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185332501Boston: Ticknor Reed & Fields 1853. 4th edition. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. VG square & tight with only modest extremity wear. 218 6 pp. Publisher catalogue last 6 pages. 12mo. <br/><br/>Long chapter on Dickens. A popular book 1st published in 1850 and requiring 3 editions that year. Ticknor Reed & Fields hardcover books
1902012099London/ NY: Dent/ Dutton 1902. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good . Uncommon illustrated version with drawings and decorations by Patten Wilson. Elaborately colored pictorial cloth gte rest untrimmed 493 pages. Juvenile name on pastedown in the printed device "This book belongs to." Solid copy. Dent/ Dutton hardcover books
1912228758Boston/New York Houghton Mifflin Company 1912. 1912. Limited edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portraits and vignette engraved title page in both volumes. 28 page introduction by Arlo Bates. Original gray boards stamp in gilt on the spine t.e.g. 2 volumes. Very good. No dust jackets. Bookplate of Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front pastedown of both volumes. Number 352 of 500 numbered copies. Volume I - 286 pages. Volume II - 354 pages. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boston/New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. hardcover books
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 books
1971122104New York: The Limited Editions Club 1971. The Limited Editions Club edition of The Short Stories of Charles Dickens selected and introduced by Walter Allen. Quarto bound in three quarters leatherette over marbled boards illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Near fine in the original slipcase which is in good condition. English writer and social critic Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1844200445London: Newby 1844. First Edition. hardcover. very good-. Title page in red & blue. Small 8vo origina terra cotta cloth stamped in gilt & blind; large chip at the top of the spine & smaller chip at the bottom; text block split. London: T.C. Newby 1844. First Edition.<br/><br/> An attractive bookplate from the Biblithecae Publicae Worthing covers the entire front endpaper and there is a withdrawn stamp on the verso of the title page. Despite condition flaws bright copy of an uncommon book. Dickens contributed a 9 page preface to the book extolling the author a working man who was dying of lung disease.<br/><br/> Newby unknown books
199918204NY: AMS Press 1999. First edition. Fine in sturdy binding without dust jacket as issued. Review copy with press release and card laid in required errata slip also laid in; published at $94.50. NY: AMS Press, unknown books
184696177London: Bradbury & Evans 1846-48. First edition in the scarce original parts of Dickens tale of the fortunes of the Dombey shipping firm with "delight" for "joy" on page 284. Octavo original wrappers with 40 etchings by Halbot Knight Brown containing all advertisements as issued. In very good condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and chemise pull-off case. Scarce and desirable. Dombey and Son "was well received by its readers and is considered to be the first novel that reflects Dickens's artistic maturity. Dickens told his first biographer 'It was to do with Pride what its predecessor Martin Chuzzlewit has done with Selfishness" Schlicke 280. The work "has a sense of the numinous is more profoundly touched by the sense of last things than any of Dickens' previous novels. It is larger in conception so that human life is seen in terms of its beginning and its end so that grief and forgiveness become more powerful forces within it. Dickens is aware of its status as art and provides here a simulacrum of human life touched by majesty and purpose" Ackroyd 526. The original serials contain the first of Browne's "dark plates" "On the dark Road" in part 18 created by the engraver's lining machine and roulettes that tint the etched plate creating heightened contrast Johannsen Phiz 309. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
1874304428Boston Estes and Lauriat ca. 1874. 1874. First American edition. 8vo. 39 b/w illustrations including portraits and facsimiles. Bibliographical references. Full gilt stamped green morocco by the Monastery Bindery dated 1905 gilt stamped inner dentelles matching green silk endpapers t.e.g. Very good-fine. 3 volumes complete. One of the first biographies of Dickens first issued in England in 3 volumes 1872-74. Number 209 of 1000 numbered sets. Gilt stamped dedication on inner dentelles of Volume I reads: "Stanley and Katharine" / "Mother Christmas 1905." With an ALS signed "S.M." detailing the gift laid in loose. Printed by the University Press/John Wilson Cambridge. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston, Estes and Lauriat [ca. 1874]. hardcover books
18786856NY: Anderson 1878. First separate US Edn. 8vo Pp. 170 1p. of adv. Gimble B-189. Anderson unknown books
197308404Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine. Large Octavo. A near fine copy with out a dust jacket. Minimal soil and spotting edges Good reference book. x 534 pp. <br/><br/> University of Toronto Press hardcover books
199053771London: London Limited Editions/Sinclair Stevenson 1990. First edition numbered & signed issue. xvi 1195 pp w/index. Fine in marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Near fine unprinted tissue dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Ackroyd. London: London Limited Editions/Sinclair Stevenson hardcover books
19198016.1New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1919. Later printing. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Worn and slightly frayed at spine ends and corners; spine sunned; boards lightly mottled; foxing scattered throughout. Bookplate to fpd; gift inscription from Alfred Lucking to ffep. Interior otherwise clean. Good condition. xix 3 424 6 blank pp. Illustrated with b/w plates. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
19132551.2London: T. N. Foulis 1913. 2nd printing. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & black lettering to front board. Blue topstain. Slight lean. Spine a bit dull. Very Good. 10 347 1 blank pp including index. Frontispiece. Inserted plates. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>A look at those that perhaps occasioned the characters that populate Dickens' novels. T. N. Foulis hardcover books
19321504.2London: Alexander Macklehose & Co 1932. 1st edition. Orange cloth binding with red stamped lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Slight lean. Cloth a bit soiled. Very Good. xvi 148 4 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Alexander Macklehose & Co hardcover books
1912081.5London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. Presentation copy. Hardback. A VG copy. 8vo. <br/><br/>Inscribed by Nicoll on the ffep. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
198139640Milan: All'Insegna del Pesce D'Oro 1981. 1st edition thus. INSCRIBED by Nisbet to front free endpaper. Green printed paper wrappers. Minimal wear to wrappers papers slightly age-toned. A VG copy. 162 6 pp. Engravings by Haz. 9-5/16" x 6-5/16" <br/><br/> All'Insegna del Pesce D'Oro unknown books
19123640.6New York: Sturgis & Walton Company 1912. 1st US edition. Grey cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & gilt facsimile Dickens' signature to front board. TEG. Somewhat cocked with spine darkened a bit. Light fraying at spine crown. Bookseller slip affixed to front pastedown. A VG copy. xvi 4 404 4 blank pp. Frontis of Dickens illustrated with portraits. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/> Sturgis & Walton Company hardcover books
19271752.2New York: American Art Association Inc Department of Books Prints & Autographs 1927. 1st edition. White paper wrappers printed in black and red lettering & design. Wear to wrappers age toning throughout. A VG copy. Unpaginated. Frontis intratextual b/w photographic images. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> American Art Association, Inc, Department of Books, Prints & Autographs unknown books
19352496.1Cedar Rapids: The Torch Press 1935. 1st edition. Hardback. Slipcase. A Fine copy in a VG 2-part slipcase. 169 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>A drama in 3 acts. The Torch Press hardcover books
19364073.2New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1936. 1st US edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. VG bpt/tape shadows on eps/faint whiff of tobacco/Abt VG edgewear/sm pcs msg @ corners of front panel & spine panel. 392 pp. Bound with UK sheets. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Wright one of the first to look at Dickens' private life in a public forum. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
34037B/w photograph of Williams on platform with his right hand in the air looking up into the distance with a book on the table in front of him. Mounted on tan stiff paper. Nr Fine. 14" x 11" <br/><br/>Williams toured as a one man show in the 1950's until his death. He performed readings by Chrales Dickens and this image is of him reciting a passage by Dickens. unknown books
19246230.3Boston: Bibliophile Society 1924. 1st edition. Ltd to 440cc. Modern brown cloth spine with gilt lettered leather title label over original light brown boards. TEG. Eps renewed. Square & tight. A VG copy. 241 pp. Untrimmed fore- bottom edges. Illustrated with plates of items not often seen elsewhere. 8vo. <br/><br/>Excellent reference which chronicles instances where Dickens is portrayed in cartoon & caricature. Bibliophile Society hardcover books
19077160Pittsburgh: Privately Printed 1907. 1st edition Gimbel D160. Ltd to 200cc. Green wrappers. Text w/ deckled edges. VG spine starting to brown/slt foxing to prelims. 10 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>10 letters then in the possession of Wilkins now published for the first time. Begins with a letter to Longhurst written in 1832. The concluding 6 are to fellow author William Howitt. Privately Printed unknown books
19122556Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1912. 1st edition. Limited to 550 sets. This #472. Gunmetal grey paper boards. Gilt spine lettering. TEG. Nr. Fine. 2 volumes. Frontis & t.p. vignette in each volume. 12mo. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
