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1879WRCLIT64148London: Macmillan and Co. 1879. Two volumes. Original forest green pebbled cloth ruled in black lettered in gilt edges untrimmed. Short clean snag at top of spine of the first volume inner hinges cracked cords holding as usual for this book covers a little worn otherwise a good set. Bookplates of William Joseph Connery and of Frederick Burgess and with an old bookseller's description tipped- into volume one and a small label reading "First edition" affixed in both volumes. In a half morocco slipcase. First edition. With an 1863 check signed by Mathews on a preliminary leaf in volume one. The author/editor of these volumes the eldest son and namesake of the novelist inherited the editorship of ALL THE YEAR ROUND and was later a reader at Macmillan. Charles Mathews 1776-1835 was a popular English actor. Dickens Sr. in his younger days had been a devoted admirer of Mathews and sat in the pit whenever the actor played. In 1832 the future novelist applied to George Bartley the stage manager for Mathews for work in the theatre and an appointment was arranged for an audition. On the day of the appointment however Dickens was laid-up with a terrible cold and was unable to appear. Dickens wrote to say he would have to resume his application "next season" but -- as literary opportunities came his way -- the application was never renewed. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
1911LV1978London:: Chapman and Hall 1911. 1911. 2 volumes. Memorial edition. 8vo. xxxiv 481 1; xxvi 514 1 pp. 2 frontispieces numerous plates index. Original blue blind and gilt-stamped cloth with Forster’s and Dickens’ initials in gilt to top boards t.e.g. Very good. Chapman and Hall, 1911. hardcover books
18747654London: Chapman and Hall 1874. Thick 8vo 3 volumes illustrated throughout including an engraved frontis in each volume; a near fine set in orig. dec. red cloth gilt. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1905WRCLIT37734London: Chatto & Windus 1905. Two volumes. Cloth t.e.g. Frontis portraits facsimiles. Previous owner's ink inscription and label at front of each volume edges foxed cloth soiled and marked extremities rubbed and lightly worn but a good set. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
187434265.9London: Chapman & Hall 1874. 1st edition. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco bindings by Root & Sons with green cloth boards. Gilt decorated spine with 5 raised bands. TEG. Grey marbled paper eps. Minor extremity wear. Bookplate "The Haldersons" in each volume. Occasional spot of foxing. All-in-all an attractive Nr Fine set. 3 volumes. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall 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
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
18712098.4Boston: B. B. Russell 1871. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Original purple publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering. VG sp sunned/faint qtr-circle dampstain on lower corner margin of text. 401 pp publisher adverts at rear Frontispiece. 12mo. <br/><br/> B. B. Russell hardcover books
187110031Toronto: Published by A. H. Hovey 1871. 1st edition. Original purple cloth wth gilt spine lettering and facsimile gilt signature of Dickens' on the front board. Wear to tips. Usual browning & foxing. A VG copy. xvi 17 - 418 427 - 432 pp. Publisher adverts last 6 pages. Frontis inserted wood engraving of Gads Hill prior to text. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>One of the scarcer early biographies of Dickens. not recorded in the NCBEL or the BM extract nor by Watters or Kitton nor listed in the Gimbel or Vander Poel collections. Published by A. H. Hovey hardcover books
183955327Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1839. First US edn. phiz. 8vo pp. 403. Bound in scuffed leather backed boards. Lacks the portrait of "Boz" but with 40 plates. Wilkins Early American Bibliography notes: "page 17. Lea and Blanchard issued this in parts in 1838-1839 this was bound from them. Printed in double column. Some foxing etc a good copy. VanderPoel B1252; cf. Edgar & Vail p. 18; Page iv is not a blank containing the list of illustrations none of the plates precedes the title page nor is there a catalogue in the rear. Gimbel/ Podeschi A43. Amer. Imprints 55380. Lea & Blanchard unknown books
18484154London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st edition. Contemporary full leather with marbled boards & eps. VG light wear at the extremities. A nice copy. 704 pp frontis 8vo. <br/><br/>Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
18484154.2London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st edition. Original blue publisher's cloth with gilt lettering/decorations. VG hinges cracked/owner sig on front pastedown. 704 pp frontis 8vo. <br/><br/>Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
18484154.1London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering/decorations. AEG. Abt VG sp sunned/slt cocked/contemporary bpt of James Ballantyne/rear jt starting at bottom portion. 704 pp. Frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/>Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
09019London April 1838 - October 1839: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Hablot K. Browne Phiz. In the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19. From the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection and annotated by Thomas Hatton who has written in pencil on the rear wrapper of part VI: "No. 920 - clean and perfect." Additionally Mr. Hatton has written in pencil in part VI on page 192 the final page of text "CNP . TH." "CNP" meaning "clean and perfect." Original green printed wrappers - ALL wrappers are correct. FIRST ISSUE of the text with part IV having the misprint "visiter" for "sister" on page 123 line 17 and part V having the misprint "latter" for letter on page 160 line 6 up. FIRST STATE of the plates having the publisher's imprint beneath the illustrations in parts I and II and FIRST STATE of plate 29 in part XV with the long title and the signature "PHIZ" in caps a dot preceeding the letter "P" and another dot between the last two letters. Part XI has the Charles Tilt ad as cited by Hatton & Cleaver: "In many copies seen there is to be found pasted within the front wrapper a small yellow slip 4 1/2" x 3" issued by Charles Tilt Fleet Street. On one side it is headed "New books for Children/Tales of Shipwrecks & Disasters at Sea" and on verso "Unique Present" - Substantially all the ads and slips are present with the following exceptions: part II lacks the Mechi slip and two leaves of the Advertiser; part III lacks the scarce Joseph Amesbury ad; part VIII lacks only the scarce Tyas "Heads of the People" ad. All other ads are present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver. Part XIX/XX has the scarce "Hill's Seal Wafers" ad without the seals. The plates are very good to fine; tissue guards are present. Spines are expertly renewed on parts I VI and perhaps a few others. Subscriber's names or initials on front wraps of parts IX XII XIII XVI and XIX/XX. Small repair to fore-corners of part I front wrapper. Bookplate of Mortimer L. Schiff on page 1 of Advertiser of part I; armorial bookplate of Charles Parkhurst on inside of slipcase and chemise. Octavo i-viiviii-xxixii-xivxvxvi 12-624 with 39 plates by Phiz and the frontis by Maclise. The present set is exceptional in many ways: both the text and plates have the FIRST ISSUE points; it is annotated by the bibliographer Thomas Hatton and is from the Hatton & Cleaver collection; all parts are complete with the exceptions of II III and VIII as noted above. Housed in a handsome purple quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton & Cleaver Collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
183925727Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1839. First American edition. Half brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards dark morocco spine label with gilt titles. Boards rubbed calf worn at edges and joints spine a bit brittle endpapers toned at edges scattered foxing 3 inch closed tear to plate at p. 110 tear to edge of one leaf small chip to bottom margin of p. 109 and 404. Binding tight. About very good. i-v vi-viii 13- 404 pp. Illus. with 39 plates. 8vo. Double-column format. Illustrated by Phiz re-engraved by J. Yeager. This copy does not appear bound with sheets from the parts issue though unlike Gimbel's second copy page iv is not a blank containing the list of illustrations none of the plates precedes the title page nor is there a catalogue in the rear. Gimbel/ Podeschi A43. Amer. Imprints 55380. Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
1983WRCLIT37659New York: Avenel 1983. Brown pseudo-leatheroid. Illustrations. Later printing of this facsimile of the 1839 edition. Edges tanned else very good in dust jacket. Avenel hardcover books
18399000baZ1London: Chapman and Hall 1839. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Early edition. Octavo 8vo. English novel; xvi 624 pages; 21.5cm; full pebble grained leather binding rebacked; on front board in gilt: engraved signature of the author; on back board: gilt lion device; top edge gilt. On page 123 correct "sister" for "visiter"; on page 160 "latter" not corrected to "letter". Mounted in is a one page autograph letter signed January 1847 from Charles Dickens to Percy B. St. John author of The French Revolution of 1848; the letter reports that Dickens is not acquainted with certain prominent Fre. Chapman and Hall Hardcover books
185342943Philadelphia: Published by Getz Buck & Co 1853. Later US edition. Not listed by Smith though see p. 141 for an 1852 unillustrated Getz & Buck edition; see also Gimbel D13. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. Professionally recased. Period pos to ffep. Very Good. viii 13 - 403 1 blank pp. Text double column. Frontis & 39 inserted plates. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/> Published by Getz Buck & Co hardcover books
184227558New York: Robert P. Bixby & Co 1842. "4th edition" and 1st edition thus Edgar & Vail p. 19. Original brown vertically-ribbed blindstamped cloth with gilt spine lettering Title wording followed by "Edited by Boz. / With Illustrations". VG bright spine gilt/lsome extremity wear & fraying/contemporary pos/gutter break after 1st blank leaf cords holding/usual foxing. x 624 pp. NB. Scant evidence of a two volume publication. Frontis 21 inserted plates of illustrations after Phiz Edgar & Vail list 21 plates total not 22 as in this volume. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Scarce edition: Not in Gimbel not in Vander Poel and only 3 copies listed on OCLC. Robert P. Bixby & Co hardcover books
184331218New York: William H. Colyer 1843. 3rd US volume edition later issue cf. Edgar & Vail p. 19; Gimbel A47; MacQuire Collection 17; Vander Poel B128; Wilkins p. 17. Original drab paper wrapped boards with green cloth spine & printed paper spine labels. Vol I rebacked. Expected foxing & browning to paper. Period pos to ffep of each volume. Withal a VG example of an uncommon imprint. 2 volumes iv 13 - 300; 2 1 - 3 5 - 273 1 blank 2 pp. Advert last leaf of Volume II. Frontis & engraved title page dated 1839 to each volume. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>A scarce early edition of this Dickens' title; the first time we've been able to offer the Colyer Nickleby. William H. Colyer hardcover books
188937567New York: Hurst & Co 1889. Late 19th C. reprint. Paper wrappers with illustrations on covers and black stamped lettering on spine. Mild shelfwear and cracking along spine age toning to paper. An About VG copy. 338 2 blank 10 pp. of advertisements at rear. Illustrated paperback bindings. 7-3/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Hurst & Co unknown books
188939868New York: Hurst & Co. Publishers 1889. Later reprint. Printed paper wrappers. Average wear. Paper beginning to yellow. Very Good. 338 12 pp. Text double column. 8 pages of adverts follow text. 7-1/4" x 5" <br/><br/> Hurst & Co., Publishers unknown books
183927559.1Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co 1839. 1st US book edition VanderPoel B1252; cf. Edgar & Vail p. 18; Gimbel A43 'fourth copy'. Original publisher's brown muslin cloth with gilt stamped spine professionally recased. Bit of cloth bubbling to front board. Usual foxing to paper. Period 1840 signature of Capt H B Sawyer USN. A VG copy. i-ii 3-5 vi - viii 13 - 403 1 blank 4 pp double column of text. Adverts last 4 pages. Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins; Stereotyped by J. Fagan Philadelphia. 40 inserted plates after PHIZ redrawn primarily by Yeager. 10" x 6". Signed in 6s. <br/><br/> Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co hardcover books
1839117498London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition in book form of one of Dickens' most popular novels. Octavo bound in three quarters calf over boards gilt titles to the spine. First issue points with "visiter" for "sister" on p. 123 "latter" for "letter" p.160 "flys" for flies on p. 245 and "visiters" for "visitors" on p. 272. First issue points for first four plates. In very good condition. The plot the characters the dialogue everything about Nicholas Nickleby "has the feel of theatre; it is as if Dickens saw human life conducted among lights of the stage making it somehow larger and brighter than the reality" Ackroyd 283. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
1839109263London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition of one of Dickens' most popular novels. Octavo bound in full morocco by Morrell ornate inlay to the spine front and rear panels raised bands inner dentelles illustrated with 40 plates. In fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional presentation. In 1867 Charles Dickens began his second American reading tour at Boston's Tremont Temple where an enthusiastic audience delighted in some of his most notable works members of the audience included legendary literary stars such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Although Dickens was in declining health he embarked on an ambitious travel schedule across the United States. Dickens returned to Boston once more before concluding his U.S. tour in New York City. When Charles Dickens arrived in Boston on November 19 1867 the celebrated English author spent several days at the Parker House hotel recuperating from the voyage. As conscientious a performer as he was a writer Dickens had prepared diligently for his performances redrafting and memorizing key passages from his books especially for these engagements. He used a book only as a prop; he was so familiar with the material that he could improvise with ease. However during his 1867-1868 tour he was plagued with Flu-like symptoms insomnia and an inflammation of his foot which forced him to walk with a cane. During his last tours in 1868 Dickens confined much of his performances to the New England area. Dickens was grateful for the income he desperately needed from his readings which generated $140000 close to $2000000 today; but he longed for home. On April 8 1868 Dickens gave the last performance of the tour. Prolonged applause followed the reading. He closed by telling the audience "In this brief life of ours it is sad to do almost anything for the last time. Ladies and gentlemen I beg most earnestly most gratefully and most affectionately to bid you each and all farewell." He died two years later having written 14 novels several of which are considered classics of English literature. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
