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SKETCHES BY BOZ; illustrative of Every-Day and Every-Day People with thirty-four illustrations by F. Barnard
London: Chapman and Hall 1876. F. Barnard. 8vo pp. viii 240 with 34 B & W illustrations. BOUND WITH: DICKENS Charles THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB with Fifty-Seven illustrations by "Phiz." London: Chapman and Hall. pp. 400. Bound in 3/4 calf. A very good clean copy. Two works bound together with 91 illustrations. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 58216
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Dickens Charles
SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES YOUNG LADIES YOUNG GENTLEMEN
1869. By Quiz sic. Illustrated by Phiz. London: Cassell Petter and Galpin; and 596 Broadway New York n.d. 1869. 2 pp undated ads. Original bright green cloth decorated in gilt black and red beveled. First American Collected Edition of all three "Sketches" -- two of which actually were written by Charles Dickens. In 1837 SKETCHES OF YOUNG LADIES had been pseudonomously written by "Quiz" actually Rev. Edward Caswall -- classifying these "members of the animal kingdom" into such categories as "Lazy Young Ladies" "Stupid Young Ladies" "Petting Young Ladies" and "Manly Young Ladies." The following year Dickens wrote SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN anonymously -- not even using his pseudonym "Boz" as a protest against the earlier book -- in fact urging women to read his book on men as the "antidote" for Caswall's earlier one. Finally Dickens also wrote SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES published anonymously in 1840 and in England all three were published together in 1843. The first two titles LADIES and GENTLEMEN were in 1838 collected in one volume both by Carey Lea & Blanchard and by Wiley & Putnam but this 1869 volume was the first American to collect all three -- albeit inaccurately ascribing them all to "Quiz." This copy with the American address added to the title page is what Smith calls a "subsidiary edition" or "the American issue of the English impression." This is a handsomely bound book with binding design initialed "WR" by the Scottish binding designer William Ralston. It is in very good-plus condition minor wear at the extremities endpapers cracked. Smith pp 5-8; Podeschi/Gimbel Yale D56; not in Carr UTexas. Provenance: signed in pencil by Walter Smith this is the copy described and photographed in his 2019 bibliography. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 14383
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SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN
1838. Dedicated to Young Ladies. Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Blanchard 1838. Original dark green cloth with front cover label.<br/><br/> First American Edition. Dickens wrote this as a protest against SKETCHES OF YOUNG LADIES pseudonymously written by "Quiz" subsequently attributed to Rev. Edward Caswall the year before. That volume classified these "interesting members of the animal kingdom" in such groups as "Lazy Young Lady" "Stupid Young Lady" "Petting Young Lady" and "Manly Young Lady." To quote from Dickens's "Dedication to the Young Ladies": Your Dedicator is humbly of opinion that so many libels upon your Honourable sex were never contained in any previously published work. Although your Dedicator is not at present prepared to deny that you are animals still he humbly submits that it is not polite to call you so. Your Dedicator humbly suggests that such of your Honourable sex as purchased the bane should possess themselves of the antidote and that those of your Honourable sex who were not rash enough to take the first should lose no time in swallowing the last -- prevention being in all cases better than cure. This Philadelphia volume contains first Caswall's LADIES by "Quiz" and then Dickens's GENTLEMEN anonymous -- no "Boz" each with its own title page dated 1838 and reading "from the last London edition." The front cover label does attribute the second piece -- to "Quiz Junior"; the half-title at the beginning of the volume reads "Sketches of Young Ladies" and then in a different i.e. added font "and Young Gentlemen." This is a very good copy of this delicate volume still in its original two-in-one binding with front cover label. There is a damp-mark "tide-line" about a quarter-inch up on all leaves in the margin only and on the blank dark green cloth spine is faintly inked the title. This is a scarce book in original state. Smith pp 1-4 wherein he notes that this edition was published in mid-March 1838 and Wiley & Putnam's on June 15th; no American edition is cited for Yale in Podeschi see B63; not cited for Univ. of Texas in Carr but see the Wiley & Putnam edition at B473; not cited in Wilkins. Provenance: signed in pencil by bibliographer Walter Smith this is the copy described and photographed in his 2019 book. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 14382
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Sketches of Young Gentlemen. Dedicated to Young Ladies
London: Chapman and Hall 1838. Second edition. With 6 illustrations by "Phiz." viii 76 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Full green morocco a.e.g. Spine tanned upper joint tender else Fine. Second edition. With 6 illustrations by "Phiz." viii 76 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 215225
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SPEECH delivered at the Meeting of the ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIATION
1855. at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Wednesday June 27 1855. London: Effingham Wilson 1855. Original printed self-wrappers. First Edition of this speech Dickens gave to the Administrative Reform Association. Dickens was a founding member of this organization that lambasted the government for its indifference to the plight of the common man. Dickens was unable to be present when Austen Henry Layard addressed a meeting at Drury Lane on June 20th but he was entirely in accord with what Layard said. The evidence of government blue books Layard charged revealed "records of inefficiency records of indifference to suffering records of ignorance records of obstinacy" that were a shame to the nation. The Civil Service was grossly overstaffed with men busy making work for each other. Lord Palmerston personally he denounced for an attitude of levity toward the sufferings of the people. Stung by the attack Lord Palmerston retorted with a sneer about "the private theatricals at Drury Lane." And Dickens fired with indignation determined that such a creature "as this Lord Palmerston" must have it rung "into his soul or what stands for it that the time for Dandy insolence is gone for ever." At a second Drury Lane gathering on the 27th. Johnson It is said that the mood Dickens exhibited giving this address mirrored the mood of the novel he was then writing -- NOBODY'S FAULT the name was changed just before publication to LITTLE DORRIT. This copy properly reads "eighteen hundred" on the first page of text which means that it is not the very first and very scarce issue; however this copy does not have the printer Rickerby mentioned on the title page -- his name was added to only the latest issues. In our experience this mixed issue is the one usually encountered -- though any issue in original wrappers is quite uncommon. Just a bit of soil on the blank rear cover otherwise this copy is fine. Podeschi B237; Eckel p. 235. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 12168
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DICKENS Charles
Standard
Two Issues of "The Standard" Where Dickens Gives Impression of Public Execution DICKENS Charles. The Standard. London: Charles Baldwin 1849. London: Nov. 16 1849 and Nov. 18 1849. Two issues. Measures 17 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches. Both issues discuss Dickens response and remarks to a public execution that he had witnessed known as the "Bermondsey Horror." This was first published in the London Times on Nov. 13 1849. The "Bermondsey Horror" was about a Swiss domestic servant by the name of Marie Manning who was convicted with her husband of the murder of her lover. Contains DickensÃs reactions to the dual public execution of the Mannings. A married couple accused of killing Mrs. ManningÃs young lover the Mannings were hanged in public outside Horsemonger Lane Gaol. Dickens had gone there the night before waiting overnight expressly in order to watch the hanging and note the crowdÃs reaction. Though the letter expresses strong disapproval at public spectacles such as this execution at the same time it reveals DickensÃs morbid curiosity and excitement at the event. It was here that Dickens wrote "I believe that a sight so inconceivably awful as the wickedness and levity of the immense crowd collected at that execution this morning could be imagined by no man and could be presented in no heathen land under the sun." He later based one of his charactersóMademoiselle Hortense Lady Dedlock's maid in Bleak House. Newspapers have a bit of browning to the edges as expected. Overall a very good piece of Dickens history. Eckel p. 227 HBS 67227. $750 Charles Baldwin unknown books
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DICKENS Charles
Stories from Household Words
DICKENS Charles. Stories from Household Words. I. The Miner's Daughters. II. Loaded Dice. New York: Stringer & Townsend 1850. First American edition in wrappers. Octavo. Original printed paper wrappers. Some expected shelfwear and chipping to extremities. Previous owner's signature on front cover. Overall a very good copy of this fragile item. The Miner's Daughters is by William Howitt. Gimbel p. 372 HBS 66203. $200 Stringer & Townsend unknown books
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DICKENS Charles
Strange Gentleman
Facsimile Edition Printed In 1871 DICKENS Charles. The Strange Gentleman. A Comic Burletta In Two Acts. By "Boz." First Performed at The St. James's Theatre On Thursday September 29 1836. Facsimile edition printed in 1871. Twelvemo. Original printed paper wrappers. Pages un-opened. Housed in a custom brown cloth portfolio gilt-stamped. The Strange Gentleman was written before Pickwick and was first performed on September 29 1836. The work is a dramatic adaptation of one of the authorÃs Sketches by Boz ìThe Great Winglebury Duel.î It was successful enough to run for sixty evenings. Carr VanderPoel Dickens B527 1. Gimbel A26. Eckel pp. 153-156. HBS 66161. $300 Chapman and Hall hardcover books
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Studio Presskit for: GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Beverly Hills: Twentieth Century-Fox 1998. xiv19pp. Quarto. Printed wrappers. Accompanied by eight 8x10 publicity stills laid into a folding pictorial wrapper. A few soft creases to outer wrapper else about fine. Original presskit for this 1998 release directed by Alfonse Cuarzon based on a screenplay by Mitch Glazer loosely adapted from Dickens's novel starring Robert De Niro. Gwyneth Paltrow Ethan Hawke Anne Bancroft et at. Each still prints two images and include they character scene and production shots. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
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Sunday Under Three Heads. As It Is; As Sabbath Bills Would Make It; As It Might Be Made. By Timothy Sparks
London: Chapman and Hall 1884. Facsimile edition one of three printed on vellum. Woodcut portrait vignettes on half-title and title-page woodcut frontispiece and two plates with blank vellum guards by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". iv v i 49 4 blank 1 ads pp. 4to. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco. Joints repaired flaw in margin of one leaf. Facsimile edition one of three printed on vellum. Woodcut portrait vignettes on half-title and title-page woodcut frontispiece and two plates with blank vellum guards by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". iv v i 49 4 blank 1 ads pp. 4to. One of Three Printed on Vellum. Facsimile edition printed on vellum according to Gimbel "one of only three copies that were printed on vellum." Plain paper copies were issued in wrappers with the text and imprint: "A Reproduction in Exact Fac-simile of the Excessively Rare Original. London: J.W. Jarvis 28 King William Street Strand 1884." As with the Gimbel vellum copy this copy is rebound and without wrappers. The Gimbel catalogue identifies copies with and without 4 leaves of front- and end-matter containing an introduction though to be by T.J. Wise and Jarvis ads and notes "another impression" with the heading "Sunday Under Three Heads" on p. 35. The present copy is without the the introduction and ads though the original Chapman and Hall ads are reproduced at the end and has the heading on p. 35.<br/>Sunday Under Three Heads published under the pseudonym Timothy Sparks was "a pamphlet directed against the Sunday Observance Billl an Evangelical measure which would have severly curtailed the Sunday amusements of the labouring and middle classes" Ackroyd p. 185. Gimbel B31 cf. 8th copy. Provenance: Lewis A. Bird bookplate Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 309191
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SUNSHINE ON DAILY PATHS; or the Revelation of Beauty and Wonder in Common Things. From Household Words. With Eight Original Illustrations
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original green blindstamped cloth. VG tight/blinstamping sharp/sp sltly dull/some minor foxing. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 4953.2
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SUNSHINE ON DAILY PATHS; or the Revelation of Beauty and Wonder in Common Things. From Household Words. With Eight Original Illustrations
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original brown blindstamped boards & gilt stamped spine. VG tight/blinstamping sharp/sp slightly dull/some minor foxing. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 4953.3
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SUNSHINE ON DAILY PATHS; or the Revelation of Beauty and Wonder in Common Things. From Household Words. With Eight Original Illustrations
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st edition thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original purple blindstamped cloth. Good spine sunned/head of spine chipped. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 4953
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DICKENS Charles
Tale of Two Cities
First Edition First Issue of "A Tale of Two Cities" DICKENS Charles. BROWNE Hablot Knight illustrator. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue. With all eight of Smith's internal flaws necessary for the first issue present including page 213 misnumbered 113. Octavo 8 3/16 x 5 3/16 inches; 207 x 132 mm. x 1-254 pp. Sixteen inserted plates including frontispiece and engraved vignette title by Browne 'Phiz'. Without the publisher's catalog bound at the end. Half green morocco over green linen cloth boards bound by Bayntun. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine sunned to brown. Some occasional minor spots. Some light offsetting from plates. Plate facing page 150 with a closed one-inch tear. Overall a very good copy. A Tale of Two Cities was first serialized in DickensÃs periodical All the Year Round from April 30-November 26 1859. Its appearance in monthly parts July-December 1859 and book form mark DickensÃs return to his old publishers Chapman and Hall after a long stay with Bradbury and Evans. The extremely large audience for the novel in All the Year Round however left less than the usual demand for the parts issue and at first for the book both of which are now quite rare. This title also marks the authorÃs final collaboration with Phiz DickensÃs most evocative and most sympathetic illustrator. Hatton and Cleaver 33lff. Smith I 13. HBS 68305. $2750 Chapman and Hall hardcover books
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THE ADVENTURES OF OLIVER TWIST; OR THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS
London: Chapman and Hall 1863. viii311pp. Large octavo. Medium green cloth decorated in blind with frame scroll-like pattern on the boards spine lettered in gilt. With 24 steel-engraved plates by Cruikshank. Spine a shade sunned ink name on front free endsheet folded London TIMES clipping affixed to verso of half-title otherwise a very good copy internally fresh and bright with only the faintest hint of minimal foxing. Denoted "A New Edition Revised and Corrected" thus based on the text of 1846. The clipping is Cruikshank's own Dec. 1871 letter to the TIMES "The Origin of 'Oliver Twist.'" Though a late edition uncommon in this condition. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
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The Battle of Life
London: Bradbury and Evans 1846. First Edition. Small Octavo. 175pp. 2pp. ads at rear illustrated half-title frontispiece engraved title page in the 4th state and regular title page bound in publisher's red pictorial gilt cloth pictorial spine gilt pale yellow coated endpapers all edges gilt. A very nice clean copy of this fourth Christmas book in a series by Dickens showing only very minor wear to spine ends and corners and a couple of tiny chips to outer edges of front endpapers. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
Bookseller reference : 022479
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THE BATTLE OF LIFE
1846. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. 2 pp undated ads. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in gilt.<br/><br/> First Edition of the fourth of Dickens's five illustrated Christmas books -- following A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE CHIMES and THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH and preceding THE HAUNTED MAN. This is an unusual tale in which two sisters love the same man both ultimately settling in with him though only one is married to him -- according to Thackeray "a wretched affair." It is in fact quite autobiographical: Dickens loved Mary Hogarth married her sister Catherine and then was happy to have his household run by their sister Georgina. This copy has the vignette title page in the fourth and usual state Todd's state E1 with an angel holding the banner and with no publisher's imprint. In our experience at least 90% and perhaps 95% of the copies encountered are of this state. This is a bright attractive copy just about fine with only the faintest hint of wear at the very tips volume slightly askew as usual. The front endpaper bears the inked inscription "Ellen F. Lee from her father December 25 1846" -- Christmas Day six days after publication. Smith II pp 60-65; Podeschi Yale A116. unknown books
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The Battle of Life
London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition. Fine. Vignette title in the fourth state Smith II.8. Small 8vo: viii 175 1 2; complete. Tipped onto the advertisement leaf is a smaller leaf advertising "Monsieur Vlieland's Works" not described in Smith. A lovely Fine copy with some contemporary ownership markings at the front end papers otherwise an excellent copy both inside and out. <br/><br/>Dickens' fourth Christmas book and one of the lesser known books from the series. The Battle of Life centers on two sisters Grace and Marion who must contend with shared romantic attachments. After Marion disappears with a presumed libertine Michael Warden the family struggles to make sense of her sudden departure. But in standard Dickensian fashion the plot twists get resolved and happiness prevails for everyone. Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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THE BATTLE OF LIFE
London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition fourth state. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition fourth state. Numerous b/w decorations and illustrations with a vignette and frontispiece. 175 pp. Hardcover. 16mo. Full dark green leather. Five raised bands ruled in gilt gilt lettering and devices tooled in compartments boards ruled in gilt with decorative corner devices gilt borders and turn-ins all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Very light rubbing; armorial bookplate; ownerÕs name in ink else very good in a lovely binding by Sorrell. Very good/No dust jacket. Insurance required to ship this item. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 33796
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Dickens Charles
The Battle of Life a Love Story
London: Bradbury and Evans 1846. First Edition. 12mo. 175pp. 2pp. ads at rear illustrated half-title frontispiece engrave title page in the 4th state and regular title page bound in publisher's red pictorial gilt cloth beautifully rebacked raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated endpapers renewed all edges gilt. A very nice clean copy of this fourth Christmas book in a series by Dickens. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
Bookseller reference : 017868
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The Battle of Life the Bibliographer's copy
London: Bradbury and Evans 1846. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 12mo. Fourth issue of the vignette title page. Original red cloth decorated in gilt. 175 pages 2 pages of ads at rear. The bibliographer's copy the binding of which is shown on page 59 of "Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth volume II" - this is that copy; bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy signed by him on FEP. Staining to rear panel inner hinges cracked. Neat owner name on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 08290
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The Battle of Life. A Love Story
London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition second issue. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's decorative red cloth in a fine silk-lined maroon morocco clamshell case by Rivière. Minimal wear a bright copy. Some offsetting to the endpaper from the Richard Bayard Dominick bookplate which has become detached. 19 December 1846 ownership inscription on half-title. First edition second issue. 1 vols. 12mo. Usually encountered with the engraved title in the third or fourth state both the first and second issues are genuine rarities. The title banner in this second state does not have a supporting winged figure. Eckel p. 122; Sadleir 681 Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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The Battle of Life. A Love Story
London: Bradbury and Evans 1846 Illustrated by Richard Doyle John Leech and several others. First edition fourth vignette title page. Finely bound in contemporary three-quarter tan calf over marbled boards spine lettered and decorated in gilt red speckled edges brown endpapers. A near fine copy with some rubbing to the board edges and covers early former owner bookplate to front pastedown. A very bright and attractive copy. The Battle of Life if the fourth book of five in Dickens' Christmas Books series and the only book to not have the religious or supernatural elements of the other books. Each novel in the Christmas Books series is marked by a strong moral and social message the transformation of a hardened character to a more caring individual and of course the holiday season. Unusual for Dickens all of The Christmas Books were published first as novels without prior serial publication. Additionally they are all illustrated in black and white with the exception of A Christmas Carol which contains plates with color illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
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THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A Love Story
London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The title page vignette is in the fourth state with an angel holding the banner and no publisher's imprint. The fourth of Dickens' five Chrismas novellas. Illustrations by Daniel Maclise Richard Doyle Clarkson Standfield and John Leech. 12mo. In a late 19th century one-half brown morocco over marbled paper binding with decorative gilt stamping five raised bands a black morocco spine label and new endpapers. Period bookplate and a small bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Mild rubbing to the boards with a few very faint stains; otherwise very good. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 68471
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THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A Love Story
London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First Edition. Full-Leather. Small Octavo. 4th issue 175pp. 2pp. ads at rear illustrated bound in full polished calf by Riviere with original front cloth cover bound in at rear; boards triple ruled in gilt raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated red and black morocco spine labels and all edges gilt; professionally rebacked and very nicely done preserving the original spine; previous owner's bookplates to front and rear pastedown internally quite fresh. A very good looking copy. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
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DICKENS Charles
The Battle of Life. A Love Story
London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First Edition. Fourth State with Cupid carrying a scroll on the engraved title page vignette. Octavo 17cm; publisher's red vertical-ribbed cloth covers with decorative blind border surrounding a central gilt vignette with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; all edges gilt; engraved frontispiece and title page 6 176pp plus ad leaf; illus. by G. and E. Dalziel Thomas Williams and W.T. Green after Richard Doyle Clarkson Stanfield John Leech and Daniel Maclise. Slight forward lean with thin crack to front hinge; wear to spine ends and lower board edges resulting in occasional board exposure; clean throughout - Very Good. The fourth of Dickens's five Christmas books. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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The Battle of Life. A Love Story
London Bradbury & Evans Whitefairs 1846. 1846. First edition second issue of the engraved title page vignette title page with publisher's imprint and no angel on the scroll. 8vo. 13 illustrations by D. Maclise R. Doyle J. Leech C. Stanfield et.al. Original gilt stamped red cloth a.e.g. Clean tight fresh copy with some slight rubbing; trace removal booksellers label on rear pastedown. Enclosed in a full red morocco slipcase with folding fleece lined chemise. F. Hardcover. London, Bradbury & Evans, Whitefairs, 1846. hardcover books
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The Battle of Life: A Love Story
London: Bradbury & Evans Whitefriars 1846. Hardbound. VG- wear and scuffing to extremities book and contents solid and clean. 3/4 Morocco green leather with marbled endpapers 5 raised bands.Engraved frontispiece and false title-page. Illustrated. 175 pp. Previous owners' notes indicate that this is the 4th issue bound without the 2 pages of ads at rear. A very nice copywith marbled page edges. Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars hardcover books
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The Bride's Chambers. Edited with an Introduction and Notes By Harry Stone
Santa Monica CA: Waxwing Editions 1996. Limited. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Jacobi Kathryn. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folio 154pp. #211 of 375 copies. Includes The Tangled Web and Introduction by Harry Stone. With 34 illustrations by Kathrym Jacobi. Illustrated endpapers. In gold stamped blue cloth boards. Waxwing Editions unknown books
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The Catalogue of the Suzannet Charles Dickens Collection
London: Sotheby 1975. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Edited with an Introduction by Michael Slater. Small 4to d.w. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet 1975. Fine<br/><br/> Sotheby unknown books
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THE CHIMES
1845. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year out and a New Year in. With Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1845. Original blue-grey cloth decorated in gilt.<br/><br/> First hardbound and fully-illustrated American edition -- preceded by only three days by E. Winchester's edition and by Harper's edition both of which were issued in wrappers and with one or no illustrations. "The L&B edition is almost an exact copy of the original English edition" with the same front cover decoration and with the same plates by John Leech Richard Doyle and others. The illustrations which in the English edition share pages with text were for this edition "extended" to occupy entire pages: "the work of the illustrations is very well done but it is doubtful if the changes have improved them any" quotes from Wilkins. This copy is bound in blue cloth; others are in yellowish-white or pink no priority. Curiously the binder's name "J.G. Russell Binder" appears in the lower margin of each cover's design. Condition is very good -- better than that externally as there is only minor soil and edge-wear. Unfortunately for the text pages a very cheap paper was employed such that today those leaves are heavily browned. This does not apply to the plates however which are quite white and bright. Smith pp 55-58 his illustrations are of THIS copy; Podeschi Yale A88; Wilkins p. 37. Provenance: penciled signature of bibliographer Walter Smith on the front endpaper where resides as well an inked 1851 gift inscription. unknown books
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The Chimes
Hodder & Stoughton / Hasell Watson & Viney Ld 1913. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Thomson Hugh. Spine faded front and end matter a bit toned small bookseller ticket on front endpaper. 1913 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. v 1 137 1 pp. 8vo. Red cloth gilt titles gilt and blind-stamped decorations grey endpapers with holiday bell chime motif. Tipped in color plates by Hugh Thomson. A short holiday novel published a year after A Christmas Carol which represents the second in Dickens's five-volume Christmas Books series. Hodder & Stoughton / Hasell, Watson & Viney, Ld hardcover books
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The Chimes
London: Limited Editions Club 1931. Limited. hardcover. very good. Rackham Arthur. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. 129pp. Small 4to decorative beige cloth spine somewhat darkened as usual; uncut edges t.e.g housed in an illustrated board slipcase slipcase worn. London: Limited Editions Club 1931. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
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THE CHIMES
London and New York: Hodder and Stoughton 1913. Elaborate gilt pictorial cover. Spine slightly sunned. Free edges a bit foxed as is generally noted. Seven mounted color plates illustrated by HUGH THOMSON. An altogether enchanting book with a striking cover. Also issued in a blue binding with the same cover designs. See Spielmann 57. 138pp. First Thomson Edition. Bright Crimson Cloth. Almost No Wear/No Jacket. Octavo. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover books
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The Chimes. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year in
New York: Published by Harper & Brothers No. 82 Cliff-Street 1845. First American edition variant title page without " Bookhout. Sc. Decorative headpiece of "The Chimes. A Goblin Story" with goblins. Text in double columns. 31 1 blank pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later quarter blue calf and blue cloth. Fine text toned slightly. First American edition variant title page without " Bookhout. Sc." Decorative headpiece of "The Chimes. A Goblin Story" with goblins. Text in double columns. 31 1 blank pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First American edition of Dickens' second Christmas Story published the same year as the English edition. Gimbel A87 Eckel pp 121-2 Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street unknown books
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Dickens Charles
The Chimes. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht.
London: Limited Editions Club. 1931. One of 1500 numbered and signed copies. Hardcover. Book fine slipcase almost very good. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth with beveled edges. Cover stamped in black and gilt spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by Rackham. Printed end papers. Paper covered slipcase printed in red and gold is soiled with wear ar extremities and minor splitting. Images available on request <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9026508
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DICKENS Charles
The Chimes: A Goblin Story
London: Chapman & Hall 1845. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated by Maclise Leech & Doyle. 16mo re-bound in full red morocco with the original red cloth front cover laid on. London: Chapman & Hall 1845. First edition. Fine.<br/><br/> First issue with the publisher's name part of the engraving on the vignette title page.<br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 285862
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Dickens Charles
The Chimes: A Goblin Story
Chapman & Hall London 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Chapman & Hall London 1845. First edition. Uncommon first state with the publisher's imprint within the illustration on the vignette title page Smith II.5; Sadlier 683. Small 8vo: viii 175 1; complete."Dickens' second Christmas book which continues his social commentaries on the poor. Structured similarly to "A Christmas Carol" the main character Trotty witnesses an alternative future through a series of visions and ultimately is given a second chance to put things right. "The Chimes" was a bestseller in its day but has since been eclipsed by "A Christmas Carol." Very good in original cloth repair to top of spine and repair to verso of title pagethere was a horizontal tear. Chapman & Hall, London hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1403037
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Dickens Charles
THE CHIMES: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In
London: Chapman and Hall 1845. First Edition Second Issue. Hardcover. 16mo. Publisher's original red cloth stamped in gilt. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. Complete with the initial ad leaf half-title engraved frontispiece and vignette title-page. With publisher's name below vignette on engraved title page. VG. Boards slightly worn at extremities. Text age-toned but generally clean. Shelved in Case 2. 1197900. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1197900
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Dickens Charles
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out And A New Year In
London: Chapman and Hall 1845. Twelfth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. 175 pp. 12mo. 13 illustrations. Full red leather binding with bold embossed titling to cover as well as a holly sprig borders on both front and rear boards; five raised band at spine gold titling and green leather patch titles that have faded to brown. Slight fading along top edge of front cover light wear and bumping. Interior front and rear boards have gold dentelle boarder with Sangorki and Sutcliffe label embossed on front board. Clean and crisp within. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 28433
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Dickens Charles
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In
London: Chapman and Hall 1845. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis engraved title 11 illustrations in text 175p. Old but probably early 20th century green leather. 17cm. Front joint tender with splitting at ends. Internally Fine with just a hint of age-toning. All edges gilt. First issue with publisher's name within the vignette colon on title-page and page 39 correctly numbered. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 86570
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Dickens Charles
THE CHIMES: A GOBLIN STORY OF SOME BELLS THAT RANG AN OLD YEAR OUT & A NEW YEAR IN
Phila: Lea & Blanchard 1845. 1st Amer. ed. Harper published a New York ed. the same year priority unknown. 12mo. Illustrated. Orig. gilt-stamped blue cloth. Text block foxed a few leaves severely. Plates clean save for a few spots. A woman's ownership signature. <br/><br/> Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 21163
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Dickens Charles
The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.
London: Chapman and Hall 1845-60. First edition early printings of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books finely bound. Octavo 5 volumes bound in full calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands black and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt double gilt ruled panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Illustrated with sixty-three engravings altogether four in color by Leech Maclise Stanfield Doyle and Landseer. In fine condition. An exceptional set. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas It was issued about ten days before Christmas 1843 and 6000 copies were sold on the first day the number of reprintings have been so many that all attempts at the figures have been futile. Altogether 24 editions were issued in the original format" Eckel 110. "It was a work written at the height of Dickens' great powers which would add to his considerable fame bring a new work to the English language increase the festivities at Christmastime and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" John Mortimer. "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks A Christmas Carol was the first of Dickens' Christmas books a new literary genre thus created incidentally it was an extraordinary achievement--the one great Christmas myth of modern literature." Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 121293
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Dickens Charles
The Christmas Carol
Elliot Stock London 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Christmas Carol 1890 Facsimile reproduction of the author's original manuscript. One of only 250 copies in the U.S. and 500 in the U.K. Very rare with uncut pages. Original paper boards with gilt detailing. Rubbing along the edges corners and spine ends piece of spine missing at bottom. Exceptionally clean and bright inside. Comes housed in a custom slip case. Elliot Stock, London hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1403031
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Dickens Charles
The Christmas Carol and the 4 other Christmas Books
Bradbury & Evans 1855. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A complete set all five volumes of the Christmas books. A Christmas Carol is the 13th edition 1855 rebound with a new leather spine. The Chimes is a first edition second state. The Battle of Life the Cricket and the Haunted Man are all first editions. Very good condition housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1704249
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Dickens Charles
The Christmas Carol and the 4 other Christmas Books
Chapman & Hall London 1843. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First editions of all five Christmas books in extraordinary condition featuring a near fine and unrestored copy of the true first issue of The Christmas Carol with "Stave I" on p. 1 and with the text entirely uncorrected. With all known first issue points: title page in blue and red dated 1843 chalky green endpapers 14-15mm between the gilt wreath and the left margin blind-stamping on the front cover a perfect "D" in "Dickens" in the front cover wreath. According to the most recent exhaustive study Todd's analyzing the front cover this copy is of the earliest state of the first issue. Near fine condition and rare as such. Other books also in near fine or fine condition. Cricket has second state of ad leaf in rear and Battle of Life has the 4th state of the title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's case. Chapman & Hall, London hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1701004
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Dickens Charles
THE COMIC WORLD OF DICKENS THE WELLERS -- MRS. GAMP-- MR. MICAWBER
London: John Murray 1959. Pictorial cloth boards. Illustrated. First edition. Selected and introduced by Bernard N. Schilling who has inscribed the free endsheet in the year of publication. Covers faded and soiled else a good copy lacking the dust jacket. John Murray hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT74865
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Dickens Charles
THE COMPLETE GHOST STORIES
New York: Franklin Watts 1983. Cloth boards. Frontis illustrations. First U.S. issue printed in the U.K. Edited by Peter Haining. " Binding flaw on upper cover resulting in two creases evidence of label removal on rear free endsheet else very good in dust jacket. Franklin Watts hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT40773
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Dickens Charles
The Cricket on the Hearth
New York: McLoughlin Brothers 19-. Hardcover. G. General shelf wear to covers. Endpapers show some fading. Soem pages show tanning chipping or rips in gutter. Small spots of soiling but overall clean and tight. Red and illustrated cloth white lettering on cover and black on spine. Decorated endpapers. 143 pp. 7 BW plates color frontispiece. Illustrated edition. No date given but circa 1900. Also contains the story The Seven Poor Travellers. McLoughlin Brothers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 169588
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Dickens Charles
The cricket on the hearth
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1902. 8vo pp. xii 2 174; photogravure frontispiece 11 plates text illustrations throughout title page printed in red and black; three quarter green morocco over green cloth gilt-tooled and lettered decorative spine t.e.g. marbled endpapers; spine faded to brown extremities scuffed else a near fine very attractive copy. Copyright date 1900. Illustrations by Frederick Simpson Coburn. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 42754
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