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18544953.2Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original green blindstamped cloth. VG tight/blinstamping sharp/sp sltly dull/some minor foxing. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover books
19132287788Hodder & Stoughton / Hasell Watson & Viney Ld 1913. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Thomson Hugh. Spine faded front and end matter a bit toned small bookseller ticket on front endpaper. 1913 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. v 1 137 1 pp. 8vo. Red cloth gilt titles gilt and blind-stamped decorations grey endpapers with holiday bell chime motif. Tipped in color plates by Hugh Thomson. A short holiday novel published a year after A Christmas Carol which represents the second in Dickens's five-volume Christmas Books series. Hodder & Stoughton / Hasell, Watson & Viney, Ld hardcover books
1863WRCLIT82707London: Chapman & Hall 1863. xiv2624pp. plus errata. Large thick octavo. Publisher's original olive green cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Engraved frontis and title- page vignette. 38 engraved plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". Ink name on front free endsheet early repair to cracking of rear inner hinge some sunning and rubbing to the spine and wear to lower fore-tips small patch of rubbing through cloth along lower joint otherwise an unusually nice clean copy very good or slightly better. Uncommon in this condition in the publisher's cloth. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
19005885New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. xii2450pp. Title printed in red & black. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 11 plates plus numerous text sketches. Finely bound by Charles E. Lauriat Co. Boston in 1/2 red morocco gilt over cloth. T.e.g. Fine. "The Works of Charles Dickens. Vol. XXXIII." Printed from the edition that was carefully corrected by the author in 1867 and 1868. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1863WRCLIT82706London: Chapman & Hall 1863. xiv errata2624pp. Large thick octavo. Publisher's original olive green cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Engraved frontis and title- page vignette. 38 engraved plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". Ink name on front free endsheet slight cracking of rear inner hinge some sunning and rubbing to the spine and wear to lower fore-tips otherwise an unusually nice clean copy very good or slightly better. Uncommon in this condition in the publisher's cloth. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1983002798London: Hodder & Stoughton 1983. Full blue leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration to the front board with four raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine all edges gilt decorative endpages and gorgeous tissue-guarded illustrations by Frank Reynolds R.I. Fine lacking the slipcase. A beautifully produced book. . Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by ReynoldsR.I. Frank. Large 8vo. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover books
19005887New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. xiv2426pp. Title printed in red & black. Illus. with a frontis. port. and 3 engraved plates by Harry Furniss. Finely bound by Charles E. Lauriat Co. Boston in 1/2 red morocco gilt over cloth. T.e.g. Fine. "The Works of Charles Dickens. Vol. XXIX." Printed from the edition that was carefully corrected by the author in 1867 and 1868. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1839LD7802Philadelphia / Paris: Lea & Blanchard / Baudry's European Library 1839 / 1844. possibly First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Binding broken; neatly detached text block all edges marbled; 8vo 2 volumes bound together; OLIVER TWIST pp. 4 title-p. list of illustrations TOC 13-212 plus 20 of 24 plates by George Cruikshank; IVANHOE pp. 2 title-p. blank 223 with text printed in double columns. Text blocks including plates a little foxed and browned but bright and clean overall. Nice early copies worthy of rebinding -- Dickens may be the First American Edition. <br/><br/> Lea & Blanchard / Baudry's European Library hardcover books
187825408.1Boston: Jones McDuffee & Stratton 1878. 1st separate edition Brussel EAST To WEST p. 85; Gimbel B221. Not in the NCBEL. Light grey printed wrappers stapled. Modest wear & soiling. A VG copy. 14 2 pp. Terminalplate of a Parian statuette of John A. Andrews. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Somewhat abridged version of Dickens' "A Plated Article" originally published in Household Words 1852 in which Dickens relates his visit to the Copeland Pottery works at Stoke-upon-Trent in Staffordshire. Jones McDuffee & Stratton unknown books
19085457.2Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1908. 1st edition. Ltd to 493 cc. Half faux vellum w/ paper boards. Housed in blue 2-part slipcase. A NF copy faint foxing in a VG lt wear & soiling box. 152 pp illustrated with plates 8vo. <br/><br/>First publication of the letters which were from the collection of William Bixby. The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
18683265.3Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. 1st edition Gimbel D-42; Kitton 417; Wilkins p. 41. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Some light foxing & staining to paper. Withal a respectable VG copy. 8 241 1 blank pp. Illustrated by Sol Eytinge 8 plates from the Diamond edition. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Contains a specially written preface by Dickens noting that the volume is compiled with his "full and free consent." Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
30035.1New York: Redfield No. 34 Beekman-Street n. d. 1st edition thus ca 1856 Gimbel B-230 & Wilkins pp. 40 - 41. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & boards stamped in blind. Some wear to binding extremities. Prior owner inscription to ffep. Sporadic foxing. A VG copy. 185 1 pp. Last page blank. Frontis with tissue guard. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>Per Wilkins "The original editions of these little books are quite scarce and are rarely met with in the auction sales or in dealer's catalogues." Not published in England. Redfield, No. 34 Beekman-Street hardcover books
49323n. p. n. d. Ca 1860s . Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning extremity wear to card some yellowing to photos. Very Good. Card verso with printed paper title label. No publisher imprint. 2 domed albumen photographs 1/8" apart on a flat brown mount rounded corners. 3-1/4" x 6-7/8" <br/><br/>An obscure card depicting a scene from The Old Curiosity Shop and while we're not surprised to see the 19th C. stereoview craze encompass the Dickens galaxy of characters we are somewhat suprised that an example has never previously come our way in the past 30 years. <br /> <br />An uncommon stereoview depicting "Little Nell" seated in the Curiosity Shop. unknown books
184635564Leipzig: Bernh Tauchnitz Jun 1846. 1st Tauchnitz editions Todd & Bowden A3 & 103Aa. Period black morocco-grain cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Some binding wear & spotting mostly to rear board. A VG copy. 88; 263 1 blank pp. 6-1/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Bernh Tauchnitz Jun hardcover books
184131233New York: J. Winchester Publisher 1841. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's green cloth with later cloth tape repair to spine & board corners. Usual foxing to paper. Period pos of William B. Baldwin. Ex-lib with bookplate to front paste-down. Front hinge starting at top. An About VG copy. 2 692 pp. Illustrated with 8 of at least 9 inserted full-page plates. 15" x 10-1/4" <br/><br/>Contains portions of 'Master Humprey's Clock' beginning in the June 1840 issue as well as Marryat's 'Poor Jack'. J. Winchester, Publisher hardcover books
1910819.6Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1910. 1st edition 1st issue. Limited to 483 cc. Half-bound with parchment & brown paper-wrapped boards; gilt spine lettering. Slipcase. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine slipcase title label with some minor abrasion to upper left corner. 90 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
185932705New York 1859. Early if not 1st US publication of this Dickens' letter reprinted from Yates' 1859 privately-printed pamphlet cf. NCBEL III 830 & 1083. Disbound. Splitting along vertical fold. Horizontal fold-line. Some edge rash and expected yellowing to paper. A VG copy. Dickens letter occupies 4-1/2 column inches above the fold on the front page. Entire newspaper 8 pp in length 6 columns per page. Elephant folio. 22-1/4" x 15-1/4" <br/><br/>A contemporaneous publication of Dickens' 24 November 1858 letter to Thackeray attempting to mediate the Garrick club brouhaha that sprung up between Thackeray & Edmund Yates a Dickens' protege of sorts. As a result of this conflict Dickens & Thackery became estranged not speaking again until shortly before Thackeray's death in 1863 cf. Johnson TRAGEDY And TRIUMPH pp 931 - 936. unknown books
1854WRCLIT66144New York: Bunce & Brothers 1854. 2333231pp. Octavo. Plum cloth decorated in blind lettered in gilt. Endsheets a bit foxed 1856 Christmas gift inscription spine sunned else very good. A combined edition of HOME NARRATIVES and THE WORLD HERE AND THERE; OR NOTES OF TRAVELLERS printed utilizing the plates of the Putnam editions. Several of the stories have supernatural themes. GIMBEL - PODESCHI D21. Bunce & Brothers hardcover books
1915Embry 174263Hodder and Stoughton Circa 1915. Slight bump to lower front corner occasional light rubbing near fine and bright in custom mylar cover. Full page color illustrations by Frank Reynolds. Full red cloth titled in gilt and with gilt silhouette of child to front panel. Hodder and Stoughton, Circa 1915. hardcover books
185540533Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers 1855. 1st US book publication. Original publisher's printed buff-paper wrappers sewn. Edgewear & soiling to wrappers with spine paper mostly perished. Damping to lower corner of last couples leaves with a bit of adhesion. A Good copy. 29 1 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>King presently an enigma in literary history. we know Dickens published two of her stories in Household Words with this being the second preceded by "Why My Uncle was a Bachelor" February 11 1854. On receipt of this story submission Dickens wrote her that he found "very great merit" in the effort. The story was seriallized in 3 issues beginning May 12 1855. Cf. Lohrli HOUSEHOLD WORDS 1973. <br /> <br />OCLC records 2 institutional holdings. <br /> <br />Rare. T. B. Peterson & Brothers unknown books
184410720.2Boston: Benjamin H. Greene 1844. 2nd edition American Imprints 44-1238; NCBEL III 822; Cf. Sabin 11217 for the 1st & 3rd editions. Original printed blue wrappers. Front wrapper title: 'LETTER To A LADY In FRANCE In ANSWER To ENQUIRIES CONCERNING The LATE IMPUTATIONS Of DISHONOR Upon the UNITED STATES.". Usual foxing some curled upper corners and a qtr-circle dampstin to lower corner throughout most of text; overall VG. Period pos to top of front wrapper. iv 5 - 60 pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Benjamin H. Greene unknown books
190525407Philadelphia: The Philobiblon Club 1905. 1st edition Gimbel H118; Miller p. 100. Limited to 150 cc. Grey printed wrappers. Overall VG some chipping to wrapper edges. 53 1 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Last page blank. Tall 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>Not in the NCBEL. The Philobiblon Club unknown books
189927458Rochester & Chatham: W. & J. Mackay & Co 1899. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. Lime green cloth binding stamped in black. Subtitled on front board "A Guide to Its Places & People.". VG. A nice copy. 6 4 92 10 pp. Advert eps preliminary & terminal pages. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> W. & J. Mackay & Co hardcover books
18859678London: George Redway 1885. 1st editon NCBEL III 780. Full faux vellum with gilt lettering. VG some soiling to binding/bpt/newspaper offset to t.p. & page opposite. 56 pp publisher adverts at rear. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover books
34201New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company n. d. Ca late 1880s / early 1890s. Modern blue cloth spine & white glazed boards with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Blue cloth tie. AEG. Floral patterned paper eps. Lacks the very rare dust jacket. Minor soiling to boards. A VG copy. 126 pp. Each page outlined in a red line border. 64mo. 3-3/8" x 2-1/4" <br/><br/>This edition not recorded in the major references though see Gimbel D103; Kittion DICKENSIANA 425; Miller p. 230; & Welsh 2357 for the earlier Bryce a/o Crowell publication. OCLC shows 2 holdings of this Stokes version. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books