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DICKENS CHARLES
LITTLE DORRIT.
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. Recently rebound marbled boards. New green endpapers. Spine in five panels gilt designs and lettering. Thirty-nine full-page illustrations by Phiz Hablot K. Browne. Engraved title-page facing the frontispiece with slight off-setting on each page. All plates are fresh and clean with almost no foxing or peripheral browning. Two books in one issued with no half-title preceding the first book "Poverty". Half-title is present preceding the second book "Riches" at p. 321. Three-line errata note at foot of p. xiv. First issue points are present including B2 for BB2 on p.371 use of Rigaud for Blandois on pp. 467-74 spelling and punctuation mark flaws as called-for in Smith. A kindly rebound copy bound from the original parts with stab holes present. 625pp. See Eckels pp.82-85 Smith 1:12 Podeschi A141. . First Edition. 1/4 Brown Morocco. Essentially No Wear to Binding/No Jacket. Octavo. Bradbury and Evans Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 012148
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Dickens Charles
LITTLE DORRIT. The Cosmopolitan Series No. 19. Aug 13 1889
New York: Hurst & Co 1889. 1st editon thus. Yellow printed wrappers bust of Dickens on front wrapper. VG edges chipped//sm pcs msg at spine extremities/text beginning to yellow & become brittle. 343 pp double column. illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>A scarce not in Gimbel ephemeral edition of Dickens' work. Hurst & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 10089
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit.with illustrations by H.K. Browne
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition first issue bound from the original 19/20 monthly parts without wrappers 8vo pp. xiv 625; engraved frontispiece engraved title-p. and 38 steel-engraved plates including the "dark" plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz"; bookbinder ticket on front paste-down early owner's manuscript name on front free endpaper plates variously spotted but generally this is a very good sound copy in early 20th century diced olive green cloth with gilt spine. In this copy leaf BB2 is signed B2; this was corrected in later copies. The errata slip at page 467 present here. Eckel pp. 82-86; Gimbel A-141; Hatton & Cleaver 307. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 43852
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DICKENS Charles
LITTLE DORRIT; with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition bound from the parts. H. K. Browne. 8vo pp. xiv 625. First issue with signature "BB2" signed "B2" without the errata slip on p. 481. Bound in little rubbed 3/4 leather and boards with labels on the spine lacks one label. Bound with 39 plates some foxed and soiled. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307-330; Eckel pp. 82-85. A good set. This was the last of the large novels by Dickens published by Bradbury and Evans and marked their parting of the ways. In "Little Dorrit" once again Dickens deals with debtor's prisons etc. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
Bookseller reference : 55332
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Dickens Charles
LITTLE DORRITT
Dickens Charles. LITTLE DORRITT. London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition first issue with uncorrected text at pp. 467-74 signature 2B2 misprinted as "B2" etc. Original green cloth gilt. Variant binding no priority with "LONDON MDCCCLVII" in gilt at foot a variant not noted by Smith but recorded elsewhere. Plates moderately browned not foxed; text tight; covers much rubbed and marked with many creases in spine; spine ends intact. The "octavo novels" have become extremely difficult to find in original cloth in decent condition and nice copies of this work in this binding fetch five to ten times as much for example Sotheby London 11 July 1996 sale 6412 lot 165 $3680 spine sunned. Dicken's second novel to deal with the injustice of imprisonment for debt. The character Flora Finching was based on his early love Maria Beadnell and while the novel was being published Dickens' marital problems became public knowledge. Bradbury & Evans refused Dickens' request to publish a notice regarding his marital problems and this was his last novel published with the firm. Eckel pp. 82-5. Smith I:12. hardcover books
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Dickens Charles
Martin Chuzzlewit
New York: Harper & Brothers. 1872. Household Edition; Reprint. Hardcover. Green cloth stamped in gilt and black bright copy with fraying at spine head very light rubbing to corners very good. 59 illustrations by J Barnard. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 350 pp . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
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DICKENS Charles
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT; With forty illustrations by 'Phiz'
NY: Knopf 1994. Phiz. 8vo pp. xivii 851. Postscript appendix. Everyman's library. About fine in dj. Knopf unknown books
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DICKENS Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First Edition in Book Form of Master Humphrey's Clock - The Old Curiosity Shop - Barnaby Rudge<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Vol. I. II. III. London: Chapman and Hall 1840-1841-1841.<br/><br/>First edition in book form. Three large octavo volumes 10 1/16 x 6 5/8 inches; 255 x 169 mm. i-viii 12-306; i-vvi 12-306; i-vvi 12-426. Two frontispieces 130 woodcuts and twenty-five initials by Browne; one frontispiece and thirty-eight woodcuts by Cattermole; one woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise.<br/><br/>Publisher's dark purple-brown rib-grain blind-stamped cloth with primary clock design stamped in gilt on front covers spines lettered and tooled in gilt. Original Spanish hair-vein marbled endpapers in black blue and red all edges marbled. Some minor wear to top of spines minimal fading to covers the gilt bright and fresh. Some light scattered foxing to throughout. An excellent set. With the armorial bookplate of Barbara Hylton Madge on front paste-downs and also the early in signature of Agnes Barron 1841 on all three front blanks.<br/><br/>"Being a hard sleeper likewise he divided his time pretty equally between these two recreations always falling asleep when he had done eating and always taking another turn at the trencher when he had done sleeping by which means he grew more corpulent and more drowsy every day of his life." - Charles Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock<br/><br/>Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends which includes Mr. Pickwick and their penchant for telling stories. Several short stories were included followed by the novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. It is generally thought that Dickens originally intended The Old Curiosity Shop as a short story like the others that had appeared in Master Humphrey's Clock but after a few chapters decided to extend it into a novel. Master Humphrey appears as the first-person narrator in the first three chapters of The Old Curiosity Shop but then disappears stating "And now that I have carried this history so far in my own character and introduced these personages to the reader I shall for the convenience of the narrative detach myself from its further course and leave those who have prominent and necessary parts in it to speak and act for themselves."<br/><br/>Master Humphrey is a lonely man who lives in London. He keeps old manuscripts in an antique longcase clock by the chimney-corner. One day he decides that he would start a little club called Master Humphrey's Clock where the members would read out their manuscripts to the others. The members include Master Humphrey; a deaf gentleman Jack Redburn; retired merchant Owen Miles; and Mr. Pickwick from The Pickwick Papers. A mirror club in the kitchen Mr. Weller's Watch run by Mr. Weller has members including Humphrey's maid the barber and Sam Weller.<br/>Master Humphrey's Clock appeared after The Old Curiosity Shop to introduce Barnaby Rudge. After Barnaby Rudge Master Humphrey is left by himself by the chimney corner in a train of thoughts. Here the deaf gentleman continues the narration. Later the deaf gentleman and his friends return to Humphrey's house to find him dead. Humphrey has left money for the barber and the maid no doubt by traces of love that they would be married. Redburn and the deaf gentleman look after the house and the club closes for good.<br/><br/>In the portion of Master Humphrey's Clock which succeeds The Old Curiosity Shop Master Humphrey reveals to his friends that he is the character referred to as the 'single gentleman' in that story.<br/><br/>Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of Barbara Hylton Madge 1882-1967 on front paste-downs. Barbara Hylton Madge was the wife of Lieut. Col. C.A. Madge and mother to John Madge who wrote The Origins of Science Sociology. His brother Charles Henry Madge who was a poet journalist and a literary figure from his early twenties and founder of Mass Observation.<br/><br/>Smith I 6. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840 unknown books
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Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman & Hall 1840 Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne. First edition first issue with all the issue points called for by Smith. Three volumes. Publisher's dark grayish brown bold-ribbed cloth each volume with both boards decorated in blind with a rococo design front boards with an intricate clock design centrally stamped in gilt spines decorated and lettered in gilt hair vein-marbled endpapers and text block edges. A very attractive set with some wear and light fraying spine ends; internally very clean with a few minor spots former owner bookplates to front pastedown of each volume. An unrestored set much nicer than usually found. Smith I 6. Originally published in the form of weekly periodicals Master Humphrey's Clock tells the story of the lonely Master Humphrey who houses his collection of manuscripts in a long clock and starts a club where members read their manuscripts aloud to one another. It is illustrated with black and white woodblock prints designed by Hablot Knight Browne figure pieces and George Cattermole architecture including a unique frontispiece for each volume. Notably this title is most often found in a custom leather binding rarely retaining the original publisher's cloth. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: Chapman & Hall hardcover books
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Dickens Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London; 1840 1841 and 1841: Chapman and Hall. First Edition in Book Form. Large Octavo. In three volumes. iv 306pp vi 306pp. and vi 426pp. Frontispieces and other illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne These volumes contain "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge" and was originally published as weekly parts. This is a handsome set bound in a contemporary 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards beautifully rebacked red and black spine labels gilt compartments decoratively stamped in gilt endpapers re-newed. A clean bright set without the usual scattered foxing with the exception of volume I p. 72-73 has a bit of off-setting to upper margins from something laid in at one time. Very nice. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 022478
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DICKENS Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman & Hall 1840. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated by George Cattermole and H.K. Browne. 3 vols. 4to original purple-brown vertical ribbed cloth decorated in blind with elaborate leaf designs & a gilt clock on each volume pointing to the hour that corresponds to the number of the volume; marbled end-papers & edges. London: Chapman & Hall 1840-41. First Edition in book form.<br/><br/> Aside from wear at the extremes of the spine and at the corners this is a bright solid set. The plates are clean with none of the usual foxing.<br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 283898
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DICKENS CHARLES
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. Three volumes bound into one from the 88 monthly parts. Rebacked with new leather spine label. Marbled boards are scuffed. Volume 1 is dated 1840. Volumes 2 and 3 are dated 1841. Contains the complete "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge". They were later published as separate books. Illustrations by H.K. Browne George Cattermole Samuel Williams Daniel Maclise. A total of 198 illustrations through the three volumes. Rear endpapers stained. Occasional internal spotting but a rather clean copy throughout. Covers just a bit shabby. See Smith 1:6 and Eckel p.66. 306 306 426pp. First Edition. Half Brown Calf. Moderate General Wear/No Jacket. Thick Royal Octavo. Chapman and Hall Hardcover books
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Dickens Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London 1840-41: Chapman & Hall. Hard Cover. First edition in book form; three volumes in two; illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Volume I: frontispiece iv3061-228; volume II; vi229-306 1-420. Quarto. Both volumes bound in contemporary 3/4 brown morocco over marbled covered boards spines renewed in 20th century and match beautifully with raised bands double leather labels gilt decorative stamping in gilt to three compartments. Text includes The old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Board edges worn small chip to top of board of volume two. A few finger smudges to text with very light occasional foxing; inner hinges re-enforced. In all a very good set. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 6253
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DICKENS Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman and Hall 1840-41. First Edition in Book Form. Bound from the original parts. 3 tall octavo volumes 26cm; publisher's purple-brown vertical-ribbed cloth covers decorated with blind border of thick and thin fillets and broad elaborate flower leaf and stem design with spines lettered and decorated in gilt with five scrolled shields and three leaf-bulb designs; primary binding with the hands on gilt clocks on each front cover pointing to the hour which corresponds to the appropriate volume number; variant marbled endpapers; 2 iv 306; vi 306; vi 426pp; illus. with three frontispieces and numerous wood-engravings in text by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". Previous owner's name "Mrs. Eden" written in a contemporary hand at center of first blank in each volume; hint of sunning to spines with spine ends lightly softened; light wear to lower board edges with brief exposure to lower corners; slight forward lean to Vol.1; Vol.3 expertly re-hinged; occasional finger soil to margins though generally clean throughout and free of foxing; an attractive Very Good set overall. Master Humphrey's Clock was planned to be a collection of stories and sketches told by Master Humphrey and his circle of friends as Dickens outlined in his preface - written in weekly parts over 40 months. The original scheme was not successful and Dickens altered the format to make Master Humphrey's material a framework for his novels The Old Curiosity Shop nos.6-45 and Barnaby Rudge nos.46-88. Chapman and Hall unknown books
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DICKENS Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman & Hall 1840. First. hardcover. very good. Illus. by George Cattermole and H.K. Browne. 3 vols. 4to early 20th century 3/4 red morocco all edges gilt; lightly rubbed. London: Chapman & Hall 1840-41. First Edition in book form.<br/><br/> The plates are clean with none of the usual foxing.<br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 243056
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DICKENS Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman & Hall 1840. First. hardcover. very good. Illus. by George Cattermole and H.K. Browne. 3 vols. 4to 1/2 burgundy morocco over marbled boards; all edges gilt; leather professionally touched up. bookplates in each volume. London: Chapman & Hall 1840-41. First Edition in book form. Eckel p.69.<br/><br/> The plates are clean with little or no of the usual foxing.<br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
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DICKENS Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
<p>1840-41. First editions. Tall octavo. 194 engraved illustrations chiefly after drawings by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne with one by Daniel Maclise. Full polished tan calf by Riviere & Son gilt stamped spines with raised bands and floral decorated compartments with tan and red spine labels covers double ruled in gilt gilt inner fillets and dentelles edges extra gilt marbled. Fine. No foxing text remarkably clean. 3 volumes in one complete. Tan cloth slipcase. No signatures or bookplates. Fine first edition also incorporating "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge". Eckel pp. 69-70.</p> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 301077
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Dickens Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First Edition in book form. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Three frontispieces numerous illustrations in text. iv 306 1-228 pp; vi 229-306 426 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Contemporary three-quarter green morocco. A bit rubbed front joint of vol. II tender. Very Good. First Edition in book form. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Three frontispieces numerous illustrations in text. iv 306 1-228 pp; vi 229-306 426 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Comprises Dickens two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge; here bound in two volumes rather than three. Smith 6 Chapman and Hall unknown books
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MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK . With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne .
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. Large 12mo three volumes; pp. i-v vi misnumbered "iv" vii-viii 1 2-306; i-v vi 1 2-306; i-v vi 1 2-426 three frontispieces 170 woodcut illustrations and 25 decorative initials most drawn by H. K. Browne mid-nineteenth-century three-quarter brown leather and marbled boards spine richly tooled in blind with brown leather title and number pieces brown coated endpapers. First edition. MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK was a weekly magazine Dickens intended as a flexible framework for his fiction and other writing in more frequently published units. Circulation fell quickly and a serial THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP began in the fourth issue. BARNABY RUDGE followed and upon completion of that serial a total of 88 weekly parts Dickens returned to the monthly parts format. This is an fairly early copy of the three volume form with the most of the errors called for by Smith. Smith 6. Leather rubbed and scuffed at edges edges of text block a bit darkened several stains on page 13 of volume one minimal scattered foxing illustrations generally quite clean and sharp a sound attractive copy. #157236 Chapman and Hall unknown books
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Master Humphrey's Clock and A Child's History Of England
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. 529 pages of text and with 29 illustrations by George Cattermole "Phiz" Marcus Stone and F. W. Topham. One of the volumes in the publisher's collection of 21 Dicken's works. Oxford University Press hardcover books
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MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK Bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy
London: Chapman and Hall 1841. First Edition. Hard Cover. George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Large Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. Complete Set. Bound in original brown cloth with first issue variant gilt design on front cover. This is a floral design not the clock design. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with his signature. Volume II of this set is shown as "Binding Variation of Master Humphrey's Clock" in the bibliography "Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth Part I" on page 45. Three very good to very good copies with front inner hinge cracked in Volume I rear outer hinge of Volume III starting mild cover edge wear all three volumes. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
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Master Humphrey's Clock In 20 Monthly parts Comprises "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge."
London April 1840-November 1841: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Twenty monthly parts in the original blue-green wrappers; an outstanding set having ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver except for the quite scarce Tyas ad in part 1; ALL wrappers are correct. Large octavo in sixes i-viii 12-306; i-vvi 12-306; i-vvi 12-426. Original wrapper design by Cattermole; 2 frontispieces 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; 1 woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. Parts 2 and 10 are unopened therefore unread. Most spines are expertly renewed; neat subscriber's name on margin of front wrap of parts 11 and 16. Part 1 wrapper with some spotting; parts 1 and 20 front wrappers with minor repair. Comprises first editions of "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge." Housed in a handsome quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton and Cleaver collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
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Master Humphrey's Clock In 88 Weekly Parts Comprising "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge."
London 1840-41 i. e. 4 Apr. 1840 - 2 Nov. 1841: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto. First issue large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; i-viii12-306; i-vvi 12-306; i-vvi 12-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole 2 frontispieces 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; 1 woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. A very handsome set now scarce on the market. All wrappers are correct; a very good set internally clean and bright; Light soiling to front wrap of part 1 and the rear wrap of part 88. Housed in a handsome quarter leather slipcase with chemise. Overall an outstanding set in collectible condition. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall paperback books
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Master Humphrey's Clock In the 88 Weekly Parts Comprising "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge."
London 1840-41 i. e. 4 Apr. 1840 - 2 Nov. 1841: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto. First issue large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; i-viii12-306; i-vvi 12-306; i-vvi 12-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole 2 frontispieces 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece and 38 woodcuts by Cattermole; 1 woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise. A very handsome set now scarce on the market. All wrappers are correct; a near fine set internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind. Light soiling to front wrap of part 1 and the rear wrap of part 88. Comprises first editions of "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge." Housed in two handsome turn-of-the-century slipcases with chemises. Overall an outstanding set in collectible condition. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall paperback books
Bookseller reference : 09103
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Master Humphrey's Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments between raised gilt bands marbled endpapers all edges marbled three engraved frontispieces illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown name. Master Humphrey's Clock originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical published between April of 1840 and December of 1841. Entirely written and edited by Dickens the magazine included both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Many of the short stories acted as frame stories to the novels and although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 117047
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DICKENS Charles
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK; in three volumes
Leipzig: Tauchnitz 1846. First Tauchnitz edition. Leather backed boards cover separate on vol. 1 a good set. This is a scarce set as Tauchnitz books were not imported into the US. Not in Eckel. Tauchnitz unknown books
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MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK; with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.
London: Chapman & Hall 1840. First Edition. Hablot Browne. Three volumes bound in little rubbed 3/4 calf with leather label A very good clean set in the original binding. Eckel p. 69. Podeschi A51. Smith 6. Master Humphrey's Cloak was a weekly periodical edited and published by Charles Dickens between April 1840 and December 1841. originally published as a weekly serial they contained both short stories and two novels "The Old Curiosity shop" and "Barnaby Rudge Chapman & Hall unknown books
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Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands red morocco spine label engraved frontispieces illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition. Master Humphrey's Clock originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical published between April of 1840 and December of 1841. Entirely written and edited by Dickens the magazine included both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Many of the short stories acted as frame stories to the novels and although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 96777
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Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo 3 volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands red morocco spine label double gilt ruled gilt turn ins all edges gilt marbled endpapers three engraved frontispieces illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. From the library of legendary aviator Steve Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Master Humphrey's Clock originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical published between April of 1840 and December of 1841. Entirely written and edited by Dickens the magazine included both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Many of the short stories acted as frame stories to the novels and although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 96034
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Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo 3 volumes original blindstamped pictorial cloth gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel marbled endpapers all edges marbled engraved frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly serial that contained both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Some of the short stories act as frame stories to the novels so the ordering of publication is important. Although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 99753
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Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories which originally appeared as a weekly periodical of the same name. Large octavo 3 volumes bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands top edge gilt marbled endpapers engraved frontispiece in each volume illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Tipped in to the front and rear of each volume is an extensive collection containing pages from a number of the original Master's Humphrey's Clock serials in addition to several period reviews and article related to Dickens. In near fine condition. A unique example containing the stories in their original form. Master Humphrey's Clock originally appeared in the form of a weekly periodical published between April of 1840 and December of 1841. Entirely written and edited by Dickens the magazine included both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Many of the short stories acted as frame stories to the novels and although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 95116
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Master Humphrey’s Clock.
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First edition of this collection of short stories. Large octavo 3 volumes original blindstamped pictorial cloth gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel marbled endpapers all edges marbled engraved frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. In very good condition with a few chips to the spines. An attractive example. Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly serial that contained both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Some of the short stories act as frame stories to the novels so the ordering of publication is important. Although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 95854
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Dickens Charles
Master Humphrey’s Clock. With Illustrations By George Cattermole and Hablot Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall 1840-41. First edition. Octavo three volumes contemporary half morocco gilt titles to the spine. Three frontispieces and numerous woodcut illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne and decorated initials in the text. In near fine condition. Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly serial that contained both short stories and two novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Some of the short stories act as frame stories to the novels so the ordering of publication is important. Although Dickens' original artistic intent was to keep the short stories and the novels together he himself cancelled Master Humphrey's Clock before 1848 and described in a preface to The Old Curiosity Shop that he wished the story to not be tied down to the miscellany it began within. Most later anthologies published the short stories and the novels separately. However the short stories and the novels were published in 1840 in three bound volumes under the title Master Humphrey's Clock which retains the full and correct ordering of texts as they originally appeared. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27006
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Dickens Charles
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
London: Richard Bentley 1838. First Edition. Octavo. First issue with the last plate without a border edited by Boz. In two volumes 288 and 263pp. illustrated by George Cruikshank. Grimaldi a famous performing clown left his memoir in manuscript to his executer who attempted to have it published. The publisher bought the memoir edited by the executer but it needed too much work to be saleable. Dickens received from his publisher the opportunity to publish this work. Dickens signed an agreement and reworked the memoir adding his own flair. Dickens never had the opportunity to consult the manuscript as the executer sold it. Bound in contemporary 3/4 polished calf over marbled paper covered boards raised bands with compartments decorated in gilt dark brown and green morocco spine labels gilt all edge marbled with matching endpapers occasional spots of foxing to plates. A very good set. Richard Bentley unknown books
Bookseller reference : 022258
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Dickens Charles
MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI
1838. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley 1838. 36 pp undated Vol II ads. Original pink cloth embossed with flowers with gilt-decorated spines. First Edition of this early Dickens piece worked on after OLIVER TWIST and before NICHOLAS NICKLEBY -- during the time leading up to his break with the publisher Bentley. There has been considerable controversy regarding just how much Dickens contributed to this book. We quote from Johnson's biography: Bentley had acquired a life of the famous clown Grimaldi longÂÂwindedly and clumsily arranged by Thomas Egerton Wilks from autobiographical notes. He Bentley proposed that Dickens revise it. Dickens stipulated that his name should appear only as editor not as author and demanded a minimum of 300 pounds and a half share of the profits after deduction of expenses to which Bentley agreed. Dickens did no original writing except for an introductory and possibly a concluding chapter. His revisions mostly drastic abridgement he dictated to his father who vastly enjoyed his exalted office as amanuensis. This copy is in the primary binding of pink cloth embossed with a floral design with a clown in gilt holding the title on each spine. It also has the last plate in Vol II in the first state without the "grotesque" border that was added around Cruikshank's plate -- the border was removed for the subsequent 1846 one-volume edition. Condition is very good: as always the pink spines are a little faded and there is very slight shelfwear at the binding extremities there is also a discreet signature at the top of each title page; the original pale yellow endpapers are present and uncracked and foxing of the plates is generally limited to the two frontispieces. In all rather nice condition for these very fragile volumes. Gimbel B64; Carr B599; Eckel pp 140-142; Johnson p. 242. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 7970
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Dickens Charles
MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI
London: Macgibbon & Kee 1968. Boards. Frontis illustrations. First printing of this revised edition edited by Richard Findlater. Bookplate light foxing to fore-edge else very good in price-clipped dust jacket. Macgibbon & Kee hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT41249
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Dickens Charles
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz.
London: Richard Bentley 1838. First edition of Dickens' popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo 2 volumes original publisher's decorated dark green cloth with gilt titles and gilt pictorial vignettes to the spines frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi and 12 illustrations by George Cruikshank. With the 36-page undated publisher's catalogue bound-in at the end of vol.2. and plate facing page 238 in the second state. In fine condition. Housed in two half morocco and chemise slipcases. After the legendary pantomime's death Dickens was invited by Richard Bentley to edit and improve Thomas Egerton Wilks's clumsily written Life of Grimaldi which had been based on the clown's own notes which Dickens did under his regular nom de plume "Boz". As a child Dickens saw Grimaldi perform at the Star Theatre Rochester in 1820. The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi illustrated by George Cruikshank sold well to Dickens's surprise. Richard Bentley hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 121730
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Dickens Charles
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by “Boz.”
London: G. Routledge & Co 1853. Finely bound example of Dickens' popular retelling of the memoirs of celebrated English clown Joseph Grimaldi. Octavo bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Baytun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt gilt titles and tooling to the spin in six compartments within raised gilt bands double gilt rulings and fleuron cornerpieces to the panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi with illustrations by George Cruikshank. From the library of Albert Hooper with his bookplate to the pastedown. In fine condition. An exquisite example. After the legendary pantomime's death Dickens was invited by Richard Bentley to edit and improve Thomas Egerton Wilks's clumsily written Life of Grimaldi which had been based on the clown's own notes which Dickens did under his regular nom de plume "Boz". As a child Dickens saw Grimaldi perform at the Star Theatre Rochester in 1820. The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi illustrated by George Cruikshank sold well to Dickens's surprise. G. Routledge & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 119805
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Dickens Charles
Mr. Nightingale's Diary
Boston: James R. Osgood & CO 1877. 1st. Bound in original green cloth decorated in black lettering gilt on front cover and spine advertisements on endpapers. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & CO hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9027957
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Dickens Charles
MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY
1877. A Farce in One Act. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. Original terra-cotta cloth decorated in black. First "Collectible" Edition of this play first performed in 1851. We say first "collectible" because there are only four known copies of the original 1851 pamphlet; supposedly a fifth from which Osgood printed this edition was destroyed in the Boston fire of 1879. This is a volume in the publisher's "Vest Pocket Series" so named for its diminutive size a second Dickens "comic burletta" was published in this series the same year -- IS SHE HIS WIFE. This copy is terra-cotta in color; others are green without priority. It is a bright near-fine copy minor rubbing at the tips one small mark on the fore-edge of the leaves -- quite uncommon in this condition. Eckel pp 64-5. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 10752
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Dickens Charles
MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY a Farce in One Act
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co 1877. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 16mo. 96pp. bound in original green cloth decorated in black lettering gilt. According to Eckel there are only 3 known copies of the original edition privately printed in 1851 which Dickens wrote with Mark Lemon the editor of Punch. Inner hinges cracked minor wear at extremities; very good. Housed in a unique green cloth slipcase. <br/><br/> James R. Osgood & Co hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1042
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Dickens Charles
MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY: A FARCE IN ONE ACT
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. 12mo. Full green crushed levant spine gilt extra adverts and original cloth covers bound in rear by Riviere. Bookplate rebacked with the Riviere backstrip laid down otherwise a very good copy. First U.S. and first public edition preceded by a rare private printing of which Eckel traced three copies. A fourth copy from which this edition was supposedly set up was reported destroyed in the Boston fire of 1879. Dickens's text is a greatly altered version of a work by Mark Lemon. ECKEL pp. 164-5 GIMBEL B215. James R. Osgood and Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT58762
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Dickens Charles
Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce in One Act
Boston: James R. Osgood & Company 1877. Reprint of the extremely rare privately printed edition of 1851. 96pp. 1 vols. 24mo. Full olive-green morocco gilt cornerpieces of three-leaf clover gilt spine raised bands gilt turn-ins with floral sprays t.e.g. by WOSFORD. Fine copy. Reprint of the extremely rare privately printed edition of 1851. 96pp. 1 vols. 24mo. According to Eckel "there are only three known copies traceable" of the original edition of this little farce which Dickens wrote with Mark Lemon editor of Punch for the Guild of Literature and Art and that the pamphlet from which this reprint was made was destroyed in the Boston fire of 1879. This is an exceptionally fine copy of the reprint which is in itself becoming very scarce. Eckel pp. 165-66 James R. Osgood & Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 32830
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Dickens Charles
Mr. Pickwick pages from The Pickwick Papers
London: Hodder & Stoughton 1910. First edition thus. Illustrated with 25 tipped-in plates in colour by Frank Reynolds R.I. xv 174 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original red pictorial cloth. Fine. First edition thus. Illustrated with 25 tipped-in plates in colour by Frank Reynolds R.I. xv 174 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
Bookseller reference : 217929
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Dickens Charles
Mr. Pickwick's Christmas
New York: Baker & Taylor Company 1906. First Thus. Octavo 24cm; embossed green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt on cover spine and top page edge; illustrated; 150pp. Unmarked pages and no ownership markings. spine ends gently pushed else a Fine copy lacking dustjacket as issued. Baker & Taylor Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 51902
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Dickens Charles
Mr. Pickwick: Pages From The Pickwick Papers
New York: Hodder and Stoughton Original red cloth with gilt lettering and gilt and black decoration and rules. Modest shelf wear and several stain spashes on upper board. Pencil owner signature on ffep dated Christmas 1910. 25 full color tissue guarded illustrations. Upper board a bit bowed. Overall a fine Pickwick production. First Thus. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Reynolds. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WN510126
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Dickens Charles
MRS. GAMP
1st thus. Linen cloth binding. VG. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 15682
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Dickens Charles
MRS. GAMP AND THE STROLLING PLAYERS
Dickens Charles. MRS. GAMP AND THE STROLLING PLAYERS. New York: Privately Printed 1899. First separate edition one of 85 copies printed on handmade paper at the Gillis Press. Original vegetable vellum white boards gilt uncut. A hint of dust to white covers else a very fine copy of this slender volume. Dickens began writing this sketch in 1847 to raise additional money in a benefit for Leigh Hunt who was destitute at the time. A prior benefit had fallen short of its goal but before this piece could be finished Hunt received a pension that helped him considerably and the project was dropped. The American collector Lowell M. Palmer bought the original manuscript and had this volume privately printed from the manuscript; the rare book department of Dodd Mead sold copies for $10 each. Brussells ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS EAST TO WEST p. 86. Podeschi B182. VanderPoel B515. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 21594
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Dickens Charles
MRS. GAMP. A FACSIMILE OF THE AUTHOR'S PROMPT COPY FOREWORD BY MONICA DICKENS.
New York: The New York Public Library 1956. Cloth. Frontis facsimiles. First edition. One of 500 copies. With a copy of the original prospectus laid in folded once lightly soiled but very good. Bit of soiling to cloth else near fine. The New York Public Library hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT37724
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Dickens Charles
Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy; The Extra Christmas Number of 'All the Year Round' Conducted by Charles Dickens for Christmas 1864
London: Chapman & Hall 1864. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original printed wrappers. Edges and extremities are rubbed. Chipped at the binding which is loose but holding. Housed and preserved in a custom velvet lined portfolio. Images available on request. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9023842
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