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18381704204Richard Bentley 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes first edition first issue with "Boz" as author and "fireside" plate in Vol. 3. Rebound in handsome decorated leather binding. Repair to hinge in volume 1 volume 2 has some pages cut at the bottom not affecting text. With the bookplate of Ralph Clutton probably Rev. Ralph Clutton vicar of Horsted Keynes whose family later created a prominent real estate business still in operation today. Richard Bentley hardcover books
18544125London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition. Fine. A Fine copy in original cloth with publisher's marbled edges and endpapers. Slight bit of sunning to spines but overall in beautiful unsophisticated condition. Collation and issue points conforming to Smith. Bookplates of two previous owners to front pastedowns of each. Internally clean and unmarked. Housed in a custom quarter morocco slipcase with chemise. A superior copy accompanied by an early James F. Drake description.<br/><br/>As the only book Dickens wrote specifically for children it occupies a unique place in his' oeuvre. "Dickens' intention for the book was made manifest in the dedication at the beginning of the first volume to his 'own dear children: Whom I hope it may help bye-and-bye to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject.' This makes the purpose clear. Dickens did not intend the book to supplant or rival those books by Keightley or Macaulay that preceded it. The book rather is intended by Dickens as an exciting or interesting study of the subject which will whet his children's -- and other children's -- appetites for English history and is designed to act as a springboard to discovery" Tearle. Thus while Dickens doesn't break new ground in uncovering or analyzing history he uses his novelistic abilities to make past figures feel more real more exciting and more present and to cast long-ago events as relevant to life in his own time. Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
882035<p>BostonBoston: Dana Estes & Co. Near Fine. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. 30 Volumes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3/4 Green morocco over marbled boards with raised spines and gold lettering. Spines uniformly faded to brown. A beautiful set.</p> BostonBoston: Dana Estes & Co. hardcover
15085Famed English Victorian novelist. 2 page Autograph Letter Signed and dated Tuesday the 26th of March 1844. Writing to The London Magazine Dickens praises the poetry of contemporary writer and magazine editor Thomas Hood as well as committing to send new work to be published in the magazine. This letter was written during the same period when Dickens was writing the final installments of Martin Chuzzlewit the novel that he would ultimately call his best work.<br/><br/>From Devonshire Dickens writes in his hand in full<br/><br/>"Dear Sir<br/>It is quite unnecessary for me to say that I have a great respect for Thomas Hood and hold his genius in high estimation.<br/><br/>I cannot promise to render any but the slightest assistance with his magazine in case it should receive consequences of its late appearance this month. But if it should and if it should be within the hands of the Spottiswoodes publishing house I will certainly write something for the next number. It will necessarily be very short and will most probably refer to its starting under new and favorable circumstances. But in the case I have put I will do that much with sincere pleasure -- and would do much more if my engagements permitted."<br/><br/>He signs boldly " Charles Dickens."<br/><br/>Dickens' lengthy novels were each published as magazine serials prior to their final release in book form and this letter provides an important glimpse into how he retained these important relationships with editors while negotiating the balance between creating much-loved literary masterpieces and meeting the demands of magazine deadlines. Deeply engaged in the composition of his novel Martin Chuzzlewit which Dickens would call his best work Dickens admits to the editor his desire to submit work but his concern at missing a deadline and holding up publication of the upcoming issue. Rather than inconvenience the editor or bring about the dissatisfaction of subscribers Dickens commits to "writing something for the next issue" if the current issue is already "within the hands of the Spottiswoodes" publishing house. Given Dickens' "great respect" for the position of Thomas Hood who was both a famed writer and one of the magazine's editors he guarantees a strong piece and assures his correspondent that he is "writing under new and favorable circumstances." Such conditions could be credited to the near-completion of Martin Chuzzlewit as well as to the birth of Dickens' third son in the same year.<br/><br/>An important letter providing a glimpse into Dickens' publication and writing. With minor age related toning. In very good condition with bold clean signature. unknown books
166328London: Chapman and Hall N.D. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Very Good in decorative boards. Small owner printed stamp on bottom of 2nd FEP. Rear hinge cracked. Rubbing along panel edges. 1st edition 2nd state; 'letter' instead of 'latter' on page 160 line 43; 'visitor' corrected to 'sister' on page 122 line 17. Chapman and Hall unknown
122007London Chapman and Hall 1894. . Illustrated Library Edition; 30 vols 8vo 230 x 160mm; numerous illustrations taken from steel-engraved plates by Phiz Cruikshank and others scattered spotting or foxing occasional offsetting from from frontispieces; contemporary half morocco marbled boards and matching end-papers spines gilt-tooled in compartments spines faded rubbed and bumped top edges gilt others uncut very good indeed.<br /> A handsome example of the 'Illustrated Library Edition' complete in 30 volumes; with numerous illustrations by the likes of Cruikshank Seymour and Phiz.<br /> London, Chapman and Hall, 1894. hardcover
09141London December 1855-June 1857: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. H. K. Browne. First edition in the original parts; 20 parts in 19. Bound in the original blue/green printed wrappers - ALL wrappers are correct and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. First issue of the text "Rigaud" for "Blandois" in part XV. Part XI with text UNOPENED; part XIV with Advertiser partly UNOPENED. Annotated in pencil by Dickens bibliographer Thomas Hatton on page 467 mentioning the "Rigaud" for "Blandois" error on pages 469 470 472 and 473 and the slip inserted in part XVI pointing out this error. Plates are very good to fine; tissue guards are in place; plates tanned at edges not affecting illustration are IV V IX XII XIV and XVII; light off-setting on a few plates but still very good. Title page and frontis in part XIX/XX with light spotting at edges not affecting images. Spines expertly renewed on several parts; light soiling to a few wrappers. Small corner loss to rear wrap of part XIX/XX. Internally clean and bright. An outstanding set with everything including a pedigree - it is from the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection. Armorial bookplate. Housed in a quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton and Cleaver collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307-330. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans paperback books
09104London 1840-41 i. e. 4 Apr. 1840 - 2 Nov. 1841: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto. First issue large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; i-viii12-306; i-vvi 12-306; i-vvi 12-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole 2 frontispieces 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; 1 woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. A very handsome set now scarce on the market. All wrappers are correct; a very good set internally clean and bright; Light soiling to front wrap of part 1 and the rear wrap of part 88. Housed in a handsome quarter leather slipcase with chemise. Overall an outstanding set in collectible condition. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall paperback books
1837880691837. Phiz. DICKENS Charles. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition in book form extra illustrated and finely bound. Octavo. iii-xvi 609 pp.; lacks half-title. This special copy has a duplicate hand-colored set of the original plates by Robert Seymour and "Phiz" Hablot K. Browne 2 hand-colored plates by Robert William Buss a small set of 7 hand-colored plates by Phiz a hand-colored plate of Sam Vale the original of Sam Weller by George Cruikshank a hand-colored plate of Sam Weller by F. W. Palthorpe a hand-colored portrait of Serjeant Talfourd and portraits of Dickens Robert Seymour and Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" and "Nemo". The uncolored plates by Phiz are earlier than the colored ones; they are not titled but each is signed when called for and contains a page location number except the last sixteen which Hatton and Cleaver p. 63 claim are the earliest state of the original and duplicate plates for these illustrations and of course the frontispiece and vignette title-page. The frontispiece and vignette title-page are both "second plate" from the second version of the printing plate. There is a total of 101 plates of which 55 are colored. Handsomely bound by Bayntun in full green crushed morocco with a black leather inlaid border gilt facsimile of the author's signature on upper board inner leather dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. An old bookseller's description is tipped-in at the first fly-leaf. Fine. Smith v. I 3. unknown books
183946402Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard Successors to Carey & Co 1839. 1st US edition American Imprints 55385; Smith AMERICAN 3 p. 85 - 87. Original publisher's rose-colored quarter cloth over drab boards both volumes rebacked at some point in the past. Printed paper title labels to spine. Now housed in a handsome quarter-leather custom chemise/slipcase. Wear & soiling. Volumes a bit cocked with title labels mostly worn away. Usual foxing. Evidence of bookplate removal. Vol I with paper repair to preliminary blank and lacking rfep. Vol II with period pencil pos to ffep. Withal a Good set of this important and rare US 2 volume edition housed in a handsome Fine condition slipcase. 2 adverts first state iv 224; iv 196 16 publisher catalogue pp. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>A rare set infrequently offered on the market. Lea and Blanchard, Successors to Carey & Co hardcover books
1893108369Two volumes in one. St. Petersburg: F. Pavlenkov Publishers 1893. Two volumes in one 4to iv 992 4 pp. printed and numbered in two columns with typographic headpiece to page one text in Russian Cyrillic script. Rebound in modern full dark-brown calf with title in gilt to backstrip. A sprinkle of minor foxing and some small scuff marks to boards; otherwise in very good bright condition. § First edition thus. An exceedingly rare translation with no complete sets noted in any library. Simon Beattie notes: “Yours item 38 comes from the first Russian collected edition 10 vols 1892-7; Fridlender & Katarskii Charl’z Dikkens bibliografiia russkikh perevodov … Moscow 1962 5. F. Pavlenkov Publishers hardcover books
18931083691893. St. Petersburg: F. Pavlenkov Publishers 1893. <br /> <br /> Two volumes in one 4to iv 992 4 pp. printed and numbered in two columns with typographic headpiece to page one text in Russian Cyrillic script. Rebound in modern full dark-brown calf with title in gilt to backstrip. A sprinkle of minor foxing and some small scuff marks to boards; otherwise in very good bright condition. <br /> <br /> § First edition thus. An exceedingly rare translation with no complete sets noted in any library. Simon Beattie notes: "Yours item 38 comes from the first Russian collected edition 10 vols 1892-7; Fridlender & Katarskii Charl'z Dikkens bibliografiia russkikh perevodov . Moscow 1962 5. unknown
18446254London: Chapman and Hall 1844. First edition. 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." 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." The text-block has been expertly re-cased using the original yellow-coated end-papers. 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. 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. 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. Housed in an early fleece-lined green cloth clamshell case. <br /> <br /> Charles Dickens's sixth book considered his last picaresque novel The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is a study in man's financial greed. Although Dickens wrote of his fondness for the project it was the least commercial successful of his published works resulting in a story alteration that sent his title character to America in an attempt to boost sales. It first appeared serially in 19th monthly parts released between January 1843 - July 1844 with the book version being published upon its conclusion. Martin Chuzzlewit is listed as number five in Michael Sadleir's list of Charles Dickens comparative scarcities. Chapman and Hall unknown
10047London January 1843-July 1844: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver with the following exceptions: part XI lacking "The Pride of London" slip; part XII lacking "The Winter Season" ad; part XVI lacking "Temple of Fashion" ad the rare "Foreign Travel" slip in part VII which is known in only 6 copies is not present here. Annotated by Thomas Hatton in part XIX/XX on the final leaf of the Advertiser thus: "M. C. 19/20 being pp 23/24 of Front Adverts to follow plates" - Errata is 14 lines and the vignette title is in the first state with the British Pounds symbol following "100." Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. The plates in part XIX/XX are lightly age-toned the plates in parts I XIV XV and XVI are tanned at edges; 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 parts III V X XII and XIV; spines expertly renewed on most parts. Armorial bookplate on slipcase. Housed in a custom green 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
1838875P23London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". George Cruikshank. The first edition second issue of Charles Dickens' best known novel an illustrated work with the original George Cruikshank plates. First edition second issue 'Charles Dickens' attributed as the author to the title pages and with 'Church' plate in Volume 3 replacing the cancelled 'Fireside' plate and 'pilaster' for 'pier' or 'pedestal' to page 164 Volume III. Complete in three volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates.Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates.Collated lacking one plate 'Mr. Bumble Degraded in the Eyes of the Paupers'.Bound without half-titles to Volumes I and II Volume III was issued without half-title and bound without adverts.As with Dickens' other works 'Oliver Twist' was first serialised from February 1837 to April 1839 in 'Bentley's Miscellany'. 'Oliver Twist' is Dickens' best known novel an exploration of child labour domestic violence and street children in Victorian England.Illustrated by George Cruikshank. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards.Externally a little rubbed. Crack to the head of the front joint of Volume I with a small amount of loss. Minor bumping to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards and spine. A small amount of loss of leather to the head of the rear board of Volume I. Front hinge of Volumes I and III are starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the front paste downs. Internally Volume III is firmly bound. Volume II is generally firmly bound Volume I is generally firmly bound page 153/154 and plate facing page 152 working loose. Pages are a little age-toned with some spots spotting heavier to the plates. Bound without adverts half-titles and one plate to Volume II. Very Good Richard Bentley hardcover
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. G. P. Putnam [and others, see below] unknown
40958telling him that "A highly esteemed American friend of mine Mr Charles F. Norton - a distinguished and responsible gentleman - wishes to find a furnished house for himself and family. I have told him of my satisfactory experience of you on all occasions and I beg you to treat him as you would myself. You could not have a better client. you could not oblige me more than by helping him. with as little trouble to himself he being in delicate health just now as possible." 1 side 8vo. Gads Hill Place Higham by Rochester Kent 5th November very slightly trimmed unknown
1853567London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First Edition First State/Issue. Finely Bound by Birdsall Northampton & London in Full Blue Calf Gilt Tooling Five Raised Bands. Very Good. H. K. Browne Engraved Plates and Frontispiece. A Very Good Book Beautifully Bound in Full Blue Calf by Birdsall. Book is moderately shelf worn to extremities with rubbing to corners crown and tail. Front hinge is starting with a 2 inch section at crown having split. Calf shows toning on front board at top. Gilt tooling is fading in places. Text block is luxuriously gilt to all edges A.E.G. Lovely marbled endpapers. Frontispiece Half Title and Title Leaves have a faint vertical stain affecting an inch or so strip near fore edge for the top half of the leaves. Text is unmarked. Binding remains square and is tight excepting front hinge. All 40 plates present. First Issue points present to pages 19 209 and 275. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi 1 2-624pp. Bradbury & Evans unknown
185233491London: Bradbury and Evans 1852 '53 '54. 3 volumes. First edition first issue with "Christmas 1851" on dedication page. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces and half-title in each volume as called for. 8vo publisher’s original reddish-brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spines and with the gilt pictorial devices surrounded by elaborate blind stamped borders on the upper covers lower covers stamped elaborately in blind marbled endleaves and edges. Housed in a foldover protective case. ix 210; vi 214; vi 321. An unusually pleasing and fine set especially well preserved in the original bindings rare thus some light abrasion to the upper spine panel of the first volume. RARE FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL REDDISH-BROWN CLOTH GILT DECORATED AND IN UNUSUALLY PLEASING CONDITION.<br> From the Roman conquest to the reign of William and Mary 1688. ‘The germ of this book was in the mind of Dickens nearly ten years before the idea was perfected. In 1843 he wrote to Douglas Jerrold concerning it but no immediate result followed. In style subject and composition it was different from anything he had attempted.’ Bradbury and Evans hardcover
184160153London, Chapman & Hall, 1840-1841. A complete run of the 20 monthly parts, uncut in the original blue green pictoral wrappers. Two parts with previous owner's name to top of front wrapper. A few of the parts with brownspots to wrappers. An overall fine set. Housed in a slipcase. Collation corresponds to Hatton and Cleaver with the following exceptions: Part 1, lacking first advertisement (out of 3), beginning with ""Rippon & Burton" Part 10, lacking advertisements" Part 11, lacking advertisements.
184160153London Chapman & Hall 1840-1841. A complete run of the 20 monthly parts uncut in the original blue green pictoral wrappers. Two parts with previous owner's name to top of front wrapper. A few of the parts with brownspots to wrappers. An overall fine set. Housed in a slipcase. Collation corresponds to Hatton and Cleaver with the following exceptions: Part 1 lacking first advertisement out of 3 beginning with "Rippon & Burton; Part 10 lacking advertisements; Part 11 lacking advertisements. <br/><br/><em>A fine set of first printings of the 20 monthly parts of Dickens' famous short-lived periodical including the novels "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge". Master Humphrey's Clock was first issued in weekly parts before being collected into monthly issues and finally into book format. Master Humphrey's Clock was one of the first works to appear in weekly as well as monthly installments. Eckel Pp. 67-69.Hatton and Cleaver 161-182Gimbel A50 </em> unknown
1857166055London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in quarter leather boards. Rubbing along panel edges. Rear hinge cracked. Light foxing throughout text. Former-owners name on the front endpaper a later owner's name on a blank preliminary page. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. Several first printing points are present: "Rigaud" should have been "Blandois" on pages 467-474 "B2" is on page 371 and there is a three-line errata statement on page xiv. The original wraps and advertisements are not present.; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; 625 pages. Bradbury and Evans unknown
LCS-186426Édition originale des Mémoires de Joseph Grimaldi (1779-1837), publiée par Charles Dickens. London, Richard Bentley, 1838. 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.
185746404651London, Bradbury and Evans, 1857 ; fort volume in-8, veau brun, encadrement d’un filet doré, dos orné, non rogné. (Reliure de l’époque) XIV pp., 625 pp.Frontispice, titre gravé illustré et 38 illustrations hors-texte de H. K. Browne. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Exemplaire non rogné. Rousseurs sur le frontispice et le titre, texte frais. Ex-libris illustré de Robert Pinkney. Reliure défraichie, le décor doré passé et un mors fendu.
EEZZ3132London: William Heinemann Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1915. 295 x 235 cm. XV 147 1 S. Mit 12 Farbtafeln ikl. Frontispiz unter betitelten Seidenhemdchen auf schwerem braunem Papier montiert 20 Schwarzweißbilder im Text. Titelbl. in Rot und Schwarz gedruckt. Gedruckt auf handgeschöpftem Hadernpapier. Nr. 140 von 525 num. Exemplaren. Orig.-Ganzpergamentband mit Rücken- u. Deckelillustration in Goldprägung Kopfgoldschnitt. Vorsatzpapiere leicht stockfleckig ansonsten sehr gut erhalten der Einband in sehr gutem Zustand. Die Jahresangabe auf dem Titelbl. verso. Rackham wird gewöhnlich nicht im Zusammenhang mit Dickens in Erinnerung bleiben doch seine Illustrationen des Weihnachtsmärchens 1915 waren überaus erfolgreich denn er verstand es die Tradition von 'Phiz' und Cruikshank in den Bildern des viktorianischen London in seinen eigenen Stil zu integrieren und gleichzeitig in den Geisterszenen Raum für seine Fantasie zu finden. Hier entwickelt er auch sein besonderes Talent für Scherenschnitte das unter Illustratoren selten ist Hudson Arthur Rackham S. 106. Riall 124 f; Rota 169. - Erste Ausgabe mit den Illustrationen von Rackham im Druckvermerk vom Künstler signiert u. numeriert. London: William Heinemann, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott (1915). unknown
