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‎DICKENS, Charles [Arthur RACKHAM]‎

‎THE CHIMES‎

‎London: Limited Editions Club 1931. hardcover. Spine a bit darkened as usual but gilt bright. Near Fine lacking the slipcase. Arthur Rackham. Quarto 7-3/4" x 11-1/2" bound in decorated buckram with gilt highlights; 166 pages. Designed and printed by George Jones. Copy #397 of 1500 illustrated with six full-page black and white illustrations and fourteen smaller black and white drawings throughout the text by Arthur Rackham. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 015779

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Chimes: A Goblin Story‎

‎Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1845. Original Cloth. Original fine rib-grain white cloth stamped in gilt and in blind; pale yellow endpapers; binder's septuple flyleaves at front and back. Cloth is darkened and age soiled with rear board showing several darker spots and backstrip chipped at top and bottom. Interior foxed and text pages browned. Twelve full page illustrations on whiter stock than text and very clean with virtually no foxing to images. Though the illustrations are essentially the same as the those which adorned the English edition several have been modified to include additional material. The artists are D. Maclish 2 R. Doyle 4 J. Leech 5 and C. Stanfielf 1. A very scarce imprint usually found in blue cloth of the first American edition of Dickens's second Christmas book. Quite soiled with moderate wear to cloth else a good soild copy. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Lea and Blanchard Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 000387

‎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. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Third volume in the LEC series. Noted flaws notwithstanding a handsome copy of this classic. 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. Limited Editions Club/George W. Jones hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 3856

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Books A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans 1843. First Edition. Near Fine. 1843 1845 1846 1846 1848. First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books all in their most desirable states. A Christmas Carol is the first issue with title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 in Roman numerals; half title and verso of title page printed in blue; "Stave I" on page 1. The Chimes first edition first issue with the publisher's name part of the vignette title page. The Cricket on the Hearth first edition second issue with 2pp. ads. The Battle of Life first edition second of four states of the engraved title page with "A Love Story" in a scroll sans cupid; terminal ads announce the publication in parts of Dombey and Son and the bound volume of Oliver Twist. The Haunted Man first edition first and only issue.<p>All five volumes uniformly bound in full teal morocco ribbed gilt decorated spines covers triple ruled in gilt gilt dentelles all edges gilt original cloth covers and spines bound in the rear of each volume housed in a blue cloth open ended slipcase which is rubbed. Near Fine expert hinge repairs to "A Christmas Carol" and "The Battle Of Life". Contents tanned with the light sporadic age-related spot. A lovely set. Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans unknown‎

Référence libraire : 140945735

‎DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870), [BROCK, Charles E, illustrator]‎

‎The Christmas Books. Being; A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man‎

‎London: J.M. Dent and Co. 1905-1907. English literature FIRST EDITIONS THUS Illustrations in colour by Charles Brock. Five volumes octavo 18 x 12 x 15cm. Bound in full festive cranberry red morocco with holly green labels raised bands gilt rules cloth sides top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Housed in a bespoke fleece-lined cloth slip-case. Internally clean exterior unmarked. A fine set in a handsome recent leather binding. An attractive set of these classic seasonal tales splendidly illustrated and presented. London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1905-1907 unknown‎

Référence libraire : 67655

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1843-48. Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas is a second edition in brown cloth with red and blue title-page dated 1843 'Stave One' and corrected text Smith's second state plates hand-colored 2 repaired spine repaired new endpapers 1843; first edition of The Chimes; A Goblin Story with advertisement leaf for the tenth edition of A Christmas Carol first state of vignette title-page recased 1845 Chapman & Hall; fourteenth edition of The Cricket on the Hearth new endpapers 1846; first edition of The Battle of Life with the vignette title-page in fourth state without imprint Todd's E1 recased 1846; first edition of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848 Bradbury & Evans; all but The Christmas Carol with additional vignette titles illustrations. In very good condition. 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"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/Bradbury & Evans hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 141205

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1886. Finely bound example of Dickens' Christmas books reprinted from the stereotype plates of the original. Octodecimo five volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Riviere & Son with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands marbled endpapers top edge gilt tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume additional illustrated title page to each volume with the exception of A Christmas Carol engraved illustrations by John Leech D. Maclise R. Doyle and C. Stanfield. In very good condition with rubbing to the exterior hinges and extremities abrasions and darkening to the spines some splitting to the exterior hinge of The Cricket on the Hearth. A charming collection. 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"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 hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 145260

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Books. A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth The Battle of Life The Haunted Man‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 volumes. 12mo. 1892; 1892; 1890; 1887; 1887. Stereotype reprints of the 5 books. In the original red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Last 2 volumes with ads to the endpapers each volume with previous owner's name and address and purple rubber stamp to the endpapers all clean throughout with the exception of 'The Battle of Life" which has some kind of excess ink to the frontis ill. likely from the printing process this volume also with some surface soil and dirt to the front cover with some light rubbing and soiling to the cloth of the other volumes. Nice set of early reprints using the original illustrations and format as the firsts. Chapman and Hall hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 47933

‎Dickens, Charles; John Leech, Daniel Maclise, John Tenniel et al [illustrators]‎

‎The Christmas Books A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans 1843. First Edition. Near Fine. 1843 1845 1846 1846 1848. First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books Smith II.4-6 II.8-9. A Christmas Carol is the first issue with title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 in Roman numerals; half title and verso of title page printed in blue; "Stave I" on page 1. The Chimes first edition second issue with the publisher's name below the plate on the vignette title page. The Cricket on the Hearth first edition second issue with 2pp. ads. The Battle of Life first edition Todd's fifth state of the engraved title page with "A Love Story" in a scroll held by a cupid; terminal ads announce the publication in parts of Dombey and Son and the bound volume of Oliver Twist. The Haunted Man first edition first and only issue.<p>All five volumes bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt seasonal stamping unique to each book. Morocco title labels to ribbed spines gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp in gilt to front turn-in of each volume. Original cloth covers and spines bound in rear of all volumes but the last. Housed in an open-ended slipcase moderately rubbed and toned covered in the same floral gilt-embellished paper used for endpapers. Near Fine with slightly rubbed spines. Light edge toning to interiors occasional thumbing and staining and spots of foxing. <p>No writer is more closely associated with Christmas than Charles Dickens who began with the immortal A Christmas Carol in November 1843. It was published on December 19 and sold so well there were seven editions by the following May. The Chimes followed in December 1844 and three more books appeared in 1845 1846 and 1848 two of the title page dates follow the then-common practice of dating a book published in November or December with the coming year.<br /> <p>The enduring appeal of Dickens’ Christmas stories lies in his unmatched ability to combine sentimentality with melancholy or righteous fury a balancing act of light and dark. A Christmas Carol composed as Dickens walked weeping through the dark London streets was intended to draw attention to the plight of the working poor in London. The Chimes attacks the cruelty and hypocrisy of the rich and the protagonist of The Cricket on the Hearth contemplates murder. The Haunted Man the last novella emphasizes the need to remember past sorrows and hardships.<br /> <br /> <p>Dickens wanted his Christmas books to be pretty – his specifications for the first cut severely into his profits – and it is appropriate that these copies have been given jewel-like bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe one of the most famous fine binderies in the English-speaking world. A beautiful set of beautiful stories illustrated by the leading artists of the day. Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans unknown‎

Référence libraire : 140947309

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1843-48. Complete first edition set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books. Octavo 5 volumes original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels all edges gilt frontispiece title page vignettes. A Christmas Carol is a first printing with 4 hand-colored plates red and blue title page 'Stave 1' and uncorrected text chalky green endpapers 1843; The Chimes: A Goblin Story is a second printing with the advertisement leaf for the above edition of A Christmas Carol second state of vignette title-page 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth is a second printing with second state of advertisement leaf 1846; The Battle of Life is a fourth printing with vignette title-page in fourth state without imprint Todd's E1 1846; The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain with p.161 numeral intact 1848. In very good condition uniform shelf wear and soiling. Ownership inscriptions on the front free endpaper of each volume except for The Chimes. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example. 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"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/Bradbury & Evans hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 148799

‎Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by AC Michael A C‎

‎The Christmas Carol‎

‎NY: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1911. Hardcover. Spine very slightly faded small previous owner's gift inscriptions on front pastedown and half-title page; Red gilt-decotrated cloth binding. No date ca 1911. Tipped-in color plates and B&W drawings; Small 4to; 116 pages . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 62201

‎DICKENS, Charles‎

‎The Christmas numbers of Household Words and All the Year Round.‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall 1850-67. Dickensian Christmas tales A complete set of Dickens's seasonal offerings at his journals Household Words and All the Year Round comprising nine issues each. Writing "in company" Dickens composed the opening and closing pieces as a frame for stories supplied by his staff writers. The serials continued the tradition of Dickens's five Christmas books of the 1840s. The formula that Dickens used from 1852 to 1866 involved gathering a group of disparate literary individuals who would while away Christmas Eve by recounting various stories in the manner of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Dickens contributed many stories himself including "A Christmas Tree" "The Mortals in the House" and "The Ghost in Master B's Room". Among the other pieces are "No Thoroughfare" jointly by Dickens and Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Ghost in the Garden Room" and "How the First Floor went to Crowley Castle". Dickens edited the papers consecutively from 1850 until his death in 1870. 18 parts octavo comprising 13 unbound parts and 5 wire-stitched parts in original blue wrappers all as issued. Printed in double column. Housed in late 19th-century custom green morocco folding box front joint cracked but holding. Contemporary ownership inscription of one G. H. Strickland to front wrapper of 1865 part; bookplate of Stephen George Holland 1817-1908 founder of cloth merchants Holland and Sherry and heir to Holland and Sons the pre-eminent cabinetmakers of Victorian England to inside front cover of box; recent bookplate of Peter Russell to the inside rear cover. A couple of spines worn remaining sound wrappers with occasional soiling and small tears to edges overall in very good condition. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 192604

‎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 1843-60. 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

Référence libraire : 121293

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1845-1848. First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo 4 volumes bound in full crushed burgundy morocco by Bayntun Riviere with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. The set contains: a first edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year. London: Chapman and Hall 1845 1844 with the publisher's advertisement for A Christmas Carol; half-title; 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield; second state of the vignette title. First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury and Evans for the author 1846 1845 with the half-title; 14 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech Doyle Stanfield Maclise and Landseer; 2 pp. advertisements at rear. First edition fourth state of The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury and Evans 1846 with half-title; 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield; fourth state of the vignette title; 2pp. advertisements at rear. First edition of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. London: Bradbury and Evans 1848 with half-title; 7 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech Stanfield Tenniel and Stone. In fine condition. Following the immense success of A Christmas Carol which first appeared in December of 1843 Dickens published four other Christmas tales: The Chimes 1844 The Cricket on the Hearth 1845 The Battle of Life 1846 and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848; these were secular conversion tales which acknowledged the progressive societal changes of the previous year and highlighted those social problems which still needed to be addressed. The public eagerly bought the later books each published in an attractive bright red cloth with fine gilt vignettes and elaborate illustrations. Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 127050

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Books: The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain.‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans 1845-1848. First editions of the four final novellas in Charles Dickens’ Christmas Book series. Octavo 4 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands morocco spine labels lettered in gilt marbled endpapers top edge gilt. The set is comprised of a first edition of The Chimes London: Chapman & Hall 1845 1844 Half-title and 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Daniel Maclise Richard Doyle John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield. Second state of the vignette title; First edition of The Cricket on the Hearth London: Bradbury & Evans 1846 1845 Half-title and 14 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech Doyle Stanfield Maclise and Edwin Landseer; 2 pp. advertisements at rear second state; first edition of The Battle of Life London: Bradbury & Evans 1846 Half-title 13 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Maclise Doyle Leech and Stanfield fourth state of the vignette title 2pp. advertisements at rear fourth state of vignette title; first edition of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain London: Bradbury & Evans 1848 with 17 illustrations including frontispiece and vignette title by Leech Stanfield Tenniel and Stone. In very good condition. Following the immense success of A Christmas Carol which first appeared in December of 1843 Dickens published four other Christmas tales: The Chimes 1844 The Cricket on the Hearth 1845 The Battle of Life 1846 and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848; these were secular conversion tales which acknowledged the progressive societal changes of the previous year and highlighted those social problems which still needed to be addressed. The public eagerly bought the later books each published in an attractive bright red cloth with fine gilt vignettes and elaborate illustrations. Chapman and Hall/Bradbury & Evans hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 132035

‎DICKENS, CHARLES (BINDINGS - COSWAY)‎

‎THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL; THE CHIMES; THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH; THE BATTLE OF LIFE; and THE HAUNTED MAN‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall first three; Bradbury & Evans last two 1843; 1845 but 1844; 1846 but 1845; 1846; 1848. FIRST EDITIONS. "Carol" in FIRST STATE bound-in original front cover with closest interval between blind-stamped left border and left extremity of gilt wreath being 15 mm. "D" in Dickens on front cover in perfect condition; "Chimes" and "Cricket" in Second State; "Battle" with Fourth Issue of the engraved title as usual "Haunted" with no issue points. 167 x 102 mm. 6 5/8 x 4 1/8". Five separately published works in five volumes. <br/> SUPERB OLIVE GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO COSWAY BINDINGS BY RIVIERE & SON FROM DESIGNS BY J. H. STONEHOUSE stamp-signed on front turn-ins upper covers all with two inlaid red morocco banners that at head with title in gilt that at foot lettered "Lord keep my Memory Green" and each binding FEATURING AT CENTER AN OVAL MINIATURE PORTRAIT BY MISS C. B. CURRIE signed in gilt on rear turn-ins the five showing Dickens at different ages painted on ivory under glass and surrounded by a gilt wreath of holly and mistletoe; raised bands spines gilt in compartments with holly sprig gilt lettering gilt-ruled turn-ins with mistletoe sprig at corners moss green watered silk endleaves all edges gilt. Original cloth covers bound in at rear of each volume. An aggregate total of 53 woodcut illustrations in the texts four engraved vignette title pages the one in "Haunted" tinted and eight engraved plates the four in "Carol" nicely hand-colored the illustrations by John Tenniel John Leech Daniel Maclise Richard Doyle and others. Carol with bound-in ALS FROM DICKENS dated 3 August 1842 and with two original green endpapers one inscribed with a passage from Foster's "Life of Dickens" bound in at rear; "Chimes" with ALS from artist Richard Doyle dated 21 September no year bound in at front; "Cricket" with ALS from artist John Leech dated 17 July 1846; "Battle" with undated ALS from artist Daniel Maclise bound in; "Haunted Man" with ALS from artist John Tenniel to Dickens collector and bibliographer F. G. Kitton dated 15 July 1896 bound in. Eckel 110-25; Smith II 4-6 8-9. Spines slightly faded to a uniform medium brown and front cover of "Haunted Man" just subtly sunned to olive brown "Chimes" with faint foxing to engraved title opening "Haunted Man" with light offsetting to printed title as usual other trivial imperfections but A SPLENDID SET--clean and fresh internally "Carol" being virtually pristine and THE REMARKABLY CHARMING BINDINGS WITH NO SIGNS OF USE.<br/> <br/> This is the ultimate bibliophile's set of Dickens' five Christmas books: first editions in especially fine condition in authentic Cosway bindings by the creators of that style and with an autograph letter signed by Dickens or one of the artists who illustrated these works bound into each volume. "A Christmas Carol" the immortal story of how ghostly visitations finally inject the miserly Scrooge with the Christmas spirit is called by Eckels "the greatest Christmas book from the pen of any man . . . . Artistically it was a pronounced success and from a literary aspect it has delighted millions of readers." The work is not only finely written but its sentiments had great appeal for Victorian taste.<br /> <br /> Our copy has all of the text first issue points listed in Smith and Eckel but those bibliographers disagree as to whether yellow Smith or green Eckel endpapers have priority. William Todd distrusted all internal issue points beyond uncorrected text including color of the endpapers. He believed the most reliable way to determine priority of issue was by studying the location of the gilt wreath on the cover which was stamped by a single machine. He says "This desideratum is a single point one encompassing all the others and if it is to be a sign of issue the one last appearing in the course of manufacture." The brass stamp with the cover design shifted to the left and developed imperfections as time went on so Todd assigned priority to volumes with the most distance 14-15 mm. between the right edge of the blind-stamped border on the left side of the cover and the left-most extremity of the gilt wreath and with a perfect "D" in the author's name within that wreath. By these criteria our copy is a first issue. As an added bonus our volume contains a letter written and flamboyantly signed by Dickens to Messrs. Curry and Co. concerning newspaper piracy of his works by "wholesale robbers."<br /> <br /> The warm reception of "A Christmas Carol" prompted Dickens to launch a series of four further Christmas books. "The Chimes" was described by the author to his friend and biographer John Foster as striking "a blow for the poor" while "The Cricket on the Hearth" presented domestic life in the ideal Victorian home. "The Battle of Life" is a love story with a happy ending a Victorian rom-com for the holidays and "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain" finds another grumpy old man learning about the spirit of Christmas from a ghost. The illustrations for these works were done by some of the most popular artists of the day including those whose letters are bound into volumes here: Richard Doyle 1824-83 who created the first cover and the masthead for "Punch"; John Leech 1817-54 well known for his political cartoons and humorous illustrations for "Punch"; Daniel Maclise 1806-70 whose professional life was devoted primarily to painting especially portraits and historical scenes; and Sir John Tenniel 1820-1914 illustrator of "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass."<br /> <br /> This set was splendidly bound by the masters of the Cosway binding: Riviere Stonehouse and Currie. The "Cosway" style of binding with painted miniatures inlaid in handsome morocco apparently originated with the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran about 1909 the year G. C. Williamson's book entitled "Richard Cosway" was remaindered by Sotheran and presumably given this special decorative treatment. The name "Cosway" then was used to describe any book so treated whatever its subject. Admirable miniatures on Cosway bindings were executed by Caroline Billin Currie 1849-1940 from 1910 until her death creating such paintings for Sotheran's usually as here from designs by J. H. Stonehouse for bindings executed by Riviere. The portraits created by Miss Currie for this work show a maturing Dickens from youthful idealism to successful middle age to gray eminence and the festive decoration of the bindings virtually shouts "Merry Christmas" from the bookshelf. The portraits gracing Cosway-style bindings vary greatly in their level of achievement; Miss Currie's paintings are universally acknowledged as the very best. Finally the condition of our set is so fine not even Scrooge himself could find fault with it. Chapman and Hall (first three); Bradbury & Evans (last two) unknown‎

Référence libraire : ST18706

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Stories: Classic Christmas Stories From History's Greatest Authors‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 1785430165.G ISBN : 1785430165 9781785430169

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Christmas Numbers of "Household Words" 9 parts 1850-58. The Christmas Numbers of "All the Years Round" 9 parts 1859-67‎

‎London: Bradbury & Evans 1850-1867. First Edition. 3/4 leather. Very good. Octavo 2 complete sets in one volume. Very good in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards. top edge gilt. <br/><br/> (Bradbury & Evans hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 42466

‎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

Référence libraire : 1403031

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Collected Works of Charles Dickens complete in fifteen volumes‎

‎Chicago and New York: Belford Clarke & Company. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Boz; F. Barnard; J. Mahoney; F.A. Fraser; S. Green. A perfectly serviceable set complete in fifteen 15 volumes of The Collected Works of Charles Dickens. Scarce in the trade in this state and condition. Printed for them by Trow's Printing and Bookbinding of New York. Eastily a Fair condition set but bordering on Good inside and out with still-tight bindings mostly clean interiors complete of pagination and still standing handsomely on the shelf. A still attractive exemplar of an edition published in the heyday of mid-late 19th-century bindings by a publisher that had a short but consequential publishing run: Belford Clarke & Company of Chicago and New York. Bound in short hardcover format with marbled paper over boards half-leather over tips and spine raised bands to spines gilt lettered titles and author's name there and marbled page edges all around if rubbed and faded. Somewhat improbably all but one of the pastedowns are intact. Moderate toning to pages some but not a lot of foxing and discoloration a few folded and creased pages. Scuffing to joints and edges some bruising to and scuffing of tips and to the five raised bands but all hinges sturdy and interiors clean if toned with a few dog-eared pages a torn page here and there some scattered pencil marks here and there etc. Four blind-stamped navigator's wheels to spines gilt-stamped titles and author's name. Else a solid still attractive set and with sewn-in head-bands. "Sketches by Boz" in the form of black-and-white steel engravings and with illustrations including full-page plates by F. Barnard J. Mahoney F.A. Fraser and S. Green. The set is dated on neither title page nor copyright page but the dual imprint of Chicago and New York on title pages shows that the set was produced likely in the 1880s as the publisher operated from 1879 to 1892 by which time the publisher was no longer operational. The web-site entry for Jules Verne books published by them on julesverne dot ca forward slash vernebooks forward slash Publishers jules-verne_BelfordClarke dot etc. shows that in March of 1879 Belfords sic Clarke & Co. "advertised for agents in Toronto at 60 York St. By August 1879 the firm had left Toronto and had settled in Chicago" having failed to secure a footing in Toronto and there in March of 1880 "a new outfit Belford Clarke & Co. was operating as a publisher" and set up shop also in New York. Their run ended in receivership in 1889 and later in effect bankruptcy with the company splitting into New York The Belford Company and Chicago branches Belford Clarke & Company. The set here is comprised of the following titles each with tissue-guarded plates at frontises and with illustrations by F. Barnard unless noted otherwise: A Tale of Two Cities frontis matter 8-821 pp.; The Old Curiosity Shop Hard Times and the Holly Tree Inn illustrated by S. Green vi 1 8-832 pp.; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit iv 1 4-832 pp.; Our Mutual Friend illustrated by J. Mahoney viii 1 4-830 pp.; Dombey and Son vi 1 8-837 pp.; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club vii 2 4-807 pp.; Barnaby Rudge and Edwin Drood vi 1 8-837 pp.; The Personal History of David Copperfield frontis matter 4-854 pp.; Great Expectations illustrated by F.A. Fraser vi 1 8-825 pp.; Christmas Books and Reprinted Pieces vi 1 8-840 pp.; Little Dorrit illustrated by J. Mahoney vi 1 8-832 pp. with tape-reinforced rear pastedown; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby iv 3 4-823 pp.; Bleak House vi 1 8-862 pp.; A Child's History of England and Miscellaneous Pieces no illustrator listed vi 1 8-829 pp.; The Adventures of Oliver Twist also Pictures From Italy and American Notes illustrated by J. Mahoney viii 1 8-829 pp. plus full index to all fifteen volumes.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Belford, Clarke & Company hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 362816

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Charles Dickens-Volume 2: Contains Two Novellas 'The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain' & 'The . and Ten Short Stories to Chill the Blood‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1846778484.G ISBN : 1846778484 9781846778483

‎Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). Stacey, Walter S (1846-1929) [illustrator]. Rainey, William [illus]‎

‎The Collected Works of Charles Dickens: in 16 volumes‎

‎London : Gresham Publishing Company 1902. The Imperial Edition. Hardcover. Good set in the original cloth with a gilt-blocked label to the spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Series; Imperial edition. Physical description; 16 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club ; Sketches By Boz ; Great Expectations ; Charles Dickens: a critical study by George Gissing ; Nicholas Nickleby ; Christmas Books ; Bleak House ; Oliver Twitst ; David Copperfield ; Dombey and Son ; Little Dorrit ; The Old Curiosity Shop ; A Tale of Two Cities ; Martin Chuzzlewit ; Hard Times and Master Humphrey's Clock ; Barnaby Rudge. Subjects; Charles Dickens 1812-1870. English fiction 19th century. London : Gresham Publishing Company hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 284160

‎Dickens, C Stafford‎

‎The Command Performance‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1025561848.G ISBN : 1025561848 9781025561844

‎DICKENS, CHARLES‎

‎The Complete Works Of Charles Dickens 8 Books Including Martin Chuzzlewit Little Dorrit A Tale of Two Cities Our Mutual Friend Old Curiosity Shop-Reprinted Pieces David Copperfied Uncommerical Traveller-Christmas Stories Oliver Twist- Pictures from Italy-American Notes‎

‎Kelmscott Society New York 1900. Hardcover. Good. Kelmscott Society, New York hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 230810056

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend 1‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1616400307.G ISBN : 1616400307 9781616400309