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Hunted Down; A Story
London: Hotten 1870. First Edition. hardcover. very good. With Some Account of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright the Poisoner. 16mo full brown morocco edges rubbed front hinge professionally repaired original printed front wrapper bound in. London: John Camden Hotten n.d. 1870<br/><br/> First separate English edition.<br/><br/> Hotten unknown books
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: 141089
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IS SHE HIS WIFE
1877. or Something Singular. A Comic Burletta in One Act. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. Original green cloth decorated in black. First "Collectible" Edition being a volume in Osgood's diminutive "Vest-Pocket Series." We say first "collectible" edition of this play first performed in 1837 because the only known copy of the first edition from which Osgood printed this edition was destroyed in the Boston fire of 1879 and there are only five known copies three of which are in institutions of the wrappered second edition London circa 1869-1871. This copy is in bright green cloth; others are in terra-cotta cloth without priority. It is a fine bright copy -- the only flaw being a short closed tear in the edge of the front free endpaper the front paste-down bears the armorial bookplate of Courtenay F. Wilson 1841-1915. Podeschi Yale B62; Eckel pp 159-161. Housed in a magnificent full-morocco clamshell case lined in velvet and silk moiré that bears the gilt monogram S&S the binder Sangorski & Sutcliffe. <br/><br/> hardcover books
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: 14422
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Dickens Charles
IS SHE HIS WIFE
Dickens Charles. IS SHE HIS WIFE Boston: James R. Osgood 1877. First American edition first state of binding with correct monogram. Original terra cotta cloth gilt. Mild rubbing at spine ends a couple of stray marks but a very good bright copy of this scarce "comic burletta." In 1876 James T. Fields acquired the only known copy of the original 1837 edition and used it to produce this edition; his unique copy was destroyed when his library burned in December 1879. A British reprint itself rarely seen appeared in 1883. This volume was part of Osgood's 102 volume vest-pocket series which included Twain's rare A TRUE STORY and several Hawthorne Emerson and Lowell titles that are also seldom seen. Books in this series were published only in terra cotta or green cloth with no priority between the two colors and the print runs ran from 500 to 1250 copies per title. Kitton MINOR WRITINGS OF CHARLES DICKENS pp. 207-10. Eckel p. 159. Podeschi B62. hardcover books
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: 23118
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DICKENS Charles
Is She His Wife
First Obtainable Printing of "Is She His Wife or Something Singular" DICKENS Charles. Is She His Wife or Something Singular. A Comic Burletta in One Act. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. First obtainable printing. Sixteenmo. 80pp. Original brown cloth decoratively blocked in black and blind lettered in gilt and black. Off-white endpapers printed in red. A fine bright copy. Housed in a custom maroon cloth slipcase black morocco label on spine gilt-stamped. Apparently no copy exists of the first 1837 edition of this play Dickensà third published play first performed 6 March 1837; this is the only published work by Dickens to which this situation applies. The Gimbel collection has playbills for performances on 13 March and 6 April 1837. Eckel mentions that the only known copy of this edition was at Osgood for their 1877 reprint and was subsequently destroyed in a fire there in 1879. A census in Eckel finds only three extant copies of the 1873 British reprint. Thus the Osgood reprint of 1877 is the first obtainable printing of this piece. The Gimbel collection does have a copy of the 1873 English probably the one mentioned by Eckel as lacking the back wrapper; the extensive McQuire collection of American Dickens did not have a copy; Vander Poel had both green and brick cloth variants of the 1877 as did Gimbel. Eckel 159ff. Gimbel B62. Carr VanderPoel Dickens B530 1 & 2. HBS 66292. $1250 James R. Osgood and Company hardcover books
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: 66292
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IS SHE HIS WIFE OR SOMETHING SINGULAR. A COMIC BURLETTA IN ONE ACT
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. 12mo. Full green crushed levant spine gilt extra adverts and original cloth covers bound in rear by Riviere. Bookplate rebacked with the Riviere backstrip laid down otherwise a very good copy. First U.S. and first public edition preceded by two British printings one dating from 1837 which is non-extant and an 1873 printing which Eckel describes as "as scarce as the scarcest of books." The sole copy of the first printing from which this edition was set up was reported destroyed in the Boston fire of 1879. Dickens's third stage effort. ECKEL pp. 159-61. GIMBEL B61. James R. Osgood and Company hardcover books
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: WRCLIT58763
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DICKENS Charles
Ivy Green
"The Ivy Green" From the Pickwick Papers DICKENS Charles. RUSSELL Henry composer. The Ivy Green. Written by Charles Dickens ESQ. Composed by Henry Russell. London: M & N. Hanhart N.d. ca. 1838. Folio. Measures 13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Folio. Illustrated printed wrappers with four pages of music from "Pickwick Papers." Stich marks on spine where pages where taken out from a larger volume. Cut a bit short on the bottom through text small blindstamp light pencil notations on front cover. Very good. Not in Eckel. HBS 67259. $200 M & N. Hanhart unknown books
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: 67259
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La bataille de la vie. Histoire d'amour. Traduite.par André de Goy
Paris: J. Bry ainé 1850. 4to pp. 16; drawings and engraved illustrations by Ed. Frère and Rouget; disbound remnants of former binding; minor toning and foxing along edges corners a bit creased else a good copy. An early French translation of Dickens's Christmas book "The Battle of Life" 1846 published here as a single issue of the literary magazine "Veillées Litteraires Illustrées". OCLC locates one copy in the United States at the College of William and Mary. Not in Gimbel. <br/><br/> J. Bry ainé unknown books
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: 39238
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Le grillon du foyer. Le possédé et le pacte du fantome. Conte de Noël.Traduits de l'anglais par André de Goy
Paris: J. Bry ainé 1850. 4to pp. 40; drawings and engraved illustrations by Ed. Frère and Rouget; disbound remnants of former binding; some dampstaining and foxing along edges; a good copy of an early French translation of Dickens's Christmas book "The Cricket on the Hearth" published here with "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain" originally published in 1848 and 8 "Poésies nouvelles" by André Lemoyne pp. 39-40. Together forms one issue of the literary magazine "Veillées Litteraires Illustrées". OCLC locates one copy in the United States at the College of William and Mary. Not in Gimbel. <br/><br/> J. Bry ainé unknown books
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: 39237
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DICKENS Charles
Le Marchand d'Antiquités.Traduit par A.J.B. Defauconpret
2 p.l. 310 pp.; 2 p.l. 315 pp. Two vols. 8vo cont. green sheep-backed green boards maroquiné single gilt fillet round sides flat spines gilt. Paris: G. Barba 1842. First edition in French of Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop. Rare. Fine set signed by Prince Dietrichstein on the free front endpapers. hardcover books
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: 3717
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DICKENS Charles
Letters of Charles Dickens to the Baroness Burdett-Coutts
London: Murray 1931. First. hardcover. very good. Edited by Charles C. Osborne. Frontis. illustrated. xii 205pp. two-toned cloth; upper corners bumped minor spotting to front and rear covers. London: John Murray 1931. First edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Murray unknown books
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: 236255
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Dickens Charles
Library Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens in Six Volumes: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Barnaby Rudge Sketches by Boz; Nicholas Nickleby Martin Chuzzlewit American Notes; Dombey and Son Old Curiosity Shop Hard Times; Our Mutual Friend Little Dorrit Reprinted Pieces; Oliver Twist; Great Expectations Bleak House Pictures from Italy; David Copperfield Christmas Stories A Tale of Two Cities Uncommercial Traveller
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1868. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Cruikshank George; Leech John; Browne H.K. Minor loss from corners and a few hinges just beginning to weaken. Volumes 2 & 6 are missing the tipped in Library Edition advertisement pictured in photo but the other four have it. 1868 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in six volumes. 8vo. Blue cloth gilt titles and decorations with blind-stamped designs on front and rear board. Includes: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Barnaby Rudge Sketches by Boz; Nicholas Nickleby Martin Chuzzlewit American Notes; Dombey and Son Old Curiosity Shop Hard Times; Our Mutual Friend Little Dorrit Reprinted Pieces; Oliver Twist; Great Expectations Bleak House Pictures from Italy; David Copperfield Christmas Stories A Tale of Two Cities Uncommercial Traveller. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Charles John Huffam Dickens 7 February 1812 D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
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: 2311183
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LIFE & ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
LONDON GRESHAM PUB. CO. 1912 1912. HALF MAROON MOROCCO OVER MATCHING CLOTH GILT STAMPED SPINE SLIGHT FADING GRAY ENDPAPERS; COLOR FRONTISPIECE BY J.H.F. BACON; 8 B/W PLATES BY FRED PEGRAM FIRST EDITION THUS "STANDARD EDITION" VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. LONDON, GRESHAM PUB. CO. 1912 hardcover books
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: 193115
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Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Philadlphia: Lea & Blanchard 1841. Very good in gray-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" with tanning to the cloth on the spine and around the edges of the boards with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with the last three pages of the text showing a faint water mark at the upper margins with no impact on the illustrations. Without a dust jacket. Unpaginated. The volume is a collection of the illustrated plates by "Phiz" collected from Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and redrawn by Yeager. 39 engraved plates separated with tissue guards including the frontispiece portrait of Dickens of 40 listed in the contents. Printed by T. K. and P. G. Collins and stereotyped by J. Fagan. Gimbel A43 Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
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: TB26297
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Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby The
London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First Edition in the Original Cloth<br/>A Very Early Issue Bound From The Original Parts<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall 1839. <br/><br/>First edition a very early issue bound from the original parts. With thirty-five of Smith's forty-one first issue internal flaws including all of the major points first state frontispiece and all further plates mostly first state including the first four typically in second state with imprint of Chapman and Hall. <br/><br/>Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 1/4 in; 225 x 133 mm. xvi 624 pp. Forty black and white plates including frontispiece. <br/><br/>Publishers primary binding in dark olive-green fine-diaper grain cloth covers stamped in blind spine lettered in gilt. With the bookplate of the Earl of Aylesford. An unusually bright copy with just the lightest of wear and without any fading to cloth whatsoever. Some light foxing to plates but far less than usually found in this title. Two neat three-quarter inch closed splits to upper joint at head and tail and one short closed split to lower joint at head. <br/><br/>The nicest copy we have ever seen unsophisticated and near fine: better than the famed William E. Self copy which is bumped rubbed and shows distress to the spine Christie's-NY April 2 2008 lot 60. Housed in a full plum pigskin drop-front clamshell box.<br/><br/>With an ALs with original autograph envelope by Dickens to one Thomas Ellis Bramale Esq. dated August 5 1839:<br/><br/>"Sir I have very great pleasure in complying with your request and beg to thank you cordially for the obliging expressions with which it is accompanied. I am Sir Your very obedient servant Charles Dickens."<br/><br/>Nicholas Nickleby was originally published in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts the last part as a double number from April 1838 through October 1839. The first edition in book form was made up from these parts. "It was the novelist's intention to expose in this story the terrible abuses practiced in the cheap boarding-schools of Yorkshire and in order that he realize their true character he determined to investigate for himself the real facts as to the condition of those notorious seminaries Accordingly at the end of January 1838 he and 'Phiz' started on this memorable journey in bitterly cold weather and visiting several schools in the locality they came into direct contact with the proprietors. One of these was William Shaw the identical schoolmaster who some years previously had been heavily fined for what was represented at the trial as gross maltreatment of his pupils" Kitton Dickens and His Illustrators p. 75. It was Shaw upon whom Dickens based the infamous Squeers. Having made an enemy of his uncle Ralph Nickolas was sent as an usher to Dotheboys Hall where Wackford Squeers starved and maltreated forty students under the pretense of education. "The character of Mrs. Nickleby was largely founded upon that of Dickens's mother. The title character was founded on Dickens's brother-in-law Hanry Burnett a music teacher at Manchester" Hayward The Dickens Encyclopedia p. 115.<br/><br/>"H.K. Browne prepared 39 illustrations for this novel as well as the cover for the monthly parts while the portrait frontispiece was engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise. Because of the the large monthly circulation of the parts Browne etched as many as four plates in some cases of each illustration and all of them were printed in the initial issue of the parts. Many of the plates from 'Miss Nickleby introduced to her uncle's friends' page 175 onward contain Arabic or Roman numerals which indicate the order in which they were etched. Most of the numerals are located in the lower right corner and occasionally in the left. Hatton and Cleaver state that the numeral for Plate 31 'Mysterious appearance of the gentleman in the small-clothes' p. 487 appears on the front of the mantleshelf.The first state of the frontispiece and the first four illustrations contain the imprint of Chapman and Hall. The first state of the frontispiece always appears in the monthly parts; the first four illustrations were issued with and without the imprint in the parts but the plates without imprints did not appear in the earlier issues of the monthly parts and may therefore be termed 'second states''' Smith I 5.<br/><br/>Smith Part I 5. Eckel p.64. Hatton and Cleaver pp. 131-160. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839 unknown books
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Lithographic Facsimile Letter to the Rev. Stephen Roose Hughes 10 January 1860 Conveying a Proof for All the Year Round subsequently collected as chapter two The Shipwreck in The Uncommercial Traveller
N.p. London 1861. Lithographic facsimile printing of the original autograph letter. Two pages printed in blue-black ink on laid paper. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Old fold. Lithographic facsimile printing of the original autograph letter. Two pages printed in blue-black ink on laid paper. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Uncommon printed facsimile of this notable letter from Charles Dickens writing as the editor of All the Year Round to Rev. Hughes of St Gallgo's Church whose heroic efforts at the time of the wreck of the Royal Charter off the coast of Anglesey in August 1859 inspired Dickens to write the "little article" mentioned here published in All the Year Round for 28 January and subsequently adapted as the first chapter of The Uncommercial Traveller. The invitation extended by Dickens to the minister and his family is poignant as the strain of the exertions contributed to Hughes' untimely death on 4 February 1862.<br/><br/>In the British Academy/Pilgrim Edition of Dickens' letters the original letter is recorded as in the collection of Mrs. A.K. Frazer; it is further noted that "facsimiles of this letter were sold by Hughes to provide a monument now in Llanallgo Church to those drowned in the Royal Charter." This allows a narrow dating to 1860 or 1861. No copies of this facsimile are recorded in the Gimbel collection in other major Dickens holdings or in OCLC.<br/><br/>The facsimile reproduces Dickens' Office of All the Year Round letterhead in monochrome slightly reduced and the text is as follows:<br/><br/>My Dear Mr Hughes <br/>You will receive from my printer's office by this same post a Proof of the little article I have written on the subject of my late visit. I am under the necessity of asking you to send it back to W. Wills here by return of post. For although a fortnight will elapse before it is published the mechanical necessities of this Journal and its simultaneous publication in England and America render its going to press at once imperative.<br/>I doubt whether I am quite right respecting the number of the drowned buried in your churchyard and the greatest number that lay in the church at one time. Will you do me the favour to correct me on those points And if you should observe any similar inaccuracy will you do me the additional kindness to mark it I trust that there is nothing in the article that you or your household will find displeasing. I have written it out of the honest convictions of my heart and in the hope that it will at least soften the distress of many people from whom you have not yet heard. It says for me all that I should otherwise have attempted to say in this note and merely strives to express what any visitor to you must surely feel. <br/>My daughters have taken a great interest in all I have told them and particularly in Mrs Hughes's idea of coming to London in the summer. They earnestly beg me to assure her and you that they hope to know you both very well and that it will be an uncommon gratification to them if you will come and see us down at my Kentish house on the top of Shakespeare's Gad's Hill which is little more than an hour's railway ride from town. <br/>I beg to present my true regard to the ladies of your house and to your brother and to assure you of the hearty esteem and respect with which I am Very faithfully yours <br/>Charles Dickens. <br/>This same post will also bring you the documents you also lent me returned with thanks. The Letters of Charles Dickens British Academy/Pilgrim Edition Vol. 9: 1859-1861 pp. 196-7 unknown books
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: 308427
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition. Very Good. First edition in the original parts. Twenty issues bound into 19 parts as issued. First issue using the character name "Riguard" in No. XV; errata slip in XVI correcting the errors. Plates 21 and 22 in No. 11 are probably the more detailed plates mentioned in Hatton & Cleaver. All slips and ad pages present with two exceptions: Green The Train ad slip missing in Part I; no "Commercial Works for 1856" slip in II. Ads in Parts 19 & 20 differ from Hatton and Cleaver no Little Dorrit advertiser but instead front ads are "Nellie of Truro" 2 pp. Gilbert's works 4 pp. Norton's Camomile Pills 4 pp.; rear ads are blue "Stamped in Nature's Mould" 4 pp with 4 pp. orange slip for Lett's Skeleton Almanacs inside Royal Insurance Company 2 pp. and 8 pp. Virtue Hall and Virtue ads. Housed in a custom morocco and cloth case by Bayntun which is damaged on the bottom panel. Very Good overall. Almost imperceptible restoration to spines minor soiling and light wear; No. I spine is cracked though holding; name written on the front cover of two parts. Pencil correction in margin to error in No. 15 easily erasable. The very first appearance in serialized parts of Dickens' satire of the British class system. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
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: 140940186
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 625pp. Thick 8vo old calf re-backed in modern tan leather with leather spine label. London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue with the 3 line errata on p. xivsignature B2 on p. 371 and "Rigaud" for "Blandois". Bound in at the end are all the front and back blue printed wrappers from the serial edition as well as most of the trade ads. The plates are browned at the edges but not foxed.<br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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: 295638
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition in original monthly parts first issue part XV with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" without errata in part XVI. In the original 19/20 monthly parts. 40 etched plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 8vo. Original printed blue wrappers designed by Phiz. Some minor soiling to wrappers but a nice copy. Housed in half-morocco pull-off case. Browne H.K. First edition in original monthly parts first issue part XV with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" without errata in part XVI. In the original 19/20 monthly parts. 40 etched plates by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 8vo. Little Dorrit in Parts. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307- 330 Bradbury and Evans unknown books
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: 314942
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LITTLE DORRIT
London: Chapman & Hall 1863. Large thick octavo. Green cloth lettered in gilt decorated in blind. Frontis engraved title and plates including eight 'dark' plates by H.K. Browne. Ink name on front free endsheet light rubbing a couple of signatures proud spine a shade sunned a couple small nicks at toe of spine but an unusually good copy. Later impression in book form though with some of the errors of the first printing as yet uncorrected. The original 1857 printing was the last major Dickens title to be published by Bradbury & Evans and their imprint still appears on the verso of the printed title and at the base of the last page of text in this copy. The binding on this copy is comparable to the type of cloth and stamping characteristic of the primary binding of DOMBEY AND SON 1848 SMITH 12 ref. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
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: WRCLIT82274
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Little Dorrit
In the Original Monthly Parts DICKENS Charles. Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition in original monthly parts: twenty numbers bound in nineteen as issued in the original blue printed wrappers. With forty inserted plates. First state text in XV with "Rigaud" for "Blandois." Original wrappers with the usual minor chipping and occasional splitting along spines. Some discreet repairs a few stains and tears to wrappers light edge-wear some light foxing to plates. Still a bright very nice copy. Front wrapper of part I with a 3-inch closed tear. Chemised and housed in a half green morocco pull-off case spine faded to brown. In the back of part XVI lacking the correction slip and the "32 Fleet St." four-page slip on green paper; otherwise all parts collates complete with all wrappers correct all"Advertisers" and all back ads. In the back ad of part XI all ads are present but bound in a different order than as stated in Hatton & Cleaver. Part XVIII complete with all text pages but they are bound in incorrect order. Part VII with tearing to lower outer corner of front ads pg 3-6 minimally affecting text. Part XIII with a corner torn on the ad slip for "Household Words" not affecting text. Hatton and Cleaver 305-333. Smith Dickens I 12. HBS 68171. $2000 Bradbury and Evans unknown books
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: 68171
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 7 vi-xiv 1 2-625 5 pp. Half bound in contemporary green leather over marbled boards spine with 4 raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated by an engraved frontispiece and vignette titlepage along with 38 additional plates by H.K. Browne 'Phiz'. All is as called for in Smith including signature 2B2 printed as B2. Smith I 12; Gimbel A 141. A bit of scattered foxing on the plates and preliminary matter but most leaves and plates are quite clean; small hairline crack to the bottom of the front joint otherwise very attractive and sound. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
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: 00007115
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition. Octavo. First state in two volumes with the tipped in errata at page 467 of volume two referring to the word "Rigaud" for "Blandois" which found in the present volume eight times and with signature mark B2 for 2B2B bound from the original parts stab marks present In two volumes320 324-625pp. illustrated by H.K. Browne. Text mostly clean with some darkening or foxing to plates bound in contemporary 3/4 tan calf over marbled paper covered boards raised bands with compartments decorated in gilt red and black contrasting labels gilt brown endpapers light chipping to spine ends. A very nice set. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
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: 021108
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 625pp. 19th century calf backed marbled boards raised bands; spine label. London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue with the 3 line errata on p. xivsignature B2 on p. 371. In the places where "Rigaud" appears instead of "Blandois" the original owner has crossed out the wrong name and entered the correct one in a neat hand. The plates are very clean except for the engraved half-title which has some offset from the frontispiece.<br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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: 243110
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First. hardcover. near fine. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. 625pp. early 20th century 3/4 red morocco a.e.g. by Morrell. London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue with the 3 line errata on p. xivsignature B2 on p. 371 and "Rigaud" substituted for "Blandois". The plates are very clean except for the engraved half-title which has some offset from the frontispiece. Very shallow chip at the top of the spine.<br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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: 243109
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LITTLE DORRIT
1857. Illustrated Edition. Two Volumes Complete in One. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson n.d. 1857. Original half calf with marbled boards endpapers and page edges. First American illustrated octavo edition. The first Peterson volume of LITTLE DORRIT in fact the first in book form anywhere was Vol I of the two-volume duodecimo edition published in November 1856 during serialization; in June 1857 once serialization was complete Peterson quickly published the novel in numerous duodecimo including Vol II of the above and octavo formats. One octavo double-column format consists of 317 pages of text -- issued first without illustrations in wrappers or in cloth and soon thereafter with plates inserted. Another octavo format this one has 376 pages of text with the illustrations integrated into the text some sideways. This copy is in contemporary half calf with marbled boards page edges and endpapers. Peterson advertised that his octavo editions of Dickens were available to buyers in four different bindings of half calf in addition to cloth and we have seen numerous volumes in this exact binding -- leading us to believe that this is a publisher's original binding. Stab-holes are evident in the gutter of all leaves -- possibly indicating that it was originally bound up by Peterson in wrappers then put into his standard half calf. Condition is very good with minor rubbing at the extremities. See Podeschi D25. unknown books
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: 12073
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 19th century half red calf and marbled boards matching marble endpapers and edges. Very good. H.K. Browne. 625 pages 22 x 15 cm. First edition in book form first issue with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pp.469-474 but without the additional 9-line errata. Etched frontispiece vignette title page and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne Phiz. ECKEL pp. 82-85. SMITH I:12. Bound by Smyth Liverpool: raised bands spine panels richly gilt in floral motifs green leather spine label printed in gilt Nicholas Robinson bookplate and signature on title; intermittent scattered foxing mostly marginal heavier first few and last leaves solid and tight binding. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
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: 18981
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Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans 11 Bouverie Street 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition with several first issue points per Smith. Octavo. pp. i-v vi-xiv 1 2-625 626 blank. Illustrated with 40 engraved plates by H.K. Browne including the frontispiece and vignette title-page. Bound in contemporary half-calf and marbled paper over boards gilt spine with black titling label marbled endpapers. Contemporary bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: "John Davison . Alnwick". Small remnant of a bookplate removed and later owner's name in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper some scuffing to the marbled paper on both boards scattered foxing mostly to the first two engraved plates frontispiece and title very good. Smith Part 1:12. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street hardcover books
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: 186488
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition first issue in book form. Very good- in elaborate full leather calf covered boards with gilt borders on the front and rear boards five raised bands on the spine with red morocco title labels with gilt text in two of the compartments with gilt tool work in the others. The end sheets are marbled with gilt inner dentelles which have offset to the edges of the first and last free end pages. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The binding is by Ramage of London as can be seen by that firm's gilt embossed line on the front paste down just above the dentelle. The front hinge and joint have failed leaving the front board attached only with thin Japanese tissue. The leather on the spine is somewhat tanned. The rear hinge and joint are tight. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and the same owner's stamped name and address on the first free end page. Both boards are a slightly bowed. Illustrated with 40 engraved plates by H. K. Browne "Phiz". An octavo measuring 8 3/16" tall by 5 1/4" deep containing 625 pages of text. This is the first Issue of the publication identified by "Rigaud" rather than "Blandois" on pages 469 470 472 and 473 and with the signature mark "B2" on page 371. Gimbel/Podeschi A141; Smith 91-93; Eckel p83 Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. H. K. Browne 'Phiz'. Frontispiece engraved title and 38 full page plates by H. K. Browne 'Phiz'. Bound from the monthly parts. First state text with 'Rigaud' for 'Blandois' and with the errata slip from Part XVI laid-in at p. 467. Signature BB2 with early misprint B2. 2 volumes. Contemporary half leather spines ruled in gilt into 6 compartments. Morocco lettering pieces gilt; gilt vignettes in remaining compartments. MArbled paper boards. Light rubbing and edgewear to the boards else the bindings are fine. 4 plates in Vol. I & 2 in Vol. II have a light marginal stain not affecting images; otherwise the plates are fresh and free from foxing including the 'dark' plates. The frontispiece has lightly offset onto the engraved title. A fine set. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
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: 18169
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition. Illustrated with 40 etched plates after drawings by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 1 vols. 8vo. 19th-century tan polished calf rebacked with gilt spine and contrasting red and green leather labels new endpapers. Occasional spotting to text usual slight darkening of plates but overall a handsome copy. First edition. Illustrated with 40 etched plates after drawings by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 1 vols. 8vo. Handsome Little Dorritt. Smith 12 Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition with early issue points as per Smith pp. 467-474 uncorrected etc. Illustrated with 40 etched plates after drawings by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt spine darkened covers a little rubbed and faded; plates with usual darkening at margins title and frontispiece slightly foxed and darkened -- still quite a good copy and infrequently seen in publisher's cloth. First edition with early issue points as per Smith pp. 467-474 uncorrected etc. Illustrated with 40 etched plates after drawings by H.K. Browne "Phiz". 1 vols. 8vo. In Original Cloth. Smith 12 Bradbury & Evans unknown books
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: 55017
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Dickens Charles
LITTLE DORRIT
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. Large thick octavo lettered in gilt decorated in blind. Frontis engraved title and plates by H.K. Browne. Front inner hinge cracking slightly cloth a bit faded head and toe of spine a bit frayed and nicked margins of most plates quite foxed but despite the noted defects a good sound unsophisticated copy. First edition in book form though with some of the errors corrected. In this copy p. 371 is signed correctly and 'Rigaud' has been corrected to 'Blandois' on pp.469-74. SMITH 12. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
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: WRCLIT29812
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit 20 Parts in 19
London December 1855-June 1857: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. H. K. Browne. First edition in the original parts; 20 parts in 19. Bound in the original blue/green printed wrappers - ALL wrappers are correct and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. First issue of the text "Rigaud" for "Blandois" in part XV. Text in part XIX/XX is partly UNOPENED. Plates are very good to fine; plates in parts IV and VIII with light off-setting from the dark plate; plates in parts V XIII XV XVI and XVIII are lightly tanned at edges not affecting illustrations; plates in part XIX/XX are uniformly age-toned but still very good. Tissue guards are in place. Several spines are expertly renewed; light soiling to a few wrappers. Bookseller ticket removed from front wrap of part I; neat owner initials on front wrap of part XIV. Internally clean and bright. An outstanding set with everything including a pedigree - it is from the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection. Armorial bookplate. Housed in a quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton and Cleaver collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307-330. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans paperback books
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: 09142
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit 20 Parts in 19 Annotated By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton
London December 1855-June 1857: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. H. K. Browne. first edition in the original parts; 20 parts in 19. Bound in the original blue/green printed wrappers - all wrappers are correct and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. First issue of the text "Rigaud" for "Blandois" in part XV. Plates lightly tanned on parts III IX and X all other plates are very good to fine; tissue guards are in place. Spine expertly renewed on part I and perhaps a few others; light soiling to a few wrappers. Neat owner name on upper margin of part IX and XVI. Annotated on the upper margin of part XVI front wrapper by bibliographer Thomas Hatton thus: "Slip to be added" - the slip is present here as are all slips and ads. A rare slip is laid in by the publisher or possibly by booksellers with the following message: "All ye who wish to read this part of Little Dorrit - Ye surely will not grudge to pay a penny for it; Three days ye'll get to read as well as one to send it And if ye damage 't aught 'tis hop'd ye will refund it." This slip is one of 6 found in the Thomas Hatton collection. Internally clean and bright. An outstanding set with everything including a pedigree - it is from the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection. Armorial bookplate. Housed in a quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton and Cleaver collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307-330. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans paperback books
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: 09137
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit 20 Parts in 19 Annotated By Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton
London December 1855-June 1857: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. H. K. Browne. First edition in the original parts; 20 parts in 19. Bound in the original blue/green printed wrappers - ALL wrappers are correct and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. First issue of the text "Rigaud" for "Blandois" in part XV. Part XI with text UNOPENED; part XIV with Advertiser partly UNOPENED. Annotated in pencil by Dickens bibliographer Thomas Hatton on page 467 mentioning the "Rigaud" for "Blandois" error on pages 469 470 472 and 473 and the slip inserted in part XVI pointing out this error. Plates are very good to fine; tissue guards are in place; plates tanned at edges not affecting illustration are IV V IX XII XIV and XVII; light off-setting on a few plates but still very good. Title page and frontis in part XIX/XX with light spotting at edges not affecting images. Spines expertly renewed on several parts; light soiling to a few wrappers. Small corner loss to rear wrap of part XIX/XX. Internally clean and bright. An outstanding set with everything including a pedigree - it is from the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection. Armorial bookplate. Housed in a quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton and Cleaver collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307-330. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans paperback books
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: 09141
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Little Dorrit 20 Parts in 19 With Autograph Notes By Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton Laid in
London December 1855-June 1857: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. H. K. Browne. First edition in the original parts; 20 parts in 19. Bound in the original blue/green printed wrappers - all wrappers are correct and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. First issue of the text "Rigaud" for "Blandois" in part XV. Plates are very good to fine; plates of parts II VII XI and XII are lightly tanned at edges not affecting illustrations. Tissue guards are in place. Neat owner initials on upper margin of part IV front wrapper; light soiling to a few wrappers. Bookseller ticket removed from front wrapper of part I. Bookseller stamp on front wrap of part XIV. Spines expertly renewed on several parts. Part XIX/XX is partly UNOPENED. A rare slip is laid in by the publisher or possibly by booksellers with the following message: "All ye who wish to read this part of Little Dorrit - Ye surely will not grudge to pay a penny for it; Three days ye'll get to read as well as one to send it And if ye damage 't aught 'tis hop'd ye will refund it." This slip is one of 6 found in the Thomas Hatton collection. Together with autograph notes by Dickens bibliographer Thomas Hatton relating to part IX is laid in. Internally clean and bright. An outstanding set with everything including a pedigree - it is from the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection. Armorial bookplate. Housed in a quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Provenance: The Hatton and Cleaver collection The Heritage Bookshop Charles Parkhurst Books Inc. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307-330. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans paperback books
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: 09140
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit Bound from Original Parts
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition. Octavo. First state with all issue points by Smith. 625pp. illustrated by H.K. Brown with 40 plates of which eight are the dark plates three line errata B2 instead of BB2 and more. Bound from the original parts stab marks visible in 3/4 red morocco over red cloth raised bands and title gilt all edges marbled with marbled endpapers an exceptionally clean copy without foxing to plates text clean light rubbing to joints and corners. From the library of author George M. Doe with his bookplate. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
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: 021470
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit.
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition first <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">issue in book form </span>of one of Dickens' most outstanding novels with the three line errata on page xiv "William" for "Frederick" on page 317 line 27 B2 instead of BB2 on pp. 371 lacking errata on page 467 and "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pp. 469 470 472 and 473. Octavo bound in full morocco by Zaehnsdorf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panel red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles gilt topstain marbled endpapers. With 40 illustrations by Hablot Knight Brown "Phiz" including <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">frontispiece</span> and vignette title page. In near fine condition. In Little Dorrit Dickens mounts his single most ferocious onslaught against England and English society; against its government against its financiers against its artists and even against its ordinary citizens who at least in Bleeding Heart Yard believed that .foreigners were always immoral. that foreigners had no independent spirit." Ackroyd 758. Perhaps unsurprisingly many reviewers reviled the book upon its publication. Dickens' friend Hans Christian Andersen advised the author to ignore the critics: "They are forgotten in a week and your book stands and lives" Ackroyd 780. And indeed Little Dorrit does: not only a commercial success in its day poor press notwithstanding but also esteemed now as a "wonderfully rich novel-- rich in ideas rich in characterization rich in incident and written in a richly imaginative prose. Many modern critics regard it as Dickens' masterpiece" Watts 108. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
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: 121934
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit.
London: Bradbury and Evans 1855-1857. First edition first printing in the original monthly parts of one of Dickens' most outstanding works which sold almost as many copies as the best-selling Bleak House. Octavo original publisher's illustrated blue-green wrappers 20 numbered serials in 19 parts with 38 plates by Hablot Knight Brown "Phiz". First issue of part 16 with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" and correction slip in part 16. With the original advertisements present with the exception of the advertisement inside the front wrapper of part 1 for "Edmistons' Pocket Siphonia" instead of "Edmistons' Crimean Outfit"; the slip for "Theatre Royal" at back of part 1; the slip for "The Wreck of the Golden Mary" at front of part 13; Dr. De Jongh's ad at back of part 14; and George Philip & Son ad at back of part 16. In near fine condition with period ownership inscriptions to the front wrappers of several parts and bookplate of Robert and Donna Jackson to the chemise slipcase. Housed in a custom morocco and chemise case. A very nice example. In Little Dorrit Dickens mounts his single most ferocious onslaught against England and English society; against its government against its financiers against its artists and even against its ordinary citizens who at least in Bleeding Heart Yard believed that .foreigners were always immoral. that foreigners had no independent spirit." Ackroyd 758. Perhaps unsurprisingly many reviewers reviled the book upon its publication. Dickens' friend Hans Christian Andersen advised the author to ignore the critics: "They are forgotten in a week and your book stands and lives" Ackroyd 780. And indeed Little Dorrit does: not only a commercial success in its day poor press notwithstanding but also esteemed now as a "wonderfully rich novel-- rich in ideas rich in characterization rich in incident and written in a richly imaginative prose. Many modern critics regard it as Dickens' masterpiece" Watts 108. The story first appeared as a serial in 1855 and was published in book form in 1857. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
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: 101362
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DICKENS CHARLES
LITTLE DORRIT.
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. Recently rebound marbled boards. New green endpapers. Spine in five panels gilt designs and lettering. Thirty-nine full-page illustrations by Phiz Hablot K. Browne. Engraved title-page facing the frontispiece with slight off-setting on each page. All plates are fresh and clean with almost no foxing or peripheral browning. Two books in one issued with no half-title preceding the first book "Poverty". Half-title is present preceding the second book "Riches" at p. 321. Three-line errata note at foot of p. xiv. First issue points are present including B2 for BB2 on p.371 use of Rigaud for Blandois on pp. 467-74 spelling and punctuation mark flaws as called-for in Smith. A kindly rebound copy bound from the original parts with stab holes present. 625pp. See Eckels pp.82-85 Smith 1:12 Podeschi A141. . First Edition. 1/4 Brown Morocco. Essentially No Wear to Binding/No Jacket. Octavo. Bradbury and Evans Hardcover books
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Dickens Charles
LITTLE DORRIT. The Cosmopolitan Series No. 19. Aug 13 1889
New York: Hurst & Co 1889. 1st editon thus. Yellow printed wrappers bust of Dickens on front wrapper. VG edges chipped//sm pcs msg at spine extremities/text beginning to yellow & become brittle. 343 pp double column. illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>A scarce not in Gimbel ephemeral edition of Dickens' work. Hurst & Co unknown books
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: 10089
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit.with illustrations by H.K. Browne
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition first issue bound from the original 19/20 monthly parts without wrappers 8vo pp. xiv 625; engraved frontispiece engraved title-p. and 38 steel-engraved plates including the "dark" plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz"; bookbinder ticket on front paste-down early owner's manuscript name on front free endpaper plates variously spotted but generally this is a very good sound copy in early 20th century diced olive green cloth with gilt spine. In this copy leaf BB2 is signed B2; this was corrected in later copies. The errata slip at page 467 present here. Eckel pp. 82-86; Gimbel A-141; Hatton & Cleaver 307. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
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: 43852
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DICKENS Charles
LITTLE DORRIT; with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First Edition bound from the parts. H. K. Browne. 8vo pp. xiv 625. First issue with signature "BB2" signed "B2" without the errata slip on p. 481. Bound in little rubbed 3/4 leather and boards with labels on the spine lacks one label. Bound with 39 plates some foxed and soiled. Hatton & Cleaver pp. 307-330; Eckel pp. 82-85. A good set. This was the last of the large novels by Dickens published by Bradbury and Evans and marked their parting of the ways. In "Little Dorrit" once again Dickens deals with debtor's prisons etc. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
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: 55332
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Dickens Charles
LITTLE DORRITT
Dickens Charles. LITTLE DORRITT. London: Bradbury & Evans 1857. First edition first issue with uncorrected text at pp. 467-74 signature 2B2 misprinted as "B2" etc. Original green cloth gilt. Variant binding no priority with "LONDON MDCCCLVII" in gilt at foot a variant not noted by Smith but recorded elsewhere. Plates moderately browned not foxed; text tight; covers much rubbed and marked with many creases in spine; spine ends intact. The "octavo novels" have become extremely difficult to find in original cloth in decent condition and nice copies of this work in this binding fetch five to ten times as much for example Sotheby London 11 July 1996 sale 6412 lot 165 $3680 spine sunned. Dicken's second novel to deal with the injustice of imprisonment for debt. The character Flora Finching was based on his early love Maria Beadnell and while the novel was being published Dickens' marital problems became public knowledge. Bradbury & Evans refused Dickens' request to publish a notice regarding his marital problems and this was his last novel published with the firm. Eckel pp. 82-5. Smith I:12. hardcover books
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: 7064
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Dickens Charles
Martin Chuzzlewit
New York: Harper & Brothers. 1872. Household Edition; Reprint. Hardcover. Green cloth stamped in gilt and black bright copy with fraying at spine head very light rubbing to corners very good. 59 illustrations by J Barnard. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 350 pp . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
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: 29083
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DICKENS Charles
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT; With forty illustrations by 'Phiz'
NY: Knopf 1994. Phiz. 8vo pp. xivii 851. Postscript appendix. Everyman's library. About fine in dj. Knopf unknown books
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DICKENS Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman and Hall 1840. First Edition in Book Form of Master Humphrey's Clock - The Old Curiosity Shop - Barnaby Rudge<br/><br/>DICKENS Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Vol. I. II. III. London: Chapman and Hall 1840-1841-1841.<br/><br/>First edition in book form. Three large octavo volumes 10 1/16 x 6 5/8 inches; 255 x 169 mm. i-viii 12-306; i-vvi 12-306; i-vvi 12-426. Two frontispieces 130 woodcuts and twenty-five initials by Browne; one frontispiece and thirty-eight woodcuts by Cattermole; one woodcut each by S. Williams and Maclise.<br/><br/>Publisher's dark purple-brown rib-grain blind-stamped cloth with primary clock design stamped in gilt on front covers spines lettered and tooled in gilt. Original Spanish hair-vein marbled endpapers in black blue and red all edges marbled. Some minor wear to top of spines minimal fading to covers the gilt bright and fresh. Some light scattered foxing to throughout. An excellent set. With the armorial bookplate of Barbara Hylton Madge on front paste-downs and also the early in signature of Agnes Barron 1841 on all three front blanks.<br/><br/>"Being a hard sleeper likewise he divided his time pretty equally between these two recreations always falling asleep when he had done eating and always taking another turn at the trencher when he had done sleeping by which means he grew more corpulent and more drowsy every day of his life." - Charles Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock<br/><br/>Master Humphrey's Clock was a weekly periodical edited and written entirely by Charles Dickens and published from 4 April 1840 to 4 December 1841. It began with a frame story in which Master Humphrey tells about himself and his small circle of friends which includes Mr. Pickwick and their penchant for telling stories. Several short stories were included followed by the novels The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. It is generally thought that Dickens originally intended The Old Curiosity Shop as a short story like the others that had appeared in Master Humphrey's Clock but after a few chapters decided to extend it into a novel. Master Humphrey appears as the first-person narrator in the first three chapters of The Old Curiosity Shop but then disappears stating "And now that I have carried this history so far in my own character and introduced these personages to the reader I shall for the convenience of the narrative detach myself from its further course and leave those who have prominent and necessary parts in it to speak and act for themselves."<br/><br/>Master Humphrey is a lonely man who lives in London. He keeps old manuscripts in an antique longcase clock by the chimney-corner. One day he decides that he would start a little club called Master Humphrey's Clock where the members would read out their manuscripts to the others. The members include Master Humphrey; a deaf gentleman Jack Redburn; retired merchant Owen Miles; and Mr. Pickwick from The Pickwick Papers. A mirror club in the kitchen Mr. Weller's Watch run by Mr. Weller has members including Humphrey's maid the barber and Sam Weller.<br/>Master Humphrey's Clock appeared after The Old Curiosity Shop to introduce Barnaby Rudge. After Barnaby Rudge Master Humphrey is left by himself by the chimney corner in a train of thoughts. Here the deaf gentleman continues the narration. Later the deaf gentleman and his friends return to Humphrey's house to find him dead. Humphrey has left money for the barber and the maid no doubt by traces of love that they would be married. Redburn and the deaf gentleman look after the house and the club closes for good.<br/><br/>In the portion of Master Humphrey's Clock which succeeds The Old Curiosity Shop Master Humphrey reveals to his friends that he is the character referred to as the 'single gentleman' in that story.<br/><br/>Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of Barbara Hylton Madge 1882-1967 on front paste-downs. Barbara Hylton Madge was the wife of Lieut. Col. C.A. Madge and mother to John Madge who wrote The Origins of Science Sociology. His brother Charles Henry Madge who was a poet journalist and a literary figure from his early twenties and founder of Mass Observation.<br/><br/>Smith I 6. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840 unknown books
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: 04955
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Dickens Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman & Hall 1840 Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne. First edition first issue with all the issue points called for by Smith. Three volumes. Publisher's dark grayish brown bold-ribbed cloth each volume with both boards decorated in blind with a rococo design front boards with an intricate clock design centrally stamped in gilt spines decorated and lettered in gilt hair vein-marbled endpapers and text block edges. A very attractive set with some wear and light fraying spine ends; internally very clean with a few minor spots former owner bookplates to front pastedown of each volume. An unrestored set much nicer than usually found. Smith I 6. Originally published in the form of weekly periodicals Master Humphrey's Clock tells the story of the lonely Master Humphrey who houses his collection of manuscripts in a long clock and starts a club where members read their manuscripts aloud to one another. It is illustrated with black and white woodblock prints designed by Hablot Knight Browne figure pieces and George Cattermole architecture including a unique frontispiece for each volume. Notably this title is most often found in a custom leather binding rarely retaining the original publisher's cloth. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. London: Chapman & Hall hardcover books
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: CD131
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Dickens Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London; 1840 1841 and 1841: Chapman and Hall. First Edition in Book Form. Large Octavo. In three volumes. iv 306pp vi 306pp. and vi 426pp. Frontispieces and other illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne These volumes contain "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge" and was originally published as weekly parts. This is a handsome set bound in a contemporary 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards beautifully rebacked red and black spine labels gilt compartments decoratively stamped in gilt endpapers re-newed. A clean bright set without the usual scattered foxing with the exception of volume I p. 72-73 has a bit of off-setting to upper margins from something laid in at one time. Very nice. Chapman and Hall unknown books
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: 022478
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DICKENS Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman & Hall 1840. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated by George Cattermole and H.K. Browne. 3 vols. 4to original purple-brown vertical ribbed cloth decorated in blind with elaborate leaf designs & a gilt clock on each volume pointing to the hour that corresponds to the number of the volume; marbled end-papers & edges. London: Chapman & Hall 1840-41. First Edition in book form.<br/><br/> Aside from wear at the extremes of the spine and at the corners this is a bright solid set. The plates are clean with none of the usual foxing.<br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown books
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: 283898
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