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1899187145London: Chapman and Hall 1899-1907. A splendid library set The Gadshill edition printed from the text with Dickens's final authorial revisions first published in 1867-8 and including the pendant two-volume Life by John Forster. 38 vols octavo 196 x 141 mm. Many plates in-text illustrations. Title pages printed in red and black. Near-contemporary red half calf spines lettered in gilt compartments and raised bands tooled in gilt red cloth sides marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Spines sunned gilt bright a couple of scratches and occasional wear to leather presenting well foxing to edges and outer leaves generally clean. An excellent set. hardcover
192989275Chapman & Hall Limited 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. LIMITED TO 300 150 FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND 150 FOR AMERICA; 40 volumes bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and design; some pages are still uncut; The bottom corner of spine on "Little Dorrit vol. II" is torn; Pictures upon request Chapman & Hall, Limited hardcover
18381260091838. London: Richard Bentley 1838. <br /> <br /> 3 vols. Original cloth yellow endpapers backstrip titled in gilt with Bentley imprint also in gilt. Very good copy with some areas of sun fading and spotting to the cloth and plates foxed as usual. Neat early name on front pastedown in each vol.<br /> <br /> § First edition in original cloth with the title page credited to "Boz" rather than Dickens and with the Fireside plate facing p. 312 in volume three. The first edition of Oliver Twist in original cloth is a cornerstone in any Dickens collection. Publication of the serial in Bentley's Miscellany began in 1837 and "when Bentley decided to publish Oliver Twist in book form before its completion in his periodical Cruikshank was forced to complete the last few plates in haste. Dickens did not review them until the eve of publication and objected to the "Fireside" plate.and also disliked having "Boz" on the titlepage. He voiced these objections prior to the publication and the plate and the titlepage were. changed between November 9 and 16" Smith 34. Smith I 4. Eckel pp. 59-62. unknown
1838Cv2105SIGNED on a laid in paper bearing only Dickens' clear signature First Edition of his immortal Oliver Twist the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist. First published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and released as a three-volume book on November 9 1838 before the serialization ended. 3 vols. Volume one with the plate list inserted after title not found in all copies; Bound in later 19th century 1/2 calf over marbled boards with marbled page ends. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE in book form meeting all points as per Eckel and Smith including the later canceled "Fireside" plate in volume 3. Smith 1 4; Eckel 59. Ownership inscription of Grace Pfeifer to front endpapers. In 2008 Christie's sold a signed first of Oliver Twist inscribed directly to the book for $229000. Book #Cv2105. $10000. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand history and science. Richard Bentley
1844140945430Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1844. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original rib-grain purple cloth covers decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt; handcolored lithographed frontispiece and 3 handcolored lithographed plates after John Leech by P. S. Duval 4 wood-engraved plates after Leech. Near Fine with lean to binding fading to cloth heaviest at spine shallow wear to spine ends and light wear to corners. Contemporary owner name to front blanks and title page pages tanned. A lovely copy. Carey & Hart unknown
1937140200London: The Nonesuch Press 1937-38. The complete set of Charles Dickens by the Nonesuch Press one of only 877 sets. Octavo 24 volumes original cloth woodcut illustrations original variously colored buckram by Leighton Straker. Edited by Arthur Waugh Hugh Walpole Thomas Hatton and Walter Dexter. In near fine condition. A very sharp set. Founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell his second wife Vera Mendel and their mutual friend David Garnett The Nonesuch Press was established in the basement of Garnett's bookshop in Soho. Nonesuch was unusual among private presses in that it used a small hand press to design books and then had them printed by commercial printers. Among the press's best-known editions were the collected works of William Congreve and William Wycherley and translations of Cervantes and Dante. The Nonesuch Press hardcover
184991369London: Bradbury and Evans May 1849-November 1850. First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Original serial issue. Twenty parts in nineteen octavo four to thirty-two pages of preliminary advertisements; text continuously paginated 1-624; eight leaves of preliminaries follow text in final part. Frontispiece vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates the majority with tissue inserts as issued. Original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers. Several backstrips chipped at head and foot; some light soiling wear at hinges; some parts skewed. In excellent condition an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work. Includes the scarce insert "Lett's diaries" advertisement at end of Part VIII which unfolds to a 26 inches with ten specimen diary leaves. According to Hatton & Cleaver this is a "particularly scarce" insert. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 253-272. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A very nice example. “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 unknown
184996035London: Bradbury and Evans May 1849 - November 1850. First edition in the original monthly parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo original blue-green illustrated paper wrappers twenty parts in nineteen frontispiece vignette title-page and thirty-eight additional inserted plates. In near fine condition an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work which is virtually complete with all preliminary advertisements with the exception of the slips after plates parts 9 13 14 and 16; all front advertisements in part 11 and the "Household Words" advertisement in part 15. With all of the rear advertisements with the exception of "The Theory of Musical Composition" "Illustrated Weekly Journal" and "Penny Maps" in part 15 and all advertisements in parts 2 and 8. Housed in two custom full morocco and chemise boxes. From the library of Peggy and Steve Fossett with their bookplate to the pastedown. Scarce and desirable in the original parts which were "much read and roughly handled" with "fine clean and unrepaired copies difficult to procure" even in 1932 Hatton & Cleaver pp.253-272; Sadleir 686; Yale/Gimbel A121. “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 unknown
1838149516London: Chapman and Hall; Bradbury and Evans 1838-1870. Finley bound collection of the selected works of Charles Dickens. Octavo 15 volumes finely bound in full straight grain morocco by Carss & Co. with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and double gilt-ruled inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt ribbons bound in. The collection includes: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall 1838. Later issue. Illustrated with etched plates by Robert Seymour and Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"; Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. London: Chapman and Hall 1839. New edition Complete; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition in book form. Illustrated with 39 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"; Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall 1840. Three volumes bound in one. First edition in book form; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall 1844. First edition in book form first issue with "100PS" on engraved title. Illustrated with 40 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"; Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First edition in book form. Lacking half title; errata mounted following p. xvi. Illustrated with 40 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"; The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First edition in book form. Illustrated with 40 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"; Bleak House. London: London: Bradbury and Evans 1853. First edition in book form. Lacking half-title. Illustrated with 40 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"; Hard Times. For These Times. London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition; Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition in book form. Illustrated with 40 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"; A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition in book form mixed issue with p. 213 correctly paginated but p. 134 line 12 with "affectionately" misspelled and no signature "B" to list of plates leaf. Without 32-pp. ads at rear found in some copies. Illustrated with an etched frontispiece etched vignette title page and 14 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz"; The Uncommercial Traveller. London: Chapman and Hall 1861. Third edition; Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall 1865. Two volumes bound as one. First edition in book form. Lacking half-titles and ads. Illustrated with 40 etched plates by Marcus Stone; The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall 1870. First edition in book form. Illustrated with engraved portrait by Baker and 12 etched plates and vignette title-page by S.L. Fildes. In near fine condition with scattered foxing throughout the volumes. A stunning set. The works of Charles Dickens 1812–1870 represent a cornerstone of nineteenth-century English literature notable for their vivid social realism moral urgency and deep psychological insight. Emerging during the height of the Industrial Revolution Dickens’s novels—such as Oliver Twist 1837–39 David Copperfield 1850 Bleak House 1853 and Great Expectations 1861—exposed the profound inequalities of Victorian society blending humor and sentiment with acute social critique. His fiction frequently addressed themes of poverty class mobility and institutional corruption often dramatizing the struggles of the urban poor against the indifference of bureaucratic systems. Dickens’s mastery of serial publication fostered an unprecedented relationship with his readership shaping both public morality and the development of the modern novel. Stylistically his works are marked by richly drawn characters melodramatic plots and a distinctive prose rhythm that balances satire with compassion. Across his oeuvre Dickens advanced the novel as a vehicle for both entertainment and reform transforming popular fiction into a powerful medium for social conscience and moral introspection. Chapman and Hall; Bradbury and Evans unknown
1843005032London: Chapman and Hall 1843 1843. FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol. 6-5/8" x 4-7/16" chapter heading reading "Stave One" illustrated with 4 hand colored engraved plates by John Leech and 4 black and white illustrations by W.J. Linton internally clean and bright mild offsetting to color plates. Bound in the original straight grained rose colored cloth gilt tile and wreath to spine and front cover front cover has a perfect 'D' in 'Dickens' yellow pastedowns and endpapers all edges gilt front hinge expertly repaired head of spine renewed general handling uneven stain to rear cover overall still a GOOD copy. Regarded as Dicken's most widely read novel and considered to be "the greatest Christmas book ever written in any language" Eckel p. 116 selling more than 6000 copies in the few days leading up to Christmas. The work was extravagantly costly as Dickens for the first time and incidentally his last used color in the title-page and etchings as he wanted to make the book a beautiful gift and to be a celebration of the Christmas spirit. After the initial success Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840's maintaining "the Carol" philosophy to "strike a sledgehammer blow" for the poor uneducated and repressed. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843 hardcover
18381264301838. London: Richard Bentley 1838. <br /> <br /> 3 vols. small 8vo i-iv 1 2-331 332; i-iv 1 2-307 308; iii-iv 1 2-315 316 pp. 24 engraved illustrations by George Cruikshank 1 as frontispiece to each volume. With half-titles in vols. I and II with the advertisement leaf at beginning of vol. III the 4 pages advertisements at end of vol. I but without the single-leaf list of illustrations in vol. I found in some copies only. Neat repairs to the cloth first signature in vol. 1 strengthened boards slightly bumped and spotted but generally a very good copy with bookplates in all three volumes.<br /> <br /> § First edition in original cloth with the title page credited to "Boz" rather than Dickens and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in volume three. The first edition of Oliver Twist in original cloth is a cornerstone in any Dickens collection. Publication of the serial in Bentley's Miscellany began in 1837 and "when Bentley decided to publish Oliver Twist in book form before its completion in his periodical Cruikshank was forced to complete the last few plates in haste. Dickens did not review them until the eve of publication and objected to the "Fireside" plate.and also disliked having "Boz" on the titlepage. He voiced these objections prior to the publication and the plate and the titlepage were changed between November 9 and 16" Smith 34. Smith I 4. Eckel pp. 59-62.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Each volume with the bookplates of the Albert Henry Wiggen 1868-1951 noted book collector and "the most colorful and attractive figure in the commercial banking world" the only member of the Federal Reserve Bank to have a law written specifically against his actions the "Wiggin Provision". On the upside he was also a noted book and print collector and a major donor to the Boston Public Library the New York Public Library and the Baltimore Museum of Art. This book passed to his son-in-law Lynde Selden whose two bookplates are also found in two of the three volumes. unknown
1900dickensgarnettLondon: Frederick J Quinby 1900. Memorial Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages throughout plates a. The Works of Charles Dickens exceptionally rare 64 volume Memorial Edition #11 of only 100 printed. Hand water color plates to each volume and over 1000 illustrations within the books. Edited by Richard Garnett and published by Frederick J Quinby.Clean pages throughout plates and illustrations bright with tissue guards text blocks all tightly bound hinges weak with 3 front hinges detached edge and hinge wear across the set 3 volumes with leather partially missing at spines gold titling brightThis set is heavy and cannot be shipped internationally. Will be insured require signature and based on the size and weight shipping in multiple boxes. We provide free domestic shipping. Frederick J Quinby hardcover
18396243London: Chapman and Hall 1839. Fine. First book form edition of the first and second series complete in one volume with Chapman and Hall revised texts and re-engraved plates used in their Parts issue. Octavo 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 208 x 133 mm. iii-viiviii 1-34-526. Forty inserted steel engravings. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of a duplicate suite of the original engravings expertly hand-colored. Bound by Bayntun Rivière Bath ca. 1955 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in in full wine red crushed levant morocco over beveled boards. Covers triple-ruled in gilt front cover with an elaborate central gilt floral and thistle design surrounding a fine hand-painted portrait miniature 2 3/4 x 2 inches; 70 x 51 mm. of a young Charles Dickens set under glass. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Decorative gilt board-edges wide elaborate gilt turn-ins marbled liners and endleaves all edges gilt. Housed in the original felt-lined red cloth slipcase spine with two black morocco labels lettered in gilt.<br /> <br /> "This collection of short pieces contains the earliest of Dickens's 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. Sketches by Boz contains stories and vignettes about daily life in London that Dickens first published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and 1836. The book is divided into four sections: "Our Parish" "Scenes" "Characters" and "Tales." A classic example of Dickensian observation. A total of forty plates were drawn and etched by George Cruikshank for this octavo edition of which twenty-seven are the original designs as they appeared in the First and Second Series of the Sketches published in volume form 1836-37; these however were enlarged in size to match an additional thirteen etchings. "When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837 they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839. Cruikshank designed a cover enlarged the plates except 'The Free and Easy' which was discarded and created 13 new illustrations for these monthly parts. In may 1839 Chapman and Hall published these parts complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations" Smith.<br /> <br /> George Bayntun 1873-1940 was the founder of Bayntun Bindery 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway 1742-1821 the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie 1849-1940. As the style grew in popularity other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style."<br /> <br /> Smith I: 2 note 4; Gimbel A7; Hatton and Cleaver cf. pp. 91-128. Fine. Chapman and Hall unknown
183889029London: Chapman and Hall April 1838-October 1839. First Edition First Printing with first issue points as called for. 20 parts in 19. 23cm. Original powder blue illustrated paper wraps. 40 plates by "Phiz" as issued with twelve plates either lightly foxed or toned to some degree usually confined to the exposed margins. All parts strong and tight; soiling to the covers of part I with some light chipping to the fore-edge of the front wrap and a small corner of loss; small archival repairs to the rear wrap of part II lower front corner of part IV and spine of part VI soiling and repair to part X small repair to part XII with sections clipped from two of the ad inserts repair to spine of part XVI and the spine of the XIX/XX double issue; all other parts clean inside and out strong and very good or better. A handsome set of the first appearance of Nicholas Nickleby housed in a tailor made chemise and morocco spined solander box.<br /> <br /> From a bibliographical standpoint the set conforms largely with Hatton & Cleaver; the first issue points are present as called for the Amesbury Patent Support fold-out is present all five of the "Hill's Wafers" samples being present in good order and with the publisher's imprints being where required on the plates. <br /> Departures from Hatton & Cleaver's "perfect" collation as follows: in Part I the "Nickleby Advertiser" consists of only 6 pages rather than 12; Part IV the "Poor Man's Pill" ad insert is lacking; from Parts VII & VIII the Tyas "Heads of The People" advertisement slip is also absent; the Charles Tilt advert is absent from Part XI. Given the frenzy of activity and breakneck pace of publication a little non-conformity is perhaps to be expected. <br /> <br /> A handsome example of Dickens' third novel to be published in parts containing not only the complete story but also offering the most complete vision of contemporary London provided by a blizzard of ephemera encompassing everything from cheap tea gold pocket watches and tickets overseas to commentary on current affairs upcoming publications and a complete cure for ringworm. Nickleby is the Dickens novel that opens the Victorian Age with the first two parts appearing in the weeks preceding Queen Victoria's coronation and the remainder spanning the first year of her reign with changes and developments necessarily reflected in the progress of the work in parts. Scarce thus. Chapman and Hall unknown
18487938London: Chapman & Hall 1848. First edition. Very Good. A Christmas Carol is the correct first printing with "Stave I" and the textual points outlined in Smith with the half-title printed in blue and the title-page printed in red and blue. Complete with the four inserted hand-colored steel engraved plates. The Cricket on the Hearth with the textual points outlined in Smith and the second state of the advertisement for Oliver Twist. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain with the points outlined in Smith. Three volumes in one 162 x 100 mm. Complete. Early dark green morocco over dark green marbled boards. Gilt-titled spine in six compartments with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Ink gift inscription dated 1938 to preliminary blank. Margins trimmed a bit short. A Very Good copy.<br /> <br /> Dickens' beloved Christmas story of Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption after being visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve. Scrooge is made to see the dangers and consequences of his miserly ways and awakens the following morning infused with the spirit of Christmas giving. "A tale to make the reader laugh and cry - to open his hands and open his heart to charity even toward the uncharitable.a dainty dish to set before a King" contemporary review in London's Athenaeum magazine.<br /> <br /> Smith Part II: 4 6 9. Very Good. Chapman & Hall unknown
1853140944703London: Bradbury and Evans 1853. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. With textual errors: "elgble" on page 19 line 6; "chair" on page 209 line 23; "counsinship" on page 275 line 22. Provenance: the Kenyon-Starling William Self Charles Henry Hough copy with their bookplates to the front paste down. Bound in publisher's original green cloth decorated in blind with spine lettered in gilt. With 38 illustrated plates plus frontis and engraved title page. Near Fine with toning to the spine light fraying to corners and spine ends. Front and rear inner hinge are exposed the front held in place by the cords and binding a little fragile. Small areas of wear to the front free endpaper with owner note penciled to the verso. Contents tanned with plates a little darkened as usual. A fantastic copy in the original cloth without restoration or repair and extremely uncommon in such superlative condition with a fantastic provenance. Bradbury and Evans unknown
18381712004London: Richard Bentley 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue title pages author noted as Boz no mention of Dickens and with the suppressed "Fireside" illustration. 24 plates by Cruikshank. 20.6 x 13 cm. 3 volumes very good in original cloth. 8 vo. In a handsome custom-made collector's case with leather spine and gold gilt lettering. London: Richard Bentley hardcover
185969516London: 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 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 141 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> In the rare publisher's secondary binding of olive-green cloth. Boards stamped and ruled in blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. Top edge uncut. Spine a bit sunned. A few stray spots but generally very clean. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> According to Smith 13 regarding the secondary olive green binding " This binding is probably a later state than the red morocco cloth one since in all copies seen with this binding the List of Plates does not contain signature 'b' see Hatton and Cleaver p. 342 and page 213 is not misprinted '113'.Eckel p. 90 states that copies bound in green cloth are 'very scarce'."<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 69516.<br> <br> $9500. Chapman and Hall unknown
191130No DJ. Green cloth boards with gilts titles and an embossed leaf design on the spine. See Photos<br /><br />32 Illustrations throughout the book.<br /><br />Gilt Facsimilie of Dickens' signature on front cover.<br /><br />RARE- Could Not Find Any BOOK that existed on the internet anywhere. This is a RARE find in Perfect condition and a prize for a collector. Chapman & Hall LTD. hardcover
183815010London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition second printing with "By Boz" to each title page and the "Church" plate. Octavo three volumes bound in full brown calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine triple ruled gilt to the front and rear panels marbled endpapers inner dentelles top edge gilt. Original cloth bound in at rear of each volume. In near fine condition with light rubbing. "Dickens turned in Oliver Twist to the novel of crime and terror Some characters are drawn with humorous realism but for the most part humor is dimmed by gloomy memories of the authors own neglected childhood and sensational scenes are shrouded in an atmosphere genuinely eerie and sinister That Dickens shared with his contemporaries the conviction that the novel should be an instrument of social reform is evident in Oliver Twist" Baugh. Richard Bentley hardcover
1843191416London: Chapman & Hall; Bradbury & Evans 1843-48. A merry Christmas to us all my dears. God bless us every one! First editions save for Christmas Carol in the fifth edition uniformly and attractively bound by Riviere. Following the instant success of A Christmas Carol Dickens produced four further small festive books one for each successive season skipping Christmas 1847 to complete Dombey and Son. The Chimes has the second state vignette title page with the publisher's name below that of the illustrator and engraver. The Cricket on the Hearth has the advertisement leaf in the second state headed by "New Edition of Oliver Twist". The Battle of Life has the engraved title page in the fourth state with "A Love Story" banner held by a cupid and without the publisher's imprint. 5 works octavo 164 x 90 mm. Bound with all half-titles and advertisement leaves called for. Christmas Carol with hand-coloured frontispiece 3 full-page hand-coloured plates illustrations within text; other titles with frontispiece and engraved title illustrations in the text by Leech Maclise Stanfield Doyle and Landseer. Early 20th-century red calf by Riviere spines with two brown labels and gilt decorations in compartments covers bordered by twin gilt rule with circular corners milled gilt roll on board edges floral gilt roll on turn-ins marbled endpapers edges gilt original cloth bound in at end. Housed in custom red cloth slipcase. Ownership stamp of Jules Max Samson on final blanks; pencilled shelfmark on title pages. Spines mildly sunned gilt decorations bright occasional spot to contents but clean overall. A near-fine set. Smith II.4-6 & 8-9. hardcover
1853306888London: Bradbury & Evans 1853. First. paperback. H.K. Browne. Published in 20 parts issued in 19 from March 1852 - September 1853. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. Original blue green printed wrappers. London: Bradbury & Evans 1852-53. First edition. Light foxing on covers and only very light scattered foxing throughout the text.<br/> <br/> A complete set with the ads and including the scarce "Village Pastor" booklet in Part XV. The first volume is lightly worn at edges and has been professionally re-cased. 11 volumes with embossed stamp on cover "Richard Davies Engraver printer" and one volume has inked name on cover but overall all parts are in excellent condition with minimal edgewear Preserved in a simple green cloth clam-shell case.<br/> <br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown
1859104577London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works with p. 213 misnumbered "113" the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12 p. 134. Octavo bound in full contemporary calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine panels decoratively triple-ruled in gilt with gilt floral cornerpieces marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist an authentic ogress and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. “Dickens had always admired Carlyle’s History of the French Revolution and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a ‘cartload’ of volumes… So great was Dickens’ enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed ‘taken in possession’ of him… The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens’ real sense of transcendence from his ability to see the sweep of destiny†Ackroyd 858. The last of Dickens’ books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne “Phiz†with 16 engraved plates by him. “Browne for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these Dickens’ books produced his last drawings for the present work… Bradbury and Evans the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickens’ works as issued in monthly parts had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorrit… resulting in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding works†Hatton & Cleaver 333. Chapman and Hall unknown
1843141205London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1843-48. Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a second edition in brown cloth with red and blue title-page dated 1843 'Stave One' and corrected text Smith's second state plates hand-colored 2 repaired spine repaired new endpapers 1843; first edition of The Chimes; A Goblin Story with advertisement leaf for the tenth edition of A Christmas Carol first state of vignette title-page recased 1845 Chapman & Hall; fourteenth edition of The Cricket on the Hearth new endpapers 1846; first edition of The Battle of Life with the vignette title-page in fourth state without imprint Todd's E1 recased 1846; first edition of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848 Bradbury & Evans; all but The Christmas Carol with additional vignette titles illustrations. In very good condition. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas. It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens’ great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens’ Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievement—the one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans hardcover
184996702London: Bradbury and Evans May 1849-November 1850. First edition in parts of "the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" Virginia Woolf. Octavo original blue-green illustrated serial issue wrappers being twenty parts in nineteen with the majority of preliminary advertisements present frontispiece vignette title-page and forty engraved plates. In excellent condition an unrestored example of Dickens' classic work with some of the backstrips with small chips. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example. “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 unknown
