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1859241492London or New York 1859. A mixed set some with London imprints. Volumes I-IV & XIII Office 16 Wellington Street and some with New York Dix and Edwards Vols. VI & VII New York: McElbrath and Barker Vol. VIII etc. 20 vols. 8vo. Original green blind-stamped pebbled cloth. One volume slightly split rest very fresh. Bookplate of St. Paul's School ex dono plate of Mr. Francis F. Randolph small unobtrusive blind stamp on title pages. A mixed set some with London imprints. Volumes I-IV & XIII Office 16 Wellington Street and some with New York Dix and Edwards Vols. VI & VII New York: McElbrath and Barker Vol. VIII etc. 20 vols. 8vo. 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 American 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.<br /> <br /> Household Words was published every Wednesday from March 1850 to May 1859. unknown
1838CD169London: Richard Bentley 1838 Three volumes. Illustrated with twenty-four steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank. First edition mixed issue with many first issue points to the text early "Boz" on the title pages and the later "Church" plate in Volume III. Lacking half-titles and advertisements. Finely bound in late 19th century half black morocco marbled paper-covered boards five raised bands to spines lettered decorated and ruled in gilt and marbled endpapers. Near fine with some mild flaking to spine ends and joints some corners lightly bumped light rubbing to boards and some very light soiling and spotting internally. Overall a beautiful tight and square set of one of Dickens' most beloved works. Housed in a navy slipcase. Smith I 4. Published shortly after the enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 which mandated that state poor relief would only be given to workhouse residents Oliver Twist served as a vehicle for Dickens' criticism of the effects of poverty left unabated. Specifically this social novel tells the story of poor orphaned Oliver Twist who is drawn into the dark worlds of child labor petty crime and life in the London slums. The book features some of Dickens' most colorful characters including Fagin the Artful Dodger Bill Sykes and Nancy. The book has received many film adaptations over the years including David Lean's classic 1948 version starring John Davies as Twist and Alec Guinness as Fagin and the 1968 musical film Oliver! which won six Academy Awards and was itself adapted from the same-titled 1960 Tony Award-winning musical. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: Richard Bentley hardcover
186479507London: Chapman & Hall. Very Good. 1864. First Edition; First Printing. Original Printed Wrappers. A very nice example of Dickens' OUR MUTUAL FRIEND in the original parts. The printed wraps show modest wear chipping at spines with a very few evidencing restoration. First issue text "pricipal" in #14. 40 wood engraved illustrations by Marcus Stone. Most ads and inserts present with the following defects/variations: #14 lacks "Economic Life Assurance Society;" #15 back wrapper separated but present; #16 only 4 pages of ads at back not 6; #19/20 1 2. 1516 at front 3 - 14 at rear; bank notes insert Present. Housed in custom 1/2 leather/marbled slips with gilt titling and matching box which is broken. The slips bear the small leather collector bookplate of "William Bunker" Long Island estate. . Chapman & Hall unknown
185069239London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. BROWNE Hablot Knight. . The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne London: Bradbury & Evans 1850.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> DICKENS Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne London: Bradbury & Evans 1850 i.e. circa 1859.<br> <br> First edition later issue. This is a copy that was issued by Chapman and Hall after that firm retrieved Dickens' copyrights in 1859 from Bradbury and Evans. This copy has the inserted Chapman and Hall engraved title-page replacing the original one from Bradbury and Evans. The printed title-page is the original Bradbury and Evans 1850 first edition title-page as are the sheets and plates. The only distinguishing factor is the inserted engraved title-page. All internal flaws of the first edition per Smith show in this copy with the exception of replacement "screwed" on page 132 but this first issue point is only present in the very earliest copies. Octavo 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 218 x 140 mm. xiv 1 errata 1 blank 624 pp. Complete with forty etched plates by Phiz including the frontispiece the vignette title-page and the dark plate "The River."<br> <br> Original publisher's variant binding of green fine-diaper with the blind stamping on the boards matching that of the primary binding of Dombey and Sons. Newer peach endpapers. Edges uncut. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine slightly sunned. Small professional repairs to joints and top and bottom of the spine. Corners lightly bumped. A few spots to cloth. Previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller sticker on front pastedown. Some minor foxing and toning. This is an exceptional example of one of the significant Dickens octavo novels in original publisher's cloth. Housed in a quarter brown cloth over orange paper clamshell.<br> <br> The binding on this copy has different blindstamping on the covers and spine: a wider ornamental frame is present on the covers around a blank center without the globe-shaped design; the spine has no ornaments just simple panels. Spine also reads "Chas. Dickens."<br> <br> Hatton and Cleaver pp. 253-272. Smith Dickens I 9.<br> <br> HBS 69239.<br> <br> $3000. Bradbury & Evans unknown
183769152London: Chapman and Hall 1837. SEYMOUR Robert; BROWNE Hablot Knight. BROWNE Hablot Knight illustrator. SEYMOUR Robert illustrator. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1837.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> DICKENS Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1837.<br> <br> First edition in book form. Octavo 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 212 x 130 mm. xiv 1 directions 1 errata 609 1 blank pp. With the half-title. With forty-three inserted plates by Seymour Buss and 'Phiz'. With the Seymour and Buss plates and with the 'Phiz' plates from early steels. Frontispiece is second plate with signature undivided. Engraved title ia the first plate with "Veller" and "fecit". None of the illustrations are captioned but all are signed. All other plates match up to Smith's list except plates 24 2nd plate no dog or kitten 25 2nd plate no face 26 1st plate 4 stakes 36 2nd plate legs are square 37 1st stairs with handrail 40 1st signature is not centered 41 1st signature is not centered and 43 1st there is a bottle. With all of Smith's internal flaws except for page 18 23 35 53 and 178. With all first issue points from Hatton & Cleaver except for page 25 does have a signature "E".<br> <br> 341-342 with the correct spellings and with "S.Veller". Includes marginal note on page 9 that was suppressed in later issues. Extra-illustrated with an additional 31 engraved plates bound throughout the volume some signed "Sam Weller delt." some signed "TO delt."<br> <br> Additionally with a fore-edge painting of a man's portrait and house.<br> <br> Bound by Morrell in full 20th-century tan calf. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spine elaborately stamped in gilt. With two red calf spine labels and one black lettered in gilt. Edges tooled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Some very minor scuffing to boards. Occasional toning to plates. Overall a very nice copy.<br> <br> First edition in book form of one of Dickens' greatest works. Originally issued in 20 parts from April 1836 to November 1837.<br> <br> "From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been. firmly established. It was written by Dickens when he was twenty-four and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed. It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book exceed "Pickwick Papers" in circulation" Eckel 17. "Never was a book received with more rapturous enthusiasm than that which greeted the Pickwick Papers!" Allibone I:500. Pickwick would be the first volume in which Dickens was acknowledged as the author rather than using his pen name "Boz.<br> <br> Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver. Smith Dickens I 3.<br> <br> HBS 69152.<br> <br> $3000. Chapman and Hall unknown
1837362973London: John Macrone 1837. Hardcover. Fair. First edition second issue. 12mo. 4 vi 377 20pp. engraved frontispiece engraved title and eight additional plates. Complete with the ten etched plates by George Cruikshank and the final catalogue of Macrone's publications dated December 1836. Page vi is mis-numbered "viii"; the list of illustrations gives "Vauxhall Gardens by Day" twice by mistake and omits the final plate: "Mr. Minns and his Cousin." In the original publisher's pink cloth with embossed wreath centerpieces on both boards and the black pigmented lettering panels on the spine. Small ownership stamp on the rear pastedown. The front joint is split with the front board still attached at the spine ends rear joint partially split else a good copy of Dickens's first book. Eckel pp.12-13. John Macrone hardcover
1845310165London: Chapman and Hall 1845. First Edition First State of Dicken's Second Christmas Book. Engraved title in first state colon after London on t.p. and p. 39 so numbered. Vignette title frontispiece and illustrations after Richard Doyle John Leech Clarkson Stanfield and Daniel Maclise engraved by F. P. Becker Groves W. J. Linton Gray and the Dalziel Brothers. A4 B-M8. Pp. i-viii 1 2-175 176. 1 vols. 12mo. Original ribbed red cloth gilt a.e.g. Signed F.S.L. on ffep. Very Good with spinwe laid down with some loss. First Edition First State of Dicken's Second Christmas Book. Engraved title in first state colon after London on t.p. and p. 39 so numbered. Vignette title frontispiece and illustrations after Richard Doyle John Leech Clarkson Stanfield and Daniel Maclise engraved by F. P. Becker Groves W. J. Linton Gray and the Dalziel Brothers. A4 B-M8. Pp. i-viii 1 2-175 176. 1 vols. 12mo. Smith 2:5 Chapman and Hall unknown
18501508046Bradbury & Evans 1850. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good first edition with most first issue points. Rebound. Some water damage to first few pages before main title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
183742820892<p>FIRST EDITION. Dickens's first great success the Pickwick Papers transformed him from an little-known journalist into England's most famous writer. "From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been … firmly established … It was written by Dickens when he was 24 and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed …. It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book exceed <em>Pickwick Papers</em> in circulation" Eckel.</p><p><em>The Pickwick Papers </em>was first issued in monthly parts and then appeared in a single volume. This copy contains the later states of the text points and the plates are re-etched adding the Chapman and Hall imprint. The title bears the original 1837 publication date whereas reissues with later dates are known.</p><p>Brown morocco gilt upper board with mounted portrait of Mr. Pickwick after a drawing by Kyd top edge gilt. Age toning plates foxed and stained as usual. A handsome copy.</p> Chapman & Hall hardcover
310413London: Chapman and Hall. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons nd. Gadshill edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Three quarters brown morocco and grey boards t.e.g. Very Good. Gadshill edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Chapman and Hall. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1894332199Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1894. Limited. hardcover. fine. 32 volumes. Illustrated in b/w and color. 8vo handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 red crushed morocco with marbled boards and matching endpapers; gilt-decorated spines top edges gilt other edges untrimmed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1894. Limited edition. A fine set with several lightly rubbed and worn at extremes and one vume neatly repaired at joints.<br/> <br/> Large Paper Edition -- number 223 of 500 copies. Illustrated with steel portraits and engravings from the original designs by Browne Cruikshank Leech and others.<br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin unknown
1890RDICWOR00tpmSumuel E. Cassino Circa 1890. Very Good. Dickens Charles. Works of Charles Dickens. 45 volume set. Boston: Sumuel E. Cassino Circa 1890. Cruikshank Edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Very good. Edges are lightly rubbed and a few volumes have light bumping. Spine ends are rubbed several have fraying and short tears. Titles on spines are toned and a few have slight chipping. David Copperfield vol. II has a short loss obstructing the title partially. Pages are softly toned. Each book in the set is numbered 143 of 500 limited copies. A complete and attractive set with clean and clear pages. Sumuel E. Cassino hardcover
FORT880542Chapman and Hall. Used - Very Good. First Edition Early Issue. Extra illustrated. In signed leather binding by Sangorski and Stucliffe London. Thick octavo. Red leather with simple gilt decoration raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. All outer edges gilt. Grey endpapers. 1837. Includes 32 coloured plates by Thomas Onwhyn sometimes signed with pseudonym Samuel Weller bound in throughout along with 43 uncoloured illustrated plates by Seymour reengraved by Phiz after his death and Phiz. The Buss plates Dickens' didn't like are not present in this copy replaced by Phiz. Issue points include: Title page states 1837 with no subsequent dates 'E' on page 25 6 line errata includes Directions to the Binder ruined wall on page 43 "holding" in loose type on page 260 x2 on page 261 "Pickvick" line 6 on page 261 Chapter XXVIII repeated on page 282 and 299 Page 342 line 5 reads "S. Veller" "his friends" on page 400 has been corrected the headline of page 432 contains an imperfect 'F' "considding" is misspelled Chapman and Hall hardcover
185324348<p>London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First edition. leather_bound. Housed in full crimson morocco felt lined clamshell box with raised bands spine panels with gilt arabesques and lettering expert repair to front hinge. Near fine. 624 16 16 14 pages. 22 x 13.5 cm. From The Library of Jean Hersholt with his signed bookplate inside of slipcase. First edition in the original 20 issues in 19 parts with 40 inserted plates including frontispiece and vignette title by Hablot K. Browne. With the Bleak House advertiser in each back cover ad wrapper in first state issues one to five lacks the eight page "Grace Aguilar's Works" slip in part 16; however all others are retained and with the scarce "Village Pastor" booklet in part 15. Also lacks the "New Geographical and Educational Works" ad in part XIV. First issue of the text uncorrected thus: in Part 1. p.19 line six with "eligible" & Part VII p.209 line 23 with "chair." Part IX p.275 line 22 with "cousinship" i-viivii-xxixii-xivxvxvi12-624. Spines expertly renewed on a few parts. Some light soil to a few wrappers. Neat subscriber's name to margin of Part XIX/XX. Tissue guards in place. Plates of Parts VIIIIX and XII lightly tanned at edges but not affecting illustrations. Two of the ten dark plates with light offsetting onto the adjacent plate. Remaining plates are very good to fine. Part X unopened ergo unread. Overall a sharp set. Dickens's assault on the abuses in the Courts of Chancery "many of the characters in the book were identified as having for their prototypes several of Dickens's friends." ECKEL pp.79-81. HATTON AND CLEAVER pp.275-304.</p> Bradbury & Evans
98770London Richard Bentley 1838. . First edition first issue; 2 volumes 8vo; 12 illustrations by George Cruikshank occasional light foxing mostly to preliminary and terminal leaves; publisher's floral-patterned embossed pink cloth spines gilt a little rubbed and dust-soiled spines faded otherwise very good; xix 3 288; ix 1 263 1 36 ads pp.<br /> The first issue Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Charles Dickens is identifiable via the appearance of the plate at page 238 in volume two in its first state without the grotesque border which was added later.<br /><br />Girmaldi was one of the most renowned English actors of the Regency period. In the early 1800s he greatly expanded the role of the Clown in the Harlequinade and made it his own to such an extant that a clown became known as a 'Joey' and his white-face make-up became standard for all types of clown. <br /><br />Eric Stanley Quayle 19212001 was a noted British bibliophile with a collection of 16000 volumes collector historian and author. His own work was mainly related to the themes of collecting books but he also produced a noted biography of R. M. Ballantyne 1967 and two books of folk tales: one of Cornish Tales The Magic Ointment and one of Japanese Tales The Shining Princess.<br /> Eckel p.141. London, Richard Bentley, 1838. hardcover
alb874c870f95a3ff0cDickens Ch. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chesil. In English /Dikkens Ch. Zhizn i priklyucheniya Martina Chezlvita. 40 etchings by the artist Hablot Knight Brown, 1st edition. In English. London, Charman Hall, 1844, 676s. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb874c870f95a3ff0c.
1850146291850. This is a complete set Dickens's annual "Extra Christmas Numbers" -- all nine of HOUSEHOLD WORDS followed by all nine of ALL THE YEAR ROUND. London: Dec. 1850 - Dec. 1858 and Dec. 1859 - Dec. 1867. Original self-wrappers first 13 numbers and original blue printed wrappers last five numbers -- as issued. First Editions of all eighteen pieces. Dickens was the editor or "conductor" of both of these periodicals -- one rising out of the ashes of the other -- but he also wrote at least part of the Christmas story in each of these eighteen numbers. The stories in HOUSEHOLD WORDS are: 1850 "A Christmas Tree" is by CD 1851 "What Christmas is as we Grow Older" is by CD 1852 A ROUND OF STORIES "The Poor Relation's Story" and "The Child's Story" are by CD 1853 ANOTHER ROUND OF STORIES "The Schoolboy's Story" and "Nobody's Story" are by CD 1854 THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS "The First Poor Traveller" and "The Road" are by CD 1855 THE HOLLY-TREE INN "The Guest" "The Boots" and "The Bill" are by CD; the rest is by Wilkie Collins 1856 THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY most of "The Wreck" plus the hymn on p. 21 are by CD; the rest is by Wilkie Collins 1857 THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS chapters I and III are by CD; chapter II is by Wilkie Collins 1858 A HOUSE TO LET "Going into Society" is by CD The stories in ALL THE YEAR ROUND are: 1859 THE HAUNTED HOUSE "The Mortals in the House" "The Ghost in Master B's Room" and "The Ghost in the Corner Room" are by CD -- as well as all but one of the other opening paragraphs 1860 A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA chapters I II and V plus passages in other chapters are by CD; the rest is by Wilkie Collins 1861 TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND chapters I VI and VII are by CD 1862 SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE the first second part of the third seventh and tenth chapters are by CD 1863 MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS chapters I and VII are by CD 1864 MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY chapters I and VII are by CD 1865 DOCTOR MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS chapters I VI and VIII are by CD 1866 MUGBY JUNCTION the first four chapters are by CD -- as indicated on the front cover 1867 NO THOROUGHFARE the Overture Act III and parts of Acts I and IV are by CD; the rest is by Wilkie Collins listed as co-author All eighteen numbers are in very good-plus or near-fine condition with only very minor edge-wear and soil though the 1851 issue has a couple of closed tears on the front wrapper and an ink-mark on the rear. Five of the numbers HhW 1854 through 1858 still have unopened leaves; a few appear that they might once have been bound up though not trimmed or anything. They are housed in a modern cloth case with inner chemise. Though the last five numbers the ones in blue wrappers are not uncommon the others have become rather scarce; it is now quite unusual to encounter a complete collection of all eighteen. Eckel pp 193-197 "In good state they a complete set are hard to find" -- this in 1932!. unknown books
1855144511855. Two pages 1st and 3rd of conjoined leaves on stationery with a faint blind-stamp at the upper corner. "Tavistock House Wednesday Tenth January 1855."<br/><br/> The text of Dickens's letter following "Dear Sir" is: I hope the opportunity you deserve will present itself naturally before very long. I cannot make an express appointment just now as I am quite uncertain whether I may be called out of town tomorrow or next day with Charles or on the business of placing him in some house of commerce. Besides which I have the Christmas holidays being over a fortnight's arrear of appointments to clear off. Your letter required no apology and is very agreeably done. Faithfully yours signed Charles Dickens. Francesco Berger 1834-1933 born in London of Italian and German parentage as a teen in 1848 traveled to Trieste his father's home city returning to England in 1855. He was trained as a pianist and composer and would go on to be a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the 27-year Secretary of the Philharmonic Society. But look at the year he returned to England: 1855! -- the year of this letter January 10th. Although Berger would become a great friend of Charles Dickens and a frequent visitor at Tavistock House we believe that this letter might be Dickens's first to him with its formal "Dear Sir". Upon arriving in England Berger probably sent out "feelers" for musical commissions and this letter appears to be Dickens's polite declination. But this declination appears to have been temporary: look at what happened later in 1855 according to Berger's 1913 REMINISCENCES IMPRESSIONS & ANECDOTES: Everybody knows that Dickens was a fine Actor and that at one time he very nearly "took to the stage" as a vocation. He had "private theatricals" each Christmas-time in which he himself his family and intimate friends acted. In this circle he was spoken of as "the Manager" and his eldest son was known as "young Charles." In 1855 Wilkie Collins wrote a Play for one of these occasions called "The Lighthouse" and Dickens asked me to compose for it an original Overture and arrange the Incidental Music which I gladly undertook to do. For these performances Dickens had a theatre specially constructed in the rear of his house with proper footlights proper scenery proper curtain -- in fact no expense or trouble was spared to make the whole thing complete. I had a small but efficient Orchestra to conduct and presided at a Piano. The scenery was painted by Clarkson Stanfield R.A. The actors were Dickens Wilkie Collins Mark Lemon Augustus Egg Edward Hogarth Miss Hogarth and Mamie Dickens Dickens' elder daughter. There is indeed a famous photograph of about 25 members of the cast and crew either of "The Lighthouse" or of the next Dickens-Collins-Berger collaboration "The Frozen Deep" in 1857 showing all of the above-mentioned people including Berger but also including "young Charles" and his sister Kate who was married to Collins's brother -- with the elder Dickens lounging in the foreground. The letter is in fine condition blue ink slightly faded as is often the case. Provenance: from the renowned three-generation Dodge Family Autograph Collection. unknown books
1869252708London : Chapman & Hall 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copies bound in half aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; twenty-two volumes. Notes; over 500 issues. Subjects; All Year Round. Weekly Journals. Charles Dickens 1812-1870. Genre; Periodical. London : Chapman & Hall hardcover
1853166327London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Very Good in decorative boards. Small owner printed stamp on bottom of both volumes' FEPs. Rubbing along panel edges. Bumping on bottom of Vol. II's panel corners. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. Page 19 line 6 with "elgble" page 209 line 23 with "chair" page 275 line 22 with "counsinship. Bradbury & Evans unknown
1865166238London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1865. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Both volume Near Fine. Small clipping affixed to both volumes' front pastedowns owner printed stamp on each FEP. Rubbing along panel edges. 1st Impression 1st issue with 'pricipal' misspelling for 'principal' to p.115 in volume two. Smith 1.1. Chapman & Hall, Ltd unknown
1870166326London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1870. First Edition; First Printing. Fine binding. Very Good in decorative boards. Small owner printed stamp on bottom of 2nd FEP. Light rubbing along panel edges and spine. First issue published in 1870 with "Tower" on p.1 "sentiment" on p.131 "years" on p.149 no "very" on p.168 and "reflection" on p.169. Chapman & Hall, Ltd unknown
18678076Boston: J.M. Whittemore & Co 1867. First Edition. A game consisting of 80 cards ca.2.5" x 3.75" each with text printed in black within a double-ruled border on thick orange stock. Together with the original "Directions" sheet with text printed in black on cream coated stock 3 13/16" x 5 3/16". All housed in a two-part green patterned paper-covered box with printed title label mounted to lid. Pinpoint wear and and light handling to cards two of them showing faint creases; Directions sheet reinforced neatly and professionally along the fold on verso; modest wear and toning to the box lid with a few small scuffs to the label with the base showing more pronounced wear particularly along the lower edge and joints with some faint creases and minor paper loss and some old skillful strengthening. On the whole a clean complete sound and well-preserved example. <br /> <br /> A delightful parlour game consisting of 16 "sets" of five cards each containing the name of one of Dickens's stories and four or more of the principal characters in that story. "The name of each card is printed at its top and is that by which it is invariably to be called the names of the other cards in the Set being printed below to serve as a key to the whole and the name of the Story itself being in a more prominent type." A rare piece of Dickensiana; OCLC notes 3 holdings AAS Free Library of Philadelphia Brown University with only two found in the auction record. 8076. J.M. Whittemore & Co unknown
186449341London: Chapman & Hall 193 Piccadilly 1864. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. The first edition. 1864-65. Complete in the original twenty parts in the original wrappers with only very shallow restoration to the spine ends. The set is textually complete with all illustrations present though advertisements vary from the ideal copy carefully checked against Hatton and Cleaver. Parts 1 and 2 are complete with all ads. Part 3 is missing the ads on pp. 7/8 with a small chip to the ad on p. 9. Part 4 lacks the bottom half of the ad on pp. 13/14 and the rear ads on pp. 5/6 are also missing. Part 5 is without the final ad for Glenfield Starch and Part 6 lacks the final leaf of ads for Cramer & Co. and Glenfield Starch. Part 7 is missing the rear ads for Slip Kaye's Worsdell's Pills and Thomson's Prize Medal Skirts while Part 8 lacks the ad at the front on pp. 13/14 and one rear ad. Part 9 is missing the front ad on pp. 11/12. These first nine wrappers remain in good condition overall with a few minor paper repairs to the spine tips and some chipping to the corners of the first part's cover. Part 10 features the "Our Mutual Friend Advertiser" with page 13 misprinted as 31 as noted by Hatton and Cleaver. Part 11 is missing the final ad "A Slip-In Twenty Parts.The Headless Horseman." Parts 12 and 13 each lack the front ad on pp. 3/4. Part 14 is missing the front ad on pp. 9/10 and the Economic Life Assurance Society ad following the plates. Part 15 lacks several rear ads including Slip-Keating's Persian Insect Destroying Powder and two of the four pages of The Book of Perfumes; the Liverpool London & Globe four-page catalogue is missing half of the first page. Part 16 retains all ads though the Mappin & Webb ad appears in a different position than usual. Part 17 is lacking one rear ad Mappin otherwise complete. Part 18 contains a duplicate four-page Norton's Pills ad at the rear and lacks two pages of the Mappin & Webb ad. Parts 19 and 20 are missing the Economic Life Assurance Society ad following the plates as well as the rear ad for The Anthelmintic Big Bon; the Boosey & Co. ad is missing pp. 1-2 but retains pp. 3-4. Overall a very good and textually complete set in the original parts with the ads in various states and levels of completeness as detailed above. The wrappers are bright and well-preserved a nice copy in its original serialized form. Hatton & Cleaver 345-370. Housed in two half green morocco slipcases with marbled edges gilt titles and devices to the spines the issues divided between the two. Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly unknown
18510145821 Devonshire Terrace London 1851. Hand-written letter measuring 4 1/2" x 7". Two horizontal folds to accommodate envelope for mailing. " 1 Devonshire Terrace Eighteenth January 1857. Dear Sir I have been visiting in the country or I should have answered your note sooner. I assure you that I feel under many obligations now and have to thank you for much kindness. I shall be glad to do so in person whenever you find such for time. Give me the opportunity. Faithfully yours Charles Dickens. addressee's name. Signed with Dickens' flourishing paraph. The letter and accompanying portrait were removed from an old frame and restored by a paper conservator.Mold was found on the reverse of the portrait with area of stain at foot of letter. Both were restored to their original conditions and left unframed in conservation papers. The work sheet of the conservator is included. Our research suggests that Dickens was visiting Gad's Hill in Kent when he said he had gone to the country as it was being renovated then retured to Devonshire Terrace for a short time before returning to Gad's Hill . He was also travelling extensively in Europe during this time. He used Gad's Hill as his country house until his death in 1870. I Devonshire Terrace was demolished in 1858-1859. A very nice example of a Dickens letter conserved and ready for framing. Letter of authentification is also included. unknown books
