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1871165681871. pen and black ink on card each monogrammed and inscribed in pencil on verso. 1 vols. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches each. pen and black ink on card each monogrammed and inscribed in pencil on verso. 1 vols. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches each. These three drawings were done for the Household Edition of Dickens's Little Dorrit1871 Book IIChapter X; Book I Chapter III Book I Chapter XIX. Mahoney 1816- 1876 was a talented British magazine and book illustrator who also illustrated Dickens's Oliver Twist and Our Mutual Friend. A master of the sombre in delicate pen and ink work he provided 58 illustrations to this edition of Little Dorrit. "Mahoney is one of the minor masters of Victorian illustration." Gordon Ray. unknown
190655480London / New York: J.M. Dent & Co. / E.P. Dutton & Co 1906. Very good plus. Beautifully bound Edwardian edition of the Christmas classic featuring a Vellucent vignette binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath. After the success of A CHRISTMAS CAROL Dickens continued to produced "little Christmas books" in order to meet demand that swelled for the holiday season then as now the busiest time for booksellers. First published in 1845 CRICKET ON THE HEARTH is the third in the series featuring a drama of domestic happiness that picks up on themes from the Ghost of Christmas Past scene in A CHRISTMAS CAROL. This copy was bound by Chivers of Bath in the trademark style he developed that was also a landmark in the history of book design: the Vellucent binding. In this technique a painted design is protected by the addition of a layer of vellum so thin that it is translucent giving it the appearance of a delicate glass window. A striking copy of the beloved Victorian tale. 7'' x 4.5''. Contemporary tan morocco by Cedric Chivers stamped with elegant gilt ornaments central Vellucent title vignette to front board. Top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Illustrated by Brock with 8 full-page color plates as well as black-and-white vignettes. 171 1 pages. Slight fading to spine faint spotting to boards rubbing to vignette. Some instances of foxing to interior. Hinges firm. J.M. Dent & Co. / E.P. Dutton & Co unknown
1850B1133London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First. Hardcover. Very Good. HOUSEHOLD WORDS. London 1850–1859. 8vo complete 19 volume set. Bound in period 1/2 calf over marbled boards spine decorated in gilt and blind with marbled page-ends and endpapers. Dickens' contributions to the work would include numerous articles as well as the serialization of "Hard Times" and "A Child's History of England." A dispute between Dickens and Bradbury and Evans brought about the end of the publication which was replaced with "All the Year Round." <br /> All volumes are intact with good bindings. Some edgewear a few small scuffs a few spine labels with chips mostly small one large contents overall clean with mild age-toning and occasional minor foxing. Very Good overall. AS21. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
187025.05.Dickens14<p>Complete Works of Charles Dickens.</p><p>Complete in 14 Volumes.</p><p>Printed in 1870 to 1872.</p><p>The first collected edition was printed in 1870.</p><p>This set is as early as possible without being the first collected edition.</p><p>The set is complete with all of the works of Charles Dickens.</p><p>This set has all the titles that are found in every other set.</p><p>This set is bound into 14 volumes.</p><p>The Sketches volumes are subdivided into Part One and Part Two and bound into the other books thereby reducing the volume count from 15 volumes to 14 volumes.</p><p>Bound in the original leather bindings.</p><p>The bindings are original.</p><p>Quality rag paper.</p><p>The paper is high quality and low acid content.</p><p>The paper is not fragile or brittle as is common in later Victorian printings.</p><p>Steel engraved frontisplates.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Set is in very good condition overall.</p><p>The leather is supple.</p><p>The external hinges are all sound</p><p>There is internal and separation along the paper on the inside of approximately five volumes showing some separation from the text block. This may be bothersome.</p><p>Some edge rubbing and other external wear.</p><p>Set has some evidence of water exposure and some tide marks mostly external. There is some external damage due to previous water exposure as shown in the pictures this may be bothersome.</p><p>Aside from these condition flaws this is an exceptional Victorian set of Dickens.</p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p>Overall an exceptional antiquarian set of Dickens in leather.</p><p>The main condition flaws are some internal separation of the bindings from the text block and there's some evidence of water exposure which may be bothersome otherwise this is an exceptional set of Dickens.</p><p>The bindings are original.</p><p>All external hinges are sound and the leather supple. There is internal hinge separation along the internal paper with the binding separating from the text block in some volumes. The external hinges themselves are sound.</p><p>Quality paper can be read without damage.</p><p><br /><br /></p><p>Globe Edition</p><p>Printings range from 1870 - 1872 as it took 2 years to publish the set.</p><p>Beautiful genuine leather and marble edge bindings on all volumes.</p><p>Books have wear specifically on front and rear covers however nothing unexpected for being over 150 years old.</p><p>The spines however are in excellent condition with no sunfading. No loose or missing pages.</p><p>These Globe Editions were published in various cost levels with these leather editions being perhaps the most expensive bindings offered by the publisher. Full marbling on all edges very nicely tooled leather with gold details etc.</p><p>These measure 7 inches tall.</p><p>This set takes up approximately 28 inches of shelf space.</p><p>This set is complete with all Charles Dickens works.</p><p>Works include:</p><p>Little Dorrit</p><p>Christmas Stories</p><p>Pictures from Italy</p><p>American Notes</p><p>A Tale of Two Cities</p><p>Hard Times</p><p>Old Curiosity Shop</p><p>Sketches 1 and 2 subdivided and bound into two other volumes</p><p>Bleak House</p><p>Martin Chuzzlewit</p><p>Nicholas Nickelby</p><p>Our Mutual Friend</p><p>Dombey and Son</p><p>Barnaby Rudge</p><p>Pickwick Papers</p><p>Edwin Drood</p><p>Uncommercial Traveler</p><p>Humphrey's Clock</p><p>Oliver Twist</p><p>Great Expectations</p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p>Quality paper.</p><p>Paper is fresh. Leather supple.</p><p>Very good overall some internal separation and some water exposure to some volumes. Some generalized abrasion. All external hinges sound. Very good overall. Good only to some areas. Still an exceptional Victorian set of Charles Dickens in the original bindings.</p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>This will be well protected for shipping. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>Please see my other listings for similar books. </strong></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><strong>25.05</strong></p> Hurd and Houghton
1857011323Bradbury and Evans 1857. Book. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. All First Edition Points.3/4 Brown Leather with Marble Boards.Beautiful Copy. White Pages little foxing. Gorgeous Copy. Bradbury and Evans Hardcover
1846008524London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition. Hardcover. Richard Doyle John Leech Daniel Maclise Clarkson Stanfield. This is the first edition of the third Dickens Christmas book an unrestored copy in the publishers original illustrate red cloth noteworthy both for condition and for presenting a bibliographic curiosity. <br /> <br />This copy is a possible intermediate state between the first and second states of the first edition with an apparently unrecorded variant of the publishers advertisement leaf for Oliver Twist following the text. This leaf typically denotes first or second state of the first edition. Smith II 6 identifies two states of this leaf the first with 10 lines the second with 12. This copy has 11 lines lacking the first line of the identified second state: NEW EDITION OF OLIVER TWIST but otherwise identical to the second state leaf. <br /> <br />Irrespective of state this copy is in marvelous condition. Condition approaches near fine. The elaborately gilt and blind stamped red cloth remains vividly bright as well as square and clean with only minimal shelf wear and a few trivial blemishes. Only the original pale yellow endpapers show some soiling in an odd triangular pattern as from something once laid in that left a slight impression. The contents are otherwise lovely with no spotting no previous ownership marks and only mild toning. We note a minor diagonal crease to the lower blank fore edge margin of the pp.3-4 leaf and an original printers/binders flaw imparting a minor diagonal impression to the upper blank fore edge margins of pp.145-160. The gilt edges remain bright. The binding is protected beneath a clear removable mylar cover. <br /> <br />Although the title page of The Cricket on the Hearth is postdated 1846 publication was on 20 December 1845. <br /> <br />Charles John Huffam Dickens 1812-1870 was an English writer and social critic widely viewed as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. In October 1843 he had the sudden inspiration of writing a Christmas story intended to open its readers' hearts towards those struggling to survive on the lower rungs of the economic ladder and to encourage practical benevolence but also to warn of the terrible danger to society created by the toleration of widespread ignorance and actual want among the poor. The result written at white heat was A Christmas Carol: in Prose published by Chapman and Hall on 19 December as a handsomely bound little volume which met with marked success. The first edition sold out by Christmas Eve. By 1844 the novella had gone through 13 printings. Myriad editions as well as stage and screen adaptations continue to accumulate with no apparent slackening of pace or interest over time. <br /> <br />Christmas Carol was only the first and foremost of several Christmas-themed stories. Dickens eventually produced five Christmas books. The Carols more overtly political successor The Chimes followed in December 1844 The Cricket on the Hearth in December 1845 and The Battle of Life in December 1846. Dickenss fifth and final Christmas Book The Haunted Man was published in December 1848. <br /> <br />The Christmas books particularly The Chimes The Cricket and the Carol were the centerpiece of Dickens public reading tours in the 1850s and 60s. In The Cricket the story centers on John and Dot Peerybingle whose marriage is threatened by a wide difference in their ages. When confronted with the possibility of Dot's infidelity John consults the spirit of the Cricket on the Hearth whose chirping Dot has said brings luck. The cricket assures John that all will be well. In the end the misunderstanding is cleared up and the couple's happiness is restored. The story also features the Scrooge-like conversion of hard-hearted toymaker Tackleton. <br /> <br />Reference: Smith II 6; ODNB <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover
1837194847215557Chapman & Hall 1837. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL POLISHED CALF WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE AND FLORAL PATTERNS TO BOARDS SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD MARBLED END PAPERS PASTE DOWNS AND END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES PAGES LIGHTLY BROWNED AND WITH MODERATE FOXING SURROUNDING PLATES INKED OWNER'S SIGNATURE TO FRONT FREE PAPER. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED-43 TOTAL 609 PAGES 8vo BOOKS MEASURE 8.5"x5.5". FIRST EDITION 184 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE. Chapman & Hall hardcover
189013277London: Chapman and Hall 1890. Full leather. Very Good . R. Seymour and "Phiz. A wonderful Presentation copy of this 1890 re-issue bound and signed by the binder in full calf by Morrell of London. Included with this copy are 26 mounted photographs most of them signed by the actors of characters from a local production of "The Pickwick Papers" put on by the "Ipswich Suffolk England Presbyterian Acting Guild". There's also a bound-in Presentation page thanking a Mr. Herbert Walker for his 4 years of leadership and signed by the members of the Ipswich Presbyterian Guild. A clean very sharp copy to boot. Tight and VG to Near Fine with very light scuffing to the front panel mild wear at the foot of the spine and very light foxing internally though not affecting the plates at all and along the fore-edge. Thick octavo nicely illustrated thruout in addition to the 26 photos by R. Seymour and "Phiz Chapman and Hall unknown
1857011323Bradbury and Evans 1857. Book. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. All First Edition Points.3/4 Brown Leather with Marble Boards.Beautiful Copy. White Pages little foxing. Gorgeous Copy. Bradbury and Evans Hardcover books
189013277London: Chapman and Hall 1890. Full leather. Very Good . R. Seymour and "Phiz". A wonderful Presentation copy of this 1890 re-issue bound and signed by the binder in full calf by Morrell of London. Included with this copy are 26 mounted photographs most of them signed by the actors of characters from a local production of "The Pickwick Papers" put on by the "Ipswich Suffolk England Presbyterian Acting Guild". There's also a bound-in Presentation page thanking a Mr. Herbert Walker for his 4 years of leadership and signed by the members of the Ipswich Presbyterian Guild. A clean very sharp copy to boot. Tight and VG to Near Fine with very light scuffing to the front panel mild wear at the foot of the spine and very light foxing internally though not affecting the plates at all and along the fore-edge. Thick octavo nicely illustrated thruout in addition to the 26 photos by R. Seymour and "Phiz" <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1870L1578<p>6 parts 190 pages. with12 illustrations and engraved title and portrait of Dickens in Part VI. Octavo 8 3/4" X 5 1/2" bound in original pictorial blue-green wrappers in a modern morocco backed box. 9 x 5 1/2 inches Wood-engraved plates after Luke Fildes engraved by Dalziel C. Roberts. Complete as issued. First edition.</p><p><em>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</em> is Charles Dickens's final unfinished novel published in 1870 which centers on the mysterious disappearance of Edwin Drood after his engagement to Rosa Bud is broken off leaving his uncle the opium-addicted choirmaster John Jasper as the prime suspect. The story set in the cathedral town of Cloisterham involves opium dens secret desires and a detective figure named Datchery but Dickens died before revealing the ending leaving the central mystery unsolved and sparking centuries of speculation.</p><p>At the death of Dickens on 9 June 1870 the novel was left unfinished in his writing desk only six of a planned twelve instalments having been written. He left no detailed plan for the remaining installments or solution to the novel's mystery and many later adaptations and continuations by other writers have attempted to complete the story.</p><p>There have been four film adaptations of <em>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</em>. The first two are silent pictures released in 1909 British directed by Arthur Gilbert and 1914 American directed by Herbert Blaché and Tom Terriss and are unavailable to the general public and have been little seen since they were released.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Some wear and soiling to wrappers with some losses occasional light spotting and dampstains to text and one front joint of the box worn else very good in like enclosure.</p> Chapman & Hall paperback
1852140941225London: Bradbury & Evans 1852. First Edition. Very Good. 1852 1853 1854 but 1851-1853. Three volumes. First edition in book form. Bound without ads in half crushed red morocco over marbled boards. Very Good. Bindings lightly rubbed spines faded owner names and bookplates at front. Dickens' anti-aristocratic and anti-monarchical history of England written for children. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
184821193London: Bradbury & Evans Chapman & Hall 1848. First editions. Hardcover. All in orig. gilt decorated publisher's red cloth with front and back cover stamping in blind housed in felt lined red cloth slipcase. Aeg. Very good. 4 vols. Leech John. Four of five Christmas Books 17 x 11 cm. Chimes: the second Christmas book 175 pages. Second state of the vignette title page with Chapman & Hall in open letters below illustrated with 13 engravings after designs by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield. Nicks to backstrip head and foot. Cricket 174 pages. Ad leaf "New Edition Of Oliver Twist" second state double page vignette frontispiece and title illustrated with 14 engravings by Leech Doyle Stanfield Maclise and Landseer. Early owner inscription at title head rubbing to backstrip extremities. Battle Of Life. 175 pages. Vignette title page in the fourth and most common state. 13 engravings by Leech Doyle Maclise and Stanfield. Two pages of adverts at rear. Haunted Man. 188 pages. The last Christmas book 16 engravings by Leech Tenniel Stone and Stanfield. Frontispiece and pictorial title printed on light mustard color paper rehinged with original backstrip laid-down slight loss of gilt lettering at head. All copies with yellow endpapers. ECKEL pp.116-118. SMITH II: 5-9. Bradbury & Evans, Chapman & Hall hardcover books
194067936A Beautifully Bound and Illustrated Copy of "A Christmas Carol" DICKENS Charles. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. Illustrated by Philip Reed. Chicago: Printed.by John B. Reed and Philip Reed at the Monastery Hill Press for Holiday House New York 1940. First edition illustrated by Philip Reed. Small octavo 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 170 x 121 mm. xii 148. Numerous colored illustrations. Beautifully bound in full red morocco boards decoratively ruled in gilt with two double-fillet borders and with gilt holly leaves as corner devices. Front board with leather inlay of Mr. Fezziwig dancing in tan green brown and black morocco. Spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Top edge gilt others uncut. Partially unopened. A beautiful fine copy. HBS 67936. $1500 The Monastery Hill Press hardcover books
18542157London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition. First edition. Original fine-ribbed olive green cloth with blindstamped design on covers and spine. with "Price 5/- at base of spine. Has p. 244 versus 44. A very good tight and unsophisticated copy with both hinges completely intact. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
18671002625London 1867. Admission ticket #70 for the public banquet given in honor of Charles Dickens as he embarked on his final American reading tour. In 1867 Dickens was at the height of his literary fame and the grand farewell dinner at London's Freemason's Hall was attended by almost five hundred guests including Matthew Arnold Wilkie Collins Alfred Tennyson and Anthony Trollope. In his response to the toasts Dickens outlined his reasons for returning to America: " I am inspired . . . by a natural desire to see for myself the astonishing change and progress of a quarter of a century over there to grasp the hands of many faithful friends whom I left upon those shores to see the faces of a multitude of new friends upon whom I have never looked and last not least to use my best endeavor to lay down a third cable of intercommunication and alliance between the old world and the new." Dickens was overwhelmed by the occasion writing to his friend Harry Wills the following day: "When I got up to speak but for taking a desperate hold of myself I should have lost my sight and voice and sat down again." A near-fine artifact of the Victorian literary scene. Pale green coated card measuring 3 x 4.5 inches printed recto only: "Dinner given to Mr. Charles Dickens / on the occasion of / His Departure for the United States / Freemason's Hall Great Queen St. / Saturday November 2nd 1867 Seven o'clock." Lightest edgewear. unknown books
18804760London: Chapman and Hall 1880. Large thick 8vo. Bound in modern three-quarter dark brown goatskin bold gilt lettering to spine all edges in 23ct gold. The first Household edition bound together. A superb fore edge painting by Martin Frost featuring a portrait of the young Dickens with illustrations from each of the titles monogrammed by Martin Frost with his authenticity ticket tipped in. Fine. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
185421838London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm.; original green blind- and gilt-tooled cloth pale yellow glazed endpapers; viii325pp. Spine a bit cocked and toned to tan covers show some faint dampstaining minor edge wear hinges starting to crack but still holding. Very Good overall. GIMBEL A136; SMITH I 11. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1854121032London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition in book form of Dickens' attack on the living conditions of England's mid-19th century industrial cities. Octavo original green cloth blindstamped with gilt titles to the spine including the "Price 5/-" in gilt at the base of the spine and p.244 misnumbered as 44. In near fine condition with the half-title present which is often lacking. Housed in a custom three quarter morocco and chemise slipcase. Initially published serially in Household Words between April and August of 1854 Hard Times was published in book form almost immediately following the final serial in 1854. Viewed as a departure from Dickens' previous tales the work presents what was to become an increasingly somber picture of contemporary society in Dickens' works. Critics such as George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Macaulay focused on Dickens' treatment of trade unions and his post-Industrial Revolution pessimism in regards to the divide between capitalist mill owners and undervalued workers during the Victorian era. F. R. Leavis a great admirer of the book included it - but not as a whole - in his Great Tradition of English novels. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
1857WRCLIT29812London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. Large thick octavo lettered in gilt decorated in blind. Frontis engraved title and plates by H.K. Browne. Front inner hinge cracking slightly cloth a bit faded head and toe of spine a bit frayed and nicked margins of most plates quite foxed but despite the noted defects a good sound unsophisticated copy. First edition in book form though with some of the errors corrected. In this copy p. 371 is signed correctly and 'Rigaud' has been corrected to 'Blandois' on pp.469-74. SMITH 12. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
184096777London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands red morocco spine label engraved frontispieces illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition. Master Humphrey's Clock originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical published between April of 1840 and December of 1841. Entirely written and edited by Dickens the magazine included both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Many of the short stories acted as frame stories to the novels and although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
184095116London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo 3 volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands top edge gilt marbled endpapers engraved frontispiece in each volume illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Tipped in to the front and rear of each volume is an extensive collection containing pages from a number of the original Master's Humphrey's Clock serials in addition to several period reviews and article related to Dickens. In near fine condition. A unique example containing the stories in their original form. Master Humphrey's Clock originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical published between April of 1840 and December of 1841. Entirely written and edited by Dickens the magazine included both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Many of the short stories acted as frame stories to the novels and although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
