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184221839London: Chapman and Hall 1842. First Edition. First state with verso of contents leaf incorrectly numbered "xvi" instead of "x". Two octavo volumes 20cm; bound in recent half green calf and marbled boards spines in six compartments with raised bands titling and decorations stamped in gilt; top edges gilt; x 2 308; viii 306pp; lacking ad leaf. Text edges slightly tanned; faint moisture staining to upper right corners of Vol.2; clean otherwise and free of foxing - about Fine. American Notes is largely based on Dickens's letters to John Forster Daniel Maclise Beard Mitton and Fontblanque. He sailed from Liverpool on 3 January 1842 and visited numerous cities in the United States and Canada including Boston New York Philadelphia Richmond St. Louis Montreal and Quebec before leaving for England from New York City on June 7. It was an exhausting trip and Dickens was especially tired of the often virulent reactions to his support of international copyright laws. His dissolution is apparent his criticisms of slavery the American press and the sanitary conditions of American cities. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1975122693Avon CT: The Limited Editions Club 1975. quarter leather leather spine label slipcase. Limited Editions Club. 8vo. quarter leather leather spine label slipcase. xviii 272 2 pages. With an Introduction by Angus Wilson. Illustrations by Raymond F. Houlihan. Limited to 2000 numbered copies signed by Houlihan LEC 477. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. With Monthly Letter / prospectus loosely inserted. Fine in near-fine slipcase with a small bump to the back lower corner. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
1975WRCLIT63622Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1975. Quarter calf and pictorial boards leather spine label. Frontis and illustrations by Raymond F. Houlihan. Introduction by Angus Wilson. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by Houlihan. Bookplate on pastedown otherwise fine in lightly rubbed slipcase. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1842141521842. First American Edition. New-York: J. Winchester Publisher November 1842. Original self-wrappers bound into very early plain blue wrappers. "First American Edition" -- second impression. As first put forth in a 1975 article by Peter Bracher and soon to be confirmed in Walter Smith's upcoming bibliography this edition 12-1/2 cents was published at 2:00 PM on Monday November 7 1842 -- just TWO HOURS before the "Brother Jonathan Extra" edition 12-1/2 cents managed to get out on the streets. Harper got its edition 12-1/2 cents out by early or mid-afternoon on the following day Tuesday the 8th and Lea & Blanchard of Philadelphia had an edition first 25 cents then 12-1/2 on the streets by Wednesday the 9th. L&B was the only one of these American publishers to have had a prior agreement with Dickens for publication in America -- but Dickens was so upset by the lack of an international copyright law he forewent any such negotiations -- which is why none of these publishers had advance sheets and all simply had to wait in the harbor for the first boat to arrive with the UK edition published in October and then rush to press. The Winchester publication occupies 46 pages of double-column text followed by one leaf of ads; it was originally issued without an outer wrapper. This copy is actually from Winchester's second impression not so stated -- which came out around November 19th a few minor differences include having "Number 3233" printed correctly in the heading and having "THE END" centered on page 46. Some later copies of this impression came with a decorative wrapper but not this one; the first owner "William B. Stafford 1842 Waterville N.Y." added this plain blue wrapper which he quickly signed and dated thrice. This wrapper could easily be removed but in our opinion its early dated signatures add something. Condition is very good the only flaw being where extra stitching was used to add the blue wrapper; it may be that there was initially a more substantial binding for which these blue wrappers served as endpapers. In any case -- this is a scarce piece. Bracher Bibliographical Society of America Vol 69 pp 365-376; curiously not in Podeschi Yale; Carr UTexas B4772; Wilkins pp 23-24. <br/><br/> unknown books
1842141561842. with the RARE outer wrapper First American Edition. New-York: J. Winchester Publisher November 1842. Original self-wrappers with additional outer wrapper. "First American Edition" -- second impression. As confirmed first in a 1975 article by Peter Bracher and again in Walter Smith's recent bibliography this edition 12-1/2 cents was published at 2:00 PM on Monday November 7 1842 -- just TWO HOURS before the "Brother Jonathan Extra" edition 12-1/2 cents managed to get out on the streets. Harper got its edition 12-1/2 cents out by early or mid-afternoon on the following day Tuesday the 8th and Lea & Blanchard of Philadelphia had an edition first 25 cents then 12-1/2 on the streets by Wednesday the 9th. L&B was the only one of these American publishers to have had a prior agreement with Dickens for publication in America -- but Dickens was so upset by the lack of an international copyright law he forewent any such negotiations -- which is why none of these publishers had advance sheets and all simply had to wait in the harbor for the first boat to arrive with the UK edition published in October and then rush to press. The Winchester publication occupies 46 pages of double-column text followed by one leaf of ads. The first impression was originally issued without an outer wrapper. This copy is from Winchester's second impression not so stated -- which first came out around November 19th a few minor differences include having "Number 3233" printed correctly in the heading and having "THE END" centered on page 46. Some later copies of this impression came with a decorative wrapper -- and this is such a copy. The wrapper's front cover reads "FIVE POINTS LITERATURE "BOZ" RAISING THE "DICKENS" WITH AMERICA OR HOW TO USE UP THE YANKEES. A NOVEL IN ONE VOLUME. PRICE 12 1/2 CENTS." A new title! A new sub-title! And it is now a novel! As Walter Smith observes in his upcoming bibliography the rear cover lists several British novels currently in serialization which are/will be issued in "New World" supplements as available: one of these is MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT which began its "New World" serialization in January 1843 -- so this wrapper was added sometime on or after that date. As Smith also points out there may be other states of this wrapper but this the Smith copy is the only documented example so we don't know. Condition is very good -- with substantial edge-wear mainly around the spine. A remarkable survival. Bracher Bibliographical Society of America Vol 69 pp 365-376; curiously not in Podeschi Yale; Carr UTexas B4772; Wilkins pp 23-24. unknown books
1975WRCLIT37745Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1975. Quarter calf and pictorial boards leather spine label. Frontis illustrations. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by Houlihan. Fine in lightly rubbed slipcase. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
191331792London: Chapman & Hall 1913. Marcus Stone. 8vo pp. 365. Illustrated by Marcus Stone all present. Maroon cloth gilt lettering on spine. Cover slightly scuffed and faded o/w a nice copy. American Notes was first published in 1842; Pictures from Italy in 1846. They are published together here as part of the "Universal edition of the works of Charles Dickens in 22 volumes. Chapman & Hall unknown books
184255330London: Chapman & Hall 1842. Second edn. 8vo pp. 3o8 306 adv. Bound in publisher's blind stamped cloth gilt stamping on the spine. Cloth worn at the extremities of the spine a very good clean copy. A travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June 1842. Chapman & Hall unknown books
1850001760London: Chapman & Hall 1850. Dickens Charles. AMERICAN NOTES. Frontispiece by C. Stanfield. London: Chapman & Hall 1850. Original blind-stamped green publisher's cloth with spines elaborately decorated in gilt. First "Cheap" Edition actually volume 7 of the first and most important collected works of Dickens with a new 2pp introduction and a specially commissioned new frontispiece. Begun in 1847 with writings already published Dickens added further titles to his "works" as he went along. Despite being called "cheap" -- these volumes are just as high quality in texture and ornamentation as his first editions; there are 18 titles in total we've never seen a complete set in fine original condition and individual volumes in collector's condition are scarce. NEAR FINE spine a trifle browned as almost always with this olive-green cloth minor wear to the extremities bright gilt and excellent eye appeal. It would hard to find a better example of this traditionally yet inexplicably undervalued volume from Dickens's carefully-designed newly prefaced and illustrated first collection of his works. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by C. Stanfield. Chapman & Hall Hardcover books
184229564Paris: Baudry's European Library 1842. First edition thus. Quarterbound green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards raised bands five compartments decorated or titled in gilt. Very good extremities lightly rubbed scattered foxing a nice copy. viii 320 pp. 8vo. "Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors Vol. CCCLXXXIII." Baudry's European Library hardcover books
197052517Westvaco 1970. Limited edition. Bartlett William Henry. Horizontal 8vo pp. 274. Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett. Black cloth blind-stamped; lettered in silver on spine. Some slight foxing on edges and a few leaves o/w a nice copy in llittle bumped and somewhat browned and spotted dlipcase. Westvaco unknown books
238758Back blank save a/c Barton. 7-1/4 x 3 inches. Now unframed. Back blank save a/c Barton. 7-1/4 x 3 inches. unknown books
18510145821 Devonshire Terrace London 1851. Hand-written letter measuring 4 1/2" x 7". Two horizontal folds to accommodate envelope for mailing. " 1 Devonshire Terrace Eighteenth January 1857. Dear Sir I have been visiting in the country or I should have answered your note sooner. I assure you that I feel under many obligations now and have to thank you for much kindness. I shall be glad to do so in person whenever you find such for time. Give me the opportunity. Faithfully yours Charles Dickens. addressee's name. Signed with Dickens' flourishing paraph. The letter and accompanying portrait were removed from an old frame and restored by a paper conservator.Mold was found on the reverse of the portrait with area of stain at foot of letter. Both were restored to their original conditions and left unframed in conservation papers. The work sheet of the conservator is included. Our research suggests that Dickens was visiting Gad's Hill in Kent when he said he had gone to the country as it was being renovated then retured to Devonshire Terrace for a short time before returning to Gad's Hill . He was also travelling extensively in Europe during this time. He used Gad's Hill as his country house until his death in 1870. I Devonshire Terrace was demolished in 1858-1859. A very nice example of a Dickens letter conserved and ready for framing. Letter of authentification is also included. unknown books
1869267671Gads Hill Place 1869. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. Framed double glass. About fine. 8 lines in blue ink on conjugate leaf of letterhead of The Times. 1 vols. 8vo. A Recommendation from Charles Dickens. Mowbray Morris 1819-1874 manager of The Times newspaper from 1847 to 1873 wrote Charles Dickens on 23 November 1869 thanking him for the "recommendation of Adolphus Trollope. It is an infinite comfort to a man who is charged with the difficult task of fitting holes with their appropriate pegs to have the assistance of any one so competent as you are. I think we shall give Mr. Trollope a trial ."<br/>Dickens wrote a note on the blank "My Dear Trollope I received the note on the other side from Mowbray Morris this morning and immediately post it on to you. Very affectionately yours Charles Dickens" signing with a fine flourish.<br/>Dickens had written to Morris on 20 November; Trollope did not take up the position at The Times. Published in Pilgrim Edition vol. 12 on the basis of 1935 description in T.A. Madigan catalogue unknown books
1868146611868. One page on Gads Hill Place stationery dated 21 May 1868. The text of this letter reads: I am deeply gratified by your praises of Harry; and I dearly hope that in his future career he will do us both justice. Nothing will occur I trust to prevent my having the pleasure of giving away the prizes on the day of the Sports. I am sorry to say that my surgeon forms a far less hopeful view of Harry's accident than yours does. Faithfully yours always signed Charles Dickens The Rev. Brackenbury was the headmaster of Wimbledon School which Dickens's 19-year-old son Harry had attended since 1861 and as "Head Censor" was nearing the end of his final year before going up that fall to Trinity Hall Cambridge the only Dickens child to attend university. Henry Fielding Dickens was the eighth of Dickens's ten children -- named of course for one of Dickens's favorite authors Henry Fielding; it is said that CD wanted to name him for another author Oliver Goldsmith but worried that his son would be teased at school as "Oliver asking for more." Earlier that same month Dickens had returned from his "exhausting" five-month tour of North America. Although Dickens here tells Brackenbury that nothing should prevent him from giving away the Sports prizes on May 30th the Wimbledon prizes would in fact be handed out by someone else "in the unavoidable absence" of Charles Dickens; his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth and his eldest daughter "Mamie" Dickens attended in his absence. As for "Harry's accident" referred to in the letter Dickens wrote about it the very next day in a letter to J.C. Parkinson: My boy is laid up at Wimbledon he is headboy there now and going up to Cambridge with a lamed knee. Having lamed it two years ago he was medically admonished not to jump -- of course therefore did jump -- and probably will never jump again. Dickens's "hope that in Harry's future career he will do us both justice" did come to fruition: Harry is generally considered to have been the most successful of the Dickens children becoming barrister Sir Henry Fielding Dickens K.C. Harry died in December 1933 when as was his custom he crossed a busy London street by raising his walking-stick rather than by looking both ways -- and was run over by a motorcycle. He was the last surviving Dickens child which is why Dickens's last book THE LIFE OF OUR LORD though written in 1846 was not published until early 1934 -- as Dickens had stipulated that it not be published until all his children had died. One final unrelated tidbit: on the very day after Dickens wrote this letter the last public hanging in Britain took place as the Capital Punishment Amendment Act took effect on the 29th; for decades but especially as revealed in his 1849 letters to The London Times Dickens had campaigned against public hangings -- not against the hangings themselves but against the public spectacles they had become. This letter documented in The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol 12 page 115 is in fine condition original fold-marks from mailing. unknown books
1855144511855. Two pages 1st and 3rd of conjoined leaves on stationery with a faint blind-stamp at the upper corner. "Tavistock House Wednesday Tenth January 1855."<br/><br/> The text of Dickens's letter following "Dear Sir" is: I hope the opportunity you deserve will present itself naturally before very long. I cannot make an express appointment just now as I am quite uncertain whether I may be called out of town tomorrow or next day with Charles or on the business of placing him in some house of commerce. Besides which I have the Christmas holidays being over a fortnight's arrear of appointments to clear off. Your letter required no apology and is very agreeably done. Faithfully yours signed Charles Dickens. Francesco Berger 1834-1933 born in London of Italian and German parentage as a teen in 1848 traveled to Trieste his father's home city returning to England in 1855. He was trained as a pianist and composer and would go on to be a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the 27-year Secretary of the Philharmonic Society. But look at the year he returned to England: 1855! -- the year of this letter January 10th. Although Berger would become a great friend of Charles Dickens and a frequent visitor at Tavistock House we believe that this letter might be Dickens's first to him with its formal "Dear Sir". Upon arriving in England Berger probably sent out "feelers" for musical commissions and this letter appears to be Dickens's polite declination. But this declination appears to have been temporary: look at what happened later in 1855 according to Berger's 1913 REMINISCENCES IMPRESSIONS & ANECDOTES: Everybody knows that Dickens was a fine Actor and that at one time he very nearly "took to the stage" as a vocation. He had "private theatricals" each Christmas-time in which he himself his family and intimate friends acted. In this circle he was spoken of as "the Manager" and his eldest son was known as "young Charles." In 1855 Wilkie Collins wrote a Play for one of these occasions called "The Lighthouse" and Dickens asked me to compose for it an original Overture and arrange the Incidental Music which I gladly undertook to do. For these performances Dickens had a theatre specially constructed in the rear of his house with proper footlights proper scenery proper curtain -- in fact no expense or trouble was spared to make the whole thing complete. I had a small but efficient Orchestra to conduct and presided at a Piano. The scenery was painted by Clarkson Stanfield R.A. The actors were Dickens Wilkie Collins Mark Lemon Augustus Egg Edward Hogarth Miss Hogarth and Mamie Dickens Dickens' elder daughter. There is indeed a famous photograph of about 25 members of the cast and crew either of "The Lighthouse" or of the next Dickens-Collins-Berger collaboration "The Frozen Deep" in 1857 showing all of the above-mentioned people including Berger but also including "young Charles" and his sister Kate who was married to Collins's brother -- with the elder Dickens lounging in the foreground. The letter is in fine condition blue ink slightly faded as is often the case. Provenance: from the renowned three-generation Dodge Family Autograph Collection. unknown books
1871WRCLIT82275London: Chapman & Hall 1871. Large thick octavo. Green cloth lettered in gilt decorated in blind. Frontis and plates by H.K. Browne G. Cattermole and others. Ink name on front free endsheet light rubbing a marginal ink intrusion toward the top forecorner of the prelims and fading to insignificance by page 38 faint ink blot about the size of a finger joint on rear board spine a shade sunned but an unusually good copy. Later impression of the separate book form first published in 1841. The binding on this copy is comparable to the type of cloth and stamping characteristic of the primary binding of DAVID COPPERFIELD but with Chapman & Hall's imprint at the toe of the spine. SMITH 6b ref. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
187529077New York: Harper & Brothers. 1875. Household Edition; Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. Green cloth stamped in gilt and black bright copy with insect markings around edges of front board few minor spots on rear board; 44 illustrations by J. Barnard. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 263 8pp ads pp . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1989TB31308Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. The Oxford Illustrated Dickens. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 5/8 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 634 pages of text and with 76 illustrations by 'Phiz's Hablot K. Browne and George Cattermole. One of the volumes in the publisher's collection of 21 Dicken's works. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1912193113LONDON GRESHAM PUB. CO. 1912 1912. HALF MAROON MOROCCO OVER MATCHING CLOTH GILT STAMPED SPINE SLIGHT FADING GRAY ENDPAPERS; COLOR FRONTISPIECE AND 8 B/W PLATES BY MAX COWPER FIRST EDITION THUS "STANDARD EDITION" VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. LONDON, GRESHAM PUB. CO. 1912 hardcover books
1841112191841. A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne. Complete in One Volume. London: Chapman and Hall 1841. Original blind-stamped olive green cloth. First Separate Edition. After NICHOLAS NICKLEBY was published in monthly serial parts with separate plates in 1838-1839 Dickens decided that his future novels would be published in weekly serial parts that included the illustrations within the text -- loosely connected under the title of MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK. He began this project in April 1840 with his tale THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP; after forty-plus parts he completed that tale and swung into the beginning of BARNABY RUDGE. In November 1841 after a total of 88 weekly parts BARNABY RUDGE was complete. During this serialization MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK containing both novels was also published in three volumes one at a time; after serialization in December 1841 each novel was also published separately in one volume as with BARNABY RUDGE here. This is why the pagination of BARNABY RUDGE is odd -- with the text running from page 229 to page 306 second half of Vol II of MH'sC then from page 1 to page 420 Vol III. At the conclusion of BARNABY RUDGE Dickens abandoned this weekly method of plate-less serialization and reverted to his prior method with MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. This copy is in the binding variant noted by Smith of olive green fine-diaper cloth blind-stamped with a chain-like design running around the border's inner surface as was later used on DOMBEY AND SON. The original endpapers are peach-coated -- one of several colors to be found without known priority. The volume is in very good condition with a bit of wear at the extremities of the spine and along the lower edges. The delicate original endpapers are only slightly cracked. Tough to find in better condition. Smith I pp 61-2. <br/><br/> hardcover books
194150514NY: Heritage 1941. Daugherty James. 8vo pp. 637. Illustrated by James Daugherty. Includes an introduction about the writing of the book. White cloth stamped in maroon and gilt. Spine yellowed and little rubbed on label o/w nice copy in maroon slip case. Heritage unknown books
183767504Bentley's Miscellany With First Appearance of "Oliver Twist" in Magazine Form DICKENS Charles. Bentley's Miscellany. Contributions: by "Boz". London: Richard Bentley 1837-39. First edition of this compilation and the first magazine appearance of Oliver Twist with all of the plates many oxidized. Five octavo volumes. Measures 220 x 137 mm. Early brown cloth blindstamped on covers and gilt-stamped on spines. All edges gilt. Spines stained with what looks like to be a sticker remnants that turned black. Otherwise a very good set of this scarce compilation. "Preface. There is much in Bentley's Miscellany that is good. The "Contributions by Boz" presented here "Oliver Twist" "Jack Sheppard" "Guy Fawkes" "Ingoldsby Legends" "Nights at Sea" and other stories Illustrated by George Cruikshank and John Leech are undoubtedly the best. To collect such into separate books direct from the Miscellany appeared to me desirable inasmuch as in any other form they are but re-issues of these now famous combinations of literature and art. John Waugh. Roundwood Baildon November 1889". HBS 67504. $750 Richard Bentley hardcover books
19354698New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1935. 4to. Superbly bound by Albert Oldach accomplished American bookbinder who took over his father's bindery Frederick J. M. Oldach and Company in the early 1900's a successful bindery in Philadelphia that bound editions of Whitman and other notable authors in 19th Century. Exquisite full crushed dark blue morocco with bold gilt design and patterning on both covers and spine five raised bands gilt panels. Especially of note are the wonderful full morocco doublures much more elaborately tooled and than the covers and each with a central inlaid maroon morocco face large groupings of vine and blossoms including a central tree design and the front doublure with gilt Presentation: "George N. J. Sommer/ 1936." Sommer was a prominent surgeon. AEG. Beautiful maroon silk mauve endsheets. Book and binding are perfectly fine. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
18372938London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition. First edition. Exquisitely bound in full crimson morocco with highly decorative gilt designs and green morocco onlays on cover and spine gilt designs on back cover by Sangorski & Sutcliffe including alternating gilt busts of Samuel Pickwick and Sam Weller which recur in the spine panels. WITH SUPERB WATERCOLOR OVAL WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF DICKENS inset to inside upper cover mounted with brass edges ornate gilt and morocco onlay borders full morocco doublures and silk-free endpapers. A wonderful and truly imaginative binding. iii-xiv 2 609 pp. Lacking half-title. With 43 engraved plates by Robert Seymour and H.K. Browne. Some scattered light foxing some fraying to f.f.e.p. else fine. Chapman and Hall unknown books
