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193015107New York: Press of the Woolly Whale 1930. Full leather. Very Good . W.A. Dwiggins. A very interesting copy of the 1930 re-issue by the Press of the Wooly Whale of New York. Re-bound in a full chocolate-brown leather with bright git-titling along the spine and the W.A. Dwiggins-designed door-knocker from the title page gilded ono the front panel. Unsigned but possibly a one-of-a-kind or a Presentation binding by Melbert B. Cary Jr. of the Press of the Woolly Whale. The book is well-preserved and VG with crisp bright-white pages. Other than a small inscription on the front free endpaper the book is clean as could be with no writing or markings to speak of. The 5 initial chapter letters and the title page door-knocker are all designed in a rich red by the great W.A. Dwiggins. The leather binding is clean and VG to Near Fine with just a touch of wear along its flap-folds. Folio gilt top-edge deckled fore and bottom edges. #207 of only 250 copies issued. This title represents "the first folio and first prose volume from the Press of the Woolly Whale" <br/><br/> Press of the Woolly Whale hardcover books
1927292914Chicago IL: The Dartnell Corporation 1927. Full Leather. Very Good binding. In gray limp suede with titling and decoration in gilt to the upper board. Patterned endpapers in a metallic silver paper. With rubricated "Marginal Notes for Salesmen" on every page. 110 numbered pages many of them unopened. Very Good binding. The Dartnell Corporation unknown books
1953129951New York: Cardinal Editions / Pocket Books 1953. Later printing of this edition. A Dicken's classic not often seen in the Cardinal Edition from Pocket Books. <br/><br/>Cover design by Charles Skaggs. <br/><br/>Production wrinkle to the spine and light rubbing to the extremities else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cardinal Editions / Pocket Books unknown books
1842014425Chapman & Hall 1842. Book. Near Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2Volumes 3/4 Leather Near Fine First Editions 1847 Rare In This Condition Excellent Fresh Copies. Chapman & Hall Hardcover books
186521431Berlin: E. Linde & Co. 1865. CDV photograph of an older Charles John Huffam Dickens 1812-1870 English novelist of the Victorian period; with the E. Linde & Co. Berlin studio stamp on back of card mount; no date circa 1865 albumen; approx. 4" x 2 1/2" overall size; light wear; dried paste-glue residue on back; old penciled identifier on front; good condition. Good. E. Linde & Co. unknown books
1866291446London: Chapman and Hall 1866. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. An inexpensive edition of the five Christmas Books in the publisher's green cloth binding. The boards are embossed and the spine is stamped in gilt. A clipping about the "Religious Character of Dickens" is pasted to the front endpapers. Quite a pleasant copy. Very Good binding. Chapman and Hall unknown books
1907012265Macmillan and Co. 1907. Book. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in Red 3/4 Quarter Leather.Award Inscription. Gorgeous Copy. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover books
4802CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870. Dickens a beloved English writer is best remembered for A Tale Of Two Cities Oliver Twist David Copperfield Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol. ALS. 1pg. 5†x 8â€. October 13 1865. London. An autograph letter signed “Charles Dickens†to Edward Eastwick a British diplomat who wrote to Dickens. Dickens wrote on the colorful letterhead of “Office of All the Year Round†Dickens' weekly publication: “I wish to give each of your papers a separate name so that each may seem for the time being complete. Will you let me know what title you would prefer for your first chapter and will you let me have some more manuscript to send to the printer It is unnecessary to remark perhaps that when you collect your papers you can either use these separate headings as titles of chapters or abolish them altogether.â€. The original mailing envelope in Dickens’s handwriting is included. The letter is in fine condition except for two light stains and a bit of ink offset. unknown books
1870WN6163London: Chapman & Hall 1870. Light blue wraps with black cover drawings. Parts are chipped and foxed but are housed in red chemise and slipcase which has provided protection. Black label on chemise is gilt lettered Label is chipped on edges chemise is a little soiled but very sturdy. Very collectible. Original Parts 6. Paper Wraps. Fair/No Dust Jackets. Illus. by S.L. Fildes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Chapman & Hall Paperback books
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
183816547London: Richard Bentley 1838. Full leather. Near Fine. George Cruikshank. The 1838 true 1st edition with no border to "The Last Song" in a sumptuous light-blue full-leather binding. 5 raised bands highly-decorative gilt-ornamented compartments along the spine. Clean tight and Near Fine and internally bordering on immaculate with no writing or markings of any kind. 12mos all edges gilt full-page illustrations thruout by the great George Cruikshank. Also includes a handsome custom-made blue-cloth slipcase housing the set. <br/><br/> Richard Bentley hardcover books
18382896071838. Half Leather. Fair binding. Two issues bound in one of the Museum of Foreign Literature Science and Art with parts of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. Foxing throughout spots of soiling to the endpapers and corner of loss to the front flyleaf. Front joint fully cracked but holding with surface wear and loss to the corners of the boards and edges of the spine. Half sheepskin over marbled paper boards. Fair binding. unknown books
2005006141Barnes & Noble 2005. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy."A Facsimile Edition of the 1938 Nonesuch Dickens." Full Numberline.Beautiful Copy. Barnes & Noble Hardcover books
18382269New York: James Turney 1838. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1838 1st 1 Vol. American edition. Bound in 3/4 dark morocco over marbled boards. A well-preserved VG copy with light scuffing along the spine and leather tips. 5 raised bands gilt-compartments bright gilt-lettering to spine. Thick octavo 607 pgs. 54 illustrations by Phiz and others. New endpapers--including beautiful marbled front free endpaper. Back hinge starting but still firmly in place. Attractive vintage Dickens centenary stamp 1812-1912 to front pastedown. <br/><br/> James Turney hardcover books
292523Springfield MA: McLoughlin Brothers Inc. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. The binding is clean and nearly fresh with no ownership or other marks. The uncommon dustjacket has shelfwear with modest loss at the spine; it is now protected with a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket. McLoughlin Brothers, Inc unknown books
1843125019London: Chapman and Hall 1843-48. Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a tenth edition with the half-title printed in blue title-page printed in red and blue verso printed in blue hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Second edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year with the half-title engraved frontispiece and pictorial vignette title page. First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home with half-title frontispiece and vignette title page second state ad leaf. First edition of the Battle of Life: A Love Story with half-title advertisements frontispiece and fourth state vignette title page. First edition of The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time with advertisements frontispiece and vignette title page. Each volume is in near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice set. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievementthe one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1843104873London: Chapman and Hall 1843-48. Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes bound in the original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a sixth edition with the half-title printed in blue title-page printed in red and blue verso printed in blue hand-colored etched frontispiece and three hand-colored etched plates by John Leech four wood-engravings in-text by W.J. Linton after Leech 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. In very good condition with a contemporary gift inscription to the verso of the front panel. First edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year with the advertisement half-title engraved frontispiece and additional first state pictorial vignette title page. In near fine condition. First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home with half-title frontispiece and vignette title page with tissue guard present first state ad leaf. In near fine condition with ownership inscriptions. First edition of the Battle of Life: A Love Story with half-title advertisements frontispiece and fourth state vignette title page. In near fine condition with an autograph letter bound in and period catalogue descriptions affixed to the half-title. First edition of The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time with advertisements frontispiece and vignette title page. A nice set. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievementthe one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall hardcover books
18467350London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1846 1st edition 2nd state including "New Edition of Oliver Twist" followed by 3 lines in italics at the rear. Well-preserved and VG in its red cloth with bright gilt-design and lettering at the front panel and bright decorative gilt-flourishes and lettering along the spine. Very light soiling at the panels and mild darkening to the spine. Internally very clean with the lightest soiling at the endapers and the slightest hint of limited spotting. 16mo 174 pgs. all edges gilt. The book is wrapped in a custom-made linen dustjacket with leather spine labels and beyond that is housed in a custom-made slipcase. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
19054230London: J.M. Dent & Co 1905. Collectible; Fine. Handsome bright half-vellum over a mauve cloth. Bound and signed by the Morrell Bindery of London. Clean well-preserved and Near Fine with leather title label and decorative fine-tooled gilt at spine. 12mo 171 pgs. top-edge gilt elegant marbled endpapers. <br/><br/> J.M. Dent & Co hardcover books
195374547New York & Boston: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc. Very Good. 1953. Softcover. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches bound in original wrappers this Parke-Bernet auction catalog is lightly soiled but contents are bright and illustrated. . Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. paperback books
007327Chapman & Hall Book. Fine. Cloth. Crown Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seems to be an Early Reprint of The Original Plates. Fine copy. Chapman & Hall 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
1910287687Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co 1910. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Alice F. Jackson's adaptation of Dickens' Little Nell: Retold for Children. Contemporary inscription on the front endpaper dated 1910. Else no marks. Color plates. Pictorial paper pastedown on the front board. Light brown hardcover with black lettering. Very Good. Very Good binding. George W. Jacobs & Co unknown books
1900286423London; Paris; New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons 1900. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Children's Stories from Dickens edited by Edric Vredenburg and illustrated by Frances Brundage Harold Copping and J. Willis Grey. With twelve color plates and additional in text illustrations. Personal inscription on the half title. Slightly cocked with minor shelfwear. Quarter red cloth with pictorial glazed paper boards. Very Good. Very Good binding. Raphael Tuck & Sons unknown books
1922293144Boston: Charles E. Lauriat 1922. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 16mo.; facsimile; in the terra cotta ribbed cloth with decorations in gilt and stamped in blind; with illustrations in color and woodcuts by John Leech; with two facsimiles as well; with green coated endpapers; all edges gilt; previous owner bookplate on the pastedown and signature on the first blank leaf.~~An attractive and rather uncommon facsimile.~~~. Near Fine binding. Charles E. Lauriat unknown books
