Louisville: The Dickens Society various. Green wrappers. G - Fine. Prices a function of age and condition. Minimum sale price is Five dollars. 8vo. <br/><br/>Many issues in stock of the this literary journal that focuses on the 'Inimitible'. The Dickens Society unknown books
n. p.: Privately Printed for the Friends of Walter Dexter 1931. 1st edition. Limited to 50cc this stamped #49. Brown stiff printed wrappers; sewn. Nr Fine. 9 pp. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/> Privately Printed for the Friends of Walter Dexter unknown books
Otley: Printed by William Walker n. d. Ca early 1840s. Cf. Engel 229 & Miller p. 243 for a similar work "Pickwick Treasury of Wit or Joe Miller's Jest Book" 1845. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Bit of wear & soiling to wrappers. Very Good. 12 pp. Woodcut vignette to front wrapper as well as typographical border/decorations. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>"The Pickwick Treasury of Wit" is listed by Miller at 320 pp; we speculate this item prefatory to the bound volume. Rare. Printed by William Walker unknown books
Cedar Rapids: Privately Printed for William Glyde Wilkins by the Torch Press 1915. 1st separate edition. #48 / 63 cc. Printed blue paper wrappers. Custom blue cloth clamshell case. Some minor edgewear to wrappers. Unobtrusive dampstain to lower portion of front wrapper. A VG copy in a similar case. xii 2 57 5 pp. Partially unopened. Untrimmed. Frontispiece reproducing a caricature sketch of Boz & Christopher North first caricature ever published of Dickens plus 5 internal plates which are included in the pagination. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>A separately printed edition of the June 29th 1841 Edinburgh Advertiser report of this significant event in Dickens' life i.e. the first public dinner given in his honor. Also includes a portion of the report from the Edinburgh Evening Courant Saturday June 26 1841 as well as Dickens' own personal account. WGW introduces the entire with 4 pages of prefatory remarks. OCLC locates 19 institutional holdings. Not in Gimbel nor VanderPoel. ABPC records one copy at auction these past 30 years 2000. Scarce in the trade. Privately Printed [for William Glyde Wilkins by the Torch Press] hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1908. 1st edition NCBEL III 850. Original red cloth with gilt spine lettering & front board stamped in blind. Slight lean general shelfwear with board showing at tips. Spine a bit dull. xi 1 584 pp. 866 woodblock illustrations. 4to. 11-1/8" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>This volume has every illustration that went into the Household edition; represented are such artists as Barnard Mahoney A. B. Frost and others. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st edition thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Edgar & Vail Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original light blue blindstamped cloth professionally recased. A VG copy sq & tight/rear board stained/spine sunned. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. 12mo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover books
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press 1939. 1st printing. Saddle-stitched sage-colored paper wrappers printed in black. Light age-toning. A VG copy. Unpaginated though 8 pages. Includes laid-in leaflet with a blurb from Mitchell Kennerley extolling the virtues of the set. 2 illustrations plus facsimile title page illustrated with a cut. 8vo. 10" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> The Nonesuch Press unknown books
New Haven: Published by Wilder & Co 1843. 1st printing. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. Some wear to wrappers and chipping to paper at spine ends with front wrapper detached from no. II & IV. No. II lacks rear wrapper. Period pos of Caroline Lauphier to top of each front wrapper. Foxing. An About VG set. 4 issues. Steel engraving as frontis to each issue. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>The first number has an extensive review of Dickens' AMERICAN NOTES pp. 64 - 84. Published by Wilder & Co unknown books
London: The Dickens House 1970. 1st separate printing an extract from Volume III of the NCBEL. Original publisher's printed green wrappers stapled. Nr Fine. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Dickens House unknown books
New York: Garland 1975. 1st edition. Red buckram cloth binding with black stamped lettering. VG minor wear & soiling. xiv 314 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Garland hardcover books
Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1837. 1st US edition Gimbel B1; Smith AMERICAN pp. 7-8; Wilkins p. 11. Printed in an edition of 1000cc. Original red linen cloth over drab paper wrapped boards & printed paper title label to spine. Spine sunned. Ex-lib with quaint 19th C. book label to front paste-down & circular stamp to ffep & t.p. right margin. Gutter break prior to p. 5. Some foxing. Withal a respectable VG copy. 204 pp. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 7-9/16" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Published in January 1837 this collection of 10 tales has as the lead & title contribution Dickens' story which first appeared in the British "Library of Fiction" April 1836. Carey Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
Paris: Baudry's European Library 1844. 1st edition thus. Period brown half-calf bindings with marbled paper boards & edges. General wear & rubs to bindings. Volumes cocked. Prior owner signature & bookplate modern. A VG set of an uncommon edition with OCLC showing only 3 cc in the United States. 2 volumes 2 iv 543 1 blank; 4 483 5 blank pp. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> Baudry's European Library hardcover books
Universtiy Park Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press 1991. 1st edition. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. Nr Fine/Nr Fine small abrasion to rear panel top left. x 218 pp including Index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>An attempt to identify the real people who served as models for Dickens' characters. The Pennsylvania State University Press hardcover books
New York: Random House 1952. 1st edition. Black cloth binding printed in red and white design and lettering. Yellow topstain. Red printed dj designed by Armitage. Slight lean VG. Jacket spine quite sunned with light overall wear. VG. 8 181 3 blank pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
London: Ruper Hart-Davis 1959. 1st ed inscribed. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. Nr F/VG sp darkened/some minor soiling. 95 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>The author looks at Dickens' hidden life with Ellen Ternan. Ruper Hart-Davis hardcover books
Chicago: The Caxton Club 1938. 1st edition. Limited to 250 cc. Red cloth binding. Nr Fine spine a bit faded. 29 pp. 3 plates. 8vo. <br/><br/>An address delivered to the Caxton Club January 16th 1937. Printed by Updike at the Merrymount Press. The Caxton Club hardcover books
New York: Dodd Mead 1940. Advance Review Copy with publisher slip laid-in. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. Average wear. Spine dull. Very Good. ix 3 250 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Selections from the Inimitable's works. Dodd Mead hardcover books
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop Inc n. d. 1st printing. Colored papered wrappers with black title lettering printed to front cover. VG. 2 62 pp. A few photographic images. 9" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Heritage Book Shop Inc unknown books
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop Inc n. d. 1st printing. Colored papered wrappers with black title lettering printed to front cover. VG. 2 62 pp. A few photographic images. 9" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Heritage Book Shop Inc unknown books
Chicago: James M. W. Borg 1978. 1st printing. Green paper wrappers with black printed title lettering to front cover. Sunning to spine otherwise a VG copy. Unpaginated. Several black and white images. 9" x 6" <br/><br/> James M. W. Borg unknown books
London: Chapman & Hall 1848. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 798; VanderPoel B206. Pale green printed wrappers. VG green wrapper split at spine fold/lt soil & wear/plates have some of the usual foxing & browning. 4 plates. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" <br/><br/>Not in Gimbel though see H1002 & H1003 which is a similar such set for OCS & BR. Chapman & Hall unknown books
London: James Nisbet & Co 1913. 1st Trade Edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt and embossed face of Dickens face stamped to front board. Gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. TEG. Sunning to spine and biopredation to spine and front board soiled foxing through out book PO stamp to inner front board. Withal an About Good copy. xiv 320 pp including index. 39 plates. 10" x 7" <br/><br/> James Nisbet & Co hardcover books
London: James Nisbet & Co 1913. 1st Trade Edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt and embossed face of Dickens face stamped to front board. Gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. TEG. Dust jacket. Very Good/Fair stained lacking lower half of spine panel/mylar cover taped to book. xiv 320 pp including index. 39 plates. 10" x 7" <br/><br/> James Nisbet & Co hardcover books
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1932. 1st edition. Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. VG top edge dusty/offset to eps/Abt VG some edgewear/chipping @ hd & tail of spine. xii 204 8 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/>"Burdett-Coutts spent the majority of her wealth on scholarships endowments and a wide range of philanthropic causes. One of her earliest philanthropic acts was to co-found with Charles Dickens a home for young women who had 'turned to a life of immorality' including theft and prostitution. The home was known as Urania Cottage." Wiki. The volume contains many hitherto unpublished letters to Burdett-Coutts which gives one a good flavor of Dickens rather sympathetic nature for those less fortunate. Uncommon in jacket. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1919. Early if not a first printing. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Buff printed dust jacket with image of Gad's Hill Place to front panel. A VG copy in an About VG dust jacket. 8 308 pp including Index. Frontis of Dickens. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>Uncommon in jacket. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1919. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Spine dull. POS to ffep. Newspaper offset to half-title page. Some foxing. Very Good. 8 308 4 blank pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens. 8vo. <br/><br/> Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1871. 1st printing of the Facsimile edition See Eckel p 154. Printed self-wrappers. Age-toning to paper. Wear to spine paper with loss. 3/4" vertical tear to front wrapper lower edge. An About VG copy. 46 2 blank pp. Unopened. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/>One of the scarcest Dickens' titles in the original printing. Chapman & Hall unknown books
n. p.: Privately Printed 1928. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 815. Limitd to 250cc this #98. Buff parchment paper spine & tips with grey paper-wrapped boards. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Spine darkened. Prior owner signature to front paste-down. A VG copy. 58 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles drawings etc. 8-5/8" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>One of Dickens' scarcest titles in the original printing here reproduced with related drawings facsimile letters e.g. Dickens to Chapman & Hall facsimile Playbill etc. Privately Printed hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1871. 1st printing of the Facsimile edition See Eckel p 154. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Plain paper printed wrappers bound-in. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Minor extremity wear. Withal a handsome VG copy. 4 46 pp. Binder's blanks. Hand-colored frontispiece by Pailthorpe. Extra-illustrated with Engraving of Dickens by Buttre and an image of J. P. Harley as he was dressed for his 1836 performance. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: W. H. Allen & Co 1889. 1st edition. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG extremity wear/slt lean. 284 pp. Small 8vo. <br/><br/>Chapter 13 relates Dickens' influence. W. H. Allen & Co hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1914. 1st edition NCBEL III 808. Original blue printed paper covers. Wrappers with edge wear & age-darkening with paper spine repair as well as to the cover's lower corners. An About VG copy. 79 1 blank pp. Reproduction of Part-issue wrapper graphics p. 5. Royal 8vo. 9-7/8" x 7-1/4" <br/><br/>A mock trial heard in King's Hall Covent Garden on Wednesday 7 January 1914 with G. K. Chesterton presiding & George Bernard Shaw as the Jury Foreman. Uncommon on the market. Chapman & Hall unknown books
London: Wass Pritchard & Co 1923. 1st edition NCBEL III 827. Stiff buff printed wrappers. VG minor soiling to wrappers. 32 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>The many ways to say "NO" to requests for a 'small sum to see one through.'. Somewhat uncommon item. Wass Pritchard & Co unknown books
London: Cecil Palmer 1930. 1st trade edition NCBEL III 840. Red cloth binding. Red dust jacket. VG/VG light wear/spine panel a bit sun-tanned. Uncommon in jacket. vi 2 216 pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>With the Publication of Charles Dickens' Original MSS on "The Condition of the Working Classes" together with his Original Letter to Dr Southwood Smith on "The Condition of the Poor". Cecil Palmer hardcover books
London: Wass Pritchard & Co 1923. 1st edition NCBEL III 849. INSCRIBED by the author in the 3rd person on the ffep dated 1926. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Spine sunned. Very Good. 2 blank 103 1 blank pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon item. Wass Pritchard & Co hardcover books
London: Privately Printed by the Chiswick Press 1926. 1st edition cf. NCBEL III 840. Red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine & front board. Spine sunned a bit. A VG - VG copy. 112 pp. Unopened. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon item; NCBEL notes this title with a 1930 date. Not in Gimbel nor VanderPoel. Privately Printed by the Chiswick Press hardcover books
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1936. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author to 'Osgood' on the ffep. Orange cloth spine with grey paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. NF/VG sp panel slightly darkened/lt edgewear. x 156 pp. 25 illustrations; 2 maps. 8vo. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
Rochester NY: Sherwin Cody School of English n. d. Flexible brown paper wrappers with embossed lettering; yapp edges. VG. 157 pp. 5-3/8" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>Selections from Dickens' works. Sherwin Cody School of English unknown books
San Francisco 1887. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Vertical fold line. Very Good. A fill-in-the-blanks job-printed receipt for this California publisher detailing layaway terms. Verso with blanks to record customer's payment record. 3-7/8" x 10" <br/><br/>One Francis Cutting has deposited One Dollar as of February 19 1887 towards purchase of "1 Set Dickens" at a list price of $10.00. The set was paid in full March 21st of that year. As background to this transaction we find that in the 1870s Collier started work as a salesman for P. J. Kenedy publisher of books for the Roman Catholic market. When Collier wanted to boost sales by offering books on a subscription plan it led to a disagreement with Kenedy so Collier left to start his own subscription service. P. F. Collier & Son began in 1875 expanding into the largest subscription house in America with sales of 30 million books during the 1900–1910 decade." Wiki So here offered a surviving 1880s receipt of Collier's very successful subscription business. unknown books
London: Ben Johnson & Co 1923. 1st editon. Red cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Spine sunned. General wear. Offset to eps. Very Good. 145 1 advert pp. illustrated with drawings by E. Ridsdale Tate. 12mo. <br/><br/> Ben Johnson & Co hardcover books
New York: The Grolier Club 1913. 1st edition. Large paper version; limited to 300cc. Paper wrapped boards with gilt stamped lettering. Lacks publisher's box. Spine sun-tanned. Some extremity wear. A VG copy. xxvi 230 pp. Untrimmed. Illustrated including a color frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Grolier Club hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1919. 1st edition NCBEL III 840. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. VG sp faded/some wear. 254 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Crotch examines the reaction of Dickens to the influence of English literature. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: John Long 1904. 1st edition Miller p. 231. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Average wear. A VG copy. 143 1 pp. Printer's device to t.p. 12mo. <br/><br/>A compilation of daily quotations from Dickens' first novel Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. John Long hardcover books
New York: The Macmillan Company 1930. 1st edition NCBEL III 840. Blue printed cloth boards. Dust jacket. VG slight lean/Abt VG edgewear & chipping. 208 pp. Illustrations from the original adverts. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
London: Chapman and Hall Ltd 1926. 1st edition NCBEL III 791. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. VG avg wear/lt soiling to cloth/rear joint rubbed/4mm abrasion to spine. xvi 224 pp. Illustrated with plates & from b/w photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall, Ltd hardcover books
Philadelphia: Lippincott 1927. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Spine a bit dull. Bookplate. Very Good. 284 4 blank pp. Bound from the British sheets. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Lippincott hardcover books
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