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1870657.3Boston: Roberts Brothers 1870. 1st edition Miller p. 82. Not in Gimbel. Pink printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wear & soiling. Lacks rear wrapper. About VG. 42 pp. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Roberts Brothers unknown books
1936762.9London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1936. 1st edition. Orange cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Dust jacket. VG bookplate/period poi to ffep/VG spine panel a bit darkened/some edgewear. 243 1 pp. Last page blank. Publisher announcement leaflet laid-in. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>A collection of essays by divers Pickwickians including Alfred Noyes J. W. T. Ley Bransby Williams Alec Waugh Walter Dexter Bernard Darwin Arthur Waugh & Hugh Kingsmill on the many characters in Dickens' first novel. Chapman & Hall, Ltd hardcover books
184221721Boston: William White & H. P. Lewis 1842. 1st edition American Imprints 42-2784; Gimbel H-277; VanderPoel B486; Wright I 1571. Not in Kitton's DICKENSIANA or Wilkins. Original printed pale-yellow wrappers. Abt VG wrappers chipped & spine paper perishing with old tape reinforcement/corners reinforced with tape/soiling. 68 pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>A scarce parody published no doubt to take advantage of the Boz mania that gripped the Northeast with Dickens 1842 visit concluding with the Boston dinner herein skewered. Dickens relations with his American hosts became a bit strained when he continued to press the copyright issue and were exacerbated by his subsequent publication of AMERICAN NOTES which felt by many on this side of the pond at least portrayed the US in less than favorable light. William White & H. P. Lewis unknown books
7217Signed pen-n-ink color drawing in the style of 'Kyd' Joseph Clayton Clarke. The artist is not known to us. Fine. Image: 7" x 4-5/8". Frame: 14" x 11-1/4" <br/><br/>Gamp a very colorful and popular character from Dickens' 'Martin Chuzzlewit'. The artist's rendition has her in a light blue smcok sporting as might be expected a 'Rudolph' type nose. Underneath 'Sairey' is the quote "Ah what a blessed thing / it is to be contented." unknown books
186834503Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1868. 1st edition thus Todd & Bowden 961a. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Gilt bright. Minor fraying to front joint cloth. Tips turned-in. A solid VG copy. 315 1 pp. Text double column. 16mo in 8s. 6-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>The primary work a collaborative effort by the two authors cf. Oppenlander p. 196 for a distribution of same. "Miss Hollingford" attributed to Miss Mulholland cf. Wolff 4980. Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover books
183912964.1Paris: Published by A. and W. Galignani & Co 1839. 1st edition thus. Period brown quarter-leather with marbled boards. Gilt spine lettering. General binding wear & rubs to boards. Foxing. Small neat pos to ffep upper corner. A VG copy. 4 367 1 blank pp. Untrimmed. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/>For many years it was thought the 1846 Bradbury & Evans edition was the first 'octavo' edition cf. Eckel p. 62. This Galignanai edition obviously deserves consideration for that appellation though it's scarcity undoubtedly contributed to the 1846's notation as such in the Dickens' literature. Not in Eckel Gimbel or VanderPoel. Published by A. and W. Galignani & Co hardcover books
185540533Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers 1855. 1st US book publication. Original publisher's printed buff-paper wrappers sewn. Edgewear & soiling to wrappers with spine paper mostly perished. Damping to lower corner of last couples leaves with a bit of adhesion. A Good copy. 29 1 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>King presently an enigma in literary history. we know Dickens published two of her stories in Household Words with this being the second preceded by "Why My Uncle was a Bachelor" February 11 1854. On receipt of this story submission Dickens wrote her that he found "very great merit" in the effort. The story was seriallized in 3 issues beginning May 12 1855. Cf. Lohrli HOUSEHOLD WORDS 1973. <br /> <br />OCLC records 2 institutional holdings. <br /> <br />Rare. T. B. Peterson & Brothers unknown books
18657704New York: Ticknor & Fields 1865. 1st US appearance Gimbel E27. Buff printed wrappers. VG some minor edgewear & soiling. Pp. 739 - 743. 8vo. <br/><br/>Proctor a poet for whom Dickens wrote this introduction/memoir to her work of poetry 'Legends and Lyrics' which was published posthumously by Bell and Daldy in 1866. This Dec 1865 Atlantic Monthly version by Ticknor & Fields no doubt from advance sheets and may have appeared prior to the book publication in the UK a preliminary advert notes the title is 'Nearly Ready'. An uncommon item. Ticknor & Fields unknown books
19146059London: Hodder & Stoughton 1914. 1st printing thus. Broadweave cloth-like covers. VG edgewear. 207 1 xiv pp. Adverts last 14 pages. profusely illustrated in color & b/w 4to. <br/><br/>An anthology of selections & commentary from early 20th c. Dickensians such as G. K. Chesterton & F. G. Kitton. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
183732358Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1837. 1st US edition of the complete Second Series American Imprints 44049; Edgar & Vail p. 16; Gimbel A9; McGuire Catalogue 9; Vander Poel B6. Not seen by Wilkins cf. p. 11. Original drab paper-wrapped boards with pink cloth spine & printed paper title label to spine. Chemised and housed in a handsome quarter-leather slipcase. Chemise & Slipcase - Fine. Book - Good only cloth splitting along joints/label present though lettering difficult to read/usual foxing & staining throughout. viii 9 - 203 3 blank pp. 12mo in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Printed in an edition of 1250cc in February 1837 cf. Kaser 630. Carey Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
1983Embry 167637Dial Books 1983. First printing thus. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Color illus. by Michael Foreman. Dial Books, 1983. First printing thus. unknown books
2012Embry 179535Fall River 2012. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Fall River, 2012. unknown books
1975Embry 191995Lippincott 1975. Reprint. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. B&W and color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Lippincott, 1975. Reprint. unknown books
1977Embry 188370Weathervane 1977. Later printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. B&W and color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Weathervane, 1977. Later printing. unknown books
1994Embry 183642Everyman's Library 1994. Later printing. Minor rubbing still fine. B&W and color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Red cloth no dust jacket. Everyman's Library, 1994. Later printing. hardcover books
2003Embry 179884Barnes & Noble 2003. First edition thus. Fine in fine faintly sunned dust jacket in mylar cover. Color illus. by Mark Summers. Barnes & Noble, 2003. First edition thus. unknown books
1911Embry 173940Hayes Lithographing Co. 1911. Some chipping to spine still very good. Chromolithographic frontis. Cream cloth with chromolithographic illustrated cover. Hayes Lithographing Co., 1911. hardcover books
1987Embry 188782Oxford 1987. Oxford Illustrated Dickens. Small inked name else fine in fine price clipped dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine in mylar cover. Oxford, 1987. Oxford Illustrated Dickens. unknown books
1859Embry 184117Chapman and Hall London: 1859. First edition first issue. Some cosmetic touch up overall near fine and internally wide margined and bright in custom mylar cover and modern lightly rubbed cloth slipcase. Sixteen illustrations by H. K. Browne including the fontispiece and vignette titlepage. Green calf-backed marbled boards edges marbled. This copy is lacking page ix List of Plates but with no sign of having been excised. All other issue points conform to the first issue points called for in Walter Smith's "Charles Dickens in Original Cloth Part I. Chapman and Hall, London: 1859. First edition, first issue. hardcover books
18591083568vo. London: Chapman & Hall MDCCCLIX 1859. 8vo ix 1-254 16 etched plates including frontis and title vignette. Full olive green fine-diaper cloth entirely stamped in blind with a three line border which encloses a rectangular frame within which is is an ornament of leaves and stems in each corner and a chain-like design with each link enclosing a four-leafed flower. Housed in a green cloth slip-case. The head and tail of the backstrip are very slightly bumped with some sun toning; minor scattered foxing mostly near plates and some off-setting; a good clean copy in a beautifully preserved original cloth binding. § First edition in the rare secondary green cloth binding. Two of the eight internal flaws identified by Smith as necessary for the first issue have been corrected: “l†and “f†are printed on p.116 and 213 is numbered correctly. Of the latter point Eckel observes “The absence of this error does not invalidate a first edition but it fixes the priority of printing†and Smith concludes “this binding is probably of a later state than the red morocco cloth one†i.e. second issue. “When Dickens began the publication of All the Year Round the successor of Household Words he realized the necessity of making a strong start. So he began writing A Tale of Two Cities publishing the first of the serial in the opening number of his new periodical. As a novel of great popularity it probably ranks next to Pickwick and Copperfield†Eckel 87. This was the last novel in which Dickens worked with “Phiz†after a partnership of 23 years and was published on commission through the renewed partnership with Chapman & Hall. Podeschi A143. Thomson 89. Smith I 13. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
18909582Boston: Estes & Lauriat 1890. Hardcover. Very good. One of 1000 numbered sets in 45 volumes. <br/><br/> Estes & Lauriat hardcover books
1842Embry 157644Bernh. Tauchnitz 1842. Bernh. Tauchnitz, 1842. unknown books
1987Embry 193627Folio Society 1987. First printing thus. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. Illus. by Charles Keeping. Green cloth-backed patterned boards. Folio Society, 1987. First printing thus. hardcover books
185212328419 parts 20 numbers in 2 vols. London: Bradbury & Evans 1852-1853. 19 parts 20 numbers in 2 vols. Vol. 1: 8vo xiv 624 pp. with the full text 40 plates etched by "Phiz" including the engraved title plus the original wrappers and some ads bound in. Full green morocco gilt with pink silk doublures t.e.g. Vol. 2: Bound ads the majority various sizes and paginations. Half green morocco gilt with marbled paper sides and endpapers t.e.g. Very handsome bindings by Zaehnsdorf slightest rubbing to morocco the finest set known. § First edition bound from the original parts with the advertisements collected in a separate volume. Dickens' great byzantine tale of family secrets rapacious lawyers and innocent victims which helped lead to actual legal reform in the United Kingdom. Originally serialized in 19 parts the final part contained two numbers this is surely the finest bound set known presented with the wrappers illustrations and advertisements in a superb Zaehnsdorf binding. Lacking only 2 of 16 slips for Household Words issues 5 and 6 per Hatton & Cleaver and the slip announcing the plate mishap from part 9. The ad for "The Village Pastor" often lacking is present as are all issues of the Bleak House Advertiser divided between vols. 1 and 2 and 80 additional ads and inserts. Previously sold by Colin Franklin to a private collector and thence to us. Eckel 79-81. Sadleir 682. Hatton & Cleaver pp.275-304. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
187390319NY:: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1873. Hardcover. Part of The Works of Charles Dickens - Household Edition - series. With sixty-one illustations by F. Barnard. First ediiton thus. Quarto bound in green cloth with elaborate gilt and black lettering and design brown endpapers. Edge worn and aged previous owner's name and address on front endpage else good. ; 361 pages . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
