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1850149762London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First edition in book form of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards by Henry Sotheran morocco spine label lettered in gilt elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands marbled endpapers all edges marbled. Illustrated with 40 plates designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne Phiz including frontispiece and additional pictorial title. In very good condition ownership inscriptions. A nice example of the first edition of one of Dickens' most enduring works. "Charles Dickens and Hablot Knight Browne are the most celebrated author-artist team in the history of English book illustration" and Copperfield was their "most popular success" Hodnett 111-12. Charles Dickens’ The Personal History of David Copperfield is a semi-autobiographical novel that explores themes of perseverance self-discovery and social mobility through the life of its protagonist David Copperfield. Often considered one of Dickens’ most personal works the novel reflects his own experiences with childhood hardship labor and the pursuit of literary success. Through a rich cast of characters including the benevolent Betsey Trotwood the villainous Uriah Heep and the tragic yet endearing Mr. Micawber Dickens examines issues of class ambition and personal integrity. The novel’s blend of realism and sentimentality combined with its first-person narrative allows for a deeply introspective and emotionally resonant exploration of personal growth. David Copperfield remains one of Dickens’ most celebrated works praised for its vivid characterizations and its insightful portrayal of 19th-century English society. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
183611223London: Chapman and Hall 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo 609pp. illustrated. A very handsome copy bound from the original parts by Bayntun-Riviere in early 20th century full crushed blue morocco with top edge gilt gilt portrait of Dickens on the front board vignette of Dickens' autograph to the rear board gilt spine compartments gilt borders and dentelles and marbled endpapers. Original wrappers for all 19 parts bound in at rear with a great number of other advertisements mostly for the later parts. Mild offsetting to the front board and the spine gently faded to a paler blue though the gilt remains bright. One corner nicked. Contents remarkably bright and fresh with one repaired tear to the engraved title page. No evident foxing. Overall in very near fine condition. Mixed issue as just about always. 43 inserted illustrations including the frontispiece chiefly by Phiz. "Pickwick" is one of the most difficult Dickens books to collate and we have not endeavored to cross-reference all of the hundreds of possible issue points in Eckel and elsewhere but note that most of the wrappers are in later states per Eckel. A few examples: the first two Parts do not have "With four illustrations by Seymour" and the illustrations themselves bear the hallmarks of Phiz's minor but evident revisions to Seymour's originals though they are not signed by Phiz. Part III does have the two Buss plates. We welcome any questions on various issue points or anything else. Laid in is a small printed note from the bindery describing the materials used in the binding of this book and instructions on proper care and maintenance. Altogether a very stately handsome and clean signed binding of Dickens' first hit novel priced chiefly for the grandeur of the binding and the fresh condition of the text and plates. See Gimbel A15 Eckel pp. 25-50 for full details on various issue points. Chapman and Hall hardcover
18376698London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition in book form. Good . Octavo 22 cm xiv 2 609 pages and 43 plates. Extra engraved title page. In full tan polished calf marbled edges. Binding worn at edges and along joints. Old bookplate old ownership autograph. Frontispiece engraved title and most plates toned and vignetted with foxing present on many. Otherwise a good sound copy. <br /><br />First edition with following points of issue: "S. Veller" on page 342 line 5; "this friends" on page 400 line 21; imperfect letter "f" in headline on page 342. Signboard on the engraved title reads "Weller" where "Veller" might indicate a first state but a penciled note on the front blank reads "the 'w' version is frequently found in copies which otherwise have plates in the first issue." Chapman and Hall unknown
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 giltSpines 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. KG Consignment. Shelved top of aisle 18.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 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. Special Collections. R. G. Newbegin Company hardcover
1903323811London: Chapman and Hall 1903. The Biographical Edition complete in 19 volumes. Illustrated by George Cruikshank John Leech Phiz etc. 19 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco spines gilt. Spines slightly faded. Small leather booklabel of Henry Clay Frick in each volume. The Biographical Edition complete in 19 volumes. Illustrated by George Cruikshank John Leech Phiz etc. 19 vols. 8vo. Chapman and Hall unknown
52690Chapman and Hall. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; 1903 Octavos. Contemporary half red morocco binding in remarkable shape. Raised bands gilt spine titling and edges. Marbled endpapers. Variously illustrated by George Cruickshank Phiz Marcus Stone. Vols 4 and 11 show evidence of minor shaking to binding. All volumes contain minor foxing to endpages else scant indications of aging to texts. This set would be a wonderful complement to any collector's library. Hardcover Chapman and Hall hardcover
1845965F25London: Chapman & Hall; Bradbury & Evans 1845-1848. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". John Leech; D. Maclise; R. Doyle et al. A charming collection of the illustrated first editions of four of Charles Dickens's Christmas books all in the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the 1840s Charles Dickens published five short festive works termed his 'Christmas Books' which are known for blending moral instruction with sentimentality.The 1845 first edition second state of 'The Chimes'. With publisher's name centred and in open letters to foot of engraved title page beneath names of engraver and artist. Smith page 35.Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and title page and further vignette illustrations throughout from a variety of artists. Collated complete.The 1846 first edition second state of 'The Cricket on the Hearth' identified via the advertisement leaf to the rear. Smith page 41.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page and with further vignette illustrations. Collated complete.The 1846 first edition fourth state of 'The Battle of Life' identified via absence of imprint to engraved title page Smith page 64.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page and further vignette illustrations. Collated complete.Advertisement leaf to rear.The 1848 first edition first state of 'The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain' Smith page 68.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page and further vignette illustrations. Collated complete.With the inscription of C. J. Partridge to the front free endpaper of 'Cricket' and the bookplate of George Fleming to front pastedown of 'Battle'.'Battle' and 'Haunted Man' rebacked with back strip restored and boards laid down and retaining the original endpapers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. 'Battle' and 'Haunted Man' rebacked with back strip restored retaining the original endpapers. Bumping to back strip heads and tails with minor losses of cloth. Light rubbing to 'Haunted' back strip. Handling marks to rear boards. Tail of front joint of 'Cricket' and head of front joint of 'Chimes' starting with board firmly held. Inscription to 'Cricket' front free endpaper. Bookplate front pastedown 'Battle'. Hinges of 'Chimes' and 'Haunted Man' strained with boards a touch tender. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with only the odd handling mark. Very Good Chapman & Hall; Bradbury & Evans hardcover
60753London: Chapman and Hall 1860. Classic Literature FIRST EDITION THIRD ISSUE. Octavo 22 x 14cm pp.2 x; 254 2. With 16 engraved plates by "Phiz" including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Lacking the signature 'b' on the list of plates and the pagination of p.213 is corrected but 'affectionately' is misspelled on p.134 and the name of 'Stryver' is misspelled on the plate at p.94. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. A black ink ownership to flyleaf. Light spotting to plates and a bit of a lean. Spine toned to brown with some wear to head and tail; light wear to boards. An attractive copy in the publisher's original binding. Very good. One of Dickens most accessible tales set at the time of the French Revolution and first published in November 1859. The fortunes of two men - Charles Darnay an exiled French aristocrat and Sydney Carton a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer - become entwined through their love for Lucie Manette. Drawn together to the streets of Paris their fate is played out under the vengeful shadow of La Guillotine. London: Chapman and Hall, 1860 unknown
120998London Chapman and Hall 1867-75. . Charles Dickens edition; 21 vols 8vo 18 x 13 cm; profusely illustrated throughout; contemporary half green morocco green cloth boards spines lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments marbled edges a fine set.<br /> A complete set of the most popular of all Dickens's edition in his lifetime and the last to be corrected by the author. The illustrations were taken from the Illustrated Library Edition of 1861 and selected by Dickens as the best of the originals.<br /> London, Chapman and Hall, 1867-75. hardcover
67655London: J.M. Dent and Co. 1905-1907. English literature FIRST EDITIONS THUS Illustrations in colour by Charles Brock. Five volumes octavo 18 x 12 x 15cm. Bound in full festive cranberry red morocco with holly green labels raised bands gilt rules cloth sides top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Housed in a bespoke fleece-lined cloth slip-case. Internally clean exterior unmarked. A fine set in a handsome recent leather binding. An attractive set of these classic seasonal tales splendidly illustrated and presented. London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1905-1907 unknown
183912615London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First complete edition. First Combined Edition in book form. First Impression. With 40 illustrations by George Cruikshank. 8vo early three-quarter crushed morocco and marbled boards the spine handsomely and ornately decorated in gilt within panels between raised bands of the spine. viii 526. A fine copy. This is the first book edition complete with the forty Cruikshank plates and the first one volume combined edition. This is also the first impression with the publisher’s address “186 Strandâ€.<br> Dickens took the pseudonym from a nickname he had given his younger brother Augustus whom he called "Moses" after a character in Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield. This "being facetiously pronounced through the nose" became "Boses" which in turn was shortened to "Boz". The name remained coupled with "inimitable" until "Boz" eventually disappeared and Dickens became known as simply "The Inimitable".<br> The popularity of Dickens's writings was enhanced by the regular inclusion of detailed illustrations to highlight key scenes and characters. Chapman and Hall hardcover
01-1984<p>🎩 <strong>Complete 21-Vol Easton Press: The Works of Charles Dickens – Genuine Leather & 22kt Gold</strong></p><p><strong>The Story:</strong> A magnificent legacy set from our family library. This is the complete matching 21-volume collection of Charles Dickens' works by <strong>Easton Press Norwalk CT</strong>. Each book is a masterpiece of craftsmanship designed to last for generations and serve as the ultimate centerpiece for a home office or library.</p><p><strong>The Easton Press Luxury Features:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Premium Leather:</strong> Each volume is fully bound in genuine high-grade Red leather.</p></li><li><p><strong>22kt Gold Accents:</strong> The "hubbed" spines and cover designs are deeply inlaid with real 22-karat gold.</p></li><li><p><strong>Archival Quality:</strong> Printed on acid-neutral paper with sewn pages not glued ensuring the books never yellow or fall apart.</p></li><li><p><strong>The "Finishing Touches":</strong> All edges are gilded in gold to protect the pages; each book features silk moiré endpapers and a built-in satin ribbon bookmark.</p></li><li><p><strong>Original Illustrations:</strong> These editions feature the classic vintage artwork from the original 19th-century publications including "Phiz" and Cruikshank.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Included Titles:</strong> The set includes all the giants of literature: <em>A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield Great Expectations Oliver Twist Bleak House Nicholas Nickleby The Pickwick Papers Christmas Stories</em> and 13 other essential volumes.</p><p><strong>Condition Details:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Heritage:</strong> Private family library; handled with extreme care. Kept in glass front bookcase.</p></li><li><p><strong>Gilding:</strong> Gold edges are bright and shiny; no shelf wear.</p></li><li><p><strong>Interior:</strong> Clean crisp and likely unread.</p></li><li><strong>The Complete Works of Charles Dickens Easton Press</strong><ol><li><p><strong>A Tale of Two Cities</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Great Expectations</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>David Copperfield</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Oliver Twist</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Christmas Books inc. A Christmas Carol</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>The Pickwick Papers</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Bleak House</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Nicholas Nickleby</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>The Old Curiosity Shop</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Little Dorrit</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Dombey and Son</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Our Mutual Friend</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Martin Chuzzlewit</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Hard Times</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Barnaby Rudge</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>The Uncommercial Traveller</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>American Notes & Pictures from Italy</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Christmas Stories</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Sketches by Boz</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Mr Humpherey's Clock /A Child's History of England</strong></p></li></ol></li></ul> Easton Press hardcover
196089105Washington Square Press. As New. 1960. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - -- with a bonus offer-- . Washington Square Press paperback
89104J. M. Dent & Sons. As New. 1931. Hardcover. 0375405488 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - Corresponds to / earlier edition of ISBN: 0375405488 -- with a bonus offer-- . J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
1854154631854. London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. Original blind-stamped olive-green cloth.<br/> <br/> First Edition of Dickens's novel sited in the grimy manufacturing city of Coketown; it is his only novel not to have scenes set in London. School superintendent Thomas Gradgrind tries hard to repress the children's imagination in favor of Facts: "Now what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts"; his own two sons are named Adam Smith and Malthus. In HARD TIMES Dickens was satirizing this utilitarian philosophy and also publicizing the terrible working conditions of the industrial poor. HARD TIMES was not issued in monthly parts but rather appeared serially in twenty weekly numbers of Dickens's "Household Words" during 1854 Dickens wanted to give his periodical a boost and it worked; it is one of only two Dickens novels that first appeared in book form unillustrated -- the other being GREAT EXPECTATIONS. This copy is in the first of the four binding states in horizontally-ribbed olive-green moiré cloth with "Price 5/-" at the foot of the spine. This is a near-fine copy with scarcely any wear to the cloth and with the spine gilt still bright; the original pale-yellow endpapers are clean and intact. The one flaw other than the unavoidable browning of the spine is a glass-ring on the rear cover. Smith I pp 85-88; Carter MBV pp 7-8. Housed in a handsome clamshell case with leather labels. unknown
185382586London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. Fine. Bradbury & Evans London 1853 13.50 x 21.50 cm relié First edition illustrated with an engraved title with vignette 39 plates by H. K. Browne including 10 mezzotints including the frontispiece. All the drawings were executed according to very precise recommendations by Dickens the mezzotint engravings expressing despair and the dark sides of the novel while the caricatural figures express joy and humor. As with all of Dickens's works this novel first appeared in serial form March 1852 to September 1853. First printing points: ""elgble"" p19 line 6; ""chair"" p209 line 23; ""counsinship"" p275 line 22 English binding in half burgundy shagreen with small corners. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated. Brown shagreen title label. Traces of rubbing to joints headcaps bands corners and edges. Boards also rubbed. While the text paper is rather clean despite yellowing of some margins near the figures that of the engravings constantly shows browning sometimes heavy mainly in the margins an almost systematic case in Dickens editions due to the use of more acidic paper for the engravings. A few small stains or foxing in the text. Good copy well bound a rare case for these popular editions. The ninth novel published by Dickens and the first of the great panoramic novels depicting society Bleak House came to life in France in 1858 under the title: La maison d'âpre-vent. A profound originality at the time the novel uses two narrators one in the third person the other in the first. The opposition of the two narrations stigmatizes the relationship of the individual to the functioning of society. Many critics see it as one of the author's finest creations. Bookplate of Syan Siennen. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
1959031927UK: Chapman and Hall 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Three-Quarter Leather. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H K Browne. 1st Edition 1st Issue 1859. Eckel pp. 86-90; Podeschi A143; Smith I pp. 96-98. First issue copy with p. 213 misnumbered 113 misspelling 'affetcionately' to line 12 p. 134. Chapman and Hall 1859 etched frontispiece additional title and 14 further plates by H. K. Browne. LACKING PAGE DETAILING THE LIST OF PLATES WITHIN THE BOOK. ALL PLATES ARE PRESENT. A few light marks modern black half morocco. Illustrated by H K Browne. Book is fine and very bright. Contents good with quite clean bright pages. Plates a little age toned. Ref19396 <br/> <br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover
186803030GEORGE SILVERMAN'S EXPLANATION in Atlantic Monthly for January February & March 1868 first edition some chipping to the spine extremities of one volume else a vg set in wraps last auctioned as a set in 1986! This group of three individual issues also contains OUR SECOND GIRL by Harriet Beecher Stowe HAWTHORNE IN THE BOSTON CUSTOM-HOUSE by Nathaniel Hawthorne MRS. JOHNSON by W. Dean Howells ASPECTS OF CULTURE by Ralph Waldo Emerson THE ROMANCE OF CERTAIN OLD CLOTHES by Henry James et.al. Rare in this original format. Housed in a fine custom tray case. Atlantic Monthly paperback
1855240424<p>London: Bradbury And Evans 1855 - 1857. First edition. Sewn wrappers. Octavo; xiv 625 pages; very fresh with intact spines wrappers text and plates in a vintage half morocco Solander case by the Morrell Bindery <br /><br />IN MONTHLY PARTS. 20 parts in 19 monthly issues; States: pt.1 rear ads has a duplicate folio of 3 "The National Review" but lacks 6 the 16 pp. "John Cassell's Works and Publications"; pt.2 rear ads lacks 5 "The Eclectic Review" ff.; pt.3 Advertiser ads lacks leaf 3/4 & 9/10; pt.11 rear ads lacks 2 "British College of Health" and has 1 followed by 3 which is a variant gathering with pages devoted to "Baron Sonville's Axtra Mankaz" for constipation preceding "John Cassell's Coffee"; pt.12 lacks slip for "The English Cyclopedia" at rear; pt.13 Advertiser lacks leaf 1/2 pp. 5-8 vary w. ad for "General Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park" and lacks the 12pp. List of Publications for 1857 of Bradbury & Evans; at rear the London Stereoscopic Company catalogue ends a p.18 not 24 lacks 3 "Publications of the London Printing & Publishing Co."; pt.15 rear ads 2 the "Curiosities of History" has 2pp. not 4; has the error of "Rigaud" for "Blandois" pp. 469-73. This volume matches the first state points: B2 instead of BB2 on page 371 and Rigaud for Blandois on pages 469 number of p. 573 corrected. Smith 12; Gimbel A141. 40 plates by H.K. Browne.</p> Bradbury And Evans
1855814P1London: Bradbury & Evans 1855-57. First edition. Paperback. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Hablot Knight Browne; Phiz. The original twenty parts in nineteen of the influential Dickens novel 'Little Dorrit' uncommon to see in the original parts like this with all the original plates present including the dark plates. Complete as twenty parts bound in nineteen as issued with parts XIX/XX being published as a double-decker.First edition first issue of the text with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" in Part XV to pages 469-473.In a custom cloth box in a very good indeed condition.Collated all front advertisements slips and errata and present.Complete with two plates to each part besides part XXIX/XX which as a double-decker volume has four plates. Including the engraved title page bound in to Part XIX/XX.Dark plates present to Parts I II III IV VII VIII and XIX/XX.Collated; the extra 'Winter Season advert' to Part I is lacking; in Part X the first and second adverts are torn with significant loss; in part XI 'Cassell's Illustrated Almanack' is only six pages rather than the eight pages called for; and in Part XIII lacking the slip 'New Serial Work.Ask Mama'.'Little Dorrit' follows Amy Dorrit who was born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors prison. It was originally published in monthly instalments over nineteen months and this is the first edition published in a complete book.Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne most often known by his penname 'Phiz'. As Phiz he illustrated many of Dickens' novels including 'David Copperfield' 'Dombey and Son' and 'Bleak House' as well as illustrating for 'Punch' throughout his life. In the original publisher's paper wraps in a custom cloth box. Externally generally smart with some discoloration to the wraps. Light edge wear to the wraps heavier to the backstrip where edge wear has resulted in loss. Both wraps to Part I are detached but present. A few light handling marks to the wraps. Front wrap of Part VI is detached but present. Wraps of Part VII are lifting a little to the tail. Wraps of Part VIII are detached but present with large closed tears to the front wrap and a few smaller closed tears to the following leaves of adverts. Part IV has been rebacked with white paper to the spine. Circulating library sticker to the front wrap of Part XVI. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned and clean with the occasional spot including some spots to the plates. Faint tide mark to the dark plate of Part II. Cloth box with a few light marks in a very good indeed condition. Good Bradbury & Evans paperback
1850839F33London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First edition. Leather. Good. 5" by 6". Phiz Hablot Knight Browne. A smart first edition first issue of Charles Dickens's Victorian bildungsroman David Copperfield. Illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition first issue. Bound from the parts with small stab holes to the gutters.With first issue points including six lines of errata. With the following first issue points identified by Eckel: dark plate facing page 482; Chapter XXVII is at page 282 rather than 283 as listed to the contents and the final 'i' to page viii is misaligned; misspelling of 'coroboration' to page 387 six lines from the bottom.; 'screamed' is not corrected to 'screwed' at page 132 line 20.Illustrated with an engraved title page and frontispiece alongside a further thirty-eight plates. Collated complete.Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne known by his pen name "Phiz" an English illustrator who contributed his work to ten of Charles Dickens' books including 'Bleak House' and 'Dombey and Son'.Bound without half title.A somewhat autobiographical novel Dickens's celebrated bildungsroman follows the eponymous character from infancy to maturity. Claimed by Dickens to be his own favourite amongst his works it marked a turning point in his oeuvre separating his novels of youth and those of maturity. Rebacked in a full morocco binding with original back strip laid down and boards restored. Fading to rear board with light rubbing to board perimeters. Area of discolouration to front board. Tail of front hinge starting with board holding firm. Hinges reinforced with tape with further tape reinforcement between pages 622 and 623. Internally firmly bound. Heavy discolouration and foxing to engraved title page and frontispiece with significant spotting to further plates. Pages generally bright. Good Bradbury & Evans hardcover
1881951P36London: Chapman and Hall Limited 1881-82. Cloth. Good. 11" by 8". Various. An impressive edition de luxe of the collected works of Charles Dickens an illustrated set limited to one thousand copies. Complete in thirty volumes.An edition de luxe of one thousand copies of which this is numbered nine hundred and seventy seven.A set of the complete works of Charles Dickens.Containing:Volumes I and II 'The Pickwick Papers'; Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title and twenty-tour plates; Volume II is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Volumes III and IV 'Barnaby Rudge' and 'Hard Times'. Volume III is illustrated with a frontispiece seven plates and in-text illustrations; Volume IV is illustrated with a frontispiece eleven plates and in-text illustrations.Volume V 'Sketches by Boz' illustrated with two vignette title a frontispiece and thirty-eight plates. Volume VI 'Oliver Twist' illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front.Volumes VII and VIII 'The Old Curiosity Shop and Reprinted Pieces'. Volume VII is illustrated with a frontispiece fifteen plates and in-text illustrations; Volume VIII is illustrated with a frontispiece five plates and in-text illustrations. Volumes IX and X 'David Copperfield'. Volume IX is illustrated with a frontispiece a vignette title and nineteen plates; Volume X is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front of Volume IX.Volume XI 'A Tale of Two Cities' illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title and fourteen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front.Volume XII 'Great Expectations' illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plates.Volumes XIII and XIV 'Little Dorrit'. Volume XIII is illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title and twenty plates; Volume XIV is illustrated with a frontispiece and seventeen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front of Volume XIII.Volumes XV and XVI 'Christmas Stories and The Uncommercial Traveller'. Volume XV is illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates; Volume XVI is illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates.Volumes XVII and XVIII 'Martin Chuzzlewit'. Volume XVII is illustrated with a frontispiece a vignette title and nineteen plates; Volume XVIII is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front of Volume XVII.Volume XIX 'American Notes and Pictures from Italy' illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates.Volume XX 'Christmas Books' illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece a monochrome frontispiece three hand-coloured plates eight plates and in-text illustrations.Volume XXI 'A Child's History of England' illustrated with a frontispiece vignette title page and eighteen plates.Volumes XXII and XXIII 'Nicholas Nickleby'. Volume XXII is illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates; Volume XXIII is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front of Volume XXII. Volumes XXIV and XXV 'Dombey & Son'. Volume XXIV is illustrated with a frontispiece a vignette title and nineteen plates; Volume XXV is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front of Volume XXIV.Volumes XXVI and XXVII 'Bleak House'. Volume XXVI is illustrated with a frontispiece a vignette title and nineteen plates; Volume XXVII is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front of Volume XXVI.Volumes XXVIII and XXIX ' Our Mutual Friend'. Volume XXVIII is illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates; Volume XXIX is illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap bound to the front of Volume XXVIII.Volume XXX 'Master Humphrey's Clock Hunted Down A Holiday Romance; George Silverman's Explanation and The Mystery of Edwin Drood' illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen plates. Facsimile of the original front wrap for 'Edwin Drood'.Collated complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities resulting in small tears to the spines and joints heavier to 'Pickwick Papers' Volume I. Spines are a little discoloured spine labels are age-toned. Light rubbing to the cloth heavier to 'Old Curiosity Shop' Volume II and 'Bleak House' Volume II. Marks to the front board of 'Great Expectations'. Mark to the spine of 'Oliver Twist' Volume I. Small amount of wear to the fore edge of the front board of 'Barnaby Rudge' Volume I. Mark to the front board of Volume XXV. Front hinge of 'Martin Chuzzlewit' Volume II is starting but firm as is the front hinge of Volumes X XI XIII XV XVI XIX XXVI XXVIII XXIX and XXX. Front hinge of Volume XXV is a little strained. Rear hinge of 'Old Curiosity Shop' Volume II is starting but firm. Internally generally firmly bound 'A Child's History of England' is tender between pages 168 and 169 and requires careful handling. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots heavier to the endpapers. 'Pickwick Papers' a few pages are working loose. Good Chapman and Hall Limited hardcover
1848154186London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. In the primary cloth First edition bound from the original parts in the publisher's primary cloth binding. The novel is "now recognized as one of the greatest of all his works. It is also the first one to have an explicitly contemporary setting" ODNB. Following issue in parts from September 1846 to March 1848 Bradbury and Evans issued the novel in book form in the present cloth. In the 19th number of the part issue a slip advertised the novel ready for delivery on 12 April at £1 1s. in cloth or £1 4s. 6d in half morocco. The slip goes on to note "Subscribers desirous of having their copies bound in a similar style can have them done by Messrs. Chapman & Hall 186 Strand or through their Booksellers at the following prices:- Whole bound morocco gilt edges 6s. 6d. Half bound marble leaves 4s. 6d. In cloth lettered 1s. 6d". This copy represents an owner of the parts making use of these binding services with the characteristic stab-holes in the gutter where unstitched from the wrappers. At such a reduced price 1s. 6d compared to £1 1s for a new copy in cloth it is evident why an owner of a complete set in parts would prefer having them bound rather than purchasing a new book-form copy. For Dickens's novels the publisher kept a stock of first edition sheets and bound up copies and issued them over time as demand required. So too owners of the parts could make use of the binding services long after publication. Changes in the cloth design over time allow the binding to be dated and a primary binding to be identified. Smith noted this binding style as a variant but incorrectly identified a binding with a chain design as the primary - the chain design was in fact introduced by Chapman and Hall in the 1860s after they acquired remaining first edition sheets from Bradbury and Evans. Similar bindings with a chain design can be seen in Chapman and Hall's Dickens publications of the 1860s see Kremers p. 249. Kremers has subsequently identified this design which he dubs "marigold" as the primary binding. "Marigold" is unique to Dombey and Son. Copies of the novel were subsequently bound into the "lineal-globe" cloth in the 1850s with a central arabesque on the covers which is the primary binding of Bleak House 1853 and Little Dorrit 1857 and the "chain" cloth in the 1860s as stated above; these are secondary bindings. The primary "marigold" binding has two variants of blocking with ornamentation on the inner frame as here and without; the variant with ornamentation is presumed by Kremers to be the earlier. The spine lettering also has two variants indiscriminate with the blocking variants the base lettered either "London 1848" or "London" only as here; the absence of the date is presumed by Kremers to be secondary state. Demy octavo. Frontispiece vignette title and 38 plates by Hablot Knight Browne Phiz; plate 35 being the first published example of a "dark plate". Original green diaper cloth Kremers' "marigold" primary spine lettered in gilt spine and covers with elaborate design in blind cream endpapers. Expertly recased with neat repair at spine ends and joints spine and extremities a little sunned slight stain to front cover and ring stain to rear some foxing as usual plates browned and stained at foot. A very good copy. Smith I 8. Lars Kremers "A Comparative Bibliography of the Sheets and Publishers' Cloth Cases of the Demy Octavo Works of Charles Dickens 1837-1872" 2013 pp. 210-211. hardcover
1845188336London: Bradbury & Evans 1846 1845. The rare first state First edition with the first state of the advertisement leaf only seen by Smith in a small number of copies. The Cricket on the Hearth the third of Dickens's five Christmas books was published on 20 December 1845 with a title page post-dated to 1846. It proved enormously popular doubling the circulation of its predecessors. Octavo. Engraved frontispiece and title page illustrations in text; leaf of advertisements at end. Original red vertically ribbed cloth boards blocked in blind spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt yellow coated endpapers edges gilt. Old pencilled price on rear pastedown. Recased a little marking to cloth spine ends and tips bumped light scuffing to engraved title page contents otherwise bright: a very good copy indeed. Eckel pp. 119-120; Smith II 6 see pp. 40-1 for the two states of the advertisement leaf. hardcover
1839166960Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1839. Nickleby in America First US edition in book form in the original quarter cloth binding and scarce thus. The novel was first serialized in the US in parts from May 1838 to November 1839. On 15 November 1839 it was published in book form in two simultaneous formats: in full cloth with 39 plates and as a cheaper option the present quarter cloth with two plates. To his irritation Dickens received no payment for the publication which was not subject to any copyright protection in the US. Octavo. With 2 engraved plates by Hablot Knight Browne Phiz re-engraved by Joseph Yeager. At rear is 2 pp. advertisement "Lea and Blanchard. Have Just Published a Poetical Annual For 1840" variant to the 12 pp. catalogue Smith calls for. Original blue quarter cloth other variants in grey or brown cloth no priority neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down drab boards. Housed in blue quarter cloth box. Recent bookplate of collector Peter Russell mounted to inside cover of box. Sides a little rubbed inner hinges neatly reinforced contents clean. A very good copy. Gimbel A43; Smith First American Editions pp. 121-3. hardcover
