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1887WRCLIT17486London: W.H. Allen & Co. 1887. White boards stamped in black with lurid and intricate pictorial design. Spine and edges a bit foxed or dust spotted otherwise a very nice copy of an extremely fragile book. First edition probable later state of the binding with an inserted 16pp. catalogue listing titles issued in 1893. An early and uncommon consideration of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD by the writer most widely known for his popularizations of astronomy. Gimbel lists two copies neither binding described but one denoted a "variant" as here. GIMBEL H375. W.H. Allen & Co. hardcover books
1950WRCLIT53771Np 1950. 345314513791028 leaves plus numerous unnumbered inserted leaves. Quarto. Original typescript with frequent revisions and alterations throughout in pencil and occasionally in ink with a few inserts in carbon typescript. Punched and enclosed in leatherette binder. Generally very good to fine. An original working typescript for this evidently unproduced musical adaptation with text and lyrics by Rosen to be accompanied by music by Carleton Carpenter. The undertaking was quite ambitious and this draft stems from a point of ongoing substantive revision. Evidently plans proceeded to a further stage as tipped in front is a clipping from an unidentified trade paper indicating that Cyril Ritchard had been signed for the lead and negotiations were ongoing for a Broadway run produced by Kermit Bloomgarden. However IBDB records no such production though Rosen's and Carpenter's other Broadway accomplishments are represented. Rosen is there credited with staging the 1938-9 WPA Production of Shaw's ANDROCLES AND THE LION at the Lafayette Theatre in New York which ran 104 performances and featured an all African American cast. hardcover books
184838156London: Chapman & Hall 1848. 8vo 23 cm 9". 8 plts. <br><br>Sole edition: These portraits are "in eight plates . . . designed and etched by Hablot K. Browne . . . published with the sanction of Mr. Charles Dickens. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â VanderPoel B207. Laid into original green wrappers as issued wrappers chipping at fore-edges and a little soiled. Plates very good. Chapman & Hall unknown books
233134London: Tilt and Bogue n.d. Second Edition. With cover design and 11 numbered etchings by George Cruikshank 1 etched plate of music. 38 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth upper board gilt with pictorial title by Cruikshank. In brown cloth slipcase. Cruikshank George. Second Edition. With cover design and 11 numbered etchings by George Cruikshank 1 etched plate of music. 38 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The poem is by Thackeray the notes by Dickens and the illustrations are by the incomparable Cruikshank.<br/>This second edition undated is uncommon; the third edition is dated 1851. Cohn 243; Eckel pp. 232-5 for 1839 first ed. Tilt and Bogue unknown books
191019042202London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1910. Leather bound. Fine. Scott Sep E. Burlington Library" edition duodecimo size 396 pp. in a custom binding by Riviere. Charles Dickens 1812-1870 needs no introduction. "A Tale of Two Cities" is known and loved by many of us with the famous opening paragraph which begins: "It was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness."<br/><br/>This work part of the publisher's "Burlington Library" series with illustrations by Septimus Edwin Scott 1879-1965 who spent his career as an illustrator having studied at the Royal College of Art in London. In addition to painting the colour plates for this work he provided illustrations for other books periodicals propaganda posters during WWI and advertising posters. In 1948 he began work with comic strips working in that industry for the final twenty years of his life. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: In a custom binding by Riviere & Son with their stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper of full navy blue leather the boards with a thin gilt triple-ruled border with corner decorations the spine tooled in gilt and with two red leather spine labels each with gilt lettering board edges decorated in gilt all edges gilt leather turn-ins richly decorated with gilt marbled endpapers Ex-Libris on the front pastedown for an individual the Ex-Libris that of Samuel Pepys but clearly not his as the individual's name is printed beneath full-colour tissue-guarded frontispiece one of twenty-four bound in throughout by Sep Scott title page with ruled border and device of the publisher's "Burlington Library"; duodecimo size 7 5/8" by 5 5/8" pagination: 1-4 5-395 396 printer's statement. Note that we see no date in the volume are dating circa 1910 based on records in OCLC. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine overall the leather smooth and supple with clean boards straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a vintage bookseller's lightly pencilled price of "6.50" on the verso of the front free endpaper one very short approx. one-half inch closed tear at the top margin of the title page the spine lightly sunned we had a professional name available upon request reinforce one joint the binding is now strong and sturdy. The few faults noted are exceedingly minor fine overall in an exceedingly handsome custom binding. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Chapman & Hall, Ltd unknown books
1968148526N.p.: Omnibus Productions Inc 1968. Treatment script for the 1970 television film which aired on NBC on January 4 1970 and released theatrically in Europe. Annotations on top right and copy number "3" circled all in holograph pencil on front wrapper. Treatment is broken into a prologue three acts then an epilogue which follow character and sets. Producer Frederick H. Brogger is here given a screenwriting credit alongside Jack Pulman.<br/><br/>Based on the 1850 novel by Charles Dickens.<br/><br/>An adaptation told in an extended flashback with the title character Robin Phillips ruminating on his youth while on a deserted beach with an outstanding cast featuring Richard Attenborough Laurence Olivier Cyril Cusack Wendy Hiller Michael Redgrave and Ron Moody among others.<br/><br/>Nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Suffolk and London England and Malta. <br/><br/>Blue untitled wrappers with die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated October 16 1968 noted as Treatment/Outline with credits for screenwriters Jack Pulman and Frederick Brogger. 49 leaves with last page of text numbered E/45. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two flat metal brads. Omnibus Productions Inc unknown books
1854143931854. in Two Volumes. Boston: Jenks Hickling & Swan 1854. Original blind-stamped dark brown cloth with gilt-decorated spines. Early American edition just possibly the first complete one. Since Harper published the two volumes of its edition separately in March 1853 and in March 1854 so dated on the title pages it is considered to be the first American edition. The date in 1854 when these two Boston volumes were published is unknown so it is possible that this two-volume Boston edition came out earlier in 1854 than Harper's second volume. Jenks Hickling & Swan was a very "fluid" enterprise at the time such that their 1856 and 1857 two-volumes-in-one printings would be by Hickling Swan & Brown and their 1861 two-in-one printing would be by Swan Brewer & Tileston. This set is in very good-plus condition a few small holes in the cloth mainly at extremities or at joints; the gilt on the spines is unusually bright. Smith pp 116-119; Carr UTexas B500 in blue cloth; not cited by Podeschi. Provenance: both front free endpapers bear not only a contemporary signature but also the penciled signature of Dickens bibliographer Walter Smith; in fact this very copy is the one pictured on pages 117 and 118 of his book. unknown books
1860121731860. An Extra Double Number of of All The Year Round. New York: J. M. Emerson & Co. 1860. Original self-wrappers bound in at the rear of the February 1861 monthly issue which has its own pale-yellow printed wrappers. First American Edition "published simultaneously in London and New York " according to the front wrapper -- of the second of the nine extra Christmas numbers of All The Year Round. Dickens actually wrote only the first second and fifth chapters of A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA the remainder having been written by his son-in-law's brother Wilkie Collins. This was the second of the nine extra Christmas number of All The Year Round of which Dickens was the editor. This is the only one of the nine annual numbers to be illustrated -- having on page 5 a woodcut of the actual "message from the sea." This example has the 48-page Extra Christmas Number bound in at the rear of the February 1861 monthly issue which includes the weekly issues of January. Included in those weekly issues are the first two serial parts of GREAT EXPECTATIONS the first of which leads off with the well-known "My father's family name being Pirrip.". Quite scarce -- much scarcer than the London edition. Very good condition wear at the corners. Not in Podeschi Yale -- see E13; see Eckel pp 195. unknown books
1970UDICCOM03JKNHeron Books circa 1970's. Fine. Dickens Charles. Complete Work Charles Dickens 36 Volumes Centennial Edition. Geneva Switzerland: Heron Books circa 1970's. Centennial. Large 12mo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear Small nick in bottom edge of rear panel of ""Little Dorrit"" vol II otherwise nearly flawless set. Heron Books hardcover books
1857120731857. Illustrated Edition. Two Volumes Complete in One. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson n.d. 1857. Original half calf with marbled boards endpapers and page edges. First American illustrated octavo edition. The first Peterson volume of LITTLE DORRIT in fact the first in book form anywhere was Vol I of the two-volume duodecimo edition published in November 1856 during serialization; in June 1857 once serialization was complete Peterson quickly published the novel in numerous duodecimo including Vol II of the above and octavo formats. One octavo double-column format consists of 317 pages of text -- issued first without illustrations in wrappers or in cloth and soon thereafter with plates inserted. Another octavo format this one has 376 pages of text with the illustrations integrated into the text some sideways. This copy is in contemporary half calf with marbled boards page edges and endpapers. Peterson advertised that his octavo editions of Dickens were available to buyers in four different bindings of half calf in addition to cloth and we have seen numerous volumes in this exact binding -- leading us to believe that this is a publisher's original binding. Stab-holes are evident in the gutter of all leaves -- possibly indicating that it was originally bound up by Peterson in wrappers then put into his standard half calf. Condition is very good with minor rubbing at the extremities. See Podeschi D25. unknown books
1869143831869. By Quiz sic. Illustrated by Phiz. London: Cassell Petter and Galpin; and 596 Broadway New York n.d. 1869. 2 pp undated ads. Original bright green cloth decorated in gilt black and red beveled. First American Collected Edition of all three "Sketches" -- two of which actually were written by Charles Dickens. In 1837 SKETCHES OF YOUNG LADIES had been pseudonomously written by "Quiz" actually Rev. Edward Caswall -- classifying these "members of the animal kingdom" into such categories as "Lazy Young Ladies" "Stupid Young Ladies" "Petting Young Ladies" and "Manly Young Ladies." The following year Dickens wrote SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN anonymously -- not even using his pseudonym "Boz" as a protest against the earlier book -- in fact urging women to read his book on men as the "antidote" for Caswall's earlier one. Finally Dickens also wrote SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES published anonymously in 1840 and in England all three were published together in 1843. The first two titles LADIES and GENTLEMEN were in 1838 collected in one volume both by Carey Lea & Blanchard and by Wiley & Putnam but this 1869 volume was the first American to collect all three -- albeit inaccurately ascribing them all to "Quiz." This copy with the American address added to the title page is what Smith calls a "subsidiary edition" or "the American issue of the English impression." This is a handsomely bound book with binding design initialed "WR" by the Scottish binding designer William Ralston. It is in very good-plus condition minor wear at the extremities endpapers cracked. Smith pp 5-8; Podeschi/Gimbel Yale D56; not in Carr UTexas. Provenance: signed in pencil by Walter Smith this is the copy described and photographed in his 2019 bibliography. unknown books
1846CD136London: Bradbury & Evans 1846 Illustrated by John Leech Richard Doyle Clarkson Stanfield Daniel Maclise and Edwin Landseer. First edition first printing second state of the ad leaf. Publisher's red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt and blind all edges gilt pale yellow coated endpapers. A good or better copy with light soiling to cloth spine worn with some fraying to the spine ends Christmas December 25 1845 inscription to front endpaper light foxing to few a leaves else very good. Smith II 6. The Cricket on the Hearth is the third volume in Dickens' Christmas Books series. Centered around the Victorian home this novella tells the story of deliveryman John Peerybingle and his young wife Dot who have a mystical cricket on their hearth that chirps when the couple's home life is harmonious and is silent when there is strife. Like the "staves" of A Christmas Carol 1843 and the "quarters" of The Chimes 1844 The Cricket on the Hearth is divided into "chirps" instead of chapters. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by John Leech Richard Doyle Clarkson Stanfield Daniel Maclise and Edwin Landseer. London: Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
1870144001870. With Illustrations. Boston: Fields Osgood & Co. 1870. Original green cloth. First American Edition second and usual issue with added material -- of the tale left unfinished at the time of Dickens's death in June 1870. The scarce earlier issue withOUT the "Uncollected Pieces" was bound only in wrappers; furthermore the subsequent additions are just that -- the text of DROOD is exactly the same in both issues. This has led some bibliographers to speculate that the two issues may be from the same printing with only a change in the title page: Smith noting that he could not find a publication date for the first issue says "Perhaps such copies represent a prepublication state rather than an issue and were published simultaneously with copies which had the uncollected pieces.". The "Uncollected Pieces" consist of James T. Fields's introductory "Some Memories of Charles Dickens" plus Dickens's "George Silverman's Explanation" "Holiday Romance" "Sketches of Young Couples" and "New Uncommercial Samples" plus "The Will of Charles Dickens." Since 1867 Ticknor & Fields and then Fields Osgood had been Dickens's authorized publisher in America; they had serialized DROOD in their weekly Every Saturday and then published this book in early September. Ticknor & Fields had specifically commissioned Dickens to write "Holiday Romance" so that it could appear in their children's periodical Our Young Folks in 1868. Harper also serialized DROOD in a monthly Dickens supplement to Harper's Weekly but did not get their book edition out until late September. This copy is in the primary binding state -- 9-7/16 inches tall with the FO&Co emblem on the covers and at the foot of the spine -- and it is green one of three colors without priority. The volume is in near-fine condition very minor wear at the spine ends. Smith pp 412-416; Podeschi Yale A156; Carr UTexas B278; Wilkins p. 35. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18484586.1Boston: Bradbury and Guild 12 School Street 1848. 1st edition thus and 3rd US book edition Wilkins p. 26; Gimbel A112; Smith AMERICAN pp 260 - 270. Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine Variant B with "36 Plates" gilt stamped to spine. Pale yellow eps. Custom rough weave clamshell case with gilt stamped leather title label to spine panel. General shelfwear. Some staining in upper margins to 66 gradually fading out by p. 106. Rear hinge starting bottom 2". A VG copy in a Nr Fine clamshell case. vii 1 blank 624 pp. 36 plates by H. K. Browne as reengraved by an unidentified American engraver. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Bradbury and Guild, 12 School Street hardcover books
18544613.2New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1854. 1st US edition in cloth McGuire Collection 67; Smith AMERICAN pp. 329-330. Not in Edgar & Vail Gimbel nor Wilkins. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Pale yellow eps. Slight lean. Light extremity wear to binding. Pencil pos to ffep top margin. Bookseller ticket "Seymour & Alward's / Book Store / Auburn N.Y." to front paste-down. First 30 leaves of text-block with gradually diminishing & fading sem-circular stain 2-1/4" at largest to fore-edge. A VG copy. 11 - 292 pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>Hard Times first appeared in the US publication of "Household Words" issued by McElrath who published it in such a way as to encourage individuals to bind their own volume even going so far as to provide a cover wrapper. Harper followed with their own wrappered edition in their "Library of Select Novels" cf. Gimbel A139 and then this cloth edition. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
184611064.2Boston: Published by Redding & Co. 8 State Street 1846. 1st US Edition thus i.e. by this publsher Smith 5 pp. 69-70. Printed brown wrappers sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear age-toning & soiling to covers. Foxing browning & spotting to text paper. An About VG copy. 39 1 pp. Text double column. P. 40 an advert for other titles available from Redding & Co. with the rear wrapper advertising with a woodcut Eugene Sue's 'Mystery of Crime.' Front wrapper with date of 1846 having an over-stamp smaller "6". P. 25 with wood engraving by Maclise unsigned. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>An uncommon edition. not in Edgar & Vail Wilkins Gimbel nor VanderPoel. A historical side-note. Smith notes a copy at UC Irvine with Wilkins bookplate yet Wilkins does not mention the work in his 1910 publication. Published by Redding & Co., 8 State Street unknown books
18802818.1New York: Henry Holt 1880. 1st US edition Gimbel D87. Off-white cloth printed in black. Advert eps printed in red. VG spine sunned/some soiling to cloth/minor chipping to spine ends. iv 5 - 249 pp 6 pp adverts. 4 5/8" x 6 3/4" <br/><br/> Henry Holt hardcover books
184235306Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1842. "3rd edition" Gimbel A31 'fifth copy'. Cf. Edgar & Vail note p. 18. Period maroon half-sheep binding with marbled paper boards. Spine darkened a bit with chip at base of spine. Pencil pos to t.p. Repaired tear to plate preceding p. 123. Withal a VG copy. vi ix - xii 15 - 212 pp. Text double column. 24 inserted plates after Cruikshank redrawn by Yeager. 10" x 6-1/2". Signed in both sixes & fours; sewn in 6s. <br/><br/> Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
44898Boston: Boston Job Print Alden Street n. d. 1st printing presumed ca 1880. Not found in Bolton. Age-toning to paper with small diagonal crease to upper right corner otherwise VG. Single sheet broadside 10-1/4" x 4-3/8" 17 lines of text. <br/><br/>A playbill advertising LeMoyne & "His Celebrated Company" with "the entire Company in both Pieces." as appearing at Bangor Maine's famed Norembega Hall erected in the mid-1850s. Le Moyne an actor of some repute who after the Civil War "returned to the stage where he remained active until the dawn of the twentieth century. He appeared in a number of plays based on the works of Charles Dickens as here playing such characters as Fagin Captain Cuttle Uriah Heep Squeers Plummer Dick Swiveller and Caleb. In Shakespeare's Hamlet Le Moyne is said to have played every major male role except that of the prince himself. Over his career Le Moyne performed with companies headed by legendary actors Edwin Booth Edwin Forrest and Charles Fletcher and in producer Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theatre Company." Wiki Brougham's Old Curiosity Shop apparently first performed in Boston 1866 cf. Bolton OCS 10; we find no record of this performance in Bolton nor whatsoever of "Uriah Heep the 'Umble". perhaps a bespoke piece tailored strictly for LeMoyne. Boston Job Print, Alden Street unknown books
18707159.1New York: Harper & Bros 1870. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering professionally recased. Gilt lettering to spine & front board. A Very Good copy. viii 9 - 147 pp double column. 2 pp publisher advert prior to text and 4 pp publisher advert at rear dated July 1870. Wood engraving frontispiece of Dickens. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Issued shortly after Dickens' demise and expands on a 10 June piece from the Daily Telegraph. Quite uncommon. Harper & Bros hardcover books
1928GG01653London:: Charles J. Sawyer 1928. 1928. 8vo. xvi 91 1 pp. Frontis. figs. Original green pictorial cloth original printed box box reads "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club"; corners of box showing some wear but a nice copy. SIGNED by Eckel & Newton at Colophon INSCRIBED by Newton on title "I am proud of this title which is my idea – A. Edward Newton . . . 1932." In turn this copy is inscribed "Presented to Frederick S. Bigelow an Editor Who Loves Books a rare combination with the Esteem of John C. Eckel Christmas 1931". A third presentation reads "Happy Birthday Ed! This 'guide' has just gotta go with your 'Pickwick in Parts'! Hope it's not too frustrating. Ray & Loretta Sept. 7 1976." Near fine. LIMITED EDITION of 440 copies. John C. Eckel compiled the first bibliographic assessment of Charles Dicken's works. A. Edward Newton 1864-1940 was a famous American author book collector and author of many books promoting book collecting and the love of books and reading. Charles Dickens British Library. The Charles Dickens research collection: from the J. F. Dexter collection in the British Library and other major holdings in Great Britain and the United States of America: a listing and guide Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey 1990 pp. 51 58. Charles J. Sawyer, 1928. hardcover books
18611304619Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers; Harper & Brothers 1861-1865. Hardcover. Octavo 1-168 4-167 1 13-104 1-46 2 1-47 1; VG-; bound in 3/4 black leather marbled boards paneled spine with gilt lettering; wear and rubbing to boards primarily to head and tail of spine spine hinges; front hinge slightly loose; Contains 6 stories bound together: Great Expectations T. B. Peterson 1861 A Message From The Sea and the Uncommercial Traveler T. B. Peterson American Notes T. B. Peterson New Christmas Story Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings Harper & Brothers 1863 New Christmas Story Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy Harper & Brothers 1865; shelved case 2. 1304619. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. T.B. Peterson and Brothers; Harper & Brothers hardcover books
18451197900London: Chapman and Hall 1845. First Edition Second Issue. Hardcover. 16mo. Publisher's original red cloth stamped in gilt. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. Complete with the initial ad leaf half-title engraved frontispiece and vignette title-page. With publisher's name below vignette on engraved title page. VG. Boards slightly worn at extremities. Text age-toned but generally clean. Shelved in Case 2. 1197900. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
184255330London: Chapman & Hall 1842. Second edn. 8vo pp. 3o8 306 adv. Bound in publisher's blind stamped cloth gilt stamping on the spine. Cloth worn at the extremities of the spine a very good clean copy. A travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June 1842. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1854822191854. DICKENS Charles. HARD TIMES. New York: T. L. McElrath & Co. 1854. 'First' American edition - one of several issued that year. This edition derives from the typesetting for the periodical publication of Hard Times in the American issue of Household Words also published by T. L. McElrath. Octavo. 21082 pp. Text printed in double columns. The final leaf is a blank. Original dun paper wrappers with price 25 cents title and the name of the Boston agents Fetridge & Company printed on the front wrapper and an advertisement for a face cream - available at Fetridge & Co. - on the back. Although the wrappers are stained and edge-creased they are surprisingly intact. The stains on the covers have seeped into the bookblock diminishing as the pages progress toward the center. Sporadic pages have light-colored foxing which is occasionally heavy. Some leaves have slightly dog-eared corners. One leaf p. 105-6 has some loss in fore-edge. Very good overall. See Podeschi A138 - third copy. Offered with: HARD TIMES Chapters 1-5 and part of Chapter 6 as issued in the American edition of "HOUSEHOLD WORDS a journal conducted by Charles Dickens" for May 1854 New York: McElrath & Barker Boston: Frederick Parker. Volume 2 Number 1; Whole Number Monthly 13. Dickens' story appears at the beginning of the issue and again at the end in groups of pages numbered 1-4 and 5-12 with 92 pp. of the regular issue between them. Text is printed in double columns within a double-rule frame on each page. Bound in the original dun paper wrappers with the title information printed on the front wrap and an advertisement for Hard Times on the back. Wrappers are moderately edgeworn chipped and creased with some soiling and staining. There is a dampstain on the front cover at the fore-edge and intermittently waxing and waning throughout the bookblock. Otherwise the text leaves are clean. Good plus. A very scarce format. unknown books
