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184454100New York: Harper & Brothers 1844. Second American edition later impression Preface on verso of title page. Text in two columns. Pp. 3-4 5-32. Lacking first leaf ads and blank verso. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound. Text a bit browned early owner's ink signature on title page. Very good. Second American edition later impression Preface on verso of title page. Text in two columns. Pp. 3-4 5-32. Lacking first leaf ads and blank verso. 1 vols. 8vo. The First New York Christmas Carol. Issued in wrappers this unauthorized Harper's Christmas Carol was preceded by the Philadelphia edition Carey & Hart of the same year. Gimbel A81 third copy Harper & Brothers unknown books
04558London: Chapman & Hall 1843. A Superb First Edition Set of The Charles Dickens Christmas Books<br/>Beautifully Bound by Root & Son ca. 1920<br/><br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. ROOT & SON Binders. The Christmas Books. London: Various 1843-1848.<br/><br/>Comprising:<br/><br/>A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall 1843. <br/><br/>First edition first issue with "Stave I" reading. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 166 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and ads. Half-title printed in blue title-page printed in red and blue four hand-colored plates and intertextual illustrations. Original endpapers bound in.<br/><br/>And:<br/><br/>The Chimes: A Goblin Story or some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and A New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall 1845.<br/><br/>First edition second state of the engraved title. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 175 1 colophon pp. Complete with ad for A Christmas Carol on verso of the first leaf. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/><br/>And:<br/><br/>The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans 1846.<br/><br/>First edition. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 174 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and the Oliver Twist advertisement at end. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/> <br/>And:<br/> <br/>The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846.<br/><br/>First edition fourth issue with Cupid added to the scroll but without publisher's imprint on engraved title. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 1-2 sectional title 3-175 1 colophon 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and ads. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/> <br/>And:<br/> <br/>The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury &<br/>Evans 1848.<br/><br/>First edition. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 188 pp. Complete with ads and half-title. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/><br/>Uniformly bound by Root & Son ca. 1920 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins. Full blue crushed levant morocco covers with three-line gilt border surrounding a large holly leaf inlaid in green morocco and detailed in gilt with six inlaid red morocco berries on stem. Four similar but smaller corner-pieces also inlaid in green and red morocco. Spines with five raised bands similarly decorated with inlaid green and red morocco holly leaves and lettered in gilt in compartments. Decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins pale blue liners and endleaves. all edges gilt. Each volume with the original tan and brick red cloth covers and spines bound in at end. Spines very slightly and uniformly darkened. Some scattered light foxing otherwise a very fine set of arguably the most influential and important nineteenth century tales of the Christmas season. Housed in a felt-lined quarter black morocco clamshell case smooth curved spine lettered in gilt.<br/>  <br/>Following the overwhelming success of A Christmas Carol in 1843 Dickens embarked upon the Christmas Books project seeking to marshal "the Carol philosophy . in order to strike a sledgehammer blow" for England's lower classes. He continued publishing the Christmas Books throughout the 40s and the stories became mainstays of Dickens's public reading tours of the 1850s and 1860s.<br/><br/>A Christmas Carol was an instant success reportedly selling all 6000 copies of the first edition on the first day of publication and Dickens went on to write four more small festive books for each successive Christmas.<br/><br/>The London bindery of W. Root & Son consistently turned-out excellent work both on fine bindings as here and on trade bindings and sets. Packer lists the firm in business in Red Lion Square in 1899-1901 and the December 1942 issue of The Rotarian notes with regret that W. Root had been bombed out uprooted of their premises on Paternaster Row during the 1941 Blitz. There is a record in the June 10 1905 issue of The Academy "Esteemed Editions of various Authors some scarce all in new extra leather bindings. W. Root & Son 29-30 Eagle Street Red Lion Street Holborn W.C." Root & Son are also recorded at the same address in The Literary Year-Book 1909 thirteenth annual volume. The British Library have five examples of bindings by Root & Son. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843 unknown 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
1975UDICCHR00twNP No date but likely circa 1975. Very Good. Dickens Charles. A Christmas Carol: The Story of Old Scrooge. NP: NP No date but likely circa 1975. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Glossy pages printed in full color. NP unknown books
18891880.1New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. 1st edition thus. Brown cloth binding with red leather spine label. TEG. VG sp darkened. 252 pp. Facsimile letter. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/>This the first one-volume edition drawn from the 3 volume set issued in the early 1880s. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1890304973New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1890. 1890. 8vo. Title page drawing and 2 page facsimile letter. Original gilt stamped brown cloth with gilt stamped maroon spine label. Very good. 252 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. hardcover books
1859146171859. London: Office of All The Year Round / Chapman & Hall 1859-1867. In nine volumes. Original self-wrappers first four and blue printed wrappers last five -- as issued.<br/><br/> First Editions of all nine "Extra Christmas Numbers" of this periodical that Charles Dickens founded and edited for its nine years of existence. Previously he had likewise founded Household Words which likewise lasted nine years -- and which has nine Extra Christmas Numbers as well. In addition to editing these tales Dickens also wrote a portion of them -- specifically per Eckel: Christmas 1859: THE HAUNTED HOUSE. Dickens wrote "The Mortals in the House" "The Ghost in Master B's Room" and "The Ghost in the Corner Room" as well as most of the other opening paragraphs. Christmas 1860: A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. Dickens wrote Chapters I II and V plus passages in the others; the rest is by Wilkie Collins. Christmas 1861: TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VII. Christmas 1862: SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE. Dickens wrote "His Leaving It Til Called For" "His Boots" "His Brown-Paper Parcel" "His Wonderful End" plus part of "His Umbrella." Christmas 1863: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. Dickens wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1864: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. Dickens again wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1865: DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VIII. Christmas 1866: MUGBY JUNCTION. Dickens wrote "Barbox Brothers" "Barbox Brothers and Co." "Main Line" and "No. 1 Branch Line." Christmas 1867: NO THOROUGHFARE. Dickens wrote the Overture Act III plus parts of Act I and Act IV; Wilkie Collins wrote the rest. As for condition all nine issues are near-fine the self-wrappers of the first four have some minor expert restoration; the latter five's blue wrappers are just about fine except for some small ink-drops on the fifth; the leaves of the 1864 and 1867 issues are unopened. It is very tough to assemble all nine of these in this condition. Podeschi Yale E11 E13-E20. Housed in a handsome though lightly scuffed full-morocco case with inner chemise. unknown books
1859126401859. London: Office of All The Year Round / Chapman & Hall 1859-1867. In nine volumes. Original self-wrappers first four and blue printed wrappers last five -- as issued. First Editions of all nine "Extra Christmas Numbers" of this periodical that Charles Dickens founded and edited for its nine years of existence. Previously he had likewise founded Household Words which likewise lasted nine years -- and which has nine Extra Christmas Numbers as well. In addition to editing these tales Dickens also wrote a portion of them -- specifically per Eckel: Christmas 1859: THE HAUNTED HOUSE. Dickens wrote "The Mortals in the House" "The Ghost in Master B's Room" and "The Ghost in the Corner Room" as well as most of the other opening paragraphs. Christmas 1860: A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. Dickens wrote Chapters I II and V plus passages in the others; the rest is by Wilkie Collins. Christmas 1861: TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VII. Christmas 1862: SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE. Dickens wrote "His Leaving It Til Called For" "His Boots" "His Brown-Paper Parcel" "His Wonderful End" plus part of "His Umbrella." Christmas 1863: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. Dickens wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1864: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. Dickens again wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1865: DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VIII. Christmas 1866: MUGBY JUNCTION. Dickens wrote "Barbox Brothers" "Barbox Brothers and Co." "Main Line" and "No. 1 Branch Line." Christmas 1867: NO THOROUGHFARE. Dickens wrote the Overture Act III plus parts of Act I and Act IV; Wilkie Collins wrote the rest. As for condition all nine issues are near-fine just some very minor wear to the edges the last with a damp-mark at the top of the front wrapper; the fourth eighth and ninth annual issues still have unopened leaves. The last one includes the loosely-inserted ad leaf for the Grand Christmas Number of the periodical "London Society." It is very tough to assemble all nine of these in this condition. Podeschi Yale E11 E13-E20. <br/><br/> unknown books
186027986.1London: St. Luke's Hospital 1860. 1st separate edition second issue Eckel pp. 188-191; Gimbel B-216; VanderPoel B-465. Full deep maroon morocco binding with gilt spine stamping & elaborate gilt dentelles. TEG. Original pale pink printed wrappers bound-in. Typographical border surrounding title lettering on front wrapper. Light extremity wear to binding with front joint a bit tender. Pamphlet with faint vertical fold line. Bookplate. All-in-all a Nr Fine example. 19 1 pp. Binders blanks before & after the pamphlet. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>This short piece by Dickens on St. Luke's Hospital originally published in the January 17 1852 issue of HOUSEHOLD WORDS. With Dickens' consent it was reissued in this pamphlet form by the Hospital management as a fund-raising mechanism. The first issue had purple wrappers in which the 'appeal' was not highlighted from the remainder of the text and evidently donations suffered accordingly. in this second issue the wrappers are pink the 'appeal' is boldly printed and it was accompanied by an easy-to-use return envelope much as we see today in the solicitations we receive. make it easy on the mark!. This copy from the Dickens collection of Capt J. F. Hinckley whose holdings were dispersed by auction in 1912. [St. Luke's Hospital] unknown books
186027986London: St. Luke's Hospital 1860. 1st separate edition second issue Eckel pp. 188-191; Gimbel B-216; VanderPoel B-465. Original pale pink printed wrappers sewn. Typographical border surrounding title lettering on front wrapper. Wrappers a bit faded & show a mite of soiling. Paper repair to front wrapper top edge as well as spine paper. Old vertical fold crease to center as is usually found from mailing. A VG copy. 19 1 pp. 7" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>This short piece by Dickens on St. Luke's Hospital originally published in the January 17 1852 issue of HOUSEHOLD WORDS. With Dickens' consent it was reissued in this pamphlet form by the Hospital management as a fund-raising mechanism. The first issue had purple wrappers in which the 'appeal' was not highlighted from the remainder of the text and evidently donations suffered accordingly. in this second issue the wrappers are pink the 'appeal' is boldly printed and it was accompanied by an easy-to-use return envelope much as we see today in the solicitations we receive. make it easy on the mark!. A rather uncommon item of Dickensiana. [St. Luke's Hospital] unknown books
1860144211860. London: St. Luke's Hospital 1860. Original pale pink wrappers. First Edition second and usual issue -- with the final paragraph in bold not like the rest of the text with the wrapper pink not mauve -- though all are today faded with the front cover title followed by a comma not by a period and with the front cover border decorative only at the corners not all 'round. Dickens describes the wretched conditions inside St. Luke's Hospital "established in 1751 for the treatment and care of lunatics" and in particular the "very sad and touching spectacle" of the annual Christmas Ball there dancing around the Christmas tree. He actually wrote the original piece in 1852 at which time it appeared in his Household Words Dickens's authorship was questioned until 1913 when the original manuscript -- in his hand -- turned up. It is here published in book form for the first time eight years later when Dickens gave permission for the hospital to use it as a fundraising appeal. The hospital added two items to update the piece: an article about the 1860 Ball from the "Times" plus a brief article "Contrast between 1852 and 1860" in which the hospital asserts that many of the deficiencies cited by Dickens have since been addressed. The results of the initial mailing were not good -- which is why for this second issue the final paragraph the actual appeal was highlighted in bold. This is a fine copy of this very fragile item with scarcely any wear soil or foxing; as usual the pink wrappers have faded. Tipped to a corner of the inside front wrapper is an old but hyperbolic catalogue description. As with almost all copies there is a vertical crease because the booklet was folded vertically when the fundraising appeal was mailed out in narrow envelopes. Uncommon in this condition. Podeschi Yale B216 second copy; Carr U of Texas B465; Eckel pp 188-191. Housed in a cloth clamshell case lined with felt. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1860144201860. the very scarce first issue London: St. Luke's Hospital 1860. Original pale mauve wrappers. First Edition first issue -- with the final paragraph in the same type as the rest of the text and not in bold type with the wrapper mauve and not pink -- though all are today faded with the front cover title followed by a period not by a comma and with the front cover border decorative on all sides not just at the corners. Dickens describes the wretched conditions inside St. Luke's Hospital "established in 1751 for the treatment and care of lunatics" and in particular the "very sad and touching spectacle" of the annual Christmas Ball there dancing around the Christmas tree. He actually wrote the original piece in 1852 at which time it appeared in his Household Words Dickens's authorship was questioned until 1913 when the original manuscript -- in his hand -- turned up. It is here published in book form for the first time eight years later when Dickens gave permission for the hospital to use it as a fundraising appeal. The hospital added two items to update the piece: an article about the 1860 Ball from the "Times" plus a brief article "Contrast between 1852 and 1860" in which the hospital asserts that many of the deficiencies cited by Dickens have since been addressed. The results of this initial mailing were not good -- which is why for the second issue the final paragraph the actual appeal was highlighted in bold. This is a near-fine copy of this very fragile item with scarcely any wear but with a little faint soil and foxing; as usual the mauve wrappers have faded. As with almost all copies there is a vertical crease: the booklet was folded vertically when the fundraising appeal was mailed out in narrow envelopes. Quite an uncommon Dickens first edition -- much scarcer than the second issue. Podeschi Yale B216 first copy; Carr U of Texas B465; Eckel pp 188-191 "the second issue in pink wrappers is much more common than the first one in purple". Housed in a morocco-backed clamshell case. <br/><br/> unknown books
186096189London: St. Lukes Hospital 1860. First edition first issue of Charles Dickens' article on Saint Luke's Hospital "for the gratuitous treatment of the insane poor." Octavo loosely bound in wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and chemise pull-off box. Rare. Dickens' A Curious Dance Round a Curious Tree was published by St. Luke's Hospital in 1860 to raise funds for their Hospital for Lunatics. The volume contains a sketch about a visit to St. Luke's at Christmas by Dickens along with another piece he wrote about the hospital from an unsigned article in the London Times. St. Lukes Hospital unknown books
1980WRCLIT39430London: Peter Owen 1980. Cloth boards. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket with one soft crease and a new price sticker on the inside flap. First edition first novel. A thriller set against the background of bicycling championships in northern Spain. Dickens is the creator of the comic strips Bristow and Albert Herbert Hawkins. Peter Owen hardcover books
1873708.6New York: E. J. Hale 1873. Early printing of the volume edition Gimbel D67. Contemporary tan half-calf professionally rebacked with marbled board eps & edges. Black leather spine label modern. Overall VG. 564 pp. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> E. J. Hale hardcover books
1970359London: The Dickens House 1970. 1st separate printing an extract from Volume III of the NCBEL. Original publisher's printed green wrappers stapled. Nr Fine. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Dickens House unknown books
1970WRCLIT35885Cambridge: Published by the Dickens Fellowship by arrangement with the Cambridge University Press 1970. Printed wrappers. Separate printing of the Dickens entry from the third volume of NCBEL. Abbreviations key pasted to verso of front wrapper covers soiled carbon bleedthrough on upper wrapper careless bookkeeping wraps lightly used a good copy. Published by the Dickens Fellowship by arrangement with the Cambridge University Press paperback books
1970WRCLIT41245Published by the Dickens Fellowship by arrangement with the Cambridge University Press 1970. Printed wrappers. Inscribed and signed by Collins to a fellow Dickensian at a later date. Abbrev. sheet pasted to inner front wrapper. Very good. Published by the Dickens Fellowship by arrangement with the Cambridge University Press unknown books
35596.1Hollywood: Hugh Lester n. d. 1st printing. White paper wrappers with red title lettering printed to front wrapper stapled. Adverts to inner wrappers. A VG copy. 12 pp. A few b/w advertisement illustrations. 9" x 6" <br/><br/> Hugh Lester unknown books
19844445.1New York: Schocken Books 1984. 1st US edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG bpt/light shelf wear/VG some light wear & soiling. xiv 2 369 3 blank pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/> Schocken Books hardcover books
1970265.1New York: Burt Franklin 1970. Reprint of the revised & enlarged 1928 2nd edition. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Spine lightly sunned. A VG copy. xxii 375 1 blank pp. Frontis of Dickens. 8vo. <br/><br/> Burt Franklin hardcover books
19091095London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1909. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG cloth dull/owner sig on ffep. 409 pp royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Includes a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
19091095.1London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1909. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG spine & top of binding is sunned/newspaper clippings tipped-in to blank front fly. Ex-Lib pocket on ffep/faint evidence of label removal from spine. 409 pp. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Includes a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
19284878London: Simpkin Marshall 1928. 2nd edition revised & enlarged. Blue cloth. Spine sunned as is a portion of the covers where exposed. A VG copy. 375 pp. illustrated 4to. <br/><br/>Has a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. Simpkin Marshall hardcover books
19362347n. p.: Privately Printed 1936. 1st edition. 3/4 Morocco binding. A Fine copy. 108 pp. Sm. 4to. <br/><br/>Sawyer a prominent collector from the early 20th c. This catalogue of his collection is somewhat difficult to find and this a nicely bound version with the original wraps retained. Privately Printed unknown books
