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DOMBEY AND SON Superb Example of the First "Cheap" Edition in Original Cloth
London: Bradbury & Evans 1858. Dickens Charles. DOMBEY AND SON. Frontispiece by H. K. Browne 'Phiz'. London: Bradbury & Evans 1858. Original blind-stamped green publisher's cloth with spines elaborately decorated in gilt. First "Cheap" Edition first issue from the first and most important collected works of Dickens with in this case a 2pp new introduction and a specially commissioned new frontispiece. Begun in 1847 with works already published Dickens added further titles as he went along. Most were published by Chapman & Hall however this particular title belonged to Bradbury & Evans yet both provided a book nearly identical in design. Despite being called "cheap" Dickens made sure that these volumes were just as high quality in texture and ornamentation as his first editions; there are 17 volumes in total all are rarely seen in fine condition. A FINE copy quite rare in this splendid condition spine a trifle browned as almost always with this olive-green cloth trifling wear to the extremities armorial bookplate of Henry Smith and blind-stamp of W. H. Smith. Bright gilt excellent eye appeal. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Fine. Illus. by H. K. Browne "Phiz". Bradbury & Evans Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 001775
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Dombey and Son.
London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First edition in book form of Dickens' novel of "Pride" with 40 etchings by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz". Octavo bound in full morocco by Bayntun gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands gilt medallion portrait of Dickens on the front panel gilt signature on the back panel inner dentelles gilt ruled to the front and rear panels all edges gilt marbled endpapers. With 40 engraved plates including frontispiece and engraved title by H. K. Browne. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. 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 and Evans hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 121387
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DOMBEY AND SON. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son Wholesale Retail and for Exploration. Limited edition signed by Henry C. Pitz. Two volume set.
New York NY: Limited Editions Club 1957. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrators. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Vol. I: xvi 396 pages of text. Vol. II: viii 397-798 pages. Hardcover cloth binding is moderately faded on the spines. Illustrated by Henry C. Pitz. Limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. With an introduction by John T. Winterich. The slipcase has minor shelfwear and sunning. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Limited Editions Club Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 018489
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Dombey and Son. Full-length Portraits of Dombey & Carker Miss Tox Mrs. Skewton Mrs. Pipchin Old Sol. & Capt. Cuttle Major Bagstock Miss Nipper & Polly. In Eight Plates. Engraved and Etched by Hablot K. Browne. And Published with the Sanction of Mr. Charles Dickens
London: Chapman and Hall 186 Strand 1848. First edition. 8 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Green wrappers. Splitting at spine. Very Good. Browne Hablot K. First edition. 8 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. VanderPoel B207 Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand unknown books
Bookseller reference : 246229
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Dombey and Son. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne
London: Bradbury and Evans 1846-48 1846. First edition parts issue. Hatton & Cleaver pages 227-250. This set agrees with H&C's description except that in part 11 there is no ad for Letts & Son and the ad for Kaye's Pills in part 12 varies slightly from the one they described. Two of the three misprints noted by H&C are present: part 11 page 324 "Capitan" for "Captain"; part 14 page 426 "if" is not present; on page 431 the page number is present in H&C's earliest issue the number is omitted. Plates foxed - as seems inevitable - some minor paper repairs to the corners of a few spines; a few wrappers slightly soiled and smudged; overall in very nice condition as issued enclosed in a chemise and cloth slipcase. 20 parts in 19 as issued 8vo original pictorial blue wrappers. 40 plates. A fine set of Dombey and Son in original parts completely unsophisticated as evidenced by the ink signature on each front wrapper of a contemporary reader Stephen Blair. Dickens novels in parts with the evidence of the contemporary ownership on each wrapper are scarce and such provenance is virtually the only way to establish that a set has not been sophisticated "married" or "made up.". <br/><br/> London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846-48 hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 19908
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Dombey And Son; With Illustrations By H.K. Browne
London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First Edition First Issue. Quarter Leather. Very good. First edition in book form of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens. Octavo xvi errata blank 624pp. Bound in period three quarter green morocco raised bands with title in gilt on spine. Marbled endpapers and leaf ends. First issue with two lines of errata. Complete with 40 full page plates by "Phiz" aka Hablot Knight Browne. Includes the "dark plate" titled "On the dark Road." Toning and light foxing to plates toning throughout the text block. Previous ownership inscription on front flyleaf and title page. Sadleir 687. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
Bookseller reference : 10988
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DICKENS CHARLES
Edwin Drood
London: Mellifont Press n.d. c. 1920’s. Very good copy with some minor darkening to the pages and a trace of use in a very good bright dust jacket with a hint of dust soling to the rear panel and some small chips and tears. The front panel is a color illustration of a man sitting on a bed with a pipe to his side while two Asian men one smoking a pipe and a woman stand in the background. Mellifont Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 20585E
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Engraved ticket to Charles Dickens's farewell dinner
London 1867. Admission ticket #70 for the public banquet given in honor of Charles Dickens as he embarked on his final American reading tour. In 1867 Dickens was at the height of his literary fame and the grand farewell dinner at London's Freemason's Hall was attended by almost five hundred guests including Matthew Arnold Wilkie Collins Alfred Tennyson and Anthony Trollope. In his response to the toasts Dickens outlined his reasons for returning to America: " I am inspired . . . by a natural desire to see for myself the astonishing change and progress of a quarter of a century over there to grasp the hands of many faithful friends whom I left upon those shores to see the faces of a multitude of new friends upon whom I have never looked and last not least to use my best endeavor to lay down a third cable of intercommunication and alliance between the old world and the new." Dickens was overwhelmed by the occasion writing to his friend Harry Wills the following day: "When I got up to speak but for taking a desperate hold of myself I should have lost my sight and voice and sat down again." A near-fine artifact of the Victorian literary scene. Pale green coated card measuring 3 x 4.5 inches printed recto only: "Dinner given to Mr. Charles Dickens / on the occasion of / His Departure for the United States / Freemason's Hall Great Queen St. / Saturday November 2nd 1867 Seven o'clock." Lightest edgewear. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1002625
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DICKENS Charles
Epistle to "Boz"
DICKENS Charles. An Epistle to "Boz". Alias Charles Dickens. By Zedekiah Comitatus M.P.E.C. Skaggaddahunk: Scantlewood Timberlake & Co. Printers to the North River Society 1867. Originally issued in wrappers now rebound in half black cloth over floral cloth gilt-stamped on spine. Top edge gilt. Some expected foxing throughout. Near fine. This is a satire on Dickens with a ficitious author and a fictitious place of publishing. HBS 66262. $1000 Scantlewood, Timberlake & Co. Printers to the North River Society hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 66262
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FAMOUS CHRISTMAS STORIES
Chicago: Cuneo Press 1948. Red cloth spine gilt extra t.e.g. Illustrated. First edition. Also prints the Christmas Message of Pope Pius XII. Corners bumped else a bright near fine copy. Cuneo Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT39670
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Fore-Edge Painting- Martin Frost Dombey and Son
London: Chapman & Hall 1903. Bound in modern fine green goatskin gilt spine with bands 23ct gilt edges marbled endpapers. Fully illustrated by George Cruikshank 705pp. A very fine Very good composite vanishing fore edge painting after the illustrations by Cruikshank by Martin Frost. Monogrammed by Frost with his authenticity ticket tipped in. Fine. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 4759
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Fore-Edge Painting- Martin Frost Martin Chuzzlewit and Barnaby Rudge
London: Chapman and Hall 1880. Large thick 8vo. Bound in modern three-quarter dark brown goatskin bold gilt lettering to spine all edges in 23ct gold. The first Household edition bound together. A superb fore edge painting by Martin Frost featuring a portrait of the young Dickens with illustrations from each of the titles monogrammed by Martin Frost with his authenticity ticket tipped in. Fine. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 4760
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DICKENS Charles
Four Plates
DICKENS Charles. BROWNE Hablot Knight illustrator. YOUNG Robert illustrator. Four Plates. Engraved Under the Superintendence of Hablot K. Browne and Robert Young to Illustrate The Cheap Edition of 'Barnaby Rudge." Emma Haredale Dolly Varden Barnaby and Hugh Mrs. Varden and Miggs. London: Chapman and Hall 1849. First edition. Quarto. Original pale blue printed wrappers. With four plates illustrating Emma Haredale Dolly Varden Barnaby and Hugh Mrs. Varden and Miggs. These plates were authorized by Dickens for the "Cheap Edition" of Barnaby Rudge. Minor shelfwear else near fine. HBS 66207. $200 Chapman and Hall unknown books
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DICKENS Charles
Four Plates
DICKENS Charles. BROWNE Hablot Knight illustrator. YOUNG Robert illustrator. Four Plates. The Old Curiosity Shop. Engraved Under the Superintendence of Hablot K. Browne and Robert Young to Illustrate The Cheap Edition of The Old Curiosity Shop. Little Nell and Her Grandfather The Marchioness Barbara and an Etching by "Phiz." Published with the Approbation of Mr. Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall 1848. First edition. Quarto. Original pale blue printed wrappers. With four plates illustrating Little Nell and Her Grandfather The Marchioness Barbara and an etching by "Phiz." Some chipping to extremities else fine. HBS 66212. $200 Chapman and Hall unknown books
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FOUR PLATES ENGRAVED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF HABLOT K. BROWNE AND ROBERT YOUNG TO ILLUSTRATE THE CHEAP EDITION OF "BARNABY RUDGE".PUBLISHED WITH THE APPROBATION OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS wrapper title
London: Chapman and Hall 1849. Four loose plates three engraved one etched 7 1/2 x 11" laid into publisher's printed wrappers. First edition thus. Wraps and edges lightly dust soiled and foxed narrow splits to backstrip otherwise a very nice copy. GIMBEL H1003. Chapman and Hall paperback books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT25010
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From The BLACK ROCKS On FRIDAY. A Northland Story. and A GOLD DIGGER'S NOTES. Otago in the Gold Rush.; Foreword by Professor W. P. Morrell. Introduction by A. H. Reed
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1950. 1st thus. Signed. Limited to 2000cc. Green printed boards. Yellow dust jacket. VG/VG. 62 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>A story of New Zealand published initially in Dickens' ATYR Vol VII 1862 with some argument pro & con as to whether it was actually written by Dickens. A. H. & A. W. Reed hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 15028
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DICKENS Charles
George Silverman's Explanation
Northridge: Santa Susana 1984. Limited. fine. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Harry Stone. Illustrated by Irving Block. 35pp. thin tall 8vo blue cloth. Northridge: California State University; Santa Susana Press 1984. Limited edition.<br/><br/> " For the most part 'George Silverman's Explanation' has been forced to make its quiet way through the world without any illustrations whatsoever. The present edition redresses this long graphic neglect and adds a rich new dimension to Dickens' haunting fable." This copy one of 300 signed by Harry Stone & Irving Block has an additional presentation from Block accompanied by an accomplished still life drawing in colored pencil.<br/><br/> Santa Susana unknown books
Bookseller reference : 285296 ISBN : 0937048364 9780937048368
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Great Expectations
Quality Paperback Book Club 1997. Paperback. Very Good. Quality Paperback Book Club edition from 1997. Very good softcover and binding with minimal wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. LO Quality Paperback Book Club paperback books
Bookseller reference : 191930
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Great Expectations
Dover 2010. Very Good. Dickens Charles. Great Expectations. Mineola New York: Dover 2010. 498pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Dover paperback books
Bookseller reference : UDICGRE00mm ISBN : 0486475700 9780486475707
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
London etc.: Oxford University Press 1978. With twenty-one illustrations by F. W> Pailthorpe and an introduction by Frederick Page. xvi 460 1p. b/w illus. dj slight foxing on the fore-edge The Oxford illustrated Dickens. Oxford University Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 049113 ISBN : 0192545116 9780192545114
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
1861. Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition. In Two Volumes. Illustrated from Drawings by F.O.C. Darley and John Gilbert. New York: James G. Gregory 1861. Original dark green cloth. Very early American Edition -- the first to deposit copies at the Library of Congress -- of one of Dickens's most-loved novels being volumes of the "Household Edition". There has been much controversy over which is the first American edition -- this edition by Gregory or Peterson's edition. This Gregory edition was long regarded as the first American edition but Walter Smith's 2012 bibliography of Dickens's American editions gives the nod to Peterson's with considerable information on this controversy. In the meantime here is the brief known history. On November 15 1860 Harper entered a copyright for the book and then serialized the tale in Harper's Weekly beginning on November 24 and ending on August 3 1861 however there is no book edition published by Harper in 1861 as they sold the book rights to Peterson. On August 26 barely three weeks later and about seven weeks after the English three-decker was published James Gregory of New York entered a two volume set for copyright having undoubtedly set the type from the Harper serialization. Peterson of Philadelphia did not enter his one-volume edition at the LofC until November 8th almost three months later. But according to Smith Peterson's edition was actually out in the public's hand by the month of July while Gregory's did not actually hit the streets until September. So although Gregory's was the first edition to deposit copies at the Library of Congress Peterson's was the first "published" -- put into the hands of the public. The earliest Gregory volumes as here bear only his name as publisher on the title pages; on later copies this was replaced by the imprint of Sheldon and Company. Each volume includes a frontispiece plate by F.O.C. Darley with protective tissue the UK edition was not illustrated. These volumes are bright and in close-to-fine condition scarcely any of the usual mottling and bubbling of the cloth frequently a problem with these Household Edition volumes and virtually no wear. Smith pp 379-380; also see Podeschi Gimbel D38. Housed in an open-back slipcase. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 14423
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Great Expectations
Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1975. Hardcover. As New. Collector's edition bound in brown genuine leather lettered and edged in gilt silken endpapers. xvii 457 pp. Fine. A nice copy. Part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. The Easton Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 180130007
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
London: Chapman & Hall 1861. First Edition Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition second impression. Stated "Second Edition" on all title pages. 344; 351; 344pp. Complete in three volumes. Contemporary leather with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Bound without ads quite likely as issued. Bibliographer Walter E. Smith describes printings two through five as indistinguishable except for their title pages which may have been printed at the same time to give the impression of brisk sales. All had the same textual errors etc. Bindings edge-worn leather starting to split along spine edges hinges a bit tender gilt barely legible. Internally Very Good with some light corner creasing stray light stains and foxing. A very nice set of the classic novel. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 170808003
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
Philadelphia 1861: T. B. Peterson and Brothers. Hard Cover. Peterson's Uniform Duodecimo Edition 523 pages illustrated with 34 illustrations by John McLenan; complete in one volume. Original brown cloth binding stamped in gilt and blind. Light general foxing; cloth worn through at corners small loss at spine ends; yellow coated endpapers. One of the earliest American editions. <br/><br/> T. B. Peterson and Brothers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 7611
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Great Expectations
Chapman and Hall London 1861. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition fifth issue. Three volumes including the publisher's catalog dated August 1861 at the rear of Volume III. Bound in the publisher's original ribbed purple cloth binding with ruling and decorations in blind to boards lettering and decorations in gilt to spine. This copy has the majority of the first issue points with only a few of the corrections that were made after the first issue. Overall a clean and attractive set extremely rare in the unsophisticated publisher's cloth. The first issue of the first edition book published on July 6 1861 was followed by four subsequent issues of the same edition published on August 5 August 17 September 21 and October 30 of the same year. Smith notes that "These first five issues were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered title pages to imply and encourage a rapid sale In all five issues the same misprints persist." The first issue which included a print run of 1000 copies was "almost entirely taken up by the libraries" leaving only a few hundred copies for private ownership. Overall a beautiful unrestored uniform set. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Chapman and Hall, London hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1602012
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
Chapman and Hall 1861. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition volume one is first issue or edition volume two is third issue or edition and volume 3 is the second issue or edition. It is believed the first five issues were all printed at the same time but the title pages were changed to say later editions to indicate rapid sales. Rebound in quarter leather and marbled paper. There were only 1000 copies of the true first edition represented by the first edition of volume one here. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case with leather spine and gold tooling and lettering. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 107909
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Great Expectations
The Franklin Library Pennsylvania 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. Part of "The World's Best-Loved Books" series. Bound in full leather with all edges gilt and a ribbon marker. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 109176
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
The Franklin Library 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine Limited Edition from The Franklin Library. Fully leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon marker. Part of "The 100 Greatest Book of All Time" series. Slight fading of the decorative endpage; else fine. The Franklin Library hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1404107
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Great Expectations
The Easton Press 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. COLLECTOR'S EDITION of Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations." Published in Connecticut by Easton Press in 1979. Collector's Edition stated on copyright page. Book fine two inch black scuff mark on back cover. Book is part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written collection by Easton. Book is leatherbound in red leather with gold inlay and gold edged pages. The Easton Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 106558
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
Easton Press 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Full-bound leather with gilt lettering decorations and edges. Moire endpapers. Collectors Edition. Previous owners bookplate on reverse side of front free end paper. Easton Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1507127
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
The Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut 1979. Special Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine collector's edition from The Easton Press. Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Part of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series with a specially commissioned frontispiece portrait. The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 108656
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
The Easton Press Norwalk Connecticut 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A fine collector's edition from The Easton Press. Part of "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" collection. Includes a publisher's preface and a specially commissioned frontispiece portrait. Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 108458
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DICKENS Charles
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
NY: Heritage 1939. Ardizzone Edward. 8vo pp. 457. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Includes an introduction about the writing of the book. Gray cloth stamped in maroon and gilt. Spine yellowed o/w nice copy in maroon publisher's box. Heritage unknown books
Bookseller reference : 50522
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Great Expectations in All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal
London: Chapman and Hall 1861. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition in the original weekly numbers. 36 issues comprising nos. 84-119. Unbound self-wrappers as issued by the publisher sold at 2d. These issues would be collected in fours and bound in blue wrappers as nine parts in a slightly more common presumably later binding state. Near Fine generally clean and bright with a few stains to no. 84 age-toning to certain issues stain in nos. 115-116 mild ripple to leaves occasional minor creases or fore-edge tears. Issue 119 spine worn. Presented in green cloth-covered clamshell box with paper spine label.<br /> <br /> A complete collection of the serialized novel Great Expectations. Dickens was editing the journal All the Year Round but circulation was flagging. He realized that if he wanted something done right he'd have to do it himself so he ran his own novel to get more readers. Especially rare in such nice condition. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 140940580
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS MESSAGE FROM THE SEA UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELER AMERICAN NOTES MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS & LEGACY SIX PARTS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers; Harper & Brothers 1861-1865. Hardcover. Octavo 1-168 4-167 1 13-104 1-46 2 1-47 1; VG-; bound in 3/4 black leather marbled boards paneled spine with gilt lettering; wear and rubbing to boards primarily to head and tail of spine spine hinges; front hinge slightly loose; Contains 6 stories bound together: Great Expectations T. B. Peterson 1861 A Message From The Sea and the Uncommercial Traveler T. B. Peterson American Notes T. B. Peterson New Christmas Story Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings Harper & Brothers 1863 New Christmas Story Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy Harper & Brothers 1865; shelved case 2. 1304619. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. T.B. Peterson and Brothers; Harper & Brothers hardcover books
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS. In Three Volumes
1861. in original cloth Second Edition. London: Chapman and Hall 1861. Original wavy-grain blind-stamped violet cloth with gilt-decorated spines. "Second Edition" so-called on the three title pages technically the second of the five slightly-differing 1861 impressions of the first edition. GREAT EXPECTATIONS was one of the few Dickens novels that did not first appear in monthly serial parts; instead it appeared in 36 weekly numbers of Dickens's periodical All The Year Round. Also GREAT EXPECTATIONS was one of only two Dickens novels not to be illustrated as a first edition the other being HARD TIMES. The five "editions" of this three-decker all have title pages dated 1861; the first with no mention of an "Edition" on the title pages was in the public's hands by July 6th; this "Second" was published on August 5th followed by the "Third" on August 17th the "Fourth" on September 21st and the "Fifth" on October 30th. Although Walter Smith in 1982 stated "these first five issues were probably printed at a single impression and published with altered title pages to imply and encourage a rapid sale" it has since been shown the 1993 Clarendon Edition analysis by Margaret Cardwell that there are subtle differences among the five issues many of them instances of type slippage. There are only four issue points that involve actual re-setting of the type as opposed to type deterioration see Clarendon p. 493 -- in this "Second Edition" they read "in" on Vol I page 259 line 7 "gto et" on Vol II page 205 line 20 "there's" on Vol III page 173 line 26 and "himself very carefully" on Vol III page 192 lines 11-12. This set is still in the original publisher's wavy-grain violet cloth blind-stamped on the covers and decorated in gilt on the spines; GREAT EXPECTATIONS was published without half-titles and in this set none of the three volumes has an ad catalogue. Condition is good-to-very good: the volumes are unnecessarily re-backed with just a bit of darker cloth peeking through where there is minor wear at some spine ends and with un-original but quite early light-yellow endpapers applied over the original paste-downs; also the top edge is gilded. The Vol III spine gilt is a little brighter than that on Vol II which in turn is not as rubbed as Vol I. An old engraved portrait of Dickens is applied to the Vol I rear paste-down. The actual first issue of GREAT EXPECTATIONS without an "Edition" cited on the title pages is the Holy Grail for Dickens collectors since it is virtually impossible to find in fine condition in original cloth most copies having gone directly from the publisher to Mudie's Select Library where they were rented out fortnightly. The first issue fine in original cloth now brings more than $100000 when such a copy surfaces seldom; even rebound it is a major investment. Thus these subsequent "editions" in the same binding and bearing the same date as the first are greatly sought-after for the majority of us seeking the primary format without such a cost. Smith I pp 99-104. unknown books
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Hard Times
Bantam Books 1985. Good. Dickens Charles. Hard Times. New York City: Bantam Books 1985. 280pp. Bibliography. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good. Bantam Books paperback books
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Hard Times
W. W. Norton 2001. Very Good. Dickens Charles. Hard Times. New York City: W. W. Norton 2001. 480pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. W. W. Norton paperback books
Bookseller reference : UDICHAR02fp ISBN : 0393975606 9780393975604
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HARD TIMES
London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. Dickens Charles. HARD TIMES. For These Times. London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First Book Edition first state of the binding. A FINE copy in original publisher's light olive green moiré horizontally-ribbed cloth the front and back covers contain a two-line border and an ornamental rectangular frame both stamped in blind. Title lettered in gilt with 5/- at bottom. Facing endpapers are yellow as called for. Belfast bookseller's contemporary label to front paste-down. Collates exactly per Smith pp. 87-88. A FINE copy virtually unworn as nice as we've seen. Two exceedingly tiny nicks to the spine ends else superb. Spine and covers with a trace of fade as almost always. Inner hinges tight text block tighter. Further this copy still has sheen and gloss to the covers great eye appeal! HARD TIMES appeared in 20 numbers of "Household Words" through August 12th 1854. This copy was published on August 7th 1854. In a matching green felt-lined custom folding box. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine. Bradbury & Evans Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 003014
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Hard Times
London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition. First edition. Original green blindstamped cloth gilt lettering on cover. FIrst issue with "Price 5/-" at base of spine and p.244 misnumbered as 44. Expertly rebacked to match original yellow endpapers retained though not integral. Clean and bright internally. A very good copy of the scarce first issue. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1337
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Hard Times
London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition. viii 2 352 pp. 8vo. Modern mottled half brown morocco and marbled boards. First edition. viii 2 352 pp. 8vo. Eckel pp 140-141 Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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Dickens Charles
HARD TIMES
1854. From Dickens' "Household Words." New-York: Published by T.L. McElrath & Co. 1854. Original light tan wrapper with the imprint of Fetridge & Co. Boston. First American Edition published on August 8 1854. HARD TIMES first appeared in America in twenty weekly issues of Household Words in May to September 1854. In an 1857 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper there is a brilliant account of the 1854 McElrath and Harper editions of HARD TIMES that had come out three years earlier; we quote it here with the kind permission of our friend Walter Smith bibliographer of Dickens's American editions. When young McElrath. a beginner in the business succeeded in securing the right to the advance sheets of Dickens's "Hard Times" by paying fifteen hundred dollars -- a price which the Harpers would not pay -- they the Harpers determined to oppose him. The only advantage that could accrue to him from his heavy outlay was the receipt of the few last chapters two or three weeks in advance of their publication in London. These he received printed the whole in book form and expected to remunerate himself by the sale of a large edition before other publishers could get out the English copy. He trusted to the courtesy and honor of the other publishers to secure him in the possession of his honorably purchased right. But the Harpers were waiting for him. They had kept pace with the publication chapter by chapter and on the day that McElrath issued the book complete they probably secured the first copy set up the last chapters and the next day came out with an edition at half the price sold a large edition at cost price entirely stopped the sale of McElrath's book robbed him of the profits of his enterprise and literally crushed the young rival out of existence. Though the title page of this copy reads "New-York: Published by T. L. McElrath & Co. 1854" the front wrapper reads "Boston: Fetridge & Co. 1854." Fetridge was not a publisher but rather a retailer who had arranged to be a distributor of McElrath's edition; this is one of several binding variants of the first edition. This copy does have the 25-cent price on the wrapper so it may have been an earlier copy sold; other copies most likely those sold at a discount after Harper had killed their sales bear no price. This copy is in good-to-very good condition -- quite collectible for such a fragile volume some wear to the wrapper edge about half of the wrapper's plain spine chipped away light damp-stain at the foot of the last few leaves. Smith pp 323-328 binding C Fetridge; Podeschi A138 third and sixth copies; not in the VanderPoel collection. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 13476
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DICKENS Charles
Hard Times
London Bradbury & Evans 1854. 1854. First edition. 8vo. Extra illustrated with 9 original watercolors of Dicken's characters by Clayton Clark and 2 b/w engraved plates by Darley. Full red morocco by Zaensdorf spine with five raised bands and gilt titled with extra gilt inner fillets t.e.g. upper joint a little rubbed. Original olive green cloth bound in. Complete with half title page. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Bradbury & Evans, 1854. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 226836
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DICKENS Charles
HARD TIMES
NY LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1966 1966. SIGNED BY CHARLES RAYMOND ILLUSTRATOR FINE. Signed by Authors. NY, LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, 1966 unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1982
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DICKENS Charles
HARD TIMES
1854. DICKENS Charles. HARD TIMES. New York: T. L. McElrath & Co. 1854. 'First' American edition - one of several issued that year. This edition derives from the typesetting for the periodical publication of Hard Times in the American issue of Household Words also published by T. L. McElrath. Octavo. 21082 pp. Text printed in double columns. The final leaf is a blank. Original dun paper wrappers with price 25 cents title and the name of the Boston agents Fetridge & Company printed on the front wrapper and an advertisement for a face cream - available at Fetridge & Co. - on the back. Although the wrappers are stained and edge-creased they are surprisingly intact. The stains on the covers have seeped into the bookblock diminishing as the pages progress toward the center. Sporadic pages have light-colored foxing which is occasionally heavy. Some leaves have slightly dog-eared corners. One leaf p. 105-6 has some loss in fore-edge. Very good overall. See Podeschi A138 - third copy. Offered with: HARD TIMES Chapters 1-5 and part of Chapter 6 as issued in the American edition of "HOUSEHOLD WORDS a journal conducted by Charles Dickens" for May 1854 New York: McElrath & Barker Boston: Frederick Parker. Volume 2 Number 1; Whole Number Monthly 13. Dickens' story appears at the beginning of the issue and again at the end in groups of pages numbered 1-4 and 5-12 with 92 pp. of the regular issue between them. Text is printed in double columns within a double-rule frame on each page. Bound in the original dun paper wrappers with the title information printed on the front wrap and an advertisement for Hard Times on the back. Wrappers are moderately edgeworn chipped and creased with some soiling and staining. There is a dampstain on the front cover at the fore-edge and intermittently waxing and waning throughout the bookblock. Otherwise the text leaves are clean. Good plus. A very scarce format. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 82219
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Dickens Charles
HARD TIMES
New York: D. Appleton & Co n. d. Household edition see Gimbel D66. Ca early 1870s. Green decorative cloth w/ gilt lettering. Dampstain tidewater marks to preliminary & terminals leaves binding not affected. Binding gilt bright. Bpt of former owner. Withall VG. vi 134 pp. Text double column. 20 illustrations by H. Frech. 4to. 10" x 7-3/8" <br/><br/>Bound with Chapman & Hall sheets with their title page. Much less common than the Harper imprint Household edition and according to Gimbel precedes their edition. D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 25374
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Dickens Charles
Hard Times For These Times
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. The Oxford Illustrated Dickens. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 5/8 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 299 pages of text and with 4 illustrations by F. Walker and Maurice Greiffenhagen. One of the volumes in the publisher's collection of 21 Dicken's works. Oxford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : TB31305
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Dickens Charles
Hard Times For These Times
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1989. The Oxford Illustrated Dickens. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 5/8 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 299 pages of text and with 4 illustrations by F. Walker and Maurice Greiffenhagen. One of the volumes in the publisher's collection of 21 Dicken's works. Oxford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : TB31291
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DICKENS Charles
Hard Times for These Times
London:: Folio Society. Fine. 1983. Hardcover. Introduction by Christopher Hibbert. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. . Folio Society, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 71434
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DICKENS Charles
Hard Times for These Times
New York: Limited Editions Club 1966. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Raymond Charles. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Introduction by John T. Winterich. 279pp. Short 4to rebound in full burgundy morocco; gilt-stamped spine with raised bands. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1966. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed at the Spiral Press.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
Bookseller reference : 227122
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