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1860138191London: St Luke's Hospital 1860. A rarity in original wrappers First edition second issue. Together with the original stamped and addressed envelope for the return of donations tipped-in at the end. In this second issue the appeal for funds was emphasized by placing the final paragraph in bold text and it included a stamped and addressed envelope for the return of donations. The sketch was first published in Household Words 17 January 1852 and here published as a pamphlet by the management of St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics as a means of soliciting donations. Octavo 20 pp. Original pink wrappers printed in black expertly rebacked. Housed in a custom black solander cloth box printed paper label to spine. Traces of vertical fold otherwise a particularly fine copy. Eckel p. 188; Gimbel B216. hardcover
1870136324London: John Camden Hotten 1870. The suggestion that created Oliver Twist First edition of the first posthumous biography of Dickens signed and heavily annotated by the journalist Edmund Ollier 1826-1886. Ollier's marginalia draw on long acquaintance: his father the publisher Charles Ollier had known Dickens and was a central figure in early 19th-century literary London issuing Shelley's works publishing Keats's Poems 1817 and advising Colburn and Bentley. Edmund grew up amid this milieu later contributing poetry and prose to Dickens's Household Words and earning Dickens's praise as "an excellent and true young poet". Ollier read Taverner and Hotten's hasty biography - rushed to press within a fortnight of Dickens's death - with evident irritation. He corrects factual errors journal titles illustrators dates prices adjusts several claims about Dickens's professional commitments and adds observations drawn from personal knowledge. He also records contemporary opinions such as Douglas Jerrold's views on public executions. One annotation is particularly striking: "I recollect my father used to say that Dickens originally intended to make only a short story of Oliver Twist but he my father recommended him to give it the usual three-volume dimensions. My father was at that time engaged at Bentley's." This claim - absent from standard Dickens biographies - would if accurate assign to Charles Ollier the suggestion that transformed Oliver Twist from a short tale into a full-length novel. Ollier's notes also reveal his sensitivity to his own place in Dickens's circle. On finding himself insufficiently acknowledged he protests in the third person only to retract the complaint when he discovers a reference to his contributions. His use of proofing marks and direct appeals to Hotten suggest he hoped these emendations might inform a corrected edition; none were adopted. The volume was subsequently rebound and extensively extra-illustrated in the early 20th century with over 60 added plates of Dickensian subjects producing a characteristically grangerized and visually impressive copy. Octavo 187 x 124 mm. Vignettes in text; extra-illustrated with portrait frontispiece 52 portraits 11 views and 5 facsimiles. Early 20th-century calf with straight-grain pattern by Morrell red and brown morocco labels spine gilt to compartments triple gilt fillet to covers gilt floral turn-ins light blue endpapers top edge gilt others untrimmed. Joints expertly restored short closed tear at head of p. 239 a few other minor peripheral nicks and chips. A very good copy. unknown
1848159902London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent's love First edition bound from the original monthly parts as first published from September 1846 to March 1848 with the stab-holes visible and with a selection of the original wrappers bound in. Dombey and Son is "now recognized as one of the greatest of all his works. It is also the first one to have an explicitly contemporary setting" ODNB. The novel is further noted for containing "the first published example of a so-called dark plate which was created by a machine process that tinted the etched plate and heightened its black-and-white contrast. The one dark plate in Dombey and Son is "On the Dark Road" p. 547. The smooth blending of light and shadow on this illustration vividly contrasts it with the other illustrations in the novel and is a fine example of the dark plate process" Smith. The technique was later put to use for ten plates in Bleak House and eight in Little Dorrit. Octavo 220 x 140 mm. Etched frontispiece vignette title page and 38 plates by Hablot Knight Browne Phiz. Complete with half-title. Near-contemporary green half calf by Tout spine with raised bands compartments tooled in gilt marbled sides ruled in gilt marbled and gilt endpapers top edge gilt green silk bookmarker. With 15 wrappers from the original monthly parts bound in at rear. Contemporary ownership inscription of one E. C. Murray dated 1886 to a binder's blank contemporary newspaper clipping containing an article on Dickensian names in the London Directory pasted below further signs of ownership to wrappers. Spine sunned a couple of small scuffs to sides front joint superficially split but firm very occasional and mainly marginal foxing to contents plates generally bright a few small marks otherwise clean. A very good copy attractively bound. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 227-50; Smith I 8. hardcover
1836138190London: Chapman and Hall 1836-37. With early Dickens stories First editions in book form the first volume containing two early pieces by Dickens as Boz - "The Tuggs's at Ramsgate" and "A Little Talk About Spring and the Sweeps". Both were collected in Sketches by Boz published later in the same year. The second volume completing the publication does not contain any work by Dickens but contains illustrations by his illustrators Phiz Seymour and Buss. 2 vols octavo. 28 plates by Hablot Knight Browne Phiz R. Seymour R. W. Buss and others. Original dark green diced cloth secondary bindings - the primary binding in black and blue cloth respectively rebacked with original spines laid down spines lettered in gilt. Housed in red cloth chemises within red morocco book-form box spines lettered in gilt. Refurbished with expert repair to bindings and hinges some spotting and browning. Very good copies. Eckel pp. 137-39; Gimbel E122. hardcover
1857191181London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind First edition bound from the original monthly parts as published from December 1855 to June 1857. Peter Ackroyd declares the novel is Dickens's "single most ferocious onslaught against England and English society; against its government against its financiers against its artists and even against its ordinary citizens. He had of course made attacks of such a kind before but they had always been directed against specific abuses and in Oliver Twist for example the powers of money and benevolence together could at least rescue the doomed orphan child. In Little Dorrit money itself is seen to be a faithless and corrupt delusion" p. 758. Octavo 212 x 132 mm. Etched frontispiece vignette title page 38 plates 8 of which are "dark plates" by H. K. Browne Phiz. Contemporary brown calf black leather spine label compartments tooled in gilt marbled sides blind roll to sides and corners orange-pink endpapers edges sprinked red. Bookplate and ownership inscription of stockbroker Harman Grisewood 1821-1874 Daylesford House Worcestershire. A little rubbed edges lightly worn couple of pencil annotations to contents occasional foxing bright overall. A very good copy. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307-30; Smith I.12. Peter Ackroyd Dickens 1990. hardcover
1839175745London: Chapman and Hall 1839. His third major novel First edition bound from the parts of one of Dickens's most politically pointed novels. Nicholas Nickleby was written at the end of a turbulent decade in which the Reform Act and Poor Law Amendment Act had led to widespread unemployment and depression and published in the year of the first Chartist uprising at Newport. Written after the widespread success of The Pickwick Papers and at the same time as Oliver Twist Dickens wanted to capitalize on the best aspect of both of these works - the comedy in Pickwick and the social criticism in Oliver. According to Dickens's biographer "he did not want to lose either his reputation as a topical and polemical novelist or his fame as a comic one. So in Nicholas Nickleby he devised a plot capacious enough to include both aspects of his genius" Ackroyd p. 254. The edition was issued in monthly parts from April 1838 to October 1839 with sheets issued in book form on completion. This is a copy bound from the parts with stab-holes. Provenance: William Frederick Fownes Tighe 1784-1878 with his contemporary ownership inscription to the title page and his bookplate to the front pastedown. The heraldic device of the Tighe family is in gilt on the top compartment of the spine identified by the British Armorial Bindings project at the University of Toronto accessible online. Tighe was first cousin once removed to the poet Mary Tighe and in 1825 married Louisa Maddelena daughter of Charles Lennox 4th duke of Richmond. Octavo 209 x 131 mm. Engraved portrait of Dickens after D. Maclise with facsimile signature 39 plates by H. K. Browne Phiz. Contemporary red half morocco spine lettered in gilt with raised gilt bands compartments decorated in gilt red cloth sides marbled endpapers and edges. Bound without half-title. Slight discolouration to cloth sides occasional foxing marks and creasing to pages two small closed tears. A very good copy. Eckel p. 64-66; Hatton & Cleaver p. 131-160; Smith I 5. Peter Ackroyd Dickens 1990. hardcover
1836138195London: Richard Bentey 1836. Dickens rarity in original unsewn sheets First edition of Dickens's comic opera in the original sheets never bound or sewn. The Village Coquettes opened on 6 December 1836. "The quaint humour unaffected pathos and graceful lyrics of this production found prompt recognition and the piece enjoyed a prosperous run" George Sala Speeches Letters and Sayings of Charles Dickens p. 10. Octavo. Original unbound and unsewn sheets five signatures. Preserved in card folder inside custom green velvet-lined red morocco gilt box upper lid of box detached the box preserved for protective reasons only. Light foxing and toning minor chipping at peripheries. Eckel p 158; Gimbel A25. unknown
1840355971London: Chapman and Hall 1840. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. 3 Volumes as originally issued and bound in 2. Good copies only in contemporary calf over marble board bindings. Spine bands worn. Scattered foxing as with age. Physical description: 3 Volumes bound in 2. Subjects: Gordon Riots 1780; Fiction. Historical fiction. English fiction 19th century. Gordon Riots 1780; Fiction. Dickens Charles. London: Chapman and Hall hardcover
1877ST20685-8Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. First American Edition. 123 x 85 mm. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4". 80 pp. 4 leaves ads. <br/> VERY PLEASING GREEN MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SONS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed with gilt rules densely tooled cornerpieces with floral sprigs on a stippled ground raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins gilt ruled with floral garlands at the corners all edges gilt original very well-preserved gilt cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Half-title with ink inscription: "Wm H. Drake / July 4 '83." Eckel pp.159-61; Podeschi B-62. Spine just slightly sunned though difficult to tell because of all the gilt but a very fine copy in a gleaming unworn binding and with only the most trivial imperfections internally.<br/> <br/> Attractively bound by a major workshop this is Dickens' third stage play a one-act farce heavy on confusion and coincidence focusing on jealousy and misunderstandings between two married couples. Its stage run in 1837 coincided with a printed version of the play but Eckel says that copies of this first edition no longer exist. The publisher of our edition James Osgood had acquired the sole surviving copy of the 1837 edition which was subsequently lost in a fire in 1879. There was also a London reprint of the play published circa 1873 which Eckel tells us exists in only three known copies the same number being verified by OCLC. Given all this the present Boston imprint is the first obtainable edition of this work. Our copy was handsomely bound by the celebrated Riviere firm established by Robert Riviere in Bath in 1829. He later set up shop as in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son. The bindery continued to do business until 1939 when it was acquired by George Bayntun of Bath. Rivere's work has consistently been of the highest standard throughout its long years of operation and the present volume is no exception. James R. Osgood and Company unknown
1877ST20685-9Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. First American Edition. 123 x 85 mm. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4". 96 pp. 2 leaves ads. <br/> Appealing forest green morocco covers with French fillet borders raised bands spines gilt in delicately tooled compartments with scrolling centerpiece within a lozenge of small tools volute cornerpieces gilt titling turn-ins densely gilt with floral rolls and plain and decorative rules purple endpapers all edges gilt original extremely well-preserved gilt cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Eckel pp. 164-65; Podeschi B-215. A very fine and very pretty copy with only quite trivial imperfections.<br/> <br/> This is a very attractively bound copy of the first trade first American and first obtainable edition of a play on which Dickens collaborated as editor and in which he appeared as a player during performance. "Mr. Nightingale's Diary" was written for performance by the Company of Strolling Players an acting troupe organized by Dickens to support the Guild of Literature and Art which provided financial aid and housing to struggling writers and artists. Dickens had initially intended to write the farce independently but due to time constraints passed the project over to his friend and the editor of "Punch" magazine Mark Lemon. However Dickens revised the play during the production process so thoroughly that he is considered a full co-writer; Eckel says that it "was as much Dickens' as it was Lemon's." The play was performed at Devonshire House in May of 1851 with a cast including Dickens and Lemon as well as sensation novelist Wilkie Collins. The first edition of this work was privately printed for Dickens but that printing is quite rare: Eckel writes that he was able to trace only three copies. The present Boston reprint was made from an original pamphlet said to have been lost in the same 1879 fire as the last original copy of "Is She His Wife" another Dickens play. Our copy is a particularly fine one; the unsigned but handsomely decorated binding is very probably by the Riviere bindery since it exactly matches a copy of "Is She His Wife" currently in our inventory in a signed Riviere binding. James R. Osgood and Company unknown
183930547Chapman and Hall 1839. Believed First Edition. Hardcover. Good. This is a slightly unusual format in that the text has been rebound into two hardback volumes to accomodate the ninteeen front and rear covers of the original magazines which have been bound into the rear of both volumes along with some of the adverts. This has neccessitated the whole being bound in two volumes which are backed in light brown leather. Both volumes have recently had the boards professionally re attached using the original boards and decorative spines the spines have been replaced on top of the spinal repair the boards are in good order but the spines somewhat rubbed and worn. The title page in volume one is dated 1839 which indicates first edition in book form so it is unclear if the text is taken from the magazines or is a first in book form. The magazines are undated and are in nineteen parts part nineteen also includes part twenty all priced at one shilling apart from the last part which was two shillings for the double edition. All 39 plates and the frontespiece are presentsome of the plates are quite mottled. The text itself is quite clean there do not appear to be any loose pages. This is a heavy item and would require additional postage and insurance outside the UK. We would be happy to supply any further information pictures etc on request please do not hesitate to conatact us. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1859146171859. London: Office of All The Year Round / Chapman & Hall 1859-1867. In nine volumes. Original self-wrappers first four and blue printed wrappers last five -- as issued.<br/><br/> First Editions of all nine "Extra Christmas Numbers" of this periodical that Charles Dickens founded and edited for its nine years of existence. Previously he had likewise founded Household Words which likewise lasted nine years -- and which has nine Extra Christmas Numbers as well. In addition to editing these tales Dickens also wrote a portion of them -- specifically per Eckel: Christmas 1859: THE HAUNTED HOUSE. Dickens wrote "The Mortals in the House" "The Ghost in Master B's Room" and "The Ghost in the Corner Room" as well as most of the other opening paragraphs. Christmas 1860: A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. Dickens wrote Chapters I II and V plus passages in the others; the rest is by Wilkie Collins. Christmas 1861: TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VII. Christmas 1862: SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE. Dickens wrote "His Leaving It Til Called For" "His Boots" "His Brown-Paper Parcel" "His Wonderful End" plus part of "His Umbrella." Christmas 1863: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. Dickens wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1864: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. Dickens again wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1865: DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VIII. Christmas 1866: MUGBY JUNCTION. Dickens wrote "Barbox Brothers" "Barbox Brothers and Co." "Main Line" and "No. 1 Branch Line." Christmas 1867: NO THOROUGHFARE. Dickens wrote the Overture Act III plus parts of Act I and Act IV; Wilkie Collins wrote the rest. As for condition all nine issues are near-fine the self-wrappers of the first four have some minor expert restoration; the latter five's blue wrappers are just about fine except for some small ink-drops on the fifth; the leaves of the 1864 and 1867 issues are unopened. It is very tough to assemble all nine of these in this condition. Podeschi Yale E11 E13-E20. Housed in a handsome though lightly scuffed full-morocco case with inner chemise. unknown books
1859126401859. London: Office of All The Year Round / Chapman & Hall 1859-1867. In nine volumes. Original self-wrappers first four and blue printed wrappers last five -- as issued. First Editions of all nine "Extra Christmas Numbers" of this periodical that Charles Dickens founded and edited for its nine years of existence. Previously he had likewise founded Household Words which likewise lasted nine years -- and which has nine Extra Christmas Numbers as well. In addition to editing these tales Dickens also wrote a portion of them -- specifically per Eckel: Christmas 1859: THE HAUNTED HOUSE. Dickens wrote "The Mortals in the House" "The Ghost in Master B's Room" and "The Ghost in the Corner Room" as well as most of the other opening paragraphs. Christmas 1860: A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. Dickens wrote Chapters I II and V plus passages in the others; the rest is by Wilkie Collins. Christmas 1861: TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VII. Christmas 1862: SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE. Dickens wrote "His Leaving It Til Called For" "His Boots" "His Brown-Paper Parcel" "His Wonderful End" plus part of "His Umbrella." Christmas 1863: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. Dickens wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1864: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. Dickens again wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1865: DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VIII. Christmas 1866: MUGBY JUNCTION. Dickens wrote "Barbox Brothers" "Barbox Brothers and Co." "Main Line" and "No. 1 Branch Line." Christmas 1867: NO THOROUGHFARE. Dickens wrote the Overture Act III plus parts of Act I and Act IV; Wilkie Collins wrote the rest. As for condition all nine issues are near-fine just some very minor wear to the edges the last with a damp-mark at the top of the front wrapper; the fourth eighth and ninth annual issues still have unopened leaves. The last one includes the loosely-inserted ad leaf for the Grand Christmas Number of the periodical "London Society." It is very tough to assemble all nine of these in this condition. Podeschi Yale E11 E13-E20. <br/><br/> unknown books
185000008470London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 7 viii-xiv 3 2-624 2 pp. Contemporary half brown calf over marbled boards spine in five compartments with a black morocco label lettered in gilt with the spine showing blind and gilt tooling marbled textblocks and endpapers. Bound from the original parts with the half-title lacks the original wrappers and advertisements. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page along with 38 additional plates by H.K. Browne 'Phiz'. All first issue points present according to Smith except 'screwed' is in place of 'screamed' on page 132. One plate bound in at page 80 instead of at page 79 as called for in Hatton & Cleaver. An attractive copy in a contemporary binding of what is regarded by many including the author himself e.g. see Ackroyd Dickens pp. 605-606 as Dickens' finest novel a landmark work in the field of English literature. Eckel 77 Gimbel A121 Hatton & Cleaver 253-272. Smith I 9. A Very Good book with a few hints of wear to the edges of the boards and occasional age darkening to the edges of the plates. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
1894290899Boston. : Houghton Mifflin Company. 1894. Half red leather over red marbled boards raised bands raised bands gilt spine decorations top edge gilt marbled endpapers. . Fine tight and bright. 20.6x13.5 cm. . An attractive well preserved nicely illustrated set in fine bindings. Heavy setwill require extra shipping. weight: 50.0 lb. Numerous engraved plates. Houghton, Mifflin Company. hardcover books
18485168London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First edition. Fine. Very early issue with all but 5 of Smith's 'internal flaws.' Finely bound full red morocco with a portrait of Dickens on the front cover and his signatures on the rear in gilt binding unsigned but seems to be Bayntun. Gilt titles and decorative spine compartments on the spine all edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Bound without half title else complete with vignette title eight-line errata and all 40 engraved plates including the first example of a "dark plate" facing page 547. A handsome copy in a lovely binding. Housed in a custom slipcase. <br /> <br /> Dombey and Son tackles a number of key themes that appear throughout Dickens' authorial career-concerns about family duty class position child welfare and the dangers of arranged marriages in particular. As the titular Dombey builds his shipping company he fantasizes that his son will someday take over the business and continue his legacy. But England is changing rapidly due to the effects of industrialization and its effects ripple throughout Victorian culture. One symbol of industrialization's promise and its perils is the railroad. In chapter six Dickens calls the railroad's impact a "great earthquake." Dombey and Son grapples with the effects of industrialization and the railroad is one of the novel's symbols for this momentous era. <br /> <br /> Smith 8. Fine. Bradbury and Evans unknown
1837ECKeDICK72London: Chapman And Hall 1837. 1837. 8vo. pp. xiv 2directions to binder & errata 609. with half-title. 43 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne Robert Seymour & Robert William Buss incl. frontis. & additional title. 19th century full dark blue calf gilt back joints cracked spine ends worn some foxing to plates some quite so. armorial bookplate of Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Molyneux with his gilt crest at foot of spine. ownership entry of American screenwriter Frances Marion. First Edition bound from the original parts. Signboard on etched title with earlier Veller reading and with two original suppressed Buss plates 8 & 9 the last 16 plates without etched plate numbers or captions. Smith I 3. Ray The Illustrator And The Book In England From 1790 To 1914 125. Sadleir 698. NCBEL III 788. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London: Chapman And Hall, 1837. Hardcover
184421257London: Chapman and Hall 1844. First edition first issue with "100Å" on the signpost in the engraved frontispiece. With frontispiece and 39 engravings after illustrations by 'Phiz'. 8vo handsomely bound in fine 3/4 antique morocco over cloth boards the spines with raised bands gilt ruled lettered in gilt in two compartments bordered in blind a.e.g. fine marbled endleaves. xiv errata 624. A very handsome and appealing copy in an unusually fine state of preservation. A few plates with the typical aging but a copy generally free of the inevitable toning associated with the engravings in copies of Dickens’ first edition novels. FINE AND SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Some critics have stated that this novel is Dickens at his best with the character Pecksniff being one of Dicken's most brilliant contributions to English literature. Critics generally agree that while MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT is somewhat roughly put together in its artistic structure it more than makes up for it in its brilliant character development and descriptive prose that reveal Dickens’ talents at their finest. “In the book he displays the fulness of his preservative power the ripeness of his humour the richest flow of his satiric vivacity and the culmination of his melodramatic vigour.†Some declare that the character of Pecksniff to be one of Dickens' most brilliant contributions to English literature; Gissing calls him and Mrs. Gamp “masterpieces of genius in its happiest mood.†Chapman and Hall hardcover
185765811London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. Fine. Bradbury and Evans London 1857 14 x 21.70 cm relié First edition illustrated by H. K. Browne with a frontispiece an engraved title with a vignette and 38 plates including 8 in mezzotint. This edition contains all the points of the first issue: 3 lines of errata p. xiv; ""William"" instead of Frederick p. 317; ""Rigaud"" in place of ""Blandois"" p.467. Contemporary half black glazed calf binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with fillets. Burgundy calf title label. Wine-colored percale boards. A slight small lack at head. Signs of rubbing to headcaps joints and corners. Narrow split along the upper joint for 2 cm. Lower joint split for 10 cm on the last third of the joint above the tail. 2 corners slightly bumped. Text paper quite clean the engravings with browning in margins and verso as always due to the laid paper used. A work of great darkness Little Dorrit is Dickens's second novel of three political and social novels. It is a denunciation of Victorian society obsessed with wealth and power. G. B. Shaw would judge the novel ""More seditious than Karl Marx's Capital"". One of Dickens's great works. Bradbury and Evans hardcover
1876913Q11London: Chapman and Hall 1876-1878 . Paperback. Good Only. 10" by 7.5". Various. An extensive run of thirty parts of the Household Edition of Charles Dickens' works scarce to see in this form. Bound in the publisher's original blue paper wraps. Scarce to see in this form. First thus the first 'Household Edition' of Dickens' works whereby Chapman and Hall commissioned new illustrations for the works and feature Forster's 'Life of Dickens' as the final volume. For this edition Chapman and Hall commissioned new illustrations. Gimbel D66. This edition was intended as a library edition for the every-day household. Its serialised publication format meant that less affluent families could own the entire twenty-two volumes bought in 101 separate parts with the cost spread over a lengthy period of time. This run is comprised of thirty 'parts' of the following tales: Part 55 56 and 57: Great Expectations. Part 58 59 60: The Old Curiosity Shop Part 61: The Old Curiosity Shop / Sketches by Boz Part 62 63 64 and 65: Sketches by Boz Part 66 and 67: Hard Times Part 68 69 70 71 72 and 73: Dombey and Son Part 74: Dombey and Son / The Uncommercial Traveller Part 76: The Uncommercial Traveller / Christmas Books Part 77 78 and 79: Christmas Books Part 80 and 81: A Child"s History of England Part 82: A Child"s History of England / American Notes Part 84: American Notes / Pictures from Italy Part 85: Pictures from Italy Part 86: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Lacking parts 75 and 83 of this particular run.Illustrated with one plate to parts 56 57 59 60 62 64 65 67 68 70 71 73 74 76 77 79 80 81 85 and 86. Scarce to have so many issues of this edition together in the original wraps. An important and scarce edition of Dickens' works.With the original advertisements to the wraps. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally sound with light soiling to the wraps. Edge wear with closed tears and light chipping to the wrap extremities causing occasional loss to backstrips. Front cover detached to 81 and 84 with rear cover detached to 62 65 69 78 80 81 84 and 86. Tears to joints with covers strained particularly to 66 and 79. Inscription to the front cover of 60 and 80. Significant tears to rear cover of 65 with loss to 2/3 of the front cover of 73. Creasing to cover and page extremities. Internally binding is tender in some places with the occasional page and gathering detached more prominent to 67 78 and 81 with p236-240 of "Sketches by Boz" and p1-29 of "Hard Times" detached to part 65. The odd tear to page extremities with light marking. Tide mark to the plate of 56. Mark to the center of the first few pages of 70. Some pages remain unopened. Tear to title page of 'The Uncommon Traveller'. Good Only Chapman and Hall paperback
1865735P33London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Marcus Stone. The first edition first impression in book form of Charles Dickens' final novel illustrated throughout by Marcus Stone. The first edition of this work is book form. The first issue with the three page postscript to the rear of Volume II and with 'Pricipal' for 'Principal' to Volume II page 115 14 lines up from the bottom. Issue points as stated by John C. Eckel in his 1913 publication 'The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens'. 'Our Mutual Friend' was the last novel Charles Dickens completed before his death in 1870. It is a satire on society the plot following a young man who recently came into a fortune after his father dies who's body is then found in the Thames. The money then goes to the naive employees of the late father.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen platesDickens is one of the most popular authors of the Victorian age. His novels show the grimy side of poverty and prosperity in Victorian England showing poor social conditions alongside repulsive characters.Illustrated by Marcus Stone an English painter who was an Associate of the Royal Academy.Bound without half-titles the slip bound before page 1 of Volume 1 and the publisher's adverts to the rear of Volume II. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart. Small chip to the spine label of Volume I. A little rubbing to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Near Fine Chapman and Hall hardcover
200257976Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. Hardback. 0199258082 . Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage.; 12 Volumes; dust jacket lightly age-toned spines light edge wear to some volumes some chipping to bottom of spine of volume 3 small closed tear to spine of volume 6 archival covers unclipped; red cloth covered boards gilt lettering on spine corners sharp except for volume two which are a touch bumped some light foxing to top edge of some volumes no owner's mark or annotations binding tight. Complete set. ; The Pilgrim Edition; 16.7 X 8.2 X 12.6 inches; 9000 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
2002039647Oxford: Oxford University Press 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Nr Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published 1965 - 2002. Cream and red dust-jackets almost fine having been carefully stored seperately. Books identically bound in red cloth with gilt titles on pale blue background. These books are unused unblemished as new. May incur additional postage charges particularly overseas. <br/> <br/> Oxford University Press hardcover
1840ZB1315513London: Chapman & Hall 1840. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item the second form of the first edition 88 weekly parts gathered into 20 monthly parts front covers of the original paper wrappers bound in at the back of each volume; 3 vols. 306 1 306 426 pp. bound in early 20th century gilt decorated full green leather by Zaehnsdorf with marbled endpapers added t.e.g. covers worn majority of the spine covering of the third volume lost head & tail of the spine of the first volume lacking one inch of the spine covering front hinge of the third volume taped book plate of famous collector of American and British literature Frederic Robert Halsey to each front paste down else internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: Chapman & Hall hardcover
1857008354London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition. Full leather. H. K. Browne "Phiz". This is the first edition first issue in a magnificent fine binding by Bayntun-Riviere. The full red Morocco binding in fine condition features a hubbed spine with gilt-ruled compartments gilt-decorated spine bands and gilt-hatched spine ends. The spine features gilt-stamped title and author in two compartments and the date at the spine heel four unprinted compartments each elaborately gilt-decorated. The covers are both gilt rule bordered the front cover featuring a gilt-framed profile portrait of the author the rear cover featuring the authors gilt-stamped facsimile signature. The cover edges are gilt-ruled. The contents are bound with all edges gilt red and gold silk head and tail bands and generous triple gilt-ruled and decorated dentelles framing marbled endpapers. <br /> <br />BOUND BY BAYNTUN RIVIERE. BATH. ENGLAND. is gilt-stamped on the lower front pastedown turn-in. In 1939 the year the Second World War began the firm of George Bayntun acquired the Rivière Bindery. The Bindery has been in residence on Manvers Street in Bath ever since. A laid-in description dated "1981" indicates that this is when this copy then "newly and choicely bound" was purchased from Henry Sotheran Ltd. Founded in York in 1761 and established in London in 1815 Sotherans is one of the worlds oldest bookshops. This book resided in the collection of the owner who purchased it in 1981 apparently untouched for four and a half decades until acquired by us. <br /> <br />The first issue contents are suited to binding mildly age-toned but otherwise notably clean with all of the extensive illustrations present. The errata is present at p.xiv as are the enumerated misprints: William for Frederick at p.317 line 27; Rigaud for Blandois at pp.467-474. <br /> <br />English writer and social critic Charles John Huffam Dickens 1812-1870 is widely regarded the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Little Dorrit was published at the height of Dickens celebrity just before he began performing public readings of his works to an adoring public and shows the authors confidence in the public appetite for his social criticism. Little Dorrit is the saddest of all his novels and also according to Shaw 'a more seditious book than Das Kapital' Shaw on Dickens 51 bringing together scathing criticism of the country's governing institutions here represented by the all-powerful and all-pervading 'Circumlocution Office' a vivid portrayal in the story of Mrs Clennam of the harshly Calvinistic version of Christianity that was so strong in Victorian culture and a depiction of the public greed and gullibility that produces the frenzy of speculation associated with the activity of the swindling financier Mr Merdle together with Dickens's deeper personal preoccupations about his childhood sufferings and his father's shaming imprisonment in the Marshalsea." ODNB Fresh from lambasting the judicial system in Bleak House Dickens here went after the machinery of government through his portrayal of the Circumlocution Office staffed entirely by a dynasty of Barnacles positively thriving on the business of chaos. As in A Christmas Carol poverty and the social structures in place to keep the downtrodden low are again his true target." Independent <br /> <br />As was custom with many Dickens novels the publisher Bradbury & Evans originally serialized Little Dorrit between December 1855 and June 1857 before publication in this book form swiftly following serialization. <br /> <br />Reference: Smith I 12 <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover
