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189419340Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co 1894. Standard Library Edition 32 volumes 8vo orig. green ribbed cloth brown leather labels on spines t.e.g.; generally a fine bright set. Essentially an American reprint of Chapman & Hall's "Illustrated Library Edition" but containing all the original prefaces addresses dedications and notes which were sometimes dropped by Chapman & Hall thereby making this as complete an edition of Dickens has had yet been published. <br/><br/> Houghton, Mifflin & Co hardcover books
1914216811Philadelphia 1914. Limited. hardcover. very good. Illustrations. 152p. 8vo blue cloth; front hinge cracked paper spine label; chipped. Philadelphia: Dickens Society 1914.<br/><br/> The "trial" was held at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia and Jasper found not guilty. One of 500 numbered copies. Gift inscription 1932 covers one whole blank flyleaf.<br/><br/> unknown books
18806045661880. not signed on 3/4 length portrait of Dickens wearing a dark vest long coat white shirt silk tie and a gold watch chain looking to the left of the camera. Photograph is on the original photographer's mount 2 1/2" x 4" 1/4 with Gurney & Sons Fifth Ave. N.Y. on the lower mount. very good. ca. 1880. With imprint of Gurney Fifth Avenue Cor. 16th St. N.Y. on the verso. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books
320971London: Chapman and Hall Limited 11 Henrietta Street Covent Garden nd. Illustrated with plates after the originals by "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne George Cruikshank Frederick Walker Edwin Landseer Daniel Maclise John Leech Marcus Stone George Cattermole and Luke Fildes. Printed by William Clownes. 15 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco and marbled boards marbled edges. Very Good. Illustrated with plates after the originals by "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne George Cruikshank Frederick Walker Edwin Landseer Daniel Maclise John Leech Marcus Stone George Cattermole and Luke Fildes. Printed by William Clownes. 15 vols. 8vo. Chapman and Hall, Limited 11, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden unknown books
1876313201London: Chapman and Hall 193 Piccadilly Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1876. Illustrated with plates after the originals by "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne George Cruikshank Frederick Walker Edwin Landseer Daniel Maclise John Leech Marcus Stone George Cattermole and Luke Fildes. Printed by Virtue & Co. London. 30 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter green morocco t.e.g. by Stikeman & Co. for Charles Scribner's Books. Fine. Illustrated with plates after the originals by "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne George Cruikshank Frederick Walker Edwin Landseer Daniel Maclise John Leech Marcus Stone George Cattermole and Luke Fildes. Printed by Virtue & Co. London. 30 vols. 8vo. "This the best edition of my books is of right inscribed to my dear friend John Forster biographer of Oliver Goldsmith in affectionate acknowledgment of his counsel sympathy and faithful friendship during my whole literary life" dedication leaf in Volume I of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
19081599London: Chapman and Hall 1908. The National Edition. Limited to 750 sets printed for England and America. this set unnumbered. Forty large octavo volumes. With approximately 1000 illustrations with plates by Cruikshank Browne Leech et al. Title-pages printed in red and black. With many reproductions or the original parts wrappers on colored paper.<br/><br/>Volume I with an envelope signed by Dickens and an ALS by John Foster Dickens' biographer. On the first blank of volume I is a mounted small envelope addressed by Dickens to Edward Chapman his publisher and signed by Dickens on the lower left corner. Facing that page is a mounted autograph letter signed by John Foster Dickens' friend and biographer addressed to George Cattermole the artist who illustrated The Old Curiosity Shop. Foster letter is on stationery and is dated 21 September 1860. Two sixteenmo pages on one octavo sheet folded.<br/><br/>Set is uniformly bound by Riviere & Son in half brown levant morocco over brown cloth. Morocco double ruled in gilt. Spines lettered in gilt and compartments triple-ruled in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Spines slightly sunned and some occasional minor rubbing and shelfwear. Overall a very attractive and near fine set. Chapman and Hall unknown books
254470Boston: Jefferson Press. hardcover. near fine. 15 volumes. 8vo 3/4 black morocco marbled boards topedge gilt. Boston & New York: Jefferson Press no date ca. 1900. Near fine.<br/><br/> Edition de Luxe<br/><br/> Jefferson Press unknown books
18837291New York. G.W. Carleton and Co. 1883. Bound in pictorial gilt decorated green cloth. Thick 12mo. Carleton's new illustrated edition. Illustrated by Leech H.K. Browne phiz Cruikshank et al. Some occasional light wear to extremities. Several signatures in several volumes a bit shaken but firm. A Very Good handsomely bound complete set of Dickens. G.W. Carleton and Co. hardcover books
1900WRCLIT83431London: Merrill & Baker 1900. Cloth paper spine label t.e.g. Frontis illustrations. A volume in the "Edition de Grandluxe" limited to 500 numbered copies. Spine label faded tips rubbed else a near fine unopened copy. Merrill & Baker hardcover books
1908800591908. DICKENS Charles. WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS EDITION DE LUXE 14 VOLUMES. Boston: C. T. Brainard Publishing Company 1908. One of 1000 copies unnumbered although limitation page states the sets are numbered. Volumes I - IX XI - XV. 8vo. half deep green leather sunned to caramel brown at spine with gilt spine lettering and decoration over green marbled paper covered boards. Seven volumes are slightly chipped at crown. Volume II is split at the front joint backstrip only binding intact. Top edges brightly gilt many pages unopened. Monochrome frontispiece and plates with title pages decorated in red and green. "With Introductions Arguments etc." Spines are headed "Dickens' Works". Near fine overall. As follows: I. Bleak House. 888 pp. II. Pickwick Papers. 817 pp. III. Our Mutual Friend. 857 pp. IV. David Copperfield. 882 pp. V. Nicholas Nickleby. 846 pp. VI. Dombey and Son. 898 pp. VII. Martin Chuzzlewit. 865 pp. VIII. Little Dorrit. 860 pp. IX. Christmas Books Christmas Stories. 411 512 pp. XI. Barnaby Rudge Hard Times. 646 269 pp. XII. A Tale of Two Cities Uncommercial Traveller Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices No Thoroughfare. 358 102 127 350 pp. XIII. The Old Curiosity Shop Reprinted Pieces. 551 352 pp. XIV. Great Expectations Master Humphrey's Clock Mugby Junction Mystery of Edwin Drood. 461 115 63 263 pp. XV. Child's History of England Pictures From Italy Hunted Down Holiday Romance George Silverman's Explanation American Notes. 393 178 23 36 252 pp. One closed tear p. 26 4th section. unknown books
1937180310005Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's variously-colored buckram with leather spine labels gilt top stains. Complete in 23 volumes plus cloth slipcased original steel plate by Phiz for the illustration "Mr. Moddle is both particular and peculiar in is attentions" from Martin Chuzzlewit a print pulled from it as well as a letter of authenticity signed by an officer at Chapman & Hall Ltd. Also includes clothbound Nonesuch Dickensia and wrappered Sample Pages: The Nonesuch Dickens booklet. Very Good overall with slight sunning to spines a few head and tails slightly frayed especially Printing Plate case and foot of David Copperfield slight shelf wear a few spine labels slightly chipped. An attractive set. An attempt by renowned British private press The Nonesuch Press to create the definitive collection of the works of Charles Dickens with their signature fusion of technologies from different eras of publishing using hand press type and the original printing plates and wood blocks for many of the illustrations herein. The plates and wood blocks were then dispersed one per set creating a limitation of 877. The pleasant rainbow of colors by the bindings the thoroughness of the scholarship etc. made The Nonesuch Dickens an immediate hit with book collectors and it remains so to this day. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
186328002New York: Sheldon & Company 1863. With frontispieces. 14 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards black title labels near fine. With frontispieces. 14 vols. 8vo. Sheldon & Company unknown books
18535171.6New York: Published by McElrath & Barker 1853. 1st US volume edition. Publisher's black half-sheep with gilt spine lettering & dark brown cloth boards. VG rubs to extremities/usual foxing/po book label to front pastedown. iv 620 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Published by McElrath & Barker hardcover books
18509853.1London 1850. 1st volume edition NCBEL III 818. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. Yellow eps. VG sq & tight with bright gilt to front board/usual bit of foxing & eps discloration. A nice copy. vii 1 280 pp. Text double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>A monthly news supplement to Dickens' "Household Words" here found in the annual with a Table of Contents. hardcover books
185113449.1London 1851. 1st volume edition NCBEL III 818. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. Yellow eps. VG sq & tight with bright gilt to front board/usual bit of foxing & eps discloration. A nice copy. vii 1 280 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>A monthly news supplement to Dickens' "Household Words" here found in the annual with a Table of Contents. hardcover books
184730013New York: Williams and Brothers 1847. 1st US edition cf. Gimbel H-338; Kitton 540; Miller p. 249; NCBEL III 798. Modern black leather spine with gilt lettering with period brown cloth covered boards. EPS renewed. Pale yellow printed wrappers bound-in at rear. Bound with Tavistock Books' item #30012 Dombey & Son and price is for both titles. Fore-edge occasionally closely trimmed otherwise a VG copy. 2 94 pp. Bound from the UK sheets. Illustrated with 12 wood-cuts. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/> Williams and Brothers hardcover books
18473553London: Thomas Farris 1847. 1st edition Gimbel H-338; Kitton 540; Miller p. 249; NCBEL III 798. Period brown half-leather with brown cloth boards. Original wrapper covers from Parts I & II priced 6p bound-in at rear. VG spine leather a bit sunned/some minor rubbing to joints/multiple bookplates to eps. 2 94 pp. Illustrated with 12 wood-cuts. Tall 8vo. 10-1/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Thomas Farris hardcover books
1850002100London: Chapman & Hall 1850. Dickens Charles "Boz". SKETCHES BY BOZ. London: Chapman & Hall 1850. First "Cheap" Edition with new preface by Dickens. A FINE bright copy. W. H. Smith blind-stamp on front free endpaper. The George Barr McCutcheon copy bookplate. In a particularly attractive quarter morocco slipcase. First Edition Thus. Decorative Boards. Fine. Illus. by George Cruikshank. Chapman & Hall Hardcover books
195642560Paris: Bibliothèque de la Pléiade Librairie Gallimard 1956. Flexible pebbled green boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. In white dust jacket with red lettering mylar cover and plain tan cardboard slipcase. Very minor rubbing to edges top stain a bit faded. Dust jacket faintly sunned at edges; sm. chip to spine head of mylar; slipcase sunned. NF/VG. xx 1352 2 pp. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>French language text. "Dombey & Son" translated by Georges Connes; "Hard Times" translated by D'Andhrée Vailland. Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Librairie Gallimard hardcover books
2338baWLondon: Chapman and Hall Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. English novel; iv 204p.; 24.5cm; 3/4 black leather; 3 extra clipped illus. pasted in; manuscript Dickens bibliography on verso of flyleaf; critical comment in pencil on last page; owner marks. No date of publication listed. Chapman and Hall Hardcover books
1964WRCLIT50648Np: Reprinted from ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 1964. 18pp. Printed wrappers. An author's separate with Chaudhry's signed presentation to Norman Holmes Pearson on the front wrapper. Lightly hand smudged soft crease in upper fore- corner else very good. Reprinted from ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS unknown books
1972WRCLIT40727Athens: Georgia 1972. Quarto. Cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author to a fellow Dickensian. Fine in dust jacket with a few faint stains. Georgia hardcover books
1972WRCLIT40854Athens: Georgia 1972. Quarto. Cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author to a fellow Dickensian. Fine in dust jacket with an irregular stain on the lower panel. Georgia hardcover books
199418358ELondon: Penguin 1994. Trade Paperback Edition. From the library of legendary science fiction author Forrest J Ackerman. Signed and inscribed by the book’s editor Arthur J. Cox to his friend and colleague Forrest J Ackerman: “On His 92nd Birthday 24 November 2008. For Forry Ackerman in gratitude for a Lifetime of friendship from Arthur Jean Cox.†With a 2†tear to the top of the rear cover else a very good only slightly used copy in printed wrappers. ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ was Dickens’s last novel and sadly was published after his death. Forrest J Ackerman 1916–2008 or ‘Mr. Science Fiction’ was from the 1930s into the 21st century one of science fiction's best known promoters spokesman popular culture advocate and was the creator of the now universally used term “sci-fiâ€. Living throughout his life in Los Angeles Ackerman was a magazine editor science fiction writer and literary agent a founder of science fiction fandom. Internationally known for his role as editor of the magazine ‘Famous Monsters of Filmland’ he was often called "Forry" "The Ackermonster" "4e" and "4SJ.†In his huge 18-room home known as the "Ackermansion†he created a superb collection of over 300000 books movie posters props photographs and movie and science-fiction memorabilia which he generously shared with tours of thousands of people over decades. His influence was huge on several generations. One of his disciples film director John Landis has observed: “…As Editor of and major contributor to ‘Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine’ Forry’s direct influence on people like Guillermo del Toro Rick Baker Joe Dante Stephen Spielberg George Lucas Frank Darabont Brian Signer Stephen King Mick Garris Tobe Hooper Sam Raimi John Carpenter Peter Jackson and countless others has had a tremendous impact on world literature and the movies. His teenage friends Ray Bradbury and Ray Harryhausen were his comrades in celebrating and creating the fantastic….†Penguin paperback books
19731183086Toronto Canada: University of Toronto Press 1973. First Edition. large 8vo. VG/VG-. medium off white DJ spine with tiny black uppercase lettering and large burgundy uppercase ttiles. entire perimeter along DJ panel edges is gently worn and chipped and nipped at corners. soft surface soiling across light gray heathered panels. burgundy cloth HB with imprinted gold lettering. faint crease down length of the spine. faint gray endpapers with no marks. unmarked textblock gently skimmed solidly bound volume. 534 pp. ISBN # 0802019129. Dust jacket is nicely protected and maintained by a mylar book jacket cover.<br /> <br /> <p> This book is part of the overstocked 15's kept in Room X. 1183086. FP New Rockville Stock. University of Toronto Press unknown books