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186540899New York: Published by John Bradburn Successor to M. Doolady 1865. 1st US book edition 2nd issue Edgar & Vail p. 29n stating 'not seen'; Gimbel A153; Smith 14 p. 408. Not in VanderPoel nor Wilkins. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & graphic and boards stamped in blind. Pale peach colored eps. "D. S. Pillsbury" ticket to each front paste-down. Bit of shelfwear with board just showing to lower tips. Chipping to cloth at spine ends. Volumes joint cloth just starting top & bottom 1". Penciled pos to preliminary blank. Paper lightly toned occasional light spotting/foxing. Withal a respectable Very Good set of this rare US edition. 4 volumes in 2 317 1 blank; 314; 314; 294 pp. Frontis in each volume 14 inserted plates v1: 6; v2: 3; v3: 3; v4: 2. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> Published by John Bradburn (Successor to M. Doolady) hardcover books
18685074.26London: Chapman & Hall 1868. 1st volume edition. Black half leather bindings with marbled boards Vols 10 11 & 14-16 with Arabic numerals to spine labels; all other volumes have Roman numerals. Occasional corner wear. Some rubbing to boards. Period pos dated 1860. Occasional spot of foxing. Vol 10 with professionally restored joints. Withal a solid VG set. 20 volumes complete. ~600 pages per volume. Text double column. Christmas Stories included: Vol 2 with "The Haunted House" Vol 6 has "Tom Tiddler's Ground" Vol 8 has "Somebody's Luggage" & Vol 10 has "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings" Vol 4 lacks "A Message from the Sea". 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>From the start of his literary career Dickens wished to be an editor. and began such early-on with Bentley's Miscellany. After two more somewhat unsuccessful efforts he succeeded with Household Words which due to personal differences with his publishers gave rise to this final editorial publication All The Year Round. The content was miscellaneous in nature and attracted some of the best writers of the day- Wilkie Collins The Moonstone & The Woman in White Mrs. Gaskell A Dark Night's Work Trollope Is He Popenjoy. not to mention Dickens himself- the periodical contains the first appearance of his two great works- A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
06197London: Frank T. Sabin & John F. Dexter 1890. A Finely Bound Profusely Illustrated Remembrance of Charles Dickens <br /> <br /> DICKENS Charles. KITTON Frederic G. Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil. Including anecdotes and reminiscences collected from his friends and contemporaries by Frederic G. Kitton. Illustrated with engravings. London: Frank T. Sabin and John F. Dexter 1890. <br /> <br /> First edition in book form. <br /> <br /> Three large folio volumes 14 7/8 x 11 inches; 378 x 280 mm. bound in two. 4 i-v vi-xviii 1-3 4-144 pp; 2 145-192 xvi Catalogue of the Portraits of Charles Dickens viii 1-82 2 errata verso blank. <br /> <br /> General title-page plus title-pages for each volume and for the supplement bound at end of Volume II complete with index and the "Catalogue of the Portraits of Charles Dickens". 31 engraved portraits 30 engraved remarque plates 78 illustrations in the text and 67 'Additional Illustrations'<br /> <br /> Bound ca. 1890 for Sotheran & Co. of London. Three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spines elaborately tooled in gilt and lettered in compartments marbled endpapers top edge gilt. With eight original four-page printed wrappers bound in at end of volume I and six original four-page wrappers bound in at the end of volume II. <br /> <br /> Originally issued in thirteen monthly parts during 1889-1890 with a five-part supplement issued in 1890. Further illustrations and another supplement were published respectively in 1891 and 1892. <br /> <br /> Frederick George Kitton 1856-1904 was a British wood-engraver author and illustrator. He is best known for illustrating and editing the works of Charles Dickens. As one of the founders of the Dickens Fellowship Kitton compiled the catalogue of their 1903 exhibition. His Dickensian library was purchased by the Fellowship and donated to the Guildhall Library.<br /> <br /> Gimbel H279. London: Frank T. Sabin [&] John F. Dexter, 1890 unknown
65081839: Richard Benley New Burlington Street. Second Edition. Second Edition. Three Volumes. 8vo. 331 4 ads; 307; 315 pp. Original reddish-brown horizontally-ribbed cloth front and rear covers with an arabesque design stamped in blind spine panel lettered. Frontispieces in each volume 24 superb engraved plates by George Cruikshank. With later “Church†plate as the original “Fireside†plate was withdrawn by Dickens. A nice set of the Second Edition issued very shortly after see below and in the same format as the First Edition. Moderate foxing to the plates sometimes appearing on back of printed illustrations as often seen spines and edges of covers lightly tanned and slightly marked; a very good clean set in the original cloth completely unrestored. A desirable set in this condition. The First Issue of the First Edition of OLIVER was published on November 9 1838 while the Second Edition†was issued December 17 1838 just over a month later. The title-page was printed with the same setting of type as the first issue but with the words SECOND EDITION added and AUTHOR OF “THE PICKWICK PAPERS.†printed beneath Dickens name. The date was changed from 1838 to 1839 by substituting a “9†in copies issued after the end of December. The type in Vol. II is reset the other volumes were printed from standing type or with the resetting of some signatures; most of the early textual errors are herein corrected. One of Dickens’ most beloved and renowned books. Richard Benley, New Burlington Street unknown
1838023692London: Richard Bentley 1838. First Edition. Small Octavo. First issue without 5 issue points found in "some copies" with half-titles in volumes 1 and 2 no half title in volume 3 as called for but with a 2 pp. publisher's ads. 331 307 and 315 pp. the author stated as "Boz" in all volumes and the fireside plate in volume 3. Illustrated with 24 engraved plates by George Cruikshank with toning or scattered foxing small closed tear to upper margin of page 57. Occasional scattered foxing to text pages. Rebacked and recornered in black leather over dark brown cloth lightly rubbed raised bands maroon labels gilt other compartments ruled in gilt. Richard Bentley unknown
185969490London: Chapman and Hall 1859. BROWNE Hablot Knight. . A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne London: Chapman and Hall 1859.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> DICKENS Charles. BROWNE Hablot Knight illustrator. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne London: Chapman and Hall 1859.<br> <br> First edition mixed issue. Page 134 line 12 showing the misspelling of "affetcionately" and page 238 with triple end quotes but page 213 shows correct pagination and page 166 with "himself" fully printed. List of Plates without the signature "b". Octavo 8 7/16 x 5 5/16 inches; 214 x 135 mm. viii 2 254 pp. Complete with sixteen plates by Browne 'Phiz' including frontispiece and vignette title. Without the publisher's catalog bound at the end but which Smith deems unnecessary.<br> <br> Contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Spine with red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Some minor rubbing and bumping to board edges. Some occasional light toning otherwise text is very clean. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> A Tale of Two Cities was first serialized in Dickens's periodical All the Year Round from April 30-November 26 1859. Its appearance in monthly parts July-December 1859 and book form mark Dickens's return to his old publishers Chapman and Hall after a long stay with Bradbury and Evans. The extremely large audience for the novel in All the Year Round however left less than the usual demand for the parts issue and at first for the book both of which are now quite rare. This title also marks the author's final collaboration with Phiz Dickens's most evocative and most sympathetic illustrator.<br> <br> Hatton and Cleaver 33lff. Smith I 13.<br> <br> HBS 69490.<br> <br> $2250. Chapman and Hall unknown
1839147628London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition first issue in book form of one of Dickens’ most popular novels. Octavo bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands marbled endpapers all edges marbled with 39 engraved plates by Phiz frontispiece portrait of Dickens. First issue with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123 line 17; "latter" for "letter" p.160 line 43; "flys" for flies on p. 245 line 10; and "visiters" for "visitors" on p. 272 line 2. First issue frontispiece and first four plates with Chapman and Hall imprint. In very good condition. The plot the characters the dialogue everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" Ackroyd 283. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1850117844London: Bradbury and Evans 1850. First edition in book form of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo bound in three quarters calf over marbled boards with black morocco spine label lettered in gilt tooling to the spine and raised gilt bands frontispiece pictorial title page and 38 etched plates by H. K. Browne. In very good condition. “With many lovers of the author’s works David Copperfield ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood Micawber the Pegottys and Mr. Dick…. it would be strange if it had been otherwise†Eckel 77. “Dickens and 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 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. Bradbury and Evans hardcover
1874BOOKS330079London UK: Chapman and Hall. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1874. LeatherBound. With illustrations by George Cruikshank . 1/2 red leather and marbled board . Chapman and Hall hardcover
18426710Boston: William Crosby and Company 1842. First Edition. First Edition. 12mo. 6 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches. Original beige printed wrappers with border design front cover. The first separate appearance of Dickens’ speech recorded on pp. 10 - 15. Holmes’ ‘Song’ p. 33. The dinner was sponsored the “Young Men of Boston’ a committee extending invitation to Dickens before he left England. The dinner was held in Papanti’s Hall and assisted by Oliver Wendell Holmes & Nathan Hale Jr. Present to name a few: Josiah Quincy Sr the president of Harvard Washington Allston poet & artist; George Bancroft the Historian & Richard Henry Dana Jr. Letters were read from Prescott Washington Irving William Ellery Channing Judge Story and others regretting their inability to be there. A luminous speech Dickens introduced the subject of International Copyright one of the first criticisms in a battle that was to wax on for decades. Boston publisher Mr Fields wrote shortly thereafter “Was there ever such a night before in our staid city†and he would later become a staunch friend to and publisher of the ‘Inimitable’. cf. Johnson. DICKENS pp. 374-376. Very scarce. Only 2 cc at auction in the past 25 years in the original wrappers. the last being 1998. Custom red cloth chemise with leather title label to spine. Ownership inscription. Faint tide lines to text upper margin. A very good copy with two bookplates ‘Frank Maier’ & ‘Thomas Wallace’. Price: $950.00. William Crosby and Company unknown
190154929London: George Bell and Sons 1901. New edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Crown 8vo edition. xxiv 383 1pp. 10 plates incl. frontispiece. Leather bound with blind-stamped ruling on covers gilt lettering and tooling on spine; raised bands gilt dentelles. Gilt edges with Art Noveau foredge painting in color depicting elaborate scene of water born characters; appears when book pages are splayed gradually. Art Nouveau endpapers in color. Half-title with decorative elements. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Title page with publisher's device. Decorative headpieces and initials. Special 1901 copy of Legends and Lyrics a book of verses by Adelaide Anne Proctor with new poems. With ten offset reproductions of illustrations by Ida Lovering. Last page with publisher's offer of four editions of this title. Short inked inscription on front free endpaper. George Bell and Sons hardcover
18361264411836. London: Chapman and Hall 1836. <br /> <br /> 16mo 49 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers in an elaborate custom green morocco box with floral gilt decoration. A near fine copy of this fragile pamphlet with very occasional spotting and a short split in the hinge of the front wrapper.<br /> <br /> § First edition of a pamphlet written by Dickens under the pseudonym of Timothy Sparks defending the rights of the working class to a free Sabbath in opposition to a proposed law which would have banned recreation on Sundays. The pamphlet was never reprinted in Dickens' lifetime. Two facsimile editions appeared in 1884; the first edition is distinguished by the words "Sunday Under Three Heads" beginning page 35 and the spelling "hair" rather than "air" on page 7 line 15. One of Dickens' scarcer minor works and scarcer still in the original wrappers. Eckel p. 102. unknown
elala3532<p>London: Richard Bentley 1838. First Edition primary binding last plate in Vol II in the first state without the added "grotesque" border. Podeschi B64. Eckel p. 152-155. Cohn 237. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xix 1 leafplate list 288; ix 263 1 36ads. with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait of Grimaldi by W.Greatbach after S.Raven & 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank. original pink floral-embossed cloth some soiling to cloth extremities trifle frayed occasional light mainly marginal foxing. morocco-backed slipcase with inner cloth folders corners rubbed cloth sides bit soiled</p> London: Richard Bentley, 1838 hardcover
19076266London: Chapman and Hall 1907. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. 5 volumes 12mo. Original full green sheep gilt-stamped covers all edges gilt. Half-titles titles printed in red and black hand-colored frontispieces and vignette titles. A pretty set uncommon and in very attractive well-suited gilt bindings as issued. Spines slightly sunned with some rubbing at extreme ends some corners rubbed. Scarce collected edition of Dickens’s Christmas classics. Chapman and Hall unknown
8vo., First Collected Edition, First Issue, with engraved frontispiece, engraved and printed titles and 38 engraved plates by Cruikshank, all plates heavily toned at margins (not affecting engraved images which in many cases are surprisingly clean), some light offsetting from plates to facing pages; nineteenth-century dark green half calf, cloth sides, back with four raised bands ruled and tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, backstrip faded (but all lettering wholly legible), corners mildly bruised, short pull at head of backstrip, a very good, tight copy. FIRST SINGLE VOLUME COMBINED EDITION. Complete with half-title which is often missing, and 24pp publisher's catalogue dated November 1846 bound in at end. 'This collection of short pieces contains the earliest of Dickens' work. It is undoubtedly the most valuable from the antiquarian's point of view, containing references and descriptions of life in the 30's to be found nowhere else' (Hayward, p.141). 'When Chapman & Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches [from Macrone] in 1837 they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839. Cruikshank designed a cover, enlarged the plates (save 'The Free and Easy' which was discarded) and created thirteen new illustrations for these monthly parts. In May 1839 Chapman & Hall published these parts complete in one volume with all forty of Cruikshank's illustrations' (Smith, p.16). The title-vignette is supposed to portray Dickens and Cruikshank; the plate 'Public Dinners' (facing p.176) is drawn to include Dickens, Cruikshank, Chapman and Hall (see Eckel pp.13-14). This is the First Issue, with p.526 (the final page of text), l.18 having the words 'reeledbefore' run together and all plates following p.120 with publisher's imprint at bottom. This is also the first impression with the publisher's address reading '186, Strand'. A fresh, tight, textually clean copy. Cohn, 234; Eckel 15-22; Gimbel A7; Hatton & Cleaver, p.103; Jerrold, p.364.
3144London: Chapman and Hall. Complete set of Charles Dickens' works. Octavo 30 volumes bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards gilt tooling to the spine top edge gilt marbled endpapers illustrated throughout. In very good condition. Charles Dickens is generally considered the greatest writer of the Victorian period. His works are characterized by attacks on social evils injustice and hypocrisy. "His imaginative freshness his deep and sincere tenderness and pity his whole-souled humor that is seldom sharpened into wit his superabundance of creative energy have built a deathless niche in the temple of fame for Charles Dickens" Kunitz & Haycraft 184. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1848130507London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First edition in book form of Dickens’ novel of “Pride†with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne “Phizâ€. Octavo bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel gilt signature on the back panel inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Dombey and Son "was well received by its readers and is considered to be the first novel that reflects Dickens's artistic maturity… Dickens told his first biographer 'It was to do with Pride what its predecessor Martin Chuzzlewit has done with Selfishness" Schlicke 280. The work "has a sense of the numinous is more profoundly touched by the sense of last things than any of Dickens' previous novels. It is larger in conception so that human life is seen in terms of its beginning and its end so that grief and forgiveness become more powerful forces within it… Dickens is aware of its status as art and provides here a simulacrum of human life touched by majesty and purpose" Ackroyd 526. The original serials contain the first of Browne's "dark plates" "On the dark Road" in part 18 created by the engraver's lining machine and roulettes that tint the etched plate creating heightened contrast Johannsen Phiz 309. Bradbury and Evans hardcover
185717918London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition First Issue. Leather bound. Very good. The first issue of Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens as published by Bradbury and Evans in the original parts. Octavo pamphlets 19 volumes. Each pamphlet priced at 1s on front cover. The final volume holds parts 19 and 20 priced at 2s. Original blue paper wraps title in black on front cover. Solid text block light sunning to spine some wear along edges of covers. Previous ownership inscriptions and blind stamps to most front covers. This is the first issue with all titles and plates as called for in Hatton & Cleaver. Includes character name "Rigaud" later changed to "Blandois" on pages 469 470 472 474 in Volume XV with correction slip in Volume XVI. Complete with 40 full-page plates by Hablot K. Browne a few lightly toned. Housed in a custom red cloth clamshell. Eckel 82 Smith I 12 Hatton & Cleaver 307-330. This original serial was published in monthly installments from December 1855 through June 1857. Bradbury and Evans unknown
183911916London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First Edition Mixed Issue. Quarter Leather. Very good. First Edition of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens with two mounted envelopes with signatures of the author to close associates. Octavo xvi 624pp 1. Marbled boards three-quarter green leather title in gilt on spine five raised bands with gilt-ruled compartments. Marbled endpapers top edge gilt. A complete example with 39 full-page illustrations by "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne. Illustrations generally clean some foxing to frontispiece light toning and transference at various points. Mixed issue with the "Chapman & Hall" imprint on frontispiece and 3 of the first 4 plates. Gimbel A41. Two signed mailing envelopes affixed to front flyleaves both signed by Charles Dickens. The first envelope is addressed to his brother-in-law Henry Austin at the General Board of Health on Parliament Street. The second is addressed to H. Cholmondeley-Pennell a British naturalist and poet at the Conservative Club in London. Henry Austin was the brother-in-law of Charles Dickens and a close friend. Dickens was a lifelong advocate for the health of nations so he worked closely with Austin to understand the sanitary conditions of major cities of England. Austin became the Secretary to the General Board of Health in 1848 giving Dickens access to important details of health policy. Chapman and Hall unknown
1839130567London: London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition of this classic work. Octavo bound in full morocco by Bayntun-Riviere gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel gilt signature on the back panel inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. In fine condition. Illustrated with 40 plates. An exceptional presentation. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is considered the last of Dickens picaresque novels. It was originally serialised in 1843 and 1844. Dickens thought it to be his best work. "Dickens' funniest novel" William Boyd. London: Chapman and Hall hardcover
3144London: Chapman and Hall. Complete set of Charles Dickens' works. Octavo 30 volumes bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards gilt tooling to the spine top edge gilt marbled endpapers illustrated throughout. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Charles Dickens is generally considered the greatest writer of the Victorian period. His works are characterized by attacks on social evils injustice and hypocrisy. "His imaginative freshness his deep and sincere tenderness and pity his whole-souled humor that is seldom sharpened into wit his superabundance of creative energy have built a deathless niche in the temple of fame for Charles Dickens" Kunitz & Haycraft 184. Chapman and Hall hardcover
L1 avfd21 volume set. Oxford University Press hardcover
184866509London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. Fine. Bradbury and Evans London 1848 14 x 22 cm relié First edition rare first issue with the 8 lines of errata on one leaf. The illustration executed according to the author's very precise instructions comprises a frontispiece an engraved title with a vignette and 38 plates by Hablot Knight Browne including one in mezzotint: On the dark road. Text on tinted laid paper. Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Raised bands spine decorated. Author and title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Margins of the frontispiece engraved title and engravings browned as is usually the case in English editions of Dickens. Clean text free from foxing. Light rubbing. Handsome copy. A novel written in a distinctly darker vein featuring the excessive pride of a tyrannical father driven by ambition against the unwavering love of his daughter whom he completely ignores. As always with Dickens we find a keen perception of the social tensions of the period. Bradbury and Evans hardcover
183765805London: John Macrone 1837. Fine. John Macrone London 1837 12 x 19.30 cm 2 volumes reliés Illustrated edition of the first series which had previously appeared in 1836. Rare. Very fine printing on tinted laid paper of great modernity when compared to French printings of the same period. Third edition statement on title page. Preface to the first and second edition. 2 frontispieces and 7 plates on heavy laid paper in each volume by George Cruikshank. John Ruskin declared that after Rembrandt no one had engraved scenes so fine. Although it is noted in manuscript on the endpaper ""First illustrated edition"" this is doubtless an error since the first series in first edition and the second were equally illustrated by Cruikshank. Late 19th-century English bindings in full blonde calf signed July File. Spines with raised bands decorated with gilt compartments. Red morocco title labels red morocco volume labels. Complex shaped frames on boards. Top edge gilt. Brown marbled paper slipcase with tan morocco borders. A few small brown spots on spines otherwise exceptional copy with immaculate paper of perfect freshness which is of very great rarity for Dickens's works notably the engravings. The paper used is different from those habitually used for Dickens's works and resembles a deluxe paper printing thicker. Dickens's first published book most of the sketches appeared previously in different newspapers under the pseudonym Boz. John Macrone hardcover
18521157<p>To even find books this old uncut is incredibly rare. To find such a early and sought after dickens title in original cloth is something else. The whole book is uncut. From the first page of a christmas carol. I am guessing the pages before the actual stories where not uncut from the start. The book has a beautiful ex-libris note stitched on inner-side of front-board. A part on upper part of spine has been reglued. The book has some small wear and scuffs but is in overall good condition still. The pages are uncut and thus this volume has never been read.</p> Chapman & Hall hardcover
