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Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi edited by "Boz". With illustrations by George Cruikshank.

1838LCS-186426Very rare first edition of the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Charles Dickens 1812-1870.2 volumes in-12 of: I/ portrait xix pp. 1 leaf 288 pp. 6 plates; II/ frontispiece ix 263 pp. 5 plates. Long-grain orange morocco triple gilt fillet framing the boards raised bands on spine with decorations green and olive morocco title and volume labels gilt inner roll slipcase. Bayntun Bath.187 x 110 mm.First edition of the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi 1779-1837 published by Charles Dickens.First printing without the border added to the plate The last song in the second volume.Charles Dickens 1812-1870 who began his career as a simple stenographer later became one of the most popular English novelists with Oliver Twist Pickwick or David Copperfield. In his novels inspired by his painful childhood he recounts the fate of young heroes who seek a better life and try to forget their miserable origins. "Master of an ambiguous world whose reality constantly opens onto dream" he created characters guided by hope grappling with a world which contaminated by the capitalist system suffers from a social ill.A little-known Dickens.In this biographical novel which recounts the strange adventures of the greatest English clown of the nineteenth century the young Boz already reveals his astonishing storytelling talent.Here is a work by Dickens almost unknown in France which was partially translated in 1951 in a confidential edition now out of print and unfindable Éditions du Globe. The story of this manuscript is quite surprising and it was by a curious twist that Dickens became its official author: the clown Grimaldi spent the year before his death writing the complete story of his life then entrusted the voluminous manuscript to a friend who set about condensing it before presenting it to a first publisher. This publisher taking advantage of the freedom afforded by the author's death immediately brought it to Charles Dickens. In 1838 Charles Dickens was only twenty-five years old but under the pseudonym "Boz" was already a beloved author of the public. The Sketches published in the newspapers and magazines whose success they had helped build and the Pickwick Papers so quickly popular had established his reputation within three or four years. The owner of the Memoirs of Grimaldi therefore had every reason to think he would benefit greatly if Dickens entirely reworked them deploying his slightly mocking simplicity his shrewd good-nature his profound knowledge of vulgar manners popular slang and disreputable eccentricities. Dickens for his part felt that this was a fortunate subject for his pen and that it would not lower itself by associating with the memories of a clowntrue but a clown such as had scarcely been seen before.The life of the great Joe his adventurous career indeed offers us some of the most curious aspects of British manners of the life of its theatres and its underworld. Chance by sowing many strange incidents dramatic encounters and bizarre twists in the existence of this performer seems to have delighted in giving him an extraordinary fate and thus doubly marking him out for biographical attention. And in many ways Dickens no doubt saw in this child prodigy and pure-hearted artist a kind of double of himself.The edition is illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved on copper by William Greatbach 1792-1878 after a drawing by Samuel Raven 1775-1847 as well as 12 plates outside the text also copper-engraved by George Cruikshank 1792-1878.Fine copy printed on vellum paper in a binding by Bayntun bookbinder of Bath.FRANCAISEdition originale fort rare des Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi de Charles Dickens 1812-1870.2 volumes in-12 de : I/ portrait xix pp. 1 f. 288 pp. 6 planches ; II/ frontispice ix 263 pp. 5 planches. Maroquin orange à grain long triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats dos à nerfs ornés pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin vert et olive roulette dorée intérieure tranches dorées étui Bayntun Bath.187 x 110 mm.Édition originale des Mémoires de Joseph Grimaldi 1779-1837 publiée par Charles Dickens.Premier tirage sans la bordure ajoutée à la planche The last song du second volume.Charles Dickens 1812-1870 qui a débuté sa carrière comme simple sténographe est devenu par la suite l'un des romanciers anglais les plus populaires avec Oliver Twist Pickwick ou David Copperfield. Dans ses romans inspirés de son enfance douloureuse il raconte le destin de jeunes héros qui sont en quête d'une existence meilleure et cherchent à oublier leur origine miséreuse. " Maître d'un monde ambigu dont la réalité donne sans cesse sur le rêve " il a créé des personnages guidés par l'espoir aux prises avec un monde qui contaminé par le système capitaliste souffre d'un mal social.Un Dickens méconnu.Dans ce roman biographique qui relate les étranges aventures du plus grand clown anglais du XIXe siècle le jeune Boz laisse déjà percevoir son étonnant talent de conteur.Voici un ouvrage de Dickens à peu près ignoré en France qui fut partiellement traduit en 1951 dans une édition confidentielle aujourd'hui épuisée et introuvable Éditions du Globe.L'histoire de ce manuscrit est assez surprenante et c'est par un curieux détour que Dickens en devint l'auteur officiel : le clown Grimaldi employa l'année qui précéda sa mort à rédiger l'histoire complète de sa vie puis confia le volumineux manuscrit à un ami qui s'appliqua à le condenser avant de le présenter à un premier éditeur. Celui-ci profitant de la liberté que lui rendait la mort de l'auteur les porta immédiatement à Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens en 1838 n'avait que vingt-cinq ans mais sous le pseudonyme de " Boz " était déjà un auteur chéri du public. Les Sketches publiés dans les journaux et magazines dont ils avaient fait le succès les Pickwick Papers si promptement populaires avaient assis en trois ou quatre ans sa réputation. Le propriétaire des Mémoires de Grimaldi eut donc toutes les raisons de penser qu'il en tirerait un excellent parti si Dickens les remaniait entièrement en y déployant sa simplicité un peu narquoise sa bonhomie rusée sa profonde connaissance des murs vulgaires de l'argot populaire et des excentricités mal famées. Dickens de son côté sentit que c'était là pour sa plume un heureux sujet et qu'elle ne dérogerait pas en s'associant aux souvenirs d'un clown il est vrai mais d'un clown comme on n'en avait guère vu jusqu'alors.La vie du grand Joe son aventureuse carrière nous livre en effet quelques-uns des plus curieux aspects des murs britanniques de la vie de ses théâtres et de ses bas-fonds. Le hasard en semant bien des incidents étranges des rencontres dramatiques des péripéties bizarres dans l'existence de ce comédien semble s'être complu à lui faire un sort extraordinaire et à le désigner ainsi doublement à l'attention des biographes. Et par bien des aspects Dickens vit sans doute en cet enfant prodige et en cet artiste au cur pur une sorte de double de lui-même.L'édition est illustrée d'un portrait de l'auteur gravé sur cuivre par William Greatbach 1792-1878 d'après un dessin de Samuel Raven 1775-1847 ainsi que de 12 compositions hors texte également gravées sur cuivre de George Cruikshank 1792-1878.Bel exemplaire imprimé sur papier vélin en reliure de Bayntun relieur anglais de Bath. Richard Bentley.

Charles DickensBiblio.com

I shall be glad to investigate the subject to which you so obligingly invite my attention myself." - A 16 November 1868 autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens accepting the invitation of a doctor to tour East London a trip during which Dickens discovered and subsequently championed the newly-founded East London Children's Hospital

1868008527Gads Hill Place Kent 1868. This is a 16 November 1868 autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens 18 months before his death to a London doctor making arrangements to view a new childrens hospital. Dickens would ultimately champion the hospital in print helping raise funds for an eventual move. The letter is testimony that At his death Dickens was regarded not simply as a great writer but also as a champion of the poor and downtrodden who had striven hard throughout his whole career for greater social justice and a better kinder world. The letter entirely in Dickens's hand on the recto of a single sheet of his Gads Hill Place stationery is dated Monday Sixteenth November 1868 and written to Dr. John Murray addressed as Dear Sir but identified in Dickenss hand at the lower left. The body of the letter reads: I shall be glad to investigate the subject to which you so obligingly invite my attention myself. Would it suit your convenience to take me with you next Saturday to some of the places where you have been most impressed by what you have seen If so have the kindness to let me know at what hour on Saturday you will call for me at the office of "all the Year Round" 26 Wellington Street Strand. If you will make your own appointment I will place myself at your disposal." The valediction in two lines reads: "Faithfully Yours" preceding the signature "Charles Dickens" with Dickenss characteristic succession of multiple underlining flourishes. The letter came to us framed from a private Dickens collection and has been framed for no less than 32 years; the sealed verso of the frame features the sticker of autograph dealer Paul C. Richards who died in 1993. The antique gilt wood frame measures 15.5 x 12.375 inches. The letter is double-matted to 6.5 x 4.5 inches in red over gilt beside and to the left of a photographic portrait of Dickens. Though his name is not uncommon in London then or now we speculate that the recipient may have been surgeon John Murray 1798-1873. What is clear from the letter is that Murray caught the attention of Dickens that they met as planned and that as a result Dickens was prompted to take an active supporting interest in the East London Hospital for Children which had just been established that year in Ratcliffe Cross. In the 19 December issue of All the Year Round Dickens published an article in which he wrote at length in evocative Dickensian detail about the Hospital: Down by the rivers bank in Ratcliffe my eyes rested on the inscription across the road East London Childrens Hospital. I went across and went straight in I found the Childrens Hospital established in an old sail-loft or storehouse of the roughest nature In its seven-and-thirty beds I saw but little beauty but I saw the sufferings both of infancy and childhood temporarily assuaged I heard the patients answering to pet playful names the light touch of a delicate lady laid bare the wasted sticks of arms for me to pity; and the claw-like little hands as she did so entwined themselves lovingly around her wedding-ring. Prior to publication of his article Dickens wrote again to Murray on the 1st of December specifically mentioning my paper on the East London Children's Hospital and informing Murray that he had sent a proof to the Hospitals founders. Dickens is credited for helping raise funds for the Hospital which after Dickenss death facilitated the Hospitals 1875 move to a new building in Shadwell. The hospital endured variously changing names and locations until the Second World War. All the Year Round from whose offices Dickens began his tour with Dr. Murray and whose pages Dickens used to advocate for the East London Childrens Hospital was a weekly literary journal edited by Dickens that began publishing in 1859 and after his death was edited by his son Charles Dickens Jr. Sources: ODNB; NHS Trust; Free Library of Philadelphia unknown

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Master Humphrey's Clock

184068828London: Chapman and Hall 1840. CATTERMOLE George; BROWNE Hablot Knight. BROWNE Hablot Knight illustrator. CATTERMOLE George illustrator. Master Humphrey's Clock. by "Boz" London: Chapman and Hall 1840. Full Description: DICKENS Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. London: Chapman and Hall 1840-1841 i.e. 4 April 1840-27 November 1841. First edition first issue in the eighty-eight weekly parts. Large octavo 10 3/4 x 7 inches; 274 x 180 mm. i-viii 12-306; i-vvi 12-306; i-vvi 12-426. With all preliminary matter 3 frontispieces title-pages prefaces for 3 volumes in parts 26 52 and 88. Part 26 also with dedication page. With two frontispieces 130 woodcuts and twenty-five initials by Browne; one frontispiece and thirty-eight woodcuts by Cattermole; one woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. Original white wrappers designed by Cattermole. Some parts with stab-holes. Wrappers generally fresh some with a small amount of foxing or toning. Part 27 with a bit more toning to front wrapper. Part 40 with some toning and small ink spots to front wrapper. Some parts with covers tender at creases. Contemporary ownership signature to front wrapper of parts 118 24 and 42. Part 25 with contemporary ownership signature on first page of text pg. 289. A small unobtrusive contemporary bookseller sticker to the bottom of the front wrapper of parts 48 49 51 52 53 55 57 58 60 61 62 and 63. Most parts are quite crisp and bright. An excellent copy overall housed in a full green cloth clamshell spine lettered in gilt. With previous owner Dickens collector Harvey C. Knowles bookplate inside clamshell. The first Dickens' work to be issued in weekly parts it was also issued in monthly parts and as a three- and a one-volume work; the rarest issue being the weekly parts. Eckel pp. 67-8. Gimbel A49. Hatton and Cleaver pg 163. HBS 68828. $3500. Chapman and Hall unknown

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DICKENS, Charles; BROWNE, Hablot KnightBiblio.com

Personal History of David Copperfield The

06301London: Bradbury and Evans 1849. A Good Working Set Of Charles Dickens's 'David Copperfield' in the Original Parts" 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; first issue following all but one of the points in Hatton & Cleaver. Octavo. 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 226 x 142 mm. i-vii viii ix x-xii xiii xiv xv-xvi 1 2-624. Forty inserted plates including frontispiece and vignette title. The "Advertiser" in part VIII without the erratum "Lile" for "Life." Complete as issued but without the rare Letts's Diary fold-out advertisement and the eight sample diary pages in Part VIII. Most other called-for advertisements are present with the following exceptions: the eight-page Copperfield Advertiser lacking in Part VII; in Part VIII the Copperfield Advertiser with top half of pp. 5/6 cut away; in Part XIV the Copperfield Advertiser with top right-hand corner of pp. 5/6 cut away. Publisher's light blue pictorial wrappers somewhat chipped and soiled overall with several crude repairs. Plates show the expected foxing typical of this title in places rather heavy. Early owner's ink stamp appears on the first page of text in eight of the parts. Housed in a quarter green calf over green cloth slipcase spine with five shallow raised bands red and blue calf labels lettered in gilt in compartments. A good "working" copy of Dickens's most autobiographical novel with chipped and repaired wrappers plates intact and with additional ephemeral advertisements of considerable interest. Part XIX/XX contains eight unrecorded pages of contemporary ads: Tallis's Acting Edition of the Plays of Shakespeare 2 pp.; The Architectural Antiquities of Athens 2 pp.; Hymns for Sunday Schools 2 pp.; and The Counting House Companion 2 pp. These are not recorded in Hatton & Cleaver as part of the standard collation but are authentic period ephemera almost certainly inserted by the publisher/distributor at the time of issue. Such survivals-though not "required"-are scarce and add bibliographic interest illustrating the common practice of Bradbury & Evans and Chapman & Hall before them in allowing other publishers' advertisements to ride on Dickens's enormous circulation. David Copperfield is among the scarcer Dickens titles to find in first issue parts especially in copies retaining the original wrappers. References: Hatton & Cleaver pp. 253-272; Podeschi Gimbel Collection A121; Sadleir Excursions in Victorian Bibliography p. 261. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849 unknown

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DICKENS, CHARLESBiblio.com

The Adventures of Oliver Twist

183842820882FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM FIRST ISSUE. Oliver Twist was Dickens's first book to be published in the three-decker format. There was no parts edition until 1846. Instead the novel was published serially in the magazine Bentley's Miscellany. Before the magazine publication was completed Bentley decided to issue the book edition likely an attempt to sell the book to those who could not wait to see the conclusion in the magazine.As a result George Cruikshank who contributed 24 illustrations for the work had to complete the final plates in haste. Dickens did not review them until publication was at hand and he found that he objected to the "Fireside" plate in vol. III. Cruikshank obliged by replacing the engraving with the so-called "Church" plate which was not completed in time for the first copies issued on November 9. This is one of those first issue copies with the "Fireside" plate. The second November 16 and later issues and the magazine publication contain the replacement illustration. Dickens also disliked the use of the pseudonym "Boz" on the title-page though it had been used in his Sketches and Pickwick Papers. This set has the preferred "Boz" title-pages; the later issue has cancel title-pages bearing Dickens's name."Oliver Twist was originally conceived as a satire on the new poor law of 1834 which herded the destitute and the helpless into harshly run union workhouses and which was perceived by Dickens as a monstrously unjust and inhumane piece of legislation he was still fiercely attacking it in Our Mutual Friend in 1865. Once the scene shifted to London however Oliver Twist developed into a unique and compelling blend of a 'realistic' tale about thieves and prostitutes and a melodrama with strong metaphysical overtones. The pathos of little Oliver the first of many such child figures in Dickens the farcical comedy of the Bumbles the sinister fascination of Fagin the horror of Nancy's murder and the powerful evocation of London's dark and labyrinthine criminal underworld all helped to drive Dickens's popularity to new heights" ODNB.Three volumes. Fine scarlet morocco by Bayntun a.e.g. facsimile of Dickens's signature on upper boards. With the half-title in vol. I without the half title in vol. II none called for in vol. III. . Light foxing to titles. A fine set. Bentley hardcover

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The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.

1845149771London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1845-1848. First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt frontispiece title page vignettes. The set contains: First edition second issue of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year. London: Chapman and Hall 1845 with the publisher's advertisement for A Christmas Carol; with the half-title; 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield; second state of the vignette title. First edition second issue of The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans for the author 1846 with the half-title; 14 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech Doyle Stanfield Maclise and Landseer; with three-line italic heading for Oliver Twist on p.175 of the publisher's ads at rear. First edition later issue of The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury and Evans 1846 with the half-title; 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield; 2pp. advertisements at rear. First edition later issue of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury and Evans 1848; 16 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech Stanfield Tenniel and Stone. In very good condition. Ownership plate to the front pastedown of The Battle of Life and to the front free endpaper of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. Following the immense success of A Christmas Carol which first appeared in December of 1843 Dickens published four other Christmas tales: The Chimes 1844 The Cricket on the Hearth 1845 The Battle of Life 1846 and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848; these were secular conversion tales which acknowledged the progressive societal changes of the previous year and highlighted those social problems which still needed to be addressed. The public eagerly bought the later books each published in an attractive bright red cloth with fine gilt vignettes and elaborate illustrations. Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans hardcover

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

1838149369London: Chapman and Hall 1838-39. First edition in the original monthly parts mixed issue of this titular hero’s journey through hardship. Octavo original blue-green wrappers 20 parts in 19 volumes dated April 1838-October 1839. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of Dickens by Finden after Daniel Maclise and 38 out of 39 black and white etched plates by "Phiz" or Hablot Knight Browne. Lacking second plate in No. IV "Nicholas astonishes Mr. Squeers and family" and supplied with a duplicate of first plate from No. II "Nicholas starts for Yorkshire" plate 16 in No. VIII first steel; plate 23 in No. XII with "Mr."; plate 29 in No. XV fourth impression. Mixed issues with second state "sister" on line 17 p. 123 in No. IV and with first state "latter" on line 6 p. 160 in No. V.; first four plates with publisher's imprint; lacking half-title in final number. Additional ads not called for in Hatton & Cleaver: front of No. XII "The Addresses of the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham."; front of No. XIII "Just Published.Lanercost"; seven additional leaves of ads at rear of No. XVIII. Lacking the following ads: all in No. I; ads following plates and rear ads in No. III; last ad at rear of No. VII; first and third of rear ads in No. VIII; Charles Tilt yellow slip in No. XI "in many copies" per Hatton & Cleaver; final rear ad in No. XII; "Mary Ashby" slip sometimes found in No. XVI final rear ad in same; first second and fourth rear ads in Nos. XIX/XX. In very good condition with scattered wear and soiling spine of No. XV repaired. Housed in a custom box. Nicholas Nickleby follows the struggles of the titular hero as he seeks to protect his family from exploitation after his father’s death. Sent to work at the abusive Dotheboys Hall by his cruel uncle Ralph Nickleby Nicholas rebels and embarks on a journey of self-discovery encountering both kindness and corruption. The novel critiques social injustices particularly in education and labor while emphasizing themes of resilience morality and the triumph of good over evil. Through satire and melodrama Dickens exposes the harsh realities of Victorian society while celebrating compassion and integrity. Chapman and Hall unknown

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Works

1870Biblio23330 volumes. Reddish-brown 3/4 morocco spines gilt. Some foxing. Minor spotting to a few spines minor wear. An excellent set. A handsome set of the famous "Illustrated Library Edition" here in an early printing. The dedication at the front of the first volume Pickwick Papers states "This the best edition of my books is of right inscribed to my dear friend John Forster biographer of Oliver Goldsmith in affectionate acknowledgment of his counsel sympathy and faithful friendship during my whole literary life." "The Library Edition came about largely because of the suggestion of Forster that while Dickens's works were available in volumes in the Cheap Edition and in reprints of the serial parts there was no high-quality edition that would appeal to the wealthy. Dickens eventually came round to the idea that an elegant edition could raise the stature of his writings. He faced a complication in that the rights to the works were divided between Chapman and Hall and Bradbury and Evans. Consequently the volumes contained the imprints of both publishers. With a dedication to Forster the Library Edition appeared in 22 volumes in 1858-9 at 7s 6d per volume. "Titles included Pickwick Nickleby Chuzzlewit Old Curiosity Shop Reprinted Pieces Barnaby Rudge Hard Times Sketches by Boz Oliver Twist Dombey Copperfield Pictures from Italy Bleak House Little Dorrit and Christmas Books. The only illustrations were the frontispieces. Between 1861 and 1874 this edition was reissued in 30 volumes with the addition of Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Our Mutual Friend The Uncommercial Traveller A Child's History of England Christmas Stories and Drood. The reissue contained illustrations—the frontispieces plus additional illustrations by artists such as Marcus Stone John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield—and came to be known as the Illustrated Library Edition. Recognizing the continuing potential for sales of Dickens's works Chapman and Hall in 1873 published a prospectus for the Second Illustrated Library Edition containing they contended all the works the novelist wished to preserve. Calling it the first well-printed issue with specially cast type and better paper than that used in previous editions this set was published in 30 volumes between 1873 and 1876 and sold at £15 for the set a high price for the time" Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens pp. 205-206. Price: $6000. Chapman and Hall hardcover

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A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE

1860ST20687London 1860. FIRST EDITION; one copy First Issue the other second issue. 188 x 130 mm. 7 3/8 x 5". Two copies. Original purple and pink paper wrappers respectively. Laid into an attractive emerald green morocco chemise covers framed with a French fillet elaborate volute cornerpieces accented with pomegranate and floral tools with a floral spray extending from the center its three flowers inlaid in maroon and gold morocco cornerpieces vertically connected with a dotted roll and lozenge tool front cover with gilt title flat spine lettered in gilt with floral sprays at head and tail turn-ins elaborately gilt with lilac floral jacquard doublures. In the apparently original rather worn green silk slipcase with gilt titling on both covers. The second issue with the fabric-backed first publication in "Household Words" tipped in at the rear. With a typed description from Alwin J. Scheuer laid in. Eckel pp. 188-91. Both copies with the wrappers slightly soiled but the delicate bindings holding firm; the first issue with a vertical crease through the center; the second issue with a three-inch closed tear to the front cover and a three-quarter inch closed tear to the rear cover otherwise very fine copies entirely clean and fresh internally. This is a complete little grouping that comprises the three versions of a short Dickens piece written about and then later used on behalf of St. Luke's Hospital a mental institution with a focus on serving the poor--with the three pieces offered here in a highly ornamental chemise. Dickens composed "Curious Dance" following a Christmastime visit to St. Luke's with his account of that visit released in his weekly journal "Household Words" on January 17 1852. Largely sympathetic to the hospital itself Dickens noted how far treatment had come since the previous century's approach to mental health care a time when "nothing was too monstrously cruel to be prescribed." Despite that progress Dickens was moved by the sorry state of the patients and the present account is used as a plea for greater public awareness for the suffering of the insane. Eight years later the hospital management with Dickens' permission published "Curious Dance" as a pamphlet in a fundraising effort. There are two distinct issues to the edition: the first in purple wrappers has a period after "Tree" in the title and no variation to the type in the text; the second in pink wrappers has a comma after "Tree" and the final seven lines of page 19 are in bold type. These final lines were the hospital's exhortation for donations apparently the plain type in the first issue had not had the desired financial return. Our offering includes both of these as well as the original "Household Words" article tipped into the latter issue. Given the fragility of the three items the condition here is extremely appealing--not to mention the attractive chemise that provides their protective presentation context. unknown

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The Works of Charles Dickens Library Editions

1866996G15London: Chapman and Hall 1866-1870. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". H.K. Browne; George Cruikshank; G. Cattermole; F. Walker; Marcus Stone. A brilliantly illustrated twenty six volume set of works by notable author Charles Dickens in half morocco binding. A brilliant twenty six volume set of works by Charles Dickens.The library editions illustrated.In half red morocco bindings with marbled endpapers and fore edges. Published from 1866-1870.Comprising of 26 volumes by notable author Charles Dickens a British novelist who created some of literature'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 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. This set includes:Vol I: The Pickwick Papers- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and 22 plates.Vol II: The Pickwick Papers- Vol. II. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 18 plates.Vol III: Nicholas Nickleby- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 plates.Vol IV: Nicholas Nickleby- Vol. II. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 18 plates.Vol V: Martin Chuzzlewit- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and 19 plates.Vol VI: Martin Chuzzlewit- Vol. II. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 18 plates.Vol VII: The Old Curiosity Shop- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 plates.Vol VIII: The Old Curiosity Shop- Vol. II; and Reprinted Pieces. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 plates.Vol IX: Barnaby Rudge- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 plates.Vol X: Barnaby Rudge- Vol. II.; and Hard Times. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 plates. Vol XI: Sketches by Boz. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and 38 plates.Vol XII: Oliver Twist. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 23 plates.Vol XIII: Dombey and Son- Vol I. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and 18 plates.Vol XIV: Dombey and Son- Vol. II. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 18 plates.Vol XV: David Copperfield- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and 19 plates.Vol XVI: David Copperfield- Vol. II. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 18 plates.Vol XVII: Pictures From Italy; and American Notes. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates.Vol XVIII: Bleak House- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and 19 plates.Vol XIX: Bleak House- Vol II. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 18 plates.Vol XX: Little Dorrit- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece a vignette title page and 16 plates. Lacking the final 4 plates.Vol XXI: Little Dorrit- Vol. II. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 17 plates.Vol XXII: Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life The Haunted Man. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 16 plates.Vol XXIII: A Tale of Two Cities. Illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and 14 plates.Vol XXIV: Great Expectations. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates.Vol XXV: Our Mutual Friend- Vol. I. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 plates.Vol XXVI: Our Mutual Friend- Vol. II. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 19 plates.All volumes collated. All complete except for Vol XX. In half red morocco binding. Externally smart. Slight fading to spines. Rubbing to joints and odd mark to boards. Odd rubbing to board corners. Slight bumping to head of spine with small split to front joint of Vol XIII. Splitting to head of front joint of Vol XIV. Splitting to rear of front joint of Vol. XIX. Splitting to head of rear joint of Vol XVI. Booksellers sticker to front paste down of all volumes. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages 54-59 in Vol X disbound but present loosely inserted to the correct page. Pages are bright and clean with light spotting and age toning. Lacking 4 plates from Vol XX. Very Good Chapman and Hall hardcover

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