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0012740The Folio Society. Hardcover. Fine. A beautiful set . Eighteen volumes in slipcases . All of the books and all of the slipcases are in fine condition as new . All of the books are First Printings except the PICKWICK PAPERS volume which is a second printing . Christopher Hibbert provides very incisive Introductions to each volume . The books are illustrated by Charles Keeping . The books are bound in Scholco Brillanta cloth with printed paper sides . Color to top page edges designed to match the paper on the sides . All of the slipcases are covered in green paper -- note that several of them are a lighter shade of green than the others as originally published . The individual volumes are as follows : 1 THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD . Pub. 1982 . Edited by Arthur J. Cox . 2 THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP . Pub. 1987 . 3 CHRISTMAS BOOKS . Pub.1988 . 4 THE LIFE AND ADVENTYRES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT . Pub. 1988 . 5 GREAT EXPECTATIONS . Pub. 1981 . 6 BARNABY RUDGE : A TALE OF THE RIOTS OF 'EIGHTY . Pub. 1987 . 7 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY . Pub.1986 . 8 DEALING WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON WHOLESALE RETAIL AND FOR EXPORTATION . Pub . 1984 . 9 THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB . Pub.1981 . 10 THE ADVENTURES OF OLIVER TWIST . Pub . 1984 . 11 LITTLE DORRIT . Pub. 1986 . 12 BLEAK HOUSE . Pub. 1985 . 13 OUR MUTUAL FRIEND . Pub. 1982 . 14 HARD TIMES FOR THESE TIMES . Pub. 1983 . 15 A TALE OF TWO CITIES . Pub. 1985 . 16 THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COOPERFIELD . Pub. 1983 . 17 Companion Volume : Arthur L. Hayward THE DICKENS ENCYCLOPEDIA . London : The Folio Society 1989 . 18 Companion Volume : Essays selected and introduced by Rosalind Wallace DICKENS' LONDON . London The Folio Society 1966 . Engravings by George Cruikshank . A wonderful set for any fan of Dickens . The Folio Society hardcover
188718428Boston: Samuel E. Cassino 1887. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good bound in paper-covered boards with gilt titles and decorations with a 1/4 vellum spine with emossed decorations. Minor wear to exterior. Toning. Hinge a bit stretched but intact at a couple of gatherings. 4to 11"h x 9 1/2"w. Illustrated throughout by I.M. Gaugengigl and T. V. Chominski. Samuel E. Cassino hardcover
18532207115London: Bradbury and Evans 1853. First. hardcover. Very good. First edition first issue with all first issue errors. Very good in 19th century quarter leather rebinding. Bradbury and Evans unknown
18501260141850. London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. <br /> <br /> 8vo xiv 2 624 pp. with half title engraved frontis vignette title-page and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne Phiz. Half morocco skillfully rebacked with much of the original backstrip laid-on new endpapers. Boards quite worn lower joint cracked chipped corner and closed tear to title page some edgewear to plates and some pages plates darkened. <br /> <br /> § First edition in book form with all points listed by Smith I 9 including "screamed" not corrected on p. 132. unknown
37010Boston:: Dana Estes & Company. Very Good. N.D. Hardcover. Complete in fifteen volumes. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout each volume various illustrators. No statement of printing early 1900s. Octavos half-bound in light brown leather marbled boards gilt lettering and design along spines top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Light edge wear else each volume is very good. Binding are solid and tight. . Dana Estes & Company, hardcover
18481408101Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in book form; early issue. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale Retail and for Exploration by Charles Dickens and with illustrations by H.K. Brownie. 1848 stated on the title page. Quarter leather binding with marbled paper covered boards and gilt pinstripe detailing. Decorative gilt detailing on spine. A very handsome book. Moderate edgewear and rubbing. Slight tanning of the pages. Very good condition. Comes housed in a custom slipcase. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
1854307702London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition. viii 2 352 pp. 8vo. Modern mottled half brown morocco and marbled boards. First edition. viii 2 352 pp. 8vo. Eckel pp 140-141 Bradbury & Evans unknown
1857021470London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition. Octavo. First state with all issue points by Smith. 625pp. illustrated by H.K. Brown with 40 plates of which eight are the dark plates three line errata B2 instead of BB2 and more. Bound from the original parts stab marks visible in 3/4 red morocco over red cloth raised bands and title gilt all edges marbled with marbled endpapers an exceptionally clean copy without foxing to plates text clean light rubbing to joints and corners. From the library of author George M. Doe with his bookplate. Bradbury and Evans unknown
1840366410London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First Edition. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Three frontispieces numerous illustrations in text. iv 306 pp.; vi 306 pp.; vi 426 pp. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Three quarter morocco boards with gilt and stamped borders gilt spine in compartments; former ownership signature in vol. II some water staining occasional spotting otherwise clean inside. First Edition. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Three frontispieces numerous illustrations in text. iv 306 pp.; vi 306 pp.; vi 426 pp. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Comprises Dickens two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Smith 6PhotoNYCBL Chapman and Hall unknown
1840HIND 45CHAPMAN AND HALL 1840. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN THREE VOLUMES IN HALF LEATHER WITH MARBLED BOARDS. CHAPMAN AND HALL Hardcover
1840TB32243London: Chapman and Hall 1840 and 1841. First Editions. This complete set of three volumes are all in very good conditions and bound in their original ribbed brown cloth blind stamped bindings with gilt text and elaborate gilt designs on the spine and with a gilt decorations on each of the front boards in the form of clocks with the hands on each volume pointing to the appropriate volume number. Each volume is a small quarto of 10 1/8 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the cloth and the heads and heels of the spines and with the cloth worn through on the tips of the boards. Volume II has a small 1/8 by a 1 inch long chip to the cloth at the rear edge of the spine in the title block which barely impacts on the gilt title. The title pages for each volume show a small oval 1.5 inch wide auctioneer's stamp to the right of the author's name. Save for a few printer's ink stains in the margins and minor foxing to the preliminaries the contents are quite clean and free of much tanning or foxing. The hinges and joints remain tight and storng. None of the three volumes are in dust jackets and presumably as issued. Volume I contains 306 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes throughout from wood engravings by George Cattermiole and Hablot Browne "Phiz". Volume II is dated 1841 as called for and contains 306 pages and is illustrated as above. Volume III is also dated 1841 and contains 426 pages and is illustrated as above. Smith: Charles Dickesn in the Original Cloth 6; Gimbel/Podeschi A51; Eckel p.69 Chapman and Hall hardcover
1840279London: Chapman and Hall 1840. A very good set with spines and upper front cover of vol. III gently sunned printer's tickets of Benjamin Smith of Liverpool to front pastedowns text and illustrations clean. An attractive example. Triple decker first edition in book form in publisher's blind stamped ribbed brown cloth with a central gilt device of a clock spine elaborately stamped and titled in gilt. Includes The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge before they were separately issued. Profusely illustrated with frontispieces plus 194 wood-engraved illustrations 154 by "Phiz" Hablot Browne and 39 by George Cattermole though Smith notes some dispute about such numbers. Engraved frontispiece in each volume with tissue guard. "This odd mélange which includes The Old Curiosity Shop Barnaby Rudge and an elaborate surrounding apparatus is the pinnacle of Dickensian Gothic." Ray 1991.<br /> <br /> Large 8vo. 3 vols. Smith I: 6 this copy with most internal flaws of which Smith does not assign priority. This copy with non-marbled endpapers and trimmed edges which suggests priority over marbled copies; Eckel pp. 67-70. Ray Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914 60. Chapman and Hall unknown
1865265076London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First edition in book form. 40 engraved plates by Dalziel Brothers or W. T. Green after illustrations by Marcus Stone. xi i 320; vii i 309 1 2 ad pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern half calf with red morocco lettering-pieces marbled edges monthly part covers to parts I & II bound-in. Edgewear and spotting to a few plates else near fine. First edition in book form. 40 engraved plates by Dalziel Brothers or W. T. Green after illustrations by Marcus Stone. xi i 320; vii i 309 1 2 ad pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dickens' tale of hidden identities greed and love all wrapped up with the theme of wealth and its evils. Eckle p. 94; Smith #15 p. 106 Chapman and Hall unknown
1865002093London: Chapman and Hall 1865 London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First edition. Two volumes bound in one. Original dark reddish brown sand cloth binding front and back covers stamped in blind with a thin single line border. Gilt titles. Spine says "Our Mutual Friend. Charles Dickens. Illustrated Original Edition". All points present as noted in Walter E. Smith pp. 106-110. All engravings present. No catalogue. Dark brown endpapers. Top and bottom of spine frayed moderate wear to extremities front and back hinges open light foxing. Ex-library packet and paste-ons in rear no other markings. Good condition. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1867005909London: Chapman and Hall 1867 London: Chapman and Hall 1867. "New Edition" Complete in one volume. 8vo. Brown cloth binding 526 pp. Published in 1867 as part of the "Charles Dickens Edition" or "Original Edition" set Bleak House is in its original fine brown sandcloth also called "diapercloth" binding with a blindstamped rule around the edges. "SKETCHES BY BOZ." short swollen rule "CHARLES DICKENS." all caps "ILLUSTRATED" ORIGINAL EDITION" all caps appear on the spine in gilt. Original chocolate brown endpapers. 9" tall x 5.5" wide. Blank endpaper. Half title. Engraved frontispiece entitled "The Election for Beadle" protective tissue engraved title vignette title blank verso. Advertisement dated London May 15 1839 blank verso. Contents vii-viii "Seven Sketches from Our Parish" title. 526 pp. blank endpaper colored endpaper. 38 engraved plates plus frontispiece and vignette 40 illustrations in total. Dickens re-edited his works for this edition with the intention of developing an authoritative version of his works. When Oxford University Press decided to print a set of Dickens' works this was the edition that was chosen. Light scuffing bright and solid textblock all tissue guards and illustrations present. In exceptional near fine condition. Chapman and Hall hardcover
184667717London: Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans Whitefriars 1846. A New Edition Revised and Corrected. Leather Bound. Very Good. George Cruikshank. With the Author's Preface for the Third Edition. 311pp. Octavo 21.5 cm Bound in a contemporary full brown leather with gilt stamped ornamental designs on the spine the publication date at the foot of the spine and double gilt-ruled borders on the covers. All edges gilt. Turn-ins gilt. Two brown silk ribbon page-markers. Spine title labels absent. Light rubbing to the extremities. A few small mottled stains on the front board. Very faint numerical notation to front free endpaper. Tiny stains in the top margins of pp. 293-301 a couple of them are a bit darker but most of them are barely visible. No half title. "Oliver's Asking for More" is bound in opposite the title page rather than being found at p. 9. All plates are present. Smith 4. Eckel p. 59-63. Collins extract from the third volume of The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature pp. 791/92. With Twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank.<br /> <br /> An early edition of Dickens's classic tale exploring themes of poverty crime and the corruption of societal institutions. The Adventures of Oliver Twist was first published serially under the pseudonym "Boz" from 1837 to 1839 in Bentley's Miscellany and in a three-volume book in 1838. Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars unknown
1845001951London: Chapman & Hall 1845 1845. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE. 1 vol. illustrated second state of the additional engraved title-page bound in the publisher's original gilt and blind stamped red cloth all edges gilt spine expertly relined neat contemporary gift inscription to half-title internally clean and bright no bookplate to front pastedown spine slightly sunned overall still a VERY GOOD copy. London: Chapman & Hall, 1845 hardcover
1931her 269London: Limited Editions Club 1931. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FINE. A FINE FIRST IN fine SLIPCASE.ull page and text b&w illustrations by Arthur Rackham. illustrator. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Tan cloth title in gilt and pictorially stamped in black. A very fine hardcover in glassine and slipcase. Limited Editions Club Hardcover
1866005907London: Chapman and Hall 1866 No publication date. Published c. 1866 as part of the "Charles Dickens Edition" or "Original Edition" set Nicholas Nickleby is in its original fine brown sandcloth also called "diapercloth" binding with a blindstamped rule around the edges. "Nicholas Nickleby." short swollen rule "CHARLES DICKENS." all caps "ILLUSTRATED" ORIGINAL EDITION" all caps appear on the spine in gilt. Original chocolate brown endpapers. 9" tall x 5.5" wide. Frontispiece engraved portrait with facsimile signature protective tissue. Dedication preface vii-x Contents xi-xiv List of Plates xv-xvi. 624 pp. blank endpaper colored endpaper. 39 engraved plates each with protective tissue. The title page and frontispiece are identical to that shown in Smith p. 39 lacking a publication date. Most of the internal flaws noted in Smith pp. 41-42 are present. Dickens re-edited his works for this edition with the intention of developing an authoritative version of his works. When Oxford University Press decided to print a set of Dickens' works this was the edition that was chosen. Light soiling light edgewear. Slit along edge of spine cloth with a couple of closed tears needs rebacking. Part of front hinge cracked. Clean solid textblock. Pages uniformly lightly toned. Good condition. John Carter Taste & Technique in Book Collecting quoted in Smith p. ix said "many of Dickens's cloth-bound novels are hardly ever found in fine condition.Cloth cases provided for his usually ample volumes were poor quality so that the collector may find Martin Chuzzlewit and David Copperfield as difficult and Pickwick more difficult to secure in fine original cloth than in the parts." Chapman and Hall hardcover
009762London: Chapman and Hall Published in the 1860's as part of the "Charles Dickens Edition" or "Original Edition" set Martin Chuzzlewit is in its original brown sandcloth binding with a blindstamped rule around the edges. "Martin Chuzzlewit." short swollen rule "CHARLES DICKENS" all caps "ILLUSTRATED" ORIGINAL EDITION" all caps appear on the spine in gilt. Original chocolate brown endpapers. 9" tall x 5.5" wide. The title page is identical to that shown in Smith p. 64 without a publication date. This book is in an early revision state with most of the internal flaws and points listed by Smith with a few corrections. pp. 66-67. Full page vignette engraving protective tissue engraved title title page with copyright on verso Dedication preface vii-viii Contents ix-xii List of Plates xiii-xiv Dickens's Errata 10 items xv 624 pp. blank endpaper colored endpaper. Fraying top ad bottom of spine mild skewing. Boards rubbed with scrape marks to rear board. Expected occasional foxing. All the structural components are solid. John Carter Taste & Technique in Book Collecting quoted in Smith p. ix said "many of Dickens's cloth-bound novels are hardly ever found in fine condition.Cloth cases provided for his usually ample volumes were poor quality so that the collector may find Martin Chuzzlewit and David Copperfield as difficult and Pickwick more difficult to secure in fine original cloth than in the parts." In the 1860's Dickens revised and edited his books releasing the so-called "Charles Dickens Edition" or "Original Edition" of which this is part. When Oxford University Press decided to reprint Dickens's works it was this edition that was chosen. Very good condition. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1839011978London: Chapman and Hall 1839. An early twentieth-century binding with green cloth-covered boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Panelled spine with gilt lettering and panel designs. Date at foot of spine. The spine has mellowed to brown which is quite common with old green leather. This first edition in book form contains 39 etchings by Hablot K. Brown Phiz and a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait after the painting by David Maclise. The engraved frontispiece is in the first state with Chapman and Hall at the bottom other plates do not have the imprint and are termed second state. Most of the textual errors as noted in Smith have not been corrected although a few have been changed. Three plates are misbound: "Newman Noggs Leaves the Ladies" is found at p.166 "Nicholas Attracted by the Mention of His Sister's Name" at .308 and "The Children at Their Cousin's Grave" at p. 223. Plates and text are generally fresh and clean occasional minor foxing only. Originally issued in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts. 624pp. See Smith 1:5 Eckel pp64-66 Podeschi A41. . First Edition Second Issue. 3/4 Green Morocco. Light Edge Wear. Illus. by Hablot Knight Browne. Octavo. Chapman and Hall Hardcover
210109NY: The Heritage Press. Hardcover. Handsome set in fine condition photos upon request. Published on various dates ranging from 1937 to 1971 now rebound in full dark red leather raised bands and gilt titling with new marbled end papers. The Heritage Press hardcover
18364190bdLondon: Chapman and Hall 1836. First Edition. Duodecimo printed wrappers 49 iii blanks pp. Four plates. Good. At some point the spine was professionally reinforced; even so the front cover has become detached; otherwise clean and tight in cloth chemise and morocco & boards slipcase that shows some wear. Chapman and Hall, 1836. hardcover
1846240607-MB51London: Chapman and Hall / Bradbury and Evans 1846. Two early books Bound together in Three Quarter Leather with marbled edges and endpapers With original illustrations by various illustrators The Chimes 8th edition 1845 Cricket on the Hearth 13th edition 1846. Early Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. Chapman and Hall / Bradbury and Evans Hardcover
1865mon0000065413Harper & Brothers Publishers N 1865-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. First authorized U.S. edition in brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. 350 pages with 2 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece engraving of Dickens by Bobbett-Hooper. Illustrations throughout. Light to moderate foxing throughout the text. Discoloration to the endpages. Binding is tight in original cloth. Water-staining along the foredge of the front board. Heavily rubbed board edges. Boards are rubbed and soiled in various places. Spine egdes are frayed else a sound copy. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, N hardcover