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Dickens Charles; Chesterton GK. Introduction; Austen John Illustrator G. K.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Oxford: Limited Editions Club 1933. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Two volumes 7.5 x 11.5 inches bound in brown cloth stamped in gilt. Number 1187 of an edition of 1500 sets signed by Austen on the colophon. A very fine set in near fine dust jackets minor chipping to top edges. Slipcase is scuffed and has two bumped spots with loss of outer paper at those spots. Oversized: shipping cost will be more than standard for priority or international orders. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
Referencia librero : 20598
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Dickens Charles; Collins Wilkie
No Thoroughfare. Being the Extra Christmas Number of All The Year Round conducted by Charles Dickens for Christmas 1867
London: Chapman & Hall 1867. First edition. Stitched blue printed paper wrappers. A very good copy wrappers lightly worn at fore corners tiny tear at stitch hole on spine rear wrapper with small soil spot contents lightly browned a few marginal tears affecting the bottom of the column divider on pp.10-11. 48 pp. Double columns. 8vo. A collaboration of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Dickens wrote the Overture portions of the First and Fourth Acts and the entire Act III. Wilkie Collins wrote the remainder. Podeschi: E20. Eckel p. 168. Chapman & Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 43721
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Dickens Charles; Collins Wilkie et al.
All The Year Round Volumes XIX & XX Pastry and an Entremet of Great Merit; The Moonstone
London: Chapman and Hall 1868. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Full green cloth worn at the corners some spotting. Modest age toning to pages generally very clean otherwise. December 14 1867 to November 28 1868 complete. 620pp & 596pp<br/><br/>Dickens was obsessed with cannibalism - a whole book was written about it The Night Side of Dickens: Cannibalism Passion Necessity and strands of his obsession run through Great Expectations Pickwick A Tale of Two Cities & David Copperfield where cannibal stories from penny dreadfuls children talking in cannibalistic terms to each other and cannibal ogres come alive. The November 28 1868 issue of All The Year Round is less oblique containing a menu of cannibal recipes in the Pastry and an Entremet of Great Merit pieces. Pudding à la Citizen's Wife English sailor à la maÃtre d'hôtel Sea captain au gratin. The November 14 issue contains a relation of the chef Vatel story in a section entitled "Eccentricities of Cooks" where Vatel committed suicide when he believed there would not be enough fish for a feast for Louis XIV. Earlier issues contain the entire first appearance of Wilkie Collins' classic The Moonstone. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: CAT000529. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
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Dickens Charles; Craig David
Hard Times For These Times
Penguin 1988. Very Good. Dickens Charles. Hard Times For These Times. Craig David. New York City: Penguin 1988. 328pp. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Penguin paperback books
Referencia librero : UDICHAR00fp ISBN : 0140430423 9780140430424
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Dickens Charles; Craig David
Hard Times For These Times
Penguin 1988. Very Good. Dickens Charles. Hard Times For These Times. Craig David. New York City: Penguin 1988. 328pp. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and former owner's name in ink on first page. Penguin paperback books
Referencia librero : UDICHAR01fp ISBN : 0140430423 9780140430424
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Dickens Charles; Crothers Samuel McChord
The Children of Dickens Scribner Illustrated Classics for Younger Readers
Charles Scribner's Sons 1925. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Smith Jessie Willcox. 1943 printing. Includes original jacket. Pencil gift note on front endpaper jacket edges rubbed with 1/2 inch closed tear to corner. 1925 Hard Cover. vi 2 259 1 pp. 8vo. Retellings of portions of books by Charles Dickens featuring such memorable characters as Mr. Micawber David Copperfield Oliver Twist and the Jellyby family. Includes background information on the novels and color plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
Referencia librero : 2284880
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DICKENS Charles; CRUIKSHANK George
Oliver Twist; or the Parish Boy's Progress
London: Richard Bentley 1838. Original Cloth Rare First Issue<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. Oliver Twist; or the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." In Three Volumes. Vol. I. II. III. London: Richard Bentley 1838.<br/><br/>First edition first issue with the title-page authorship credit to "Boz" instead of Dickens and with the "Fireside" version of the final plate. <br/><br/>Three octavo volumes 8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm. Volumes I and III in twelves volume II in eights. iv 1<br/>2-331 4 advertisements; iv 12-307308; iv 12-315316. No half-title called for in Volume III. Twenty-four inserted plates by George Cruikshank. With all but two of the sixty first issue points as stated by Smith. Volume III with short clean marginal tear 7/16 inch on B6 pp. 11/12 two short expertly repaired marginal tears on N6 & N7 pp. 255/6 & 257/8. Plates facing p. 105 and p. 165 a little foxed otherwise a remarkably clean set with all the text and plates clean and fresh.<br/><br/>Publisher's Carter A binding of moderate reddish brown horizontally ribbed cloth front and back covers stamped in blind with an arabesque design. Spines lettered and ruled in gilt without the gilt stamped London/Bentley imprint at foot original pale yellow coated endpapers. Inner hinges of volume I expertly and almost invisibly repaired rear inner hinge of volume III with very small minor and almost invisible repair. Lower joint of volume III with very slight four-inch crack which has been professionally repaired. Spines very slightly faded some minor rubbing and light wear to spine ends and corners but really a near fine set of Dickens landmark second novel. With the armorial bookplate of George Clinton Fairchild Williams on each paste-down. Individually chemised in a blue cloth clamshell case with four dark green morocco labels lettered in gilt on spine.<br/><br/>For this novel Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: Volume I was printed in a twelvemo format by Samuel Bentley; Volume II in octavo format by Whiting; and Volume III preliminaries and signatures A-F and probably G by Whiting with the remaining text by Samuel Bentley again in twelvemo format. The three-decker publication date was 9 November 1838 and within a week at Dickens's insistence the title-pages were changed to include his name and the "Church" version of the final plate "Rose Maylie and Oliver" was substituted for the "Fireside" version. The true first issue is quite rare. <br/><br/>Smith I 4; Gimbel A27. London: Richard Bentley, 1838 unknown books
Referencia librero : 03956
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Dickens Charles; Cruikshank George Illustrations
Sketches by Boz
London: Chapman and Hall 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cruikshank George. Octavo size 534 pp. First one-volume edition with 40 sketches by George Cruikshank. Originally published in two series/three volumes "Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837 they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839. Cruikshank designed a cover enlarged the plates and created 13 new illustrations for these monthly parts. In May 1839 Chapman and Hall published these parts complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations" Walter E. Smith Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth hence the "New Edition" referred to on the title page. <br/><br/>Half title page has the "Vote for Spruggins" illustration full page drawing before title page has crowd waving to two gentlemen in a balloon indicative of first "one volume" edition published.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Half navy leather over marbled boards marbled endpapers and edges. Five raised bands on leather spine compartments 1 3 4 and 5 with gilt decorations compartment 2 red leather label with title in gilt compartment 6 gilt device of the head of a double-horned animal. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown of Francis George Dyne 1823-1882/4 the binding is likely custom for the family library as the horned animal at the tail of the spine is mirrored on the left above the field of the coat of arms. All 40 illustrations present but are heavily toned not affecting the text. Volume has been rebound by Bolton Knightsbridge per stamp on rear pastedown. Pagination: i-viii include the frontispiece pictorial title page standard title page advertisement and Table of Contents; 1-526.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Overall near fine with a strong square text block solid hinges straight corners with no rubbing and other than the bookplate referred to above it is entirely free of prior owner markings. Boards are lightly rubbed there is some toning to the illustration pages minimal scattered foxing and one very small one-quarter inch tear to top of pg. 157.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Podeschi A7. First issue point present on page 526 of "reeledbefore" without space between title page shows publisher's name and address of 186 Strand.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply; please contact seller for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Referencia librero : 130403676
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DICKENS Charles; CRUIKSHANK George illustrator
Oliver Twist
London: Richard Bentley 1838. Charles Dickens Unromantic Portrayal of Criminals and Their Sordid Lives<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. Author of "The Pickwick Papers" In Three Volumes. Vol. I. II. III. London: Richard Bentley 1838. <br/><br/>First edition of Dickens' second novel. The "Charles Dickens" issue with the title-page authorship credit to Charles Dickens instead of "Boz" and with the "Church" version of the final plate. First state of volume III with "pilaster" instead of "pier" or "pedestal" on page 164. Almost all the internal flaws according to Smith present. <br/><br/>Three octavo volumes 7 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 202 x 124 mm. Volumes I and III in twelves volume II in eights. iv 12-331 1 blank 4 advertisements; iv 12-307 1 blank; iv 12-315 1 blank pp. No half-title called for in Volume III. Twenty-four engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Small piece 3/4 x 3/8 inch torn away from upper corner of second plate in volume II repaired tear to top margin of following pages 61/62; E7. <br/><br/>Original Smith primary binding; Carter binding variant B reddish brown fine-diaper cloth front and back covers stamped in blind with an arabesque design spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt original pale yellow coated endpapers. Some light foxing to plates as usual some light occasional marginal soiling. Spine ends and inner hinges of volume three expertly and almost invisibly repaired spines very slightly faded but gilt still bright. Armorial bookplate of Adrian Hoffman Joline on front paste-downs bookplate for volume two removed. Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell case. An excellent and very attractive set. <br/><br/>For this novel Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: Volume I was printed in a twelvemo format by Samuel Bentley; Volume II in octavo format by Whiting; and Volume III preliminaries and signatures A-F and probably G by Whiting with the remaining text by Samuel Bentley again in twelvemo format. The three-decker publication date was 9 November 1839 and within a week at Dickens's insistence the title-pages were changed to include his name and the "Church" version of the final plate was substituted for the "Fireside" version. <br/><br/>Smith I 4. <br/><br/>Oliver Twist is the second novel by Charles Dickens and was first published as a serial 1837-39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin.<br/><br/>Oliver Twist is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century. <br/><br/>"My dear child' said the old gentleman moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal 'you need not be afraid of my deserting you unless you give me cause.' I never never will sir' interposed Oliver."<br/><br/>In this early example of the social novel Dickens satirizes the hypocrisies of his time including child labor the recruitment of children as criminals and the presence of street children. The novel may have been inspired by the story A Memoir of of Robert Blincoe 1832 an orphan whose account of working as a child laborer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences contributed as well.<br/><br/>Oliver Twist has been the subject of numerous adaptations for various media including a highly successful musical play Oliver! and the multiple Academy Award-winning 1968 motion picture which featured Mark Lester as Oliver Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger Ron Moody as Fagin and Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes. London: Richard Bentley, 1838 unknown books
Referencia librero : 03743
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Dickens Charles; Cruikshank George Illustrations
Oliver Twist
London: Richard Bentley 1838. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. First issue with Boz listed as the author on all title pages and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in Volume III. i-iv 12-3311 blank 4 ads; i-iv 12-307308; i-iv 12-315316 no half-title called for in Vol. III. Twenty-four inserted plates by George Cruikshank. Bound in publisher's primary original reddish-brown cloth decorated in blind arabesque pattern on on front cover with spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spines cloth lightly marked. Several previous owner names and bookplates to front and rear pastedowns. Rear inner hinge of Volume I started at top. Spine cloth of Volume III partially split along rear joint and large corner of rear free endpaper has been filled in otherwise free of restoration work. A fantastic set or one of Dickens' best-known works in the original cloth. Richard Bentley unknown books
Referencia librero : 140940185
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Dickens Charles; Cruikshank George Illustrations
Oliver Twist
London: Richard Bentley 1838. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first issue with Boz listed as the author on all title pages and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in Volume III. Bound in early three-quarter leather over marbled paper all edges marbled. Spines darkened with cracking and repairs evident on the third volume hinges rubbed. Pages toned plates are browned and foxed. A lovely set. Richard Bentley unknown books
Referencia librero : 140937708
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Dickens Charles; Cruikshank George Illustrator
The Adventures of Oliver Twist with Introduction By Andrew Lang - With the Original Illustrations By George Cruikshank
Quality Paperback Book Club 1997-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Clean has a good binding and crisp pages no marks or notations. TP HS Quality Paperback Book Club paperback books
Referencia librero : 191707
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Dickens Charles; Darwin Bernard Ed.
THE DICKENS ADVERTISER
New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. Previous owner signed covers are slightly toned with a discolored spine contents are clean and nice. A very good copy. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
Referencia librero : 56106
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Dickens Charles; de Kock Paul; Elie Fleix; Guinot Eugene; et al.
Bibliothèque Amusante ou Collection Choisie de Nouvelles de Légendes et D'Historiettes Remarquables Par Les Meilleurs Ecrivains Contemporains
La Haye: Société Neerlandaise Pour Les Beaux-Arts 1841. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. 1/4 green cloth over marbled boards. Engraved frontis - collection of stories including a French translation of the scarce Dickens horror tale A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second published here as L'Enfant de Mon Frère. Light wear scattered foxing. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 042469. <br/><br/> Société Neerlandaise Pour Les Beaux-Arts hardcover books
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Dickens Charles; Fairclough Peter; Wilson Angus
Oliver Twist The Penguin English Library EL-17
Great Britain: Penguin Books 1971. 4th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Cruikshank George. Fourth printing. Slight smell of smoke spine lightly rubbed pages lightly toned. 1971 Mass Market Paperback. 489 pp. "A poor orphan's adventures in the criminal underworld of mid-nineteenth-century London are the central theme of Dickens' second major novel. Penguin Books paperback books
Referencia librero : 2312412 ISBN : 0140430172 9780140430172
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Dickens Charles; Field Rachel arranged by; Fogarty Thomas illustrations by;
People from Dickens
New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sona 1935. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 208; G/no-DJ; black spine with gilt text; cloth shows mild shelf wear to exterior; some soiling to exterior; slight rubbing to esxterior; black titles with illustration to paper label to front; text block has slight age toning to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; pictorial endpapers; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; illustrated;. 1317675. FP New Rockville Stock. Charles Scribner's Sona hardcover books
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DICKENS Charles; FINDLATER Richard ed.
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
New York: Stein and Day 1968. hardcover. very good/very good-. George Cruikshank. Illustrated. 311 pages. 8vo. blue cloth backed blue boards chipped and edge-worn wrapper. New York: Stein and Day 1968. A very good copy in a very good- wrapper.<br/><br/> Stein and Day unknown books
Referencia librero : 286520
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Dickens Charles; George Joshua
A Christmas Carol
Melville NY: Little Hippo 2019. Board Book. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. Faint sticker remnant. 2019 Board Book. Follow Ebenezer Scrooge as he visits Christmases past present and future in this beautifully illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story. Little Hippo unknown books
Referencia librero : 2312799 ISBN : 1950416313 9781950416318
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DICKENS Charles; George Cruikshank illus
Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
London: Chapman and Hall 1839. New Edition Complete. Thick octavo 22cm.; early 20th-century three quarter maroon morocco over cloth gilt-lettered spine top edge gilt marbled endpapers; viii526pp.; frontispiece and additional engraved title page 38 plates. Lacking half title; all plates rather browned and heavily foxed occasional contemporary ink stains to a few leaves else a Very Good attractive copy. GIMBEL A7. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 21841
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Dickens Charles; Hablot K. Browne illus.
Dombey and Son. Full-length portraits of Dombey & Carker Miss Tox Mrs. Skewton Mrs. Pipchin Old Sol. & Capt. Cuttle Major Bagstock Miss Nipper & Polly.
London: Chapman & Hall 1848. 8vo 23 cm 9". 8 plts. <br><br>Sole edition: These portraits are "in eight plates . . . designed and etched by Hablot K. Browne . . . published with the sanction of Mr. Charles Dickens. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â VanderPoel B207. Laid into original green wrappers as issued wrappers chipping at fore-edges and a little soiled. Plates very good. Chapman & Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 38156
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DICKENS Charles; HK. Browne illus H. K.
A Tale of Two Cities
London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First Edition. First issue with p. 213 misnumbered 113. Octavo 22cm.; recent three-quarter maroon morocco over marbled boards gilt spine in six compartments new marbled endpapers; viii2254pp; added engraved title page and frontispiece 14 leaves of plates. Some minor soiling to textblock and a couple plates else Very Good or better. GIMBEL A143. Attractive copy of one of Dickens's best-known novels set in London and Paris against the historical backdrop of the French Revolution. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 21836
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DICKENS Charles; HK. Browne illus H. K.
Dombey and Son Extra-Illustrated
London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First Edition. Mixed issue. Thick octavo 21.75cm.; recent three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt spine in 6 compartments top edge gilt new endpapers; xiv2xv-xvi624pp.; frontispiece and additional engraved title page with the title "Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son Wholesale Retail and for Exportation"; 41 additional plates of which 38 are called for the extra comprised of portraits of three of the leading female characters Florence Edith and Alice also drawn by Browne. Plate facing p. 10 "Miss Fox Introduces the Party" separated but present plates consistently quite browned or foxed a few bound in too tightly with title obscured else contents Very Good in a fine new binding. GIMBEL A103; SMITH 8. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
Referencia librero : 24116
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Dickens Charles; Illustrated by Mercer Mayer
A Christmas Carol Being a Ghost Story of Christmas; Promotional Poster
New York: Macmillan Children's Books 1986. Publisher's promotional poster 22"w x 17"h featuring a charming Mercer mayer illustration. Near Fine faint creases at bottom edge. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 22" w x 17" h. Macmillan Children's Books books
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Dickens Charles; Illustrations by Marcus Stone
The Works of Charles Dickens Including: Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities; Little Dorrit; Great Expectations; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; David Copperfield; Dombey & Son; The Old Curiosity Shop; Nicholas Nickleby.
London: Chapman and Hall. Complete set of Charles Dickens' works. Octavo 30 volumes bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards gilt tooling to the spine top edge gilt marbled endpapers illustrated throughout. In very good condition. Charles Dickens is generally considered the greatest writer of the Victorian period. His works are characterized by attacks on social evils injustice and hypocrisy. "His imaginative freshness his deep and sincere tenderness and pity his whole-souled humor that is seldom sharpened into wit his superabundance of creative energy have built a deathless niche in the temple of fame for Charles Dickens" Kunitz & Haycraft 184. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Referencia librero : 3144
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Dickens Charles; Kolle William Henry
The Dickens-Kolle Letters
Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1910. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited by Harry B. Smith. In a boxed slipcase. Modest wear; a nice copy. <br/><br/> The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
Referencia librero : WB17295
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Dickens Charles; Lang Andres intro.
Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Two-Volume Set
London / New York: Chapman & Hall / Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. Gadshill Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Later binding by E. A. Thompson. Half gilt-ruled burgundy morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine 5 raised bands t.e.g.; 2 volumes 8vo 139 x 146 mm; pp. xxii 2 488 plus frontis. vignette title-p. and 23 plates; viii 2 480 plus frontis. 17 plates; complete. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall / Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
Referencia librero : D7306
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Dickens Charles; Marcus Afterword Steven
Pickwick Papers
New American Library 1964. Very Good. Dickens Charles. Pickwick Papers. Marcus Afterword Steven. NY: New American Library 1964. 888pp. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with former owner's name and date on first page. Lightly bumped rubbed and creased wraps and spine. New American Library paperback books
Referencia librero : UDICPIC00AF
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DICKENS Charles; Marcus Stone illus
Our Mutual Friend
London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First Edition. 2 volumes; octavo 23cm.; original burgundy blind-tooled cloth decorative gilt spines; xi132036;vii130933pp.; frontis. & 38 plates. Both volumes recased with new endpapers to match original yellow glazed endpapers half titles preserved; cover blind-tooling neary imperceptible extremities a bit rubbed and faded spine crowns reinforced to match though affecting gilt ruling; Vol. I plates uniformly dampstained apparently before binding. Still a Very Good sound set. GIMBEL A150; SMITH 15. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 21845
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Dickens Charles; Mitchell Charlotte
Great Expectations
Penguin 2003. New. New book. Penguin unknown books
Referencia librero : WELLER9780141439563 ISBN : 0141439564 9780141439563
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Dickens Charles; Moore Clement C.; Rackham Arthur Illustrator
CHRISTMAS STORIES
Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1992. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 173 pages; VG; bound in fine red genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt motif on covers; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; shelved Easton Press. 1337328. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
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Dickens Charles; Percy Fitzgerald Notes & Comm.
Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise.Paperback
2010. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619-045-3;ISBN-10:1-61619-045-0. Dickens Charles. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings on April 1 1828 Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock 1902. vii 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453. Paperback. Cover lightly soiled and creased. Bottom bumped and soiled. $10.95 One of the most famous legal cases in English literature Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers 1836-1837 by Charles Dickens 1812-1870 in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
Referencia librero : 60410 ISBN : 1616190450 9781616190453
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Dickens Charles; Percy Fitzgerald Notes & Comm.
Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise.Paperback
2010. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619rial-3;ISBN-10:1-61619-045-0. Dickens Charles. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings on April 1 1828 Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock 1902. vii 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453. Paperback. Corners lightly bumped otherwise fine. $20. One of the most famous legal cases in English literature Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers 1836-1837 by Charles Dickens 1812-1870 in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
Referencia librero : 57415 ISBN : 1616190450 9781616190453
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Dickens Charles; Percy Fitzgerald Notes & Comm.
Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise.Paperback
2010. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619-045-3;ISBN-10:1-61619-045-0. Bardell v. Pickwick Dickens Charles. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings on April 1 1828 Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock 1902. vii 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453. Paperback. Corners lightly bumped otherwise fine. $20. One of the most famous legal cases in English literature Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers 1836-1837 by Charles Dickens 1812-1870 in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
Referencia librero : 57416 ISBN : 1616190450 9781616190453
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Dickens Charles; Percy Fitzgerald Notes & Comm.
Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise.Paperback
2010. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619-045-3;ISBN-10:1-61619-045-0. Dickens Charles. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings on April 1 1828 Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock 1902. vii 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453. Paperback. Corners lightly bumped otherwise fine. $20. One of the most famous legal cases in English literature Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers 1836-1837 by Charles Dickens 1812-1870 in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
Referencia librero : 57413 ISBN : 1616190450 9781616190453
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Dickens Charles; Percy Fitzgerald Notes & Comm.
Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise.Paperback
2010. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619-045-3;ISBN-10:1-61619-045-0. Dickens Charles. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings on April 1 1828 Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock 1902. vii 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453. Paperback. Corners lightly bumped otherwise fine. $20. One of the most famous legal cases in English literature Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers 1836-1837 by Charles Dickens 1812-1870 in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
Referencia librero : 57414 ISBN : 1616190450 9781616190453
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Dickens Charles; Percy Fitzgerald Notes & Comm.
Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage.
2010. ISBN-13: 9781616190453; ISBN-10: 1616190450. Bardell v. Pickwick Dickens Charles. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings on April 1 1828 Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. Originally published: London: Elliot Stock 1902. vii 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616190453; ISBN-10: 1616190450. Paperback. New. $10.95 One of the most famous legal cases in English literature Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers 1836-1837 by Charles Dickens 1812-1870 in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
Referencia librero : 56534 ISBN : 1616190450 9781616190453
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Dickens Charles; Percy Fitzgerald Notes & Comm.
Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage.
2005. ISBN 9781584774204; ISBN-10: 1584774207. Bardell v. Pickwick Dickens Charles. Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings on April 1 1828 Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. Originally published: London: Elliot Stock 1902. vii 116 pp. Illustrated. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN 9781584774204; ISBN-10: 1584774207. Hardcover. New. $25.95 One of the most famous legal cases in English literature Bardell v. Pickwick is an episode from The Pickwick Papers 1836-1837 by Charles Dickens 1812-1870 in which the hero becomes the defendant in a breach of promise of marriage suit. Mr. Justice Gaselee and Serjeants Snubbin and Buzfuz are among the characters introduced here. One of the most popular episodes in the novel it was often dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment. It also inspired several legal analyses most notably Frank Lockwood's The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint. unknown books
Referencia librero : 39804 ISBN : 1584774207 9781584774204
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Dickens Charles; Presented by Edward Blishen
Stand Up Mr. Dickens : A Dickens Anthology
Houghton Mifflin 1995. Fine. Dickens Charles. Stand Up Mr. Dickens : A Dickens Anthology. Presented by Edward Blishen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1995. 87pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine with light bumping to corners. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
Referencia librero : UDICSTA00LR ISBN : 0395756561 9780395756560
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Dickens Charles; Rackham Arthur illus; Wagenknecht Edward intro
The Chimes
London: Limited Editions Club/George W. Jones 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Fine. No Slipcase. Light shelf/edge wear fraying at heel spine toned as this volume was prone for small gift inscription on ffep else tight bright and unmarred. Tan cloth boards gilt lettering and decorative elements black ink decorative elements decorative endpages frontispiece teg. 4to. 129pp. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 1070 of 1500. Signed by Rackham on the colophon page. <br/><br/>Third volume in the LEC series. Noted flaws notwithstanding a handsome copy of this classic. Limited Editions Club/George W. Jones hardcover books
Referencia librero : 3856
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DICKENS Charles; ROOT & SON Binders
A Christmas Carol. The Chimes. The Cricket on the Hearth. The Battle of Life. The Haunted Man
London: Chapman & Hall 1843. A Superb First Edition Set of The Charles Dickens Christmas Books<br/>Beautifully Bound by Root & Son ca. 1920<br/><br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. ROOT & SON Binders. The Christmas Books. London: Various 1843-1848.<br/><br/>Comprising:<br/><br/>A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Chapman & Hall 1843. <br/><br/>First edition first issue with "Stave I" reading. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 166 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and ads. Half-title printed in blue title-page printed in red and blue four hand-colored plates and intertextual illustrations. Original endpapers bound in.<br/><br/>And:<br/><br/>The Chimes: A Goblin Story or some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and A New Year In. London: Chapman and Hall 1845.<br/><br/>First edition second state of the engraved title. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 175 1 colophon pp. Complete with ad for A Christmas Carol on verso of the first leaf. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/><br/>And:<br/><br/>The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans 1846.<br/><br/>First edition. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 174 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and the Oliver Twist advertisement at end. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/> <br/>And:<br/> <br/>The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans 1846.<br/><br/>First edition fourth issue with Cupid added to the scroll but without publisher's imprint on engraved title. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 1-2 sectional title 3-175 1 colophon 2 ads pp. Complete with half-title and ads. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/> <br/>And:<br/> <br/>The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time. London: Bradbury &<br/>Evans 1848.<br/><br/>First edition. Sixteenmo 6 3/8 x 4 inches; 160 x 100 mm. 8 188 pp. Complete with ads and half-title. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and intertextual illustrations.<br/><br/>Uniformly bound by Root & Son ca. 1920 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins. Full blue crushed levant morocco covers with three-line gilt border surrounding a large holly leaf inlaid in green morocco and detailed in gilt with six inlaid red morocco berries on stem. Four similar but smaller corner-pieces also inlaid in green and red morocco. Spines with five raised bands similarly decorated with inlaid green and red morocco holly leaves and lettered in gilt in compartments. Decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins pale blue liners and endleaves. all edges gilt. Each volume with the original tan and brick red cloth covers and spines bound in at end. Spines very slightly and uniformly darkened. Some scattered light foxing otherwise a very fine set of arguably the most influential and important nineteenth century tales of the Christmas season. Housed in a felt-lined quarter black morocco clamshell case smooth curved spine lettered in gilt.<br/>  <br/>Following the overwhelming success of A Christmas Carol in 1843 Dickens embarked upon the Christmas Books project seeking to marshal "the Carol philosophy . in order to strike a sledgehammer blow" for England's lower classes. He continued publishing the Christmas Books throughout the 40s and the stories became mainstays of Dickens's public reading tours of the 1850s and 1860s.<br/><br/>A Christmas Carol was an instant success reportedly selling all 6000 copies of the first edition on the first day of publication and Dickens went on to write four more small festive books for each successive Christmas.<br/><br/>The London bindery of W. Root & Son consistently turned-out excellent work both on fine bindings as here and on trade bindings and sets. Packer lists the firm in business in Red Lion Square in 1899-1901 and the December 1942 issue of The Rotarian notes with regret that W. Root had been bombed out uprooted of their premises on Paternaster Row during the 1941 Blitz. There is a record in the June 10 1905 issue of The Academy "Esteemed Editions of various Authors some scarce all in new extra leather bindings. W. Root & Son 29-30 Eagle Street Red Lion Street Holborn W.C." Root & Son are also recorded at the same address in The Literary Year-Book 1909 thirteenth annual volume. The British Library have five examples of bindings by Root & Son. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843 unknown books
Referencia librero : 04558
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Dickens Charles; Russell Geoffrey
The Life & Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit The Oxford Library of Charles Dickens
New York / Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Oxford University Press / The Franklin Library 1984. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Phiz Browne Hablot Knight. One of 7500 copies. Spine faded. 1984 Full-Leather. xxx 882 pp. Full red leather with navy blue leather onlays gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Includes forty illustrations by Phiz and an introduction by Geoffrey Russell. "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit commonly known as Martin Chuzzlewit is a novel by Charles Dickens considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialised between 1842 and 1844. While he was writing it Dickens told a friend that he thought it was his best work1 but it was one of his least popular novels.2 The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing read the novel in February 1888 "for refreshment" but felt that it showed "incomprehensible weakness of story".3 Like nearly all of Dickens's novels Martin Chuzzlewit was first published in monthly instalments. Early sales of the monthly parts were disappointing compared to previous works so Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to the United States.4 This allowed the author to portray the United States which he had visited in 1842 satirically as a near-wilderness with pockets of civilisation filled with deceitful and self-promoting hucksters. The main theme of the novel according to Dickens's preface is selfishness portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. The novel is also notable for two of Dickens's great villains Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit. It is dedicated to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts a friend of Dickens's. Oxford University Press / The Franklin Library unknown books
Referencia librero : 2307014
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Dickens Charles; Scott Sep E. Illustrations
A Tale of Two Cities
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1910. Leather bound. Fine. Scott Sep E. Burlington Library" edition duodecimo size 396 pp. in a custom binding by Riviere. Charles Dickens 1812-1870 needs no introduction. "A Tale of Two Cities" is known and loved by many of us with the famous opening paragraph which begins: "It was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness."<br/><br/>This work part of the publisher's "Burlington Library" series with illustrations by Septimus Edwin Scott 1879-1965 who spent his career as an illustrator having studied at the Royal College of Art in London. In addition to painting the colour plates for this work he provided illustrations for other books periodicals propaganda posters during WWI and advertising posters. In 1948 he began work with comic strips working in that industry for the final twenty years of his life. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: In a custom binding by Riviere & Son with their stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper of full navy blue leather the boards with a thin gilt triple-ruled border with corner decorations the spine tooled in gilt and with two red leather spine labels each with gilt lettering board edges decorated in gilt all edges gilt leather turn-ins richly decorated with gilt marbled endpapers Ex-Libris on the front pastedown for an individual the Ex-Libris that of Samuel Pepys but clearly not his as the individual's name is printed beneath full-colour tissue-guarded frontispiece one of twenty-four bound in throughout by Sep Scott title page with ruled border and device of the publisher's "Burlington Library"; duodecimo size 7 5/8" by 5 5/8" pagination: 1-4 5-395 396 printer's statement. Note that we see no date in the volume are dating circa 1910 based on records in OCLC. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine overall the leather smooth and supple with clean boards straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a vintage bookseller's lightly pencilled price of "6.50" on the verso of the front free endpaper one very short approx. one-half inch closed tear at the top margin of the title page the spine lightly sunned we had a professional name available upon request reinforce one joint the binding is now strong and sturdy. The few faults noted are exceedingly minor fine overall in an exceedingly handsome custom binding. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Chapman & Hall, Ltd unknown books
Referencia librero : 19042202
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Dickens Charles; Seymour R. illus.; Phiz illus.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First Edition in book form. Hardcover. Very Good. Half calf and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine all edges marbled. With 43 uncaptioned engravings by R. Seymour and Phiz. Other points: footnote on p. 9 "S. Veller" on line 5 of p. 342 Pickwick misspelled "Picwkick" on p. 375 "this friends" on line 21 of p. 400 and flawed "f" in "of" in the p. 432 headline. Rebacked with original backstrip laid-down; scuffing along joints and edges of boards; about half of the plates are foxed and/or browned in varying degrees of severity -- though all are perfectly legible. Feel free to inquire for specifics or a few images. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Referencia librero : D4881
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DICKENS Charles; SL. Fields illus S. L.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
London: Chapman and Hall 1870. First Edition. Octavo 22.5cm.; original green decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt;vii1190232pp.; portrait frontis. and additional engraved title page 12 plates. Some edge wear contemporary gift inscription "To George Beaumont / from his brother / Edward / Oct 2nd 1870" to front free endpaper. Very Good or better. GIMBEL A155; SMITH I 16. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 21608
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Dickens Charles; Slater Michael
The Nonesuch Dickens 6-Volume Boxed Set: Bleak House; Christmas Books; David Copperfield; Great Expectations / Hard Times; Nicholas Nickleby; Oliver Twist A Facsimile Edition of the 1930s Nonesuch Dickens
Madison Park Press 2005. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Leech; Maclise; Doyle; Stanfield. Includes publisher's box as well as what appears to be the original cardboard shipping box. A couple corners of box slightly bruised. An exceptional set. 2005 Hard Cover. xiv 482 pp. 8vo. Seven works by Charles Dickens in six volumes reproduced in facsimile from the Nonesuch limited editions. Includes: Bleak House; Christmas Books A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man; David Copperfield; Great Expectations / Hard Times; Nicholas Nickleby; Oliver Twist. Madison Park Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 2306414 ISBN : 0739457802 9780739457801
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Dickens Charles; Smith Harry B. Editor
The Dickens-Kolle Letters
Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo size 102 pp. Limited edition of 483 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society plus a "limited number" printed for the editor. An illuminating correspondence between a young Charles Dickens and his friend William Henry Kolle who conducted notes back and forth between Dickens and his love the sister of Kolle's love interest and whom he subsequently married. <br/><br/>Contains two illustrations of Dickens one being the frontispiece an etching by W.H.W. Bickenell from the study in oil by W.R. Frith and the second a facsimile of a pencil sketch of Dickens; a facsimile reproduction of a single-page poem of 8 lines "To Ariel" signed by Dickens dated October of 1838 with a cartoon character drawn at the bottom of the page and several other facsimile letters.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Half ivory parchment with brown paper boards gilt lettering on the spine top edge rough-cut other edges uncut plain endpapers seal of the Bibliophile Society in red followed by the limitation statement within an etching of the Bibliophile Society's plate followed by facsimile of poem referred to above followed by tissue-guarded frontispiece and title page. Octavo size pagination: i-iv v-xii 1-90. Volume was issued with two slipcases the inner of ivory paper with a brown spine the outer of all brown paper with a paper spine label showing the title in black and the seal of the Bibliophile Society in red.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is overall in fine condition with a strong square text block solid hinges straight corners without rubbing and the interior is clean and bright; we are grading as near fine only due to a prior owner tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown scattered foxing and one very small smudge on the verso of the front free endpaper. Inner slipcase is near fine some minor scattered foxing in the ivory paper and one shallow scrape on one bottom edge so the brown paper shows through the white outer slipcase is very good there is general minor wear the box shows a small split at the top of the spine where it meets the top of the box and the spine label has darkened with age.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
Referencia librero : 15011602
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DICKENS Charles; SPARKS Timothy; BAYNTUN binder; CRUIKSHANK George
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
London: Richard Bentley 1838. The Most Celebrated of English Clowns"<br/>Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi Superbly Bound by Bayntun ca. 1920<br/>Four Magnificent Color Pictorial Inlaid Characters<br/>Handsomely Extra-Illustrated<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. BAYNTUN binder. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. II. London: Richard Bentley 1838. <br/><br/>First edition first issue with no border around final plate and correct page listing in list of "Embellishments." <br/><br/>Two octavo volumes 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 191 x 117 mm. i-xix xx blank 288 pp; i-ix x blank 263 264 printers imprint. Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I and twelve engraved plates by George Cruikshank. <br/>The frontispiece to each volume hand-colored volume I. "Joseph Grimaldi" & Volume II. "Grimaldi's kindness to the Giant".<br/><br/>Extra illustrated by the insertion of forty-eight engraved plates eighteen of which are hand colored. Six of the hand colored plates are by F.W. Pailthorpe; six by Isaac Cruikshank and two by George Cruikshank. All three of these artists are famous Dickens illustrators.<br/><br/>Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on rear silk endleaves. Full forest green crushed levant morocco covers triple-ruled in gilt surrounding a thin inlaid border of black morocco. Spines with five raised bands decoratively bordered in black and gilt in compartments gilt lettering gilt board edges and decorative gilt turn-ins. Front and back doublures of each volume with a superb figure and background inlaid in various colored morocco's. Green watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise very fine. Housed in the original fleece-lined green cloth slipcase. A spectacular example of a pair of early Bayntun bindings typical of the firm's first-rate work and use of the best materials. <br/><br/>The four inlaid designs include "Gaby Grin The Eccentric Clown." and three other characters from the book.<br/><br/>Joseph Grimaldi 1779-1837 called by Britannica "the most celebrated of English clowns" and generally considered without equal as a clown of pantomime. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi is the autobiography of the nineteenth-century clown Joseph Grimaldi. There has been much debate about the exact nature of Dickens' role in the writing of this book. Forster said that Dickens wrote only the introductory chapter; others have said that he edited the manuscript with the help of his father; and Bentley has stated in print that Dickens wrote a significant portion of the work. Eckel says "It is plain that the last chapter is in Dickens' style and that other parts of the book are his. Grimaldi laid the foundation for his memoirs but in a rough and diffuse manner. He gave the manuscript to Thomas Egerton Wilks who after some condensing sold the manuscript to Bentley who in turn passed it to Dickens for the purpose of embroidery." According to Kitton copies with the frame around the final plate as here are more valuable than others because of their relative scarcity; the border was added without Dickens' consent and when he expressed his displeasure it was quickly removed. <br/><br/>Bayntun of Bath. George Bayntun 1873-1940 served his apprenticeship with the Taylor family in Trim Street and started his own bookbinding business in Northumberland Place in 1894. He employed London binders to raise the standard of craftsmanship and soon moved into a larger workshop in Walcot Street. Book Auction Records for 1906 recognized his success: "He has brought intelligence into play as well as high craftsmanship". In 1920 he purchased the bindery business of George Gregory and in 1939 the Bayntun and Rivière binderies were incorporated into a new set of premises on Manvers Street Bath from where the business still operates today. George Bayntun had an especially good relationship with many of the pre-eminent American dealers including Brentano's.<br/><br/>Gimbel B64. Eckel pp. 140-2. London: Richard Bentley, 1838 unknown books
Referencia librero : 04691
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Dickens Charles; Thackeray William; Cruikshank George
Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman Harpers mss maquettes
Var. nd circa 1900. Unique. Hardcover. Very Good. Light shelf/edge wear age toning to some leaves creases to some two bookplates at front pastedown ephemera laid in else tight bright and unmarred. Full tan leather binding two raised bands gilt lettering and decorative elements dentelles marbled endpages. 8vo. np. Illus. b/w plates. comprised of three parts see below <br/><br/>Bookplate of renowned author and librettist Harry Bache Smith. Also bears armorial bookplate of Claire Mendel noted German Consul and collector. <br />A bit of background on Lord Bateman: "An adaptation of the traditional ballad attributed to Thackeray British Library Catalogue with preface and notes by Dickens. George Cruikshank regaled a dinner of the Antiquarian Society with a rendition of the ballad. On "hearing Cruikshank mournfully intone the word's of the Turks' daughter to the imprisoned LordÂ… Dickens offered to polish it into an even more solemn absurdity. He told Cruikshank to ask his sister Fanny to take down the music and 'to be sure to mark the shades and the expression.' And although he kept his part in The Loving Ballad secret he not only wrote a burlesque introduction and notes but altered lines and substituted a new last verse." Johnson p. 260. It has also been suggested that Thackeray arranged the old ballad Dickens is thought to have contributed the 'scholarly' notes and Cruikshank provided the illustrations. <br />This volume is comprised of four parts the first is an engraving of Thackeray of unknown origin the second is Dec. 1892 Harper's Magazine article by Anne Thackeray Richie considering the history of the story's origin and arguing that her father was responsible without Dicken's contribution. The third part is 4 mss pages in Harry Bache Smith exploring his Bateman holdings and its history and noting a direct contradiction to Richie's argument. Finally and notably there are 3 4-up fo leaves which appear to be maquettes of Cruikshank's illustrations for the 1939 first edition.no other such set is known to exist. <br />An unusual and genuinely significant collection. hardcover books
Referencia librero : 10271
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Dickens Charles; Thomas Mitton
Dickens in Italy - A Letter to Thomas Mitton Written in 1844 and Now Published for the First Time
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library. Very Good. 1956. Tan wraps with black lettering string bound deckled edges. Wraps have light soiling; text block has moderate foxing. 1/400 copies printed at Cummington Press for the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Includes a collotype facsimile of the original letter. ; B & W Illustration; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 16 pp . Pierpont Morgan Library paperback books
Referencia librero : 020076
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Dickens Charles; Tillotson Kathleen
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty The Oxford Library of Charles Dickens
New York / Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Oxford University Press / The Franklin Library 1984. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Cattermole George; Browne Hablot Knight 'Phiz'. One of 7500 copies. Spine faded. 1984 Full-Leather. xviii 796 pp. Full red leather with navy blue leather onlays gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Includes seventy-six illustrations by George Cattermole and 'Phiz' and an introduction by Kathleen Tillotson. "Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty commonly known as Barnaby Rudge is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels the other was The Old Curiosity Shop that Dickens published in his short-lived 1840 Oxford University Press / The Franklin Library unknown books
Referencia librero : 2307016
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