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1837161400London: Chapman and Hall 1837. Handsome Bayntun-Riviere binding First edition handsomely bound from the original monthly parts of Dickens's first novel which transformed the obscure journalist into England's most famous writer in a matter of months. Octavo 202 x 127 mm. Etched vignette title page frontispiece and 41 plates by Robert Seymour and Hablot Knight Browne Phiz earlier states without captions Buss plates replaced by those of Phiz as usual. Later 20th-century red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere spine lettered in gilt front cover blocked with gilt portrait of Dickens and rear cover with gilt facsimile signature gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers gilt edges. Some light spotting to contents and slight browning to plates as often; a near-fine copy. Hatton and Cleaver p. 1; Smith I.3. unknown
183830435London: Richard Bentley 1838. 2 volumes. First edition first issue first state without the "grotesque" border added at Vol. II p. 238. 13 illustrations by George Cruikshank. In addition and extra are two very finely executed unsigned watercolours at the end of Volume II. 8vo very handsomely bound and signed Bartlett in full red calf the spines beautifully decorated with ornate gilt tooled panels within compartments between raised bands the covers ruled at the borders with double gilt-fillet lines and corner tools. Marbled endpapers and gilt tooled turn-ins. Original cloth covers bound in at the end of each volume. xix 288; ix 263 2 watercolours on two leaves 36 ads. pp. A fine and very handsome copy with some very minor evidence of age. FIRST EDITION. A unique copy with two very fine watercolurs added to the end of Volume II and with the original cloth covers and spine panels bound in. Richard Bentley hardcover
1839858T19DLondon: Chapman and Hall 1839-1877. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Phiz H. K. Browne; George Cruikshank. A beautiful and very clean and bright set of first editions one later of works by renowned author Charles Dickens. In a tree calf Mansell binding. Five volumes. From the renowned English writer and social critic Charles Dickens. This collection includes: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby first published 1839. First edition mixed state: issue points are as follows those not included have been corrected: Page xiii Chapter XXXV the last four letters not aligned in 'family'; page xiv 'Chapter LXIII' comma after 'others' here; page xvi entry nine 'small-clothes' not hyphenated in the caption; page xvi entry ten 'mulberry' spelt with a single 'r' in the caption; page xvi entry eleven hyphen and apostrophe in 'hair-dresser's' here but not in caption; page thirteen ten lines up comma after 'what'; page one-hundred and sixty-five line twenty-six close spacing in line; page two-hundred and forty-five line ten 'flys' for 'flies'; page two-hundred and seventy line fifteen 'mercie'; page two-hundred and seventy-two line two 'visiters' instead of 'visitors'; page two-hundred and seventy-three line one hyphen in 'twenty-years'; page two-hundred and eighty-eight line seven no full stop after 'Ralph'; page two-hundred and ninety-seven line twenty-two 'incontestible' for 'incontestable'; page three-hundred and seventeen line twenty-one full stop after 'again'; page three-hundred and nineteen line sixteen capital T in 'Think'; page three-hundred and forty-two line sixteen 'conducter' for 'conductor'; page five-hundred and twelve line three capital H in 'How'; page five-hundred and eighty-six line twenty-four 'suprise' for 'surprise'; page six-hundred and eighteen line twenty-three and twenty-four 'Grogswig' for 'Grogzwig'; page xv frontispiece not listed; page xv entry eleven s is slightly high in 'friends'; page xv the last entry 'Kenwigs' here in 'Kengwig's' in the caption. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-nine plates. Collated complete. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit first published 1844. Fist edition Second issue £100 to engraved title rather than 100£ on first issue; 14 line errata as in first. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title page and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. Dombey and Son 1848. First Edition Early issue. The vignette title shows the hook on Captain Cuttle's left arm rather than his right; 'delight' rather than 'joy' to page 284 5 lines up from the bottom; no apostrophe in 'aint' on page 14 10 lines up from the bottom; and 'fidgetty' for 'fidgety' on page 26 on line 11. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title page and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. Little Dorrit 1857. First Edition Early issue. 'William' for 'Frederick on page 317 line 27; "Rigaud" mistakenly substituted for "Blandois" on pages 469-73. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title page and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. Sketches by Boz 1877. New edition complete. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title page and thirty-eight plates. Collated complete. Illustrated by Phiz or Hablot Knight Browne an English artist and illustrator and George Cruikshank a British cartoonist and illustrator. Bound by Mansell. Bound in full tree calf. Externally very smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Bound by Mansell. Very Good Indeed Chapman and Hall hardcover
1850193266London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. Whatever I have tried to do in life I have tried with all my heart First edition bound from the original parts as serialized from May 1849 to November 1850 incorporating the front wrapper from Part 15. The novel was published in book form that November. Dickens's first novel written in the first person "Copperfield received considerable critical acclaim and before long was widely held to be his greatest work. Undoubtedly it became for very many readers then as now his best-loved novel an opinion in which Dickens himself coincided calling it in a preface to the book of 1867 his 'favourite child'" ODNB. This copy has the first state engraved title page dated 1850 and the second state reading "screwed" rather than "screamed" p. 132. Octavo 219 x 136 mm. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title page 38 engraved plates all after H. K. Browne Phiz. Near-contemporary dark red morocco spine lettered in gilt and ruled in gilt and blind gilt rules to sides and corners marbled sides and endpapers top edge gilt others untrimmed original front wrapper from Part 15 bound in at end. Armorial bookplate of Peter Stubs a member of the Harleian Society who participated in the arms-related court case John Stubs and Peter Stubs v Elizabeth Stubs 1861. Spine sunned rubbing to covers board edges lightly worn front inner hinge split but sound occasional marks and short marginal tears. A very good copy. Eckel pp. 77-8; Hatton & Cleaver pp. 253-72; Smith I 9. unknown
185915167"It was the best of times it was the worst of times." A TALE OF TWO CITIES in All The Year Round Volumes 1 2 & 3 complete Volume 1 April 30 1859 thru Volume 70 August 25 1860 first edition fine copies with near fine contents rebound in half leather with raised spines and leather labels with gold-gilt lettering. A nice set free from any foxing. The true first appearance in print of this most famous work. Also contains 6 installments of THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER & HUNTED DOWN complete by Dickens 3 episodes of Eugne Franois Vidocq An early essay concerning Darwin's NATURAL SELECTION & the first appearance in print of THE WOMAN IN WHITE complete by Wilkie Collins. Chapman & Hall hardcover
1866151901July 3 1866. Autograph envelope signed by famed English novelist Charles Dickens. The envelope measures 2.75 inches by 4.75 inches addressed in the hand of Dickens to the actor Drinkwater Meadows Esquire Prairie Cottage Barnes Green Barnes SW with Dickens' signature at lower left. Postmark London July 3 1866. The recipient Drinkwater Meadows a well-regarded actor played roles in several theatrical adaptations of Dickens' works including "Martin Chuzzlewit" 1844 and 'The Cricket on the Hearth" 1845. He died in 1869. In near fine condition. Minor loss to signature. Framed with an oval portrait of a young Dickens. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 11 inches. Charles Dickens was one of the most influential English novelists of the nineteenth century known for his detailed portrayals of Victorian society and social inequality. Born in 1812 in Portsmouth England Dickens drew inspiration from his difficult childhood experiences including poverty and child labor which later shaped many of his literary themes. His novels such as Oliver Twist A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations examined issues including class division industrialization and the treatment of the poor. Dickens combined memorable characters with social criticism helping to bring attention to the hardships faced by many people during the Industrial Revolution. Through his writing he became both a major literary figure and an important commentator on the social conditions of nineteenth-century England. unknown
1845148129London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1845-1848. First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo 4 volumes bound in full morocco by Root & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt engraved frontispieces and additional vignette titles. The set contains: a first edition second issue of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year. London: Chapman and Hall 1845 1844 with the publisher's advertisement for A Christmas Carol; with the half-title; 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield; second state of the vignette title. First edition second issue of The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans for the author 1846 1845 with the half-title; 14 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech Doyle Stanfield Maclise and Landseer; with three-line italic heading for Oliver Twist on p.175 of the publisher's ads at rear. First edition later issue of The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury and Evans 1846 with the half-title; 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield; 2pp. advertisements at rear. First edition of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury and Evans 1848; 16 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech Stanfield Tenniel and Stone. Original covers bound in at rear of each volume. In near fine condition. Following the immense success of A Christmas Carol which first appeared in December of 1843 Dickens published four other Christmas tales: The Chimes 1844 The Cricket on the Hearth 1845 The Battle of Life 1846 and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848; these were secular conversion tales which acknowledged the progressive societal changes of the previous year and highlighted those social problems which still needed to be addressed. The public eagerly bought the later books each published in an attractive bright red cloth with fine gilt vignettes and elaborate illustrations. Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans hardcover
669Early printing. "Screwed" instead of "screamed" on page 132 line 20. All other early issue points present. A very early printing but not quite first. <br /> Narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield detailing his adventures in his journey from infancy to maturity. unknown
1884309191London: Chapman and Hall 1884. Facsimile edition one of three printed on vellum. Woodcut portrait vignettes on half-title and title-page woodcut frontispiece and two plates with blank vellum guards by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". iv v i 49 4 blank 1 ads pp. 4to. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco. Joints repaired flaw in margin of one leaf. Facsimile edition one of three printed on vellum. Woodcut portrait vignettes on half-title and title-page woodcut frontispiece and two plates with blank vellum guards by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". iv v i 49 4 blank 1 ads pp. 4to. Facsimile edition printed on vellum according to Gimbel "one of only three copies that were printed on vellum." Plain paper copies were issued in wrappers with the text and imprint: "A Reproduction in Exact Fac-simile of the Excessively Rare Original. London: J.W. Jarvis 28 King William Street Strand 1884." As with the Gimbel vellum copy this copy is rebound and without wrappers. The Gimbel catalogue identifies copies with and without 4 leaves of front- and end-matter containing an introduction though to be by T.J. Wise and Jarvis ads and notes "another impression" with the heading "Sunday Under Three Heads" on p. 35. The present copy is without the the introduction and ads though the original Chapman and Hall ads are reproduced at the end and has the heading on p. 35.<br /> Sunday Under Three Heads published under the pseudonym Timothy Sparks was "a pamphlet directed against the Sunday Observance Billl an Evangelical measure which would have severly curtailed the Sunday amusements of the labouring and middle classes" Ackroyd p. 185. Gimbel B31 cf. 8th copy. Provenance: Lewis A. Bird bookplate Chapman and Hall unknown
18376259London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition. First edition in book form first issue with title-page to Vol. I dated 1836. Two octavo volumes 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 206 x 130 mm. iii-vviviiviii 12-384; vi 350. Twenty-eight engraved plates by various artists including Robert Seymour and Robert William Buss. Publisher's dark green bead-grain cloth over boards covers with arabesque design stamped in blind spines lettered in gilt all edges uncut coated yellow end-papers. Covers of volume I with some damp-staining expertly rebacked with original spine laid down; covers of volume II with joints expertly repaired and end-papers renewed with matching paper. With the bookplate of Eric S. Quayle on front paste-down of volume I. Tipped in at the end is a mid-twentieth century typed booksellers description G.F. Sims of Hurst Reading England of the book. The plates and text quite clean and relatively free from the usual foxing. An excellent set of the scarce first issue from the library of the celebrated collector and bibliographer Eric Quayle. Housed in an early twentieth century olive green morocco over green cloth board slipcase with central divider. Two spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments.<br /> <br /> "The peculiar purpose of the 'Library of Fiction' is to put is readers in possession at a moderate price of a series of Original Tales and Sketches all carefully selected from among a host of candidates; and many of them written by Authors of the very loftiest pretensions in the field of imaginative composition" publisher's "Address" Volume I. Contains two early pieces by Dickens in Volume I both attributed to "Boz" and printed in the first and second series respectively of Sketches by Boz: "The Tuggs's at Ramsgate" pages 1-18 with two plates engraved by Landells after Robert Seymour the first illustrator of Pickwick; and "A Little Talk About Spring and Sweeps" pages 113-119 with one plate by J. Jackson after R.W. Buss Pickwick's second illustrator. <br /> <br /> "Dickens' first article in the first number of The Library of Fiction "The Tuggses at Ramsgate" Vol. I pp. 1-18 was published on the selfsame day as the first number of the Pickwick Papers: 31 March 1836. Like Pickwick the story is set partly in and partly outside London and involves common London types: the fatuous nouveau riche Tuggses the mercenary Waterses and various impertinent and whimsical carriage drivers and land." Philip V. Allingham Victorian Web. "Dickens' other article in the Library of Fiction "A Little Talk About Spring and Sweeps" Vol. I pp. 113-119 was first published in May 1836. It sets out to depict the traditional spring celebrations in the streets that Boz remembers so well from his childhood. These festivities in the shape of spontaneous street performances and merry dances of young sweeps have by now deteriorated into a fake and shabby charade that has nothing authentic about it. Boz laments the fact that nowadays the dancers are no longer real child sweeps but actors who produce a contrived and ungainly performance. Boz's description of the celebrations now and in the past is interrupted by a lengthy digression into the biographies and careers of certain young chimney sweeps the account of whose mysterious original introduces an aura of imaginative speculation into the sketch" Dickens and the Imagined Child.<br /> <br /> Originally issued in fourteen monthly parts from April 1836-May 1837 with two additional parts issued in June and July 1837. Rare in the original cloth neither Sadleir nor Wolff had examples in the cloth.<br /> <br /> Eckel pp. 137-9. Gimbel E122. Chapman and Hall unknown
1853031714London: Bradbury and Evans 1853. Book. Illus. by H. K. Browne. Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 3/4 purple morocco leather gilt stamped spine with five raised bands; marbled boards and endpapers. True first edition first issue first state. Bound from original parts with stab holes visible at the inner margins. Illustrated half title frontis vignette title pp. v xiii-xvi 1 - 624 pages. Issued from the first printing with "compu" on pp.19 and "chair" for "hair" pp. 209. Includes 40 inserted plates including 10 dark plates. Bradbury & Evans imprint on the title and vignette title later changed to Chapman & Hall. Eckel 80-81; Podeshi 130-1. Inside some age toning; some spotting on plates with marginal browning foxing. Interior hinges strengthened with tape. Otherwise this a very good copy. Bradbury and Evans Hardcover
18677032London: Smith Elder and Co 1867. Five volumes from the personal library of Charles Dickens. With a letter of provenance from 1931 from English Book Dealer C. Howes. Measuring approximately 10" x 6.75". <br /> <br /> These volumes are in fair condition. Heavy surface wear and damage to the boards and leather spines. Moisture damage affecting all boards. Charles Dickens's library was purchased by the bookseller Sotheran - who put these labels on the pastedowns of each book.<br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #P3-26. Smith, Elder and Co unknown
4301Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2006. Collector's Edition. Collector's edition bound in genuine leather. Complete in 21 volumes. Measuring approximately 9.25" x 6.25".<br /> <br /> These volumes are in very good plus condition. Gilt lettering and design on spine boards and edges are full and vivid. Minor surface wear to boards and edges. "Sketches by Boz" has an all silver spine instead of gilt. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #N5-59. Easton Press unknown
1848898London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First Edition First Issue. Finely Bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Near Fine. HK Browne. 8.5 x 5.25 finely bound in gilt-ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands; aeg 624 pp pages/illustrations lightly toned and spotted as usual else a beautifully bound FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE with errata leaf and such points as "figetty" on p26 "amiliar" on p70 "Capatin" on p324 no period at the end of the last line on p582 and hook on left arm in title page vignette Smith: Heritage Bookshop. Binding by Bayntun-Riviere though not noted as such. <br /> Note: This book comes from a Dickens collection all in the same full leather bindings. A few have the Bayntun-Riviere stamp others do not. A beautiful example. Bradbury and Evans unknown
18593870London: No. 11 Wellington Street North 1859. First edition. All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal. London: C. Whiting for No. 26 Wellington Street Volumes I-II 30 April 1859 - 7 April 1860; Volumes IV-VIII 13 October 1860 – 21 February 1863.<br /> <br /> <br /> FIRST APPEARANCES of A Tale of Two Cities nos.1-31 and Great Expectations nos.84-119 in serialized form. A Tale of Two Cities had first appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from 30 April to 26 November 1859. All the Year Round was considered a replacement or continuation of Household Words which had ceased publication in 1857. Vol.I-II and IV-VIII of All the Year Round contain many other pieces by Dickens including several sketches which afterwards appeared in book form as The Uncommercial Traveller. Eckel pp. 194-195; Gimbel E9-21.<br /> <br /> These books measure approximately 9.5" x 6" with over 600 numbered pages in each volume. Volume III is missing. <br /> <br /> Good overall condition. General shelf wear. Volume 4 & 5 front and rear boards are loose and cracked. Volume 6 front board cracked. Volume 7 front and rear boards cracked. Volume 8 rear board cracked. <br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # L4-2. No. 11, Wellington Street North unknown
68234EB. Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Chapman and Hall London UK. 1837. Xiv 609 pgs. Illustrated with With 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour and H. K. Browne. First Edition/Early issue with the following points: five lines of footnotes to page 9; with the last 'e' of page 17 broken; with the signature 'E' present to the tail of pages 25 and 27; page 261 correctly signed 'X2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303; ; line 1 correctly reading "inbelicate" and line 5 reading "inscriptino"; line 5 with "S. Veller" uncorrected; page 400 line 21 with "his friends"; and page 432 with the "F" in the "OF" of the headline perfect. Bound in 3/4 brown leather with raised bands along the spine and gilt titles present to the spine. Boards very lightly worn to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the title page and previous owner's name present to the half-title page. Edges trimmed. Foxing Present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers - a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass the lover Tupman the sportsman Winkle and above all by that quintessentially English Quixote Mr Pickwick and his cockney Sancho Panza Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election via the Fleet debtors' prison characters and incidents spring to life from Dickens's pen to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
183764822E-049: Chapman and Hall. Very Good. 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Chapman and Hall. 1837. Two Volumes. 609 pgs total. Illustrated with With 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour and H. K. Browne. First Edition/Early issue with the following points: with signature mark "E" present on p. 25 first line of second paragraph of chapter V with "ruined wall" p. 43 the rare signature misprint on p. 261 reading "X2" and "holding" on p. 260. Penny Pickwick tipped into the rear of the second volume. Bound in 20th century contemporary green leather with raised bands along the spine and gilt titles present to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Boards very lightly worn to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Foxing Present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club also known as The Pickwick Papers is Charles Dickens's first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz published in 1836 most of Dickens' novels were issued in shilling instalments before being published as complete volumes. Dickens still writing under the pseudonym of Boz increasingly took over the unsuccessful monthly publication after the original illustrator Robert Seymour had committed suicide. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Chapman and Hall hardcover
186096189London: St. Lukes Hospital 1860. First edition first issue of Charles Dickens' article on Saint Luke's Hospital "for the gratuitous treatment of the insane poor." Octavo loosely bound in wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and chemise pull-off box. Rare. Dickens' A Curious Dance Round a Curious Tree was published by St. Luke's Hospital in 1860 to raise funds for their Hospital for Lunatics. The volume contains a sketch about a visit to St. Luke's at Christmas by Dickens along with another piece he wrote about the hospital from an unsigned article in the London Times. St. Lukes Hospital unknown books
1859307691London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition this copy with page 213 correctly numbered. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. 254 pp. 8vo. Bound in half pebbled crimson morocco and crimson cloth sides. Scattered light foxing and some stray marks. First edition this copy with page 213 correctly numbered. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. 254 pp. 8vo. Provenance: J.M. Carmichael ownership signature dated Oct. 7 1860 on ffep. Smith 13 Chapman and Hall unknown books
1850140940613London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first issue with "screamed" instead of "screwed" on pg. 132 and "bnt" on p. 597. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere though not identified as such in full crushed morocco with raised bands wide turn ins with gilt dentelle; all edges gilt. Near Fine with light wear to binding and pages lightly toned. A beautiful copy. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1861308427N.p. London 1861. Lithographic facsimile printing of the original autograph letter. Two pages printed in blue-black ink on laid paper. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Old fold. Lithographic facsimile printing of the original autograph letter. Two pages printed in blue-black ink on laid paper. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Uncommon printed facsimile of this notable letter from Charles Dickens writing as the editor of All the Year Round to Rev. Hughes of St Gallgo's Church whose heroic efforts at the time of the wreck of the Royal Charter off the coast of Anglesey in August 1859 inspired Dickens to write the "little article" mentioned here published in All the Year Round for 28 January and subsequently adapted as the first chapter of The Uncommercial Traveller. The invitation extended by Dickens to the minister and his family is poignant as the strain of the exertions contributed to Hughes' untimely death on 4 February 1862.<br/><br/>In the British Academy/Pilgrim Edition of Dickens' letters the original letter is recorded as in the collection of Mrs. A.K. Frazer; it is further noted that "facsimiles of this letter were sold by Hughes to provide a monument now in Llanallgo Church to those drowned in the Royal Charter." This allows a narrow dating to 1860 or 1861. No copies of this facsimile are recorded in the Gimbel collection in other major Dickens holdings or in OCLC.<br/><br/>The facsimile reproduces Dickens' Office of All the Year Round letterhead in monochrome slightly reduced and the text is as follows:<br/><br/>My Dear Mr Hughes <br/>You will receive from my printer's office by this same post a Proof of the little article I have written on the subject of my late visit. I am under the necessity of asking you to send it back to W. Wills here by return of post. For although a fortnight will elapse before it is published the mechanical necessities of this Journal and its simultaneous publication in England and America render its going to press at once imperative.<br/>I doubt whether I am quite right respecting the number of the drowned buried in your churchyard and the greatest number that lay in the church at one time. Will you do me the favour to correct me on those points And if you should observe any similar inaccuracy will you do me the additional kindness to mark it I trust that there is nothing in the article that you or your household will find displeasing. I have written it out of the honest convictions of my heart and in the hope that it will at least soften the distress of many people from whom you have not yet heard. It says for me all that I should otherwise have attempted to say in this note and merely strives to express what any visitor to you must surely feel. <br/>My daughters have taken a great interest in all I have told them and particularly in Mrs Hughes's idea of coming to London in the summer. They earnestly beg me to assure her and you that they hope to know you both very well and that it will be an uncommon gratification to them if you will come and see us down at my Kentish house on the top of Shakespeare's Gad's Hill which is little more than an hour's railway ride from town. <br/>I beg to present my true regard to the ladies of your house and to your brother and to assure you of the hearty esteem and respect with which I am Very faithfully yours <br/>Charles Dickens. <br/>This same post will also bring you the documents you also lent me returned with thanks. The Letters of Charles Dickens British Academy/Pilgrim Edition Vol. 9: 1859-1861 pp. 196-7 unknown books
1857140940186London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition. Very Good. First edition in the original parts. Twenty issues bound into 19 parts as issued. First issue using the character name "Riguard" in No. XV; errata slip in XVI correcting the errors. Plates 21 and 22 in No. 11 are probably the more detailed plates mentioned in Hatton & Cleaver. All slips and ad pages present with two exceptions: Green The Train ad slip missing in Part I; no "Commercial Works for 1856" slip in II. Ads in Parts 19 & 20 differ from Hatton and Cleaver no Little Dorrit advertiser but instead front ads are "Nellie of Truro" 2 pp. Gilbert's works 4 pp. Norton's Camomile Pills 4 pp.; rear ads are blue "Stamped in Nature's Mould" 4 pp with 4 pp. orange slip for Lett's Skeleton Almanacs inside Royal Insurance Company 2 pp. and 8 pp. Virtue Hall and Virtue ads. Housed in a custom morocco and cloth case by Bayntun which is damaged on the bottom panel. Very Good overall. Almost imperceptible restoration to spines minor soiling and light wear; No. I spine is cracked though holding; name written on the front cover of two parts. Pencil correction in margin to error in No. 15 easily erasable. The very first appearance in serialized parts of Dickens' satire of the British class system. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
1857295638London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 625pp. Thick 8vo old calf re-backed in modern tan leather with leather spine label. London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue with the 3 line errata on p. xivsignature B2 on p. 371 and "Rigaud" for "Blandois". Bound in at the end are all the front and back blue printed wrappers from the serial edition as well as most of the trade ads. The plates are browned at the edges but not foxed.<br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1857314942London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition in original monthly parts first issue part XV with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" without errata in part XVI. In the original 19/20 monthly parts. 40 etched plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 8vo. Original printed blue wrappers designed by Phiz. Some minor soiling to wrappers but a nice copy. Housed in half-morocco pull-off case. Browne H.K. First edition in original monthly parts first issue part XV with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" without errata in part XVI. In the original 19/20 monthly parts. 40 etched plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 8vo. Little Dorrit in Parts. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307- 330 Bradbury and Evans unknown books
185755017London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition with early issue points as per Smith pp. 467-474 uncorrected etc. Illustrated with 40 etched plates after drawings by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt spine darkened covers a little rubbed and faded; plates with usual darkening at margins title and frontispiece slightly foxed and darkened -- still quite a good copy and infrequently seen in publisher's cloth. First edition with early issue points as per Smith pp. 467-474 uncorrected etc. Illustrated with 40 etched plates after drawings by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 1 vols. 8vo. In Original Cloth. Smith 12 Bradbury & Evans unknown books
