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1952819Tokyo: Kansai University Press 1952. Revised Edition. Cloth. Very Good/None. 8vo original blue-black cloth with gilt lettering on spine ii 508 pages 8 Supplementary Notes 4 Corrections 70 Index of Names and Subjects or 592 pages overall. Very Scarce title in the preferred and learned revision. Copy is a bit worn externally but internally clean bright and tight. Kansai University Press hardcover
185732231New York: Harper & Brothers 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes several chapters from "Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens. Also has articles on the education of American women animal love of music the grizzly bear coal and coal miners of Pennsylvania duel in Russia Napoleon the III family daguerreotypes house spiders Java lichens the Shakers camels and much more. Includes all six fashion plates. Bound in three quarter dark blue leather with grey cloth covered boards and gilt title to spine. Chipping to head of spine short tear to bookcloth on front cover soiling to covers and wear to corners. Marbled endpapers. Foxing and occasional spots of soiling to interior. Illustrated. 864 pages. PER/050618. Harper & Brothers hardcover
185028170New York: G. P. Putnam and others see below 1850. First American edition 19 volumes 8vo text in double column within ruled borders; a fine set in contemporary half blue polished calf over marbled boards red morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines. Household Words was considerably more popular in England than America and its publishing history in America is "almost absolutely dark as is the whole subject of periodical printing and 'arrangements' . The 1850's were years of copyright agitation in America and certainly no legally protective arrangements were possible to the English publishers before the journal was discontinued in 1859. And it is not surprising that the course of Household Words was not so brilliant in America as was that of its successor All the Year Round.It was partially a local work and not quite so interesting to an America as to an English reader; it had changed publishers too often; there was no legitimate arrangement between the English proprietors and the American publishers; it was sold at too high a price; it had been published by inexperienced people and therefore had not received proper publicity and promotion; and its lack of pictorial illustration made it unpopular with the masses" Buckler William E. "'Household Words' in America" in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America vol. 45 pp. 160-66. While the first volume was published by Putnam volumes 2 and 3 were printed from English plates and have a London imprint; those publishing the remaining volumes included in order McElrath & Lord; Angell Engel & Hewitt McElrath & Barker; T. C. McElrath & Co.; J. A. Dix; Dix & Edwards; Dix Edwards & Co.; Miller & Curtis; James Miller; Jansen & Co.; and Frederick A. Brady. Complete sets of this American piracy in a matching contemporary binding are uncommon. G. P. Putnam [and others, see below] unknown
1896304974New York Francis P. Harper 1896. 1896. First edition. 8vo. Fold-out frontispiece. 2 page introduction by the author. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and dark green t.e.g. other uncut. Very good-fine. 190 pages. No dust jacket No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Francis P. Harper, 1896. hardcover
187530340London: George Bell and Sons York Street Covent Garden 1875. A New Edition. Illustrated throughout with engravings by Harral from the art of Dobson Palmer John Tenniel Thomas. Fröhlich Millais DuMaurier Burton Watson Keene Carrick Edwards and Morton. Large 8vo beautifully bound in full green morocco the upper and lower covers emblazoned with full gilt tooling comprised of a series of elaborately tooled and rolled gilt panels corner tooled decorations floral designs gilt fillet border lines gilt all enclosing a large central gilt panel with floral devices at each edge the spine with raised bands the compartments of the spine multi-ruled in gilt and with central gilt ornamental tooling one compartment lettered in gilt all edges gilt marbled end-leaves gilt ruled turnovers. xxiv 330 pp. A very fine copy indeed the binding and text-block and illustrations all beautifully preserved and in excellent condition. WITH INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES DICKENS. A book reprinted many times through the years Dickens praised the author's poetry for its beauty and sensitivity and celebrated the fact that Ms. Procter was well versed in the classics and in reading having consumed over the course of her life a prodigious amount of literature. Dickens considered her poetry to be filled with humour and cheerfulness. He considered that she had an unusual 'vivacity and that she was unconstrained and unaffected about her productions as she was generous with her pecuniary results.' George Bell, and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden hardcover
1977D20358Oxford: Oxford The Clarendon Press 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Publisher's red cloth in DJ. Jacket with a few tear at the top of the spine but overall a really nice copy. <br/><br/> Oxford The Clarendon Press hardcover
1974D20357Oxford: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Publisher's red cloth in DJ. Edgeworn jacket with a few tears price-clipped. Rear endpaper torn but generally speaking a solid copy. <br/><br/> Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press hardcover
1969D20356Oxford: The Clarendon Press/ Oxford University Press 1969 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Publisher's red cloth in DJ. Jacket clipped and with a few tears. But generally speaking a very nice copy. <br/><br/> The Clarendon Press/ Oxford University Press, 1969 hardcover
108658London Richard Bentley 1838. . First edition first impression; 2 volumes; 8vo 20 x 13 8 x 5 in; armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each vol. numerous illustrations by George Cruickshank with ads. to end of vol. I; early half morocco green cloth boards gilt spine with raised bands top edge gilt spine faded very minor areas of wear to extremities original pink cloth and spine bound in; xix 3 263 1 36; xix 3 288pp a very good set.<br /> The first edition of the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi edited by Charles Dickens under the pseudonym 'Boz' with introductory and concluding chapters by the author and illustrations by the noted caricaturist George Cruikshank 1792-1878. <br /><br />Grimaldi d.1837 a comic actor and pantomimist regularly performed at the Sadler's Wells theatre and counted Lord Byron among his patrons. He is best-known today for first donning the white face paint and garish costume archetypal of the modern clown.<br /> London, Richard Bentley, 1838. hardcover
elala3532<p>London: Richard Bentley 1838. First Edition primary binding last plate in Vol II in the first state without the added "grotesque" border. Podeschi B64. Eckel p. 152-155. Cohn 237. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xix 1 leafplate list 288; ix 263 1 36ads. with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait of Grimaldi by W.Greatbach after S.Raven & 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank. original pink floral-embossed cloth some soiling to cloth extremities trifle frayed occasional light mainly marginal foxing. morocco-backed slipcase with inner cloth folders corners rubbed cloth sides bit soiled</p> London: Richard Bentley, 1838 hardcover
45469London Thomas Nelson 1923. Kl.8° 154 S. 6 farb. Taf. OLwd. Kapitale etw. bestossen Vs. gebräunt sonst tadellos. Erstausgabe. 010 London, Thomas Nelson, 1923 unknown
183851259London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition first issue. Three volumes. Fine later bindings in red full crushed morocco for Hatchards spines with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the feet gilt ruled compartments gilt ruled inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt with the two leaves of advertisements called for in volume I and the single leaf advertisement to volume III present and the publisher's cloth spine plus front and rear covers for all three volumes bound in. 24 plates including the "Fireside" plate at the rear of volume III. Plates generally browned occasional marking to the text nonetheless an attractive set Smith I 4. Conforming with the bibliographer's points for the first issue save for one in each volume which do not appear in all copies. London: Richard Bentley unknown
18387759London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition. Near Fine. First issue with the "Boz" title-pages in each volume and the "Fireside" plate facing p. 313 in volume three the "Church" plate also bound in facing p. 315. Complete with the half-titles in volumes one and two and the correct ads at the end of volume one and the beginning of volume three. A lovely Near Fine set unusually clean and fresh throughout with just a bit of foxing and toning to some of the plates. Elegantly bound in full green morocco. Spines with raised bands and gilt stamping. Spines sunned with patches of sunning to lower board of voume three. Top edge gilt and gilt turn-ins. Marbled endpapers with nineteenth-century bookplate to upper pastedowns and twentieth-century bookplate to upper free endpapers. Small ink gift inscription dated 1913 to volume one and a small sticker from a bookseller or previous owner to preliminary blank of volume two. An excellent copy of one of Dickens' most famous works.<br /> <br /> Oliver Twist Dickens' second novel is a dark and biting work but one that is balanced with Oliver's indefatigable innocence and charm. Often cited as the first Victorian novel to feature a child protagonist it was developed as a social commentary and a call for improving the conditions of London's destitute and orphan children. In recent scholarship critics have noted that Dickens also sought to find balance as many of his contemporaries did between Darwin's theories about human nature and those from the Christian tradition; as the characters make their way through a seemingly uncaring world they are ultimately drawn back to reward or retribution based on their individual level of goodness. The story was immensely successful both as a novel filled with memorable characters and also as a work prompting much-needed social reform. Today it remains high within the pantheon of Victorian literature and is a work that has been successfully adapted to both the stage and screen.<br /> <br /> For this novel Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: volume one was printed by Samuel Bentley; volume two format by Whiting; and volume three in part by both Whiting and Bentley. The triple-decker publication date was November 9 1839; within a week at Dickens's insistence the title-pages were changed to include his name and the "Fireside" plate was replaced with the "Church" version. The present set is from the first issue with the original "Boz" titles and the "Fireside" plate.<br /> <br /> Smith I 4. Near Fine. Richard Bentley unknown
183972478London:: Richard Bentley 1839. Second edition. old half morocco; gilt spines; marbled sides; t.e.g. Shallow chip at the top of the spine of Vol. I which has a 2" split to the top of the upper joint; otherwise very nice. Small 8vo. Illustrated. Richard Bentley, unknown
183858637London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition first issue with "Boz" listed as the author and with the "Fireside" plate in vol. III; 3 volumes 8vo; 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank; the binding on this copy has the Bentley imprint on the base of the spines thought by Carter to be later than the binding without the Bentley imprint although Smith found no "consistent association"; this copy does not contain the leaf listing the illustrations after the title leaf in the first volume but does contain the half-titles in volumes I and II; and the text exhibits all the textual flaws outlined by Smith; also with the required leaves of ads at the back of volume I and the single leaf of ads preceding the title in vol. III. Excessive bookseller's notes in pencil on front endpapers and pastedowns occasional light foxing some darkening of the plates in the margins some cracking and restoration to the rear joint on volume I all three volumes rubbed and worn the gilt lettering on spine a bit dull but the bindings are sound and with no appreciable cracking at the spine ends. Carter Binding Variants p. 107 and More Binding Variants p. 7; Sadlier 696; Smith I 4; Wolff 1808. Richard Bentley unknown
18372023-P87Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Blanchard 1837. Soft cover. Poor. The first appearance of Oliver Twist in America. The first two chapters of Oliver Twist were published in Bentley's Miscellany in February 1837. By April of the same year the American publisher Carey Lea and Blanchard eager for new Dickens material published a selection of extracts from Bentleys with pride of place going to the first two chapters of Oliver Twist. Podeschi records that 2000 copies were printed in April of 1837 B45 p.161. The worn original binding is in poor condition with the front board and spine coming loose exposing the gatherings entirely. Mild foxing throughout. See photos. 186 pp. followed by two pages of new publications including Carey Lea and Blanchard's edition of Pickwick Papers. A scarce work and a significant record of the early printing and reception of Dickens' works. Carey, Lea and Blanchard unknown
183811647London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition first issue. With the 24 engraved plates by George Cruikshank all a little spotted as usual. 3 volumes. Large 12mo and 8vo. with the terminal 2 leaves of advertisements in Vol. I and the initial advertisement leaf in vol. 3 half-titles present in vols 1 and 2 not called for in volume 3 original reddish-brown publisher’s cloth vol. 1 skilfully recased variant state binding with “London/ Bentley†at the foot of the spines according to Smith not a point of any significance spines lettered in gilt arabesque blind-stamps to sides. Spines faded slight chipping to spine ends a little marking to sides but generally a very good copy and unusually in the original cloth.The first issue with the “Boz†title-pages and the final “fireside†plate. After publication Dickens objected to both and the second edition has his name author on the titles and the final plate was substituted by the “Church†plate. The printing was shared between two or maybe three printers hence volumes 1 & 3 are in large 12mo format and volume 2 in 8vo.<br>Oliver Twist first appeared in Bentley’s “Miscellany†from February 1837 to April 1839.<br>In book form it constitutes Dickens’s first novel to be published in the standard three-decker format of the day.<br>Provenance: Vols 2 & 3 have the understated “Sudeley†provenance at the head of the titles.Smith 4; Eckel pp. 51-56 First edition first issue with “Boz†titles and the fireside plate; in original cloth Richard Bentley hardcover
21434Original artwork. 1900-1920. A suite of six original watercolour illustrations depicting characters from Charles Dickens' novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870 with illustrated watercolour title and contents pages. Each portrait signed by the artist in red ink. The images printed on watermarked laid paper with untrimmed rough-cut edges. Condition is very good with toning to the left hand side of the title page. The watercolour portraits themselves remain clean fresh and bright.� An attractive suite of original watercolour illustrations depicting characters from Dickens' unfinished final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood by the noted artist Joseph Clayton "Kyd" Clarke 1857-1937. The set includes Mr. Dick Datchery Durdles Deputy Mr. Tope Rev. Crisparkle and Mr. Grewgious. Kyd's first Dickens illustrations appeared in 1887 in Fleet Street Magazine. They achieved immediate popularity with two published collections appearing shortly after and numerous sets of postcards based on his Dickens drawings also released. Following this initial success Kyd earned his living creating sets of watercolour portraits such as these which found many eager buyers. Indeed as early as the 1890s his popular characterful sketches which drew significantly on the work of the original Dickens illustrators Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz' and Robert Seymour were being sought by major Dickens collectors such as Thomas Wilson and Frederick Cosens. Significant collections of Kyd's work are now held by numerous major institutions including The British Museum the V&A the Charles Dickens Museum and the University of Texas.� Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Original artwork. 1900-1920 unknown
1836844841836. DICKENS Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall April 1836 - November 1837. 20 parts in 19 8vo. Engraved frontispiece engraved vignette title-page and 41 engraved plates by or after R. Seymour R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". Original printed blue-green pictorial wrappers; quarter morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Near fine. First edition in original monthly parts of Dickens's first novel mixed issue with later issues of wrappers on parts 1-11 wrappers of each part dated 1836 the text and plates in mixed states. The early numbers are later issues without the addresses and ads but Part 3 does have a copy of the address laid in and with the simplified illustrator credits on the wrappers. The suppressed Buss plates appear in Part 3; most of the later numbers have their ads. The wrappers for Parts 1 2 4-9 and 11 are from the May 1837 printing though front and back wrappers do not agree in Parts 1 and 9. The wrappers for Part 3 are from the January 1837 printing. Parts 12-19/20 are first issue in all respects with the following exceptions: Part 12 contains one extra front slip Fox's Book of Martyrs and "Mechi's Catalogue" in this part contains only the wrappers and the first internal leaf; Part 13 lacks the rare "Pigot's Views" insert; Part 14 lacks one rear ad leaf. unknown
192870165New York and London: Edgar H. Wells & CO. and Charles J. Sawyer LTD. 1928. First Edition Limited 440 numbered copies of which 400 were for sale SIGNED by both John Eckel and A. Edward Newton. With ten illustrations in black and white. 8vo publisher’s original green cloth printed in black on the upper cover in a facsimile of the design of the original wrappers from the parts issue of “Pickwick†with the original glassine preserved and in the original publisher’s gift box also decorated with the “Pickwick†design. xiii 91 pp. A fine copy of this book the cloth bright and clean the glassine preserved but not fully intact expected wear and toning to the scarcely found paper-board box. FIRST EDITION IN REMARKABLY FINE CONDITION. A fine limited census written by one of the 20th centuries foremost authorities on the works of Charles Dickens. Eckel is the author on the standard bibliography used by collectors and scholars throughout the world. For anyone interested in the history of Dickens’ “Parts issues†or THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB this work would seem a must.<br> Limited to only 400 copies for sale of a total run of 440 signed by both the author and A. Edward Newton of “Oak Knoll†who wrote the fascinating introduction. Edgar H. Wells & CO. [and] Charles J. Sawyer, LTD. hardcover
186067524New York:: Emerson Fitch & Co. September 1st 1860. First edition. with original addressed envelope. Lightly creased where folded; otherwise fine. 10 x 8 inches. Subscription agents are offered various premiums at great length on illustrated letterhead in hopes of securing 30000 new subscribers to "The brilliant magazine by Charles Dickens" and the U. S. Journal. Emerson Fitch & Co., unknown
1913438London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1913. First Edition. Decorated & embossed cloth. Good . Edward Handley-rees. 12mo 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" green cloth with bold gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped Mr. Pickwick on cover 48 illustrations by Edward Handley-rees Mr. Pickwick as frontispiece; xii 254 pages. Scarce title of an edition useful for performances a la Dickens. Rubbed at extremites with a few small tears to lower spine; inner hinges cracking but sound; pages toned and becoming brittle. George Routledge and Sons, Limited hardcover
187076610London: Chapman and Hall 1870. 8vo.Illustrated. viii 526 pp. Half red morocco over marbled boards with raised bands gilt lettering and ruling to the spine. Endpapers and all edges marbled. With forty illustrations by George Cruishank. Rubbing to the spine and boards. Some foxing and markings to the leaves and a faint pencil ownership inscription to the first free endpaper dated 1871. Binding firm. New edition complete of Dickens's first novel containing sketches of London scenes and people from various short peices originally published in periodicals in the 1830s. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1870. Chapman and Hall 1870 unknown
183672479London:: John Macrone 1836-1837. First edition of "Sketches;" second edition of The Second Series. . old half morocco gilt panelled spines marbled sides; a.e.g. A clean tight and sound set attractively bound. 12mo. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. John Macrone, unknown
183961641Philadelphia:: Lea & Blanchard 1839. New Edition Complete. original cloth-backed plain boards with printed paper label on spine. Tiny ink numerals on endsheets; old ink ownership signature; some dampstaining to text throughout; one gathering partly sprung; spine label tanned and rubbed with several tiny chips. 8vo. With two engravings by Cruikshank which are free from the dampstaining that affects most of the text. Lacking the illustrated half-title page. Text in double columns. Lea & Blanchard, hardcover
