068265David Copperfield in the Original Parts with the Rare ìLettsî Ad DICKENS Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans 1850 i.e. May 1849-November 1850. First edition in the original monthly parts twenty numbers bound in nineteen. Octavo. i-viiviiiixx-xiixiiixivxv-xvi 12-624. Forty inserted plates including frontispiece and vignette title. Collates nearly complete with almost all ads and slips as called for by Hatton and Cleaver with the rare fold-out ìLettsî ad in part VIII lacks slip after plates in part IX rear slip in part XII rear slip in part XIII front slip in part XVI lacks last page of last ads in part XIX-XX. This copy has seven specimen diary leaves in part VIII variant ads in parts XII 2A and XVIII Waterlow alternate on yellow paper. As in the Martin set the ìAdvertiserî Part VIII correctly reads ìLife of Goldsmithî instead of ìLile.î Original blue printed wrappers. All parts expertly rebacked. A few tiny frayed spots on corners. Some scattered foxing to text and plates. A small stain on front wrapper of Part III. Part VII opened a bit wide after plates but holding firm. Part X pages 5-6 of back advertisement torn with loss of half the page. Part XII pages 3-6 of back advertisement torn with loss of text from the ad. Part XV with text pages 471-474 bound in backwards but present. Part XVI with a tear to page 7 of the slip following the plates affecting text of the ad. Plates a bit tones mainly to the four in Part XIX-XX. Overall an attractive set. Housed in a quarter blue morocco slip case. Copperfield is one of the rarer titles in parts. Hatton and Cleaver pp. 253-272. HBS 68265. $9500 Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars unknown books
18381712004London: Richard Bentley 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue title pages author noted as Boz no mention of Dickens and with the suppressed "Fireside" illustration. 24 plates by Cruikshank. 20.6 x 13 cm. 3 volumes very good in original cloth. 8 vo. In a handsome custom-made collector's case with leather spine and gold gilt lettering. London: Richard Bentley hardcover books
04691London: Richard Bentley 1838. The Most Celebrated of English Clowns"<br/>Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Superbly Bound by Bayntun ca. 1920<br/>Four Magnificent Color Pictorial Inlaid Characters<br/>Handsomely Extra-Illustrated<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. BAYNTUN binder. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. II. London: Richard Bentley 1838. <br/><br/>First edition first issue with no border around final plate and correct page listing in list of "Embellishments." <br/><br/>Two octavo volumes 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 191 x 117 mm. i-xix xx blank 288 pp; i-ix x blank 263 264 printers imprint. Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I and twelve engraved plates by George Cruikshank. <br/>The frontispiece to each volume hand-colored volume I. "Joseph Grimaldi" & Volume II. "Grimaldi's kindness to the Giant".<br/><br/>Extra illustrated by the insertion of forty-eight engraved plates eighteen of which are hand colored. Six of the hand colored plates are by F.W. Pailthorpe; six by Isaac Cruikshank and two by George Cruikshank. All three of these artists are famous Dickens illustrators.<br/><br/>Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on rear silk endleaves. Full forest green crushed levant morocco covers triple-ruled in gilt surrounding a thin inlaid border of black morocco. Spines with five raised bands decoratively bordered in black and gilt in compartments gilt lettering gilt board edges and decorative gilt turn-ins. Front and back doublures of each volume with a superb figure and background inlaid in various colored morocco's. Green watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise very fine. Housed in the original fleece-lined green cloth slipcase. A spectacular example of a pair of early Bayntun bindings typical of the firm's first-rate work and use of the best materials. <br/><br/>The four inlaid designs include "Gaby Grin The Eccentric Clown." and three other characters from the book.<br/><br/>Joseph Grimaldi 1779-1837 called by Britannica "the most celebrated of English clowns" and generally considered without equal as a clown of pantomime. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi is the autobiography of the nineteenth-century clown Joseph Grimaldi. There has been much debate about the exact nature of Dickens' role in the writing of this book. Forster said that Dickens wrote only the introductory chapter; others have said that he edited the manuscript with the help of his father; and Bentley has stated in print that Dickens wrote a significant portion of the work. Eckel says "It is plain that the last chapter is in Dickens' style and that other parts of the book are his. Grimaldi laid the foundation for his memoirs but in a rough and diffuse manner. He gave the manuscript to Thomas Egerton Wilks who after some condensing sold the manuscript to Bentley who in turn passed it to Dickens for the purpose of embroidery." According to Kitton copies with the frame around the final plate as here are more valuable than others because of their relative scarcity; the border was added without Dickens' consent and when he expressed his displeasure it was quickly removed. <br/><br/>Bayntun of Bath. George Bayntun 1873-1940 served his apprenticeship with the Taylor family in Trim Street and started his own bookbinding business in Northumberland Place in 1894. He employed London binders to raise the standard of craftsmanship and soon moved into a larger workshop in Walcot Street. Book Auction Records for 1906 recognized his success: "He has brought intelligence into play as well as high craftsmanship". In 1920 he purchased the bindery business of George Gregory and in 1939 the Bayntun and Rivière binderies were incorporated into a new set of premises on Manvers Street Bath from where the business still operates today. George Bayntun had an especially good relationship with many of the pre-eminent American dealers including Brentano's.<br/><br/>Gimbel B64. Eckel pp. 140-2. London: Richard Bentley, 1838 unknown books
1861145531861. in original cloth Second Edition. London: Chapman and Hall 1861. Original wavy-grain blind-stamped violet cloth with gilt-decorated spines. "Second Edition" so-called on the three title pages technically the second of the five slightly-differing 1861 impressions of the first edition. GREAT EXPECTATIONS was one of the few Dickens novels that did not first appear in monthly serial parts; instead it appeared in 36 weekly numbers of Dickens's periodical All The Year Round. Also GREAT EXPECTATIONS was one of only two Dickens novels not to be illustrated as a first edition the other being HARD TIMES. The five "editions" of this three-decker all have title pages dated 1861; the first with no mention of an "Edition" on the title pages was in the public's hands by July 6th; this "Second" was published on August 5th followed by the "Third" on August 17th the "Fourth" on September 21st and the "Fifth" on October 30th. Although Walter Smith in 1982 stated "these first five issues were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered title pages to imply and encourage a rapid sale" it has since been shown the 1993 Clarendon Edition analysis by Margaret Cardwell that there are subtle differences among the five issues many of them instances of type slippage. There are only four issue points that involve actual re-setting of the type as opposed to type deterioration see Clarendon p. 493 -- in this "Second Edition" they read "in" on Vol I page 259 line 7 "gto et" on Vol II page 205 line 20 "there's" on Vol III page 173 line 26 and "himself very carefully" on Vol III page 192 lines 11-12. This set is still in the original publisher's wavy-grain violet cloth blind-stamped on the covers and decorated in gilt on the spines; GREAT EXPECTATIONS was published without half-titles and in this set none of the three volumes has an ad catalogue. Condition is good-to-very good: the volumes are unnecessarily re-backed with just a bit of darker cloth peeking through where there is minor wear at some spine ends and with un-original but quite early light-yellow endpapers applied over the original paste-downs; also the top edge is gilded. The Vol III spine gilt is a little brighter than that on Vol II which in turn is not as rubbed as Vol I. An old engraved portrait of Dickens is applied to the Vol I rear paste-down. The actual first issue of GREAT EXPECTATIONS without an "Edition" cited on the title pages is the Holy Grail for Dickens collectors since it is virtually impossible to find in fine condition in original cloth most copies having gone directly from the publisher to Mudie's Select Library where they were rented out fortnightly. The first issue fine in original cloth now brings more than $100000 when such a copy surfaces seldom; even rebound it is a major investment. Thus these subsequent "editions" in the same binding and bearing the same date as the first are greatly sought-after for the majority of us seeking the primary format without such a cost. Smith I pp 99-104. unknown books
1929226345London: Chapman and Hall 1929. hardcover. very good. 40 volumes. Thick 8vos beautifully bound by Bayntun in full burgundy morocco highly ornate gilt-stamped covers and spines with raised bands several volumes have minor damage at spine ends and several volumes have neat repairs to front joints; uncut edges marbled endpapers and doublures top edge gilt. London: Chapman and Hall 1929. Very good.<br/><br/> An exquisite set which includes 2 volumes of the "Letters and Speeches" and John Forster's "The Life of Charles Dickens" also in 2 volumes.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
19021321394New York: R. G. Newbegin Company 1902. Edition Definitive #a1. Hardcover. Large Octavos 60 volumes; Fair to Good; Bound in contemporary red morocco decorative gilt frames to boards surrounding a central tulip design in gilt with central green morocco onlay green morocco tulip design doublures with red and purple morocco onlays design and turn-ins tooled in gilt green moiré silk free endpapers marbled blanks following; all edges gilt.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Spines faded; the last 16 volumes have significant damage to the bindings primarily the lower edge and 5 other volumes have noticeable chipping or wear; volume 49 has had the lower edge repaired;. This edition was issued with the original frontispieces engraved title pages and etchings by "Phiz" et al printed and mounted on india-proof paper as well as each volume containing an original pen and ink watercolour frontispiece from the original art work by Kyd;. 1321394. FP New Rockville Stock. R. G. Newbegin Company hardcover books
1859104577London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works with p. 213 misnumbered "113" the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12 p. 134. Octavo bound in full contemporary calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine panels decoratively triple-ruled in gilt with gilt floral cornerpieces marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. 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 books
1838122472London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition first issue of Dickens' classic work. Octavo three volumes bound in full morocco by Bayntun gilt and tooling titles to the spine raised bands portrait of Dickens in gilt to the front panel of each volume gilt signature of Dickens to the rear panel of each volume top edge gilt marbled endpapers inner dentelles with 24 plates by George Cruikshank original cloth bound at the rear of each volume. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional example. "Dickens turned in Oliver Twist to the novel of crime and terror Some characters are drawn with humorous realism but for the most part humor is dimmed by gloomy memories of the authors own neglected childhood and sensational scenes are shrouded in an atmosphere genuinely eerie and sinister That Dickens shared with his contemporaries the conviction that the novel should be an instrument of social reform is evident in Oliver Twist" Baugh. Richard Bentley hardcover books
184996702London: Bradbury and Evans May 1849-November 1850. First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen with the majority of preliminary advertisements present frontispiece vignette title-page and forty engraved plates. In excellent condition an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work with some of the backstrips with small chips. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example. With many lovers of the author's works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick. it would be strange if it had been otherwise" Eckel 77. "Dickens and 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 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. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
1844180718001New York: Carey & Hart 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with covers decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt illustrated with four hand-colored lithograph plates and four uncolored. Near Fine. A beautiful copy with cloth lightly rubbed with light wear at the corners and spine ends faint water splash to top edge of front cover ding across top edge. Previous owner name to title page and erased pencil to front end sheet and occasional age spotting to pages. Quite a remarkable example of this classic Dickens novel uncommon with the original cloth in such nice condition and housed in a custom clamshell case. Carey & Hart hardcover books
146247Philadelphia: Lippincott. Limited. hardcover. fine. Rackham Arthur. Color frontispiece and 11 other mounted color plates by Arthur Rackham. Many b/w line drawings. 4to white vellum pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Uncut edges t.e.g. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott no date 1915.<br/><br/> Limited Edition - one of only 100 copies signed by Rackham. An absolutely fine bright copy except for the missing silk ties.<br/><br/> Lippincott unknown books
19081599London: Chapman and Hall 1908. The National Edition. Limited to 750 sets printed for England and America. this set unnumbered. Forty large octavo volumes. With approximately 1000 illustrations with plates by Cruikshank Browne Leech et al. Title-pages printed in red and black. With many reproductions or the original parts wrappers on colored paper.<br/><br/>Volume I with an envelope signed by Dickens and an ALS by John Foster Dickens' biographer. On the first blank of volume I is a mounted small envelope addressed by Dickens to Edward Chapman his publisher and signed by Dickens on the lower left corner. Facing that page is a mounted autograph letter signed by John Foster Dickens' friend and biographer addressed to George Cattermole the artist who illustrated The Old Curiosity Shop. Foster letter is on stationery and is dated 21 September 1860. Two sixteenmo pages on one octavo sheet folded.<br/><br/>Set is uniformly bound by Riviere & Son in half brown levant morocco over brown cloth. Morocco double ruled in gilt. Spines lettered in gilt and compartments triple-ruled in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Spines slightly sunned and some occasional minor rubbing and shelfwear. Overall a very attractive and near fine set. Chapman and Hall unknown books
