Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers No. 306 Chestnut Street 1870. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping including bust of Dickens to spine. Gilt bright. Modest shelfwear. Bookplate. Prior owner signature to t.p. A VG - VG volume. 15 - 484 6 14 6 pp. The 6 page "Controversy" folows text with 18 pages of adverts following. Last leaf blank. Frontispiece of Dickens. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>The "Controversy" addresses the issue of Dickens' remuneration from American publishing houses. T. B. Peterson & Brothers, No. 306 Chestnut Street hardcover books
New York: Basic Books Inc 1965. 1st edition. Purple cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Purple dust jacket with white title lettering to front panel and black title lettering to spine. Slight lean sunning to extremities and PO signature to ffep. Sunning to extremities of dust jacket and light water stain. A VG copy in a VG jacket. 389 3 blank pp including Bibliography and Index. 8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/> Basic Books Inc hardcover books
London: Walter Scott 1887. 1st edition NCBEL III 829. Blue cloth binding. VG cloth dull. 166 xxxiii 9 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Small paper edition; contains bibliography by Anderson. Walter Scott hardcover books
London: The Dickens House 1905. 1st volume edition. Red cloth binding with Dickens' gilt facsimile signature to front board. Spine panel sunned. Small piece of cloth missing @ base of spine. About VG. 12 issues. 334 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Green wrappers bound-in @ rear of volume. The Dickens House hardcover books
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons 1924. 1st edition "Edition De Luxe" copy #338 SIGNED by Matz Copping & the publisher. Gimbel D198. Publisher's brown leather binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board blind embossed. General wear mostly to extremities. Bookplate to rear paste-down. About Very Good. 146 pp. 30 color plates by Copping. 4 facsimiles. 4to. <br/><br/> Raphael Tuck & Sons hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1912. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG spine sunned/some wear/bpt. 12 issues. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1908. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. Nr Fine sp sunned. 12 issues. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1908. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. Nr Fine sp sunned. 12 issues. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons Sole Agents for America and Canada 1906. 1st US issue bound with UK sheets. Original printed green paper wrappers. Age toning to wrappers. Wear to fore-edge. A VG copy. 28 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Thomas Nelson & Sons, Sole Agents for America and Canada unknown books
London: Chapman & Hall 1910. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG sp sunned/minor fraying to spine ends. 12 issues. 336 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1926. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG lt sunning/faint soiling. 4 issues. 290 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
The Doldrums Ormond Beach 1936. 1st Edition Klinefelter 114. Floral papered boards with 3/4 red cloth to spine and corners. Gilt title lettering and logo stamped to front board. Floral decorative eps. TEG. Without glassine dust jacket. Very light foxing to frontis. Withal a VG copy. 10 19 7 blank pp. Untrimmed. One color frontis and one wood cut. One decorative initial letter hand colored. 7-1/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> hardcover books
London - Paris - New York 1868. 1st edition thus Gimbel B295 i.e. with the lithographic plate reproducing Dicken's letter. This copy SIGNED by Dickens in blue ink on the original ffep "Faithfully yours / Charles Dickens flourish". We posit it was signed by Dickens during his 1868 tour of America. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original publisher's green cloth binding bound-in at rear. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. A handsome VG copy. 5 v 141 1 pp. Binder's blanks at front & rear. Frontis of Menken. Facsimile of Dickens' "letter" which is actually comprised of portions from 2 letters Dickens sent Menken cf. LETTERS v. 11. Cuts as head- tailpieces. Sq 12mo. 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Dickens knew Menken through her 1864 performances at Astley's during which time she was accepted by the London Bohemian crowd holding 'literary salons' at her suite at the Westminster Palace Hotel. Her aspirations toward literature resulted in this modest volume of poetry which she decicated to "Charles Dickens" a gesture the Inimitable accepted with 'great pleasure'. <br /> <br />This particular copy comes from a prominent Detroit businessman's collection gathered in the 1920s and only now 100 years later coming onto the market. hardcover books
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1883. Later edition. Green publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering. Red edgestain. Minor extremity wear. Bright gilt. A VG copy. 124 pp. Engraved t.p. Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 5-7/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>"Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress painter and poet and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage. After great success for a few years with the play in New York and San Francisco she appeared in a production in London and Paris from 1864 to 1866. After a brief trip back to the United States she returned to Europe. However she became ill within two years and died in Paris at the age of 33." Wiki. This minor literary effort by the famous actress was dedicated to Charles Dickens. The frontispiece is facsimile of letter from Dickens to Menken thanking her for the honor. J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co 1929. Forest green cloth with color pictorial onlay to front board. Yellow topstain. Color pictorial dust jacket which replicates binding design. VG poi to preliminary blank/po name stamp to ffep/VG average wear with closed tear to top edge of front panel/po stamp to front flap upper portion. xiii 1 274 2 pp. Penultimage page an advert. 14 illustrations by Clara M. Burd including a color frontis. 8-3/4" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> The John C. Winston Co hardcover books
New York: St. Martin's Press 1981. 1st edition. Tan cloth binding gilt stamped lettering to spine. Orange pictorial DJ. DJ spine sunned. A Fine book in a Near Fine DJ. x 131 1 blank pp. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> St. Martin's Press hardcover books
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. Presentation copy. Tan cloth with gilt lettering. VG bpt/bookseller label. Tipped in on rear blank is a Drood bibliography 1911 - 1928 pbd by the Dickensian circa 1928. 212 pp including index. Frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/>Inscribed by Nicoll on the ffep to Dr James Moffatt co-author with Nicoll of 'The Expositor's Dictionary of Texts'. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
London: T. C. Newby 1844. 1st edition Eckel pp. 146 - 147. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. A handsome VG copy of a book somewhat uncommon on the commerical market. xiii 3 205 1 pp. T.p. printed in red & blue. Last page advert. Frontis engraved by Halbert of marble Dickens' bust by Dexter. 8vo. 6-3/8" x 4" <br/><br/>Written by a dying carpenter who had a literary yearning that was filled by the publication of this modest effort. Dickens contributed advice regarding publishers including Newby who took on the work as well as the 8-1/2 page Preface. T. C. Newby hardcover books
Philadelphia 1938. 1st printing Gimble H356; Miller p. 281. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Housed in a custom maroon cloth chemise; gilt stamped black leather title label to spine. Booklet: library label affixed to p. 2 otherwise Nr Fine. ANs with vertical fold-line also Nr Fine. Case - Modest shelfwear VG. Unpaginated though 18 pp including wrappers. 7" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>The catalogue provides a chronological list of Dickens' works as found in the Parrish collection through 1938. The 5 Oct 1942 ANs to Miller author of The Dickens Student and Collector London: 1946 regrets the delay in responding to Miller's request re: seeking a copy of this booklet and noting "This is not a complete list as many items have been added since that date." hardcover books
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press 1977. 1st edition. Green cloth. Dust jacket. VG/VG minor wear. 302 pp including index 8vo. <br/><br/> Southern Illinois University Press hardcover books
Philadelphia: Dickens Fellowship 1914. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. Blue cloth binding. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. Abt VG bookplate/unobtrusive evidence of damping along lower edge. 152 pp. illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>A mock trial of Jasper put on by the Philadelphia chapter of the Fellowship. Dickens Fellowship hardcover books
Philadelphia: Dickens Fellowship 1914. 1st editon limited to 500 copies #66/500. SIGNED by the editor. Blue cloth binding. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. VG some light wear at the extremities/chipping to left edge of spine label/slt cock to volume. 152 pp. illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>A mock trial of Jasper put on by the Philadelphia chapter of the Fellowship. Dickens Fellowship hardcover books
Philadelphia: Dickens Fellowship 1914. 1st edition limited to 500 copies #157/500. Presentation copy from the editor. Blue cloth binding. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. VG some light wear at the extremities/some edge chipping to the spine label. 152 pp illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>A mock trial of Jasper put on by the Philadelphia chapter of the Fellowship. Presentation inscript by Paterson on the ffep. Dickens Fellowship hardcover books
Boston: Bibliophile Society 1929. 1st edition. Limited to 425 cc. Full leather binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. 2 part slipcase with printed paper title label. Fine only light wear at the extremities in a VG 2-part slipcase. 100 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>The work looks at Dickens' efforts to establish with Baroness Burdett-Coutts a home for "fallen women." Bibliophile Society hardcover books
London: Metheun & Co. Ltd 1949. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. No dust jacket. Slight lean. Cloth a bit soiled. Very Good. XI 1 366 pp. Illustrated with 15 plates. 8vo. <br/><br/> Metheun & Co. Ltd hardcover books
New York: Harper & Bros 1949. 1st US ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr. F/VG lt edgewear/sp sunned. 361 pp 21 b&w illustrations 8vo. <br/><br/>Pearson a well known biographer of the era and while the work broke no new ground it does give a good accounting of the Inimitable's life. Harper & Bros hardcover books
New York: Harper & Brothers 1949. 1st US edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF/VG lt edgewear/pc. 361 pp 21 b&w illustrations 8vo. <br/><br/>Pearson a well known biographer of the era and while the work broke no new ground it does give a good accounting of the Inimitable's life. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1912. 1st Edition Miller p. 200. Green cloth with gilt stamped lettering and gilt stamped graphic of Pickwick to front board. Modest wear with bright gilt. Age-toning to eps and a smattering of foxing to edges. Prior owner signature to ffep. Withal a VG copy. xii 254 pp. 48 inserted costume plates by Edward Handley-Read 8vo. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
New York: Burt Franklin 1970. Reprint of the revised & enlarged 1928 2nd edition. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Spine lightly sunned. A VG copy. xxii 375 1 blank pp. Frontis of Dickens. 8vo. <br/><br/> Burt Franklin hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1909. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG cloth dull/owner sig on ffep. 409 pp royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Includes a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1909. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG spine & top of binding is sunned/newspaper clippings tipped-in to blank front fly. Ex-Lib pocket on ffep/faint evidence of label removal from spine. 409 pp. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Includes a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: Simpkin Marshall 1928. 2nd edition revised & enlarged. Blue cloth. Spine sunned as is a portion of the covers where exposed. A VG copy. 375 pp. illustrated 4to. <br/><br/>Has a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. Simpkin Marshall hardcover books
New York: Columbia University Press 1978. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. A Nr Fine copy in a spine-sunned VG dust jacket. xi 1 blank 303 1 blank pp including Index. 16 page suite with 20 illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/>"Combining literary study and social history Norris Pope examines key issues in the reform movement that shook English society in Dickens's era." Columbia University Press hardcover books
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1961. 1st edition thus i.e. by this publisher. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/Nr. F. 144 pp including Index. Filled with illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
London: Bell & Daldy 1866. 1st edition thus Eckel pp. 148 - 149; NCBEL III 825. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. A handsome VG copy. 24 329 1 pp. Frontis of Proctor. Text illustrated by Dobson Palmer Tenniel et al. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>This the first appearance of Proctor's poetry with Dickens' 11 page introduction a feature retained through the many subsequent editions. Bell & Daldy hardcover books
London: W. H. Allen & Co. 13 Waterloo Place 1887. 1st edition Cox 1124; NCBEL III 808; Sadleir 707a. Slate grey diaper cloth w/ gilt spine & cover lettering. VG minor wear at h/t of spine. i-viii 1-166 pp. Ads dated December 1887. Sm. Octavo. <br/><br/> W. H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place hardcover books
London: The New Age Press 1908. 1st edition NCBEL III 840. Brown printed wrappers. Abt VG chipping to wrappers/sp paper worn at top with loss of the two "S" in Charles & Dickens. A fragile item. 316 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>An uncommon edition in wrappers with 'Frank Palmer' printed at the base of the spine. The New Age Press unknown books