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1872216073London: London Publishing Offices 1872. First. hardcover. fine. 20 illustrations. 8vo 1/2 blue morocco gilt raised bands; g.t. London Publishing Offices 1872.<br/><br/> First English edition of this early attempt to complete "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" by Morford a New York journalist. It first appeared in Frank Leslie's Weekly.<br/><br/> London Publishing Offices unknown books
1882225020London: Macmillan and Co 1882. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 62 PLATES some inlaid with title pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green morocco spine gilt t.e.g. by W. Root & Son. Some light spotting to prelims else Fine. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 62 PLATES some inlaid with title pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Extra-Illustrated with 62 Plates. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1931Embry 160953The Limited Editions Club 1931. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Some light insect surfacing near fine in near fine lightly worn slipcase. Full page and text b&w illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Tan cloth title in gilt and pictorially stamped in black. The Limited Editions Club, 1931. One of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. hardcover books
4463London: Cassell & Co n.d. Circa 1895 cf. NCBEL III 850. Full maroon leather with elaborate gilt & cover border designs. AEG. VG frontis Syndey Carton plate has tidemark to 1.5" in from edge/sporadic foxing. 92 pp. 18 photogravure plates by Frederick Barnard intratextual woodcuts by other well known artists of the period. Folio. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
187038710Boston: Fields Osgood 1870. First American edn. 8vo pp. 210. Illustrated. Paper wraps. Front cover chipped and detached. Rear cover missing and last page detached. Good. Fields, Osgood unknown books
1854134761854. From Dickens' "Household Words." New-York: Published by T.L. McElrath & Co. 1854. Original light tan wrapper with the imprint of Fetridge & Co. Boston. First American Edition published on August 8 1854. HARD TIMES first appeared in America in twenty weekly issues of Household Words in May to September 1854. In an 1857 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper there is a brilliant account of the 1854 McElrath and Harper editions of HARD TIMES that had come out three years earlier; we quote it here with the kind permission of our friend Walter Smith bibliographer of Dickens's American editions. When young McElrath. a beginner in the business succeeded in securing the right to the advance sheets of Dickens's "Hard Times" by paying fifteen hundred dollars -- a price which the Harpers would not pay -- they the Harpers determined to oppose him. The only advantage that could accrue to him from his heavy outlay was the receipt of the few last chapters two or three weeks in advance of their publication in London. These he received printed the whole in book form and expected to remunerate himself by the sale of a large edition before other publishers could get out the English copy. He trusted to the courtesy and honor of the other publishers to secure him in the possession of his honorably purchased right. But the Harpers were waiting for him. They had kept pace with the publication chapter by chapter and on the day that McElrath issued the book complete they probably secured the first copy set up the last chapters and the next day came out with an edition at half the price sold a large edition at cost price entirely stopped the sale of McElrath's book robbed him of the profits of his enterprise and literally crushed the young rival out of existence. Though the title page of this copy reads "New-York: Published by T. L. McElrath & Co. 1854" the front wrapper reads "Boston: Fetridge & Co. 1854." Fetridge was not a publisher but rather a retailer who had arranged to be a distributor of McElrath's edition; this is one of several binding variants of the first edition. This copy does have the 25-cent price on the wrapper so it may have been an earlier copy sold; other copies most likely those sold at a discount after Harper had killed their sales bear no price. This copy is in good-to-very good condition -- quite collectible for such a fragile volume some wear to the wrapper edge about half of the wrapper's plain spine chipped away light damp-stain at the foot of the last few leaves. Smith pp 323-328 binding C Fetridge; Podeschi A138 third and sixth copies; not in the VanderPoel collection. unknown books
1845142921845. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year out and a New Year in. With Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1845. Original blue-grey cloth decorated in gilt.<br/><br/> First hardbound and fully-illustrated American edition -- preceded by only three days by E. Winchester's edition and by Harper's edition both of which were issued in wrappers and with one or no illustrations. "The L&B edition is almost an exact copy of the original English edition" with the same front cover decoration and with the same plates by John Leech Richard Doyle and others. The illustrations which in the English edition share pages with text were for this edition "extended" to occupy entire pages: "the work of the illustrations is very well done but it is doubtful if the changes have improved them any" quotes from Wilkins. This copy is bound in blue cloth; others are in yellowish-white or pink no priority. Curiously the binder's name "J.G. Russell Binder" appears in the lower margin of each cover's design. Condition is very good -- better than that externally as there is only minor soil and edge-wear. Unfortunately for the text pages a very cheap paper was employed such that today those leaves are heavily browned. This does not apply to the plates however which are quite white and bright. Smith pp 55-58 his illustrations are of THIS copy; Podeschi Yale A88; Wilkins p. 37. Provenance: penciled signature of bibliographer Walter Smith on the front endpaper where resides as well an inked 1851 gift inscription. unknown books
184810613.1London: Chapman and Hall 1848. 1st thus NCBEL III 798; VanderPoel B206. Housed in a printed pale green portfolio-style paper-wrappers. "Price One Schilling.". Plates - VG no foxing. Portfolio wrappers - VG minor wear & soiling. 4 steel engravings each on a separate sheet. 9" x 6" <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
19147161.1London: Longmans Green and Co 1914. 1st edition NCBEL III 810. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original printed peachish-yellow paper wrappers bound-in. Spine sunned as are some edges of the boards. A square & tight VG copy of an uncommon piece of Dickensiana. 95 1 blank pp. Binder's blanks. Maclise's "Nickleby" portrait reproduced on front wrapper. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens brought suit against 5 defendants for publishing/selling a piratical edition of his 'Christmas Carol'. 4 offered no substantial defense but Lee & Haddock showed fight and as a result this work makes for interesting reading. Longmans Green and Co hardcover books
47London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. . 12mo horizontal ribbed cloth; spine and front cover stamped in gold. Lacking front free endpaper; inner hinges cracked; corners bumped and worn; a.e.g. FIRST EDITION with Eckel's State 4 of the vignette title-page with subtitle in a scroll carried by a cupid and lacking the imprint. In the imprint on the verso of the title the "L" of London is over "A" of Evans; the colon is present; all type is intact on the "ILLUSTRATIONS" page with the exception of the first period after "Sisters" which is lacking. Despite the faults enumerated above this is a very bright copy in generally good condition for this work. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. hardcover books
1971151293N.p.: N.p. 1971. Vintage reference photograph of director Richard Williams in the studio working on character studies for the 1971 animated short film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>Based on Charles Dickens' classic 1843 novella. Williams was best known for his work with Disney Studios in the early 1950s going on to create animated title sequences for several films including "What's New Pussycat" 1965 and "The Return of the Pink Panther" 1975 and most notably serving as animation director for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" 1988.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly creased on the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1946151468N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer Ronald Neame in conversation with actor Anthony Wager between takes on the set of the 1946 film. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.<br/><br/>Based on Charles Dickens' 1861 novel. A critical and commercial success considered by many to be one of Lean's best feature films and one of the finest adaptations of a Dickens novel to date. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 31. Ebert II. Godard Histoires du cinema. N.p. unknown books
1946149877N.p.: N.p. 1946. Vintage reference photograph of director David Lean and producer J. Arthur Rank on the set of the 1946 British film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1861 novel. A happy-go-lucky orphan discovers that an unknown benefactor is offering to finance his education and introduction into high society. Lean's first Dickens adaptation followed by "Oliver Twist" 1948 and the film which many consider to be the finest in his oeuvre. Nominated for five Academy Awards and winning two.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in London and Kent UK.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with some faint soil to the recto. N.p. unknown books
1837141491837. Together with Other Tales by Distinguished Writers. Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1837. Original light grey-green boards with red cloth spine and printed label. First American Edition being a volume in the "Library of Fiction" limited to 1000 copies issued in January 1837. The volume consists of the title tale by Dickens followed by nine other tales by other writers. This is the only one of "Boz"'s tales that having appeared in a British periodical did not then appear in one of the two book series of SKETCHES BY BOZ see Smith I p. 15 note 2. Instead it appeared in the British "Library of Fiction" in April 1836 and was not included in SKETCHES BY BOZ until that title was issued in monthly parts Nov 1837 through June 1839. In America Carey Lea & Blanchard published SKETCHES BY BOZ second series a month or two after this -- not including "Tuggs's" -- and then combined "Tuggs's" into a reprint of that volume in June of the same year. This is a good-plus copy general soil and edge-wear notably to the rear joint label rubbed but still legible half of rear free endpaper missing. This is acceptable condition for a book that is so scarce in its original binding -- as these 1830s Philadelphia volumes were bound up using extremely delicate cheap materials. Podeschi Yale B1; Wilkins p. 11 reference to the "Select Library of Fiction". Housed in a clamshell case with leather label. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1855121961855. Containing: The Seven Poor Travellers. Nine New Stories by the Christmas Fire. Hard Times. With a Portrait of the Author engraved on steel. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson n.d. 1855. Original dark brown cloth blind-stamped with spine vignette in gilt. First Edition so collected first issue in the dark brown binding with spine vignette in gilt "T.B. Peterson" at the foot of the spine and 102 Chestnut Street as the title page address. Although the volume consists of six works "by Dickens" the last three are not "Lizzie Leigh" "The Miner's Daughters" and "Fortune Wildred". The first two pieces in the volume which really do involve Dickens are "The Seven Poor Travellers" and "Nine New Stories by the Christmas Fire": these were the "Extra Christmas Numbers" of Dickens's periodical Household Words for 1854 and 1853 respectively. "Nine New Stories" is the American title for "Another Round of Stories": of the stories Dickens himself wrote "The Schoolboy's Story" and "Nobody's Story." For "The Seven Poor Travellers" this constitutes the first American edition published soon after it came out in London for Christmas 1854; Dickens himself wrote "the First Poor Traveller" and "The Road." Finally Dickens's novel HARD TIMES is also included in this volume in its entirety; it had been serialized in Household Words during 1854 and this is a very early but not first American edition of it. This copy is in near-fine condition very light wear at the spine ends. See Podeschi D25. unknown books
1846107031846. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. 2 pp undated ads. Original blind-stamped blue cloth. First Edition of Dickens's account of his 1844 tour of Italy. His description of the coaching trips which took him from place to place for five months is full of wonderful observations of his fellow-men. His account of a public execution in Rome is remarkable -- his emotional reaction is held firmly in control but revulsion at the whole proceeding is implicit in every line CGEL This copy is in the primary fine-diaper cloth binding; copies were also issued in ribbed cloth of the same color. This is a very good copy with little wear but with some soil on the covers; the endpapers are old but not original. The front flyleaf bears the penciled signature of Walter Smith bibliographer of Dickens. Smith II pp 44-58. unknown books
184633796London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition fourth state. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition fourth state. Numerous b/w decorations and illustrations with a vignette and frontispiece. 175 pp. Hardcover. 16mo. Full dark green leather. Five raised bands ruled in gilt gilt lettering and devices tooled in compartments boards ruled in gilt with decorative corner devices gilt borders and turn-ins all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Very light rubbing; armorial bookplate; ownerÕs name in ink else very good in a lovely binding by Sorrell. Very good/No dust jacket. Insurance required to ship this item. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
1846017868London: Bradbury and Evans 1846. First Edition. 12mo. 175pp. 2pp. ads at rear illustrated half-title frontispiece engrave title page in the 4th state and regular title page bound in publisher's red pictorial gilt cloth beautifully rebacked raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated endpapers renewed all edges gilt. A very nice clean copy of this fourth Christmas book in a series by Dickens. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
1870269826London: Chapman and Hall 1870. hardcover. very good. R. Seymour and "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne. 43 black and white illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne. 609 pages very thick 8vo 3/4s deep green morocco over green boards hinges cracked but firm light rubbing to binding gilt stamped spine raised bands marbled endpapers. An early edition circa 1870. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
1857JC14430London: Chapman and Hall 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo Contemporary 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Front board detached rear hinge repaired. Foxing throughout. Repairs to frontispiece and title page. First Edition in book form with 'S. Veller' on page 342 line 5; 'this friends' for 'his friends' on page 400 line 21 and 'f' in 'of' imperfect in the headline on page 432. Etched vignette title page frontispiece 41 plates by Robert Seymour R. W. Buss and H. K. Browne. The two Buss plates present facing pages 69 and 74 otherwise all plates in early states with page numbers as called for but no titles or imprints and the vignette title-page with the signboard reading "Veller" corrected to "Weller" in later issues. "Never was a book received with more rapturous enthusiasm than that which greeted the Pickwick Papers!" Allibone I:500. Somewhat less that rapturous enthusiasm greets this particular copy which could use some love. Priced accordingly. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
184229684.2New York: Wilson & Company Publishers 1842. First American Edition." Though actually the 2nd US Edition 2nd issue cf. BSA Papers Vol 69 No 3; Edgar & Vail pp 20 & 21; Gimbel A68. Yellow printed wrappers with rear wrapper engraving: "Riots in Ireland - Scene in a Potato Store." Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wrappers worn edge-chipped & soiled with rear wrapper missing large piece to upper right. Old tape repairs to inside front wrapper. Prior owner signature to t.p. top margin. A Good copy. 47 1 pp. Text double column. Untrimmed. Last page with wood engraving of a town setting. Folio. 12-1/4" x 9" <br/><br/>According to Bracher's BSA article this edition by Wilson missed its claimed distinction by but a few hours. Wilson & Company, Publishers unknown books
184730120Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun 1847. 1st book edition Todd & Bowden 119Aa 120Aa & 121. Original publisher's brown half morocco-style sheep with marbled paper boards; gilt decorated spines. Marbled eps & edges. Set professionally rebacked. Prior owner signatures. Very Good. 3 volumes 4 352; 4 316; 8 366 2 pp. Half-titles present. 16mo signed in 8s. 6-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Preceding the UK book edition by 11 months this Tauchnitz edition was set from part proofs sent by Dickens cf. Todd & Bowden 119 note. NB. Our copy of Vol 3 varies from that of Todd & Bowden in that the Half-title leaf verso is blank & the publisher imprint in the first state T & B note a blank h-t verso with the second state publisher imprint. Given our copy in consonance with Vols 1 & 2 we speculate this an earlier issue than that seen by T & B. Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun hardcover books
184331218New York: William H. Colyer 1843. 3rd US volume edition later issue cf. Edgar & Vail p. 19; Gimbel A47; MacQuire Collection 17; Vander Poel B128; Wilkins p. 17. Original drab paper wrapped boards with green cloth spine & printed paper spine labels. Vol I rebacked. Expected foxing & browning to paper. Period pos to ffep of each volume. Withal a VG example of an uncommon imprint. 2 volumes iv 13 - 300; 2 1 - 3 5 - 273 1 blank 2 pp. Advert last leaf of Volume II. Frontis & engraved title page dated 1839 to each volume. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>A scarce early edition of this Dickens' title; the first time we've been able to offer the Colyer Nickleby. William H. Colyer hardcover books
34798London: Printed by Buck and Wootton n. d. 1st printing Gimbel D59. Ca 1870. Not in Eckel nor Kitton's DICKENSIANA. Printed self-wrappers sewn. '1872' inked to bottom of front wrapper. A VG copy of an uncommon piece of Dickensiana. 15 1 blank pp. Pagination includes wrappers. 8vo. 7-3/16" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Collects accounts of 5 Dickens' speeches of which the first relates Dickens speaking at the 10 year anniversary 1849 of the NBPI founding. Cf. Fielding SPEECHES for complete transcriptions. Printed by Buck and Wootton unknown books
26812London: Westminster Press n. p. A reissue of the magnificent 1911 Hodder & Stoughton edition cf Gimbel B-191. Red cloth binding with elaborate gilt & black stamping. Pictorial eps. Buff printed dust jacket professionally restored. VG/VG. 6 572 pp. 20 full-color tipped-in plates by Frank Reynolds. Captioned tissue guards. 4to. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> Westminster Press hardcover books
