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‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol‎

‎Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company 1910. 196 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Green cloth decorated in gold. About Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 196 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. IN DJ NOT IN GIMBEL. Carr B-369 copy inscribed "Christmas 1910;" not in Gimbel Henry Altemus Company unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 233079

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol Collector's Edition‎

‎New York: Pocket Books 1939. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brazelton Julian. Collector's Edition. Lacks publisher's pamphlet. Light general wear. 1939 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 217 pp. "A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas commonly known as A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder gentler man. Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol during a period when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions including carols and newer customs such as Christmas trees. He was influenced by the experiences of his own youth and by the Christmas stories of other authors including Washington Irving and Douglas Jerrold. Dickens had written three Christmas stories prior to the novella and was inspired following a visit to the Field Lane Ragged School one of several establishments for London's street children. The treatment of the poor and the ability of a selfish man to redeem himself by transforming into a more sympathetic character are the key themes of the story. There is discussion among academics as to whether this is a fully secular story or if it is a Christian allegory. Published on 19 December the first edition sold out by Christmas Eve; by the end of 1844 thirteen editions had been released. Most critics reviewed the novella favourably. The story was illicitly copied in January 1844; Dickens took legal action against the publishers who went bankrupt further reducing Dickens's small profits from the publication. He went on to write four other Christmas stories in subsequent years. In 1849 he began public readings of the story which proved so successful he undertook 127 further performances until 1870 the year of his death. A Christmas Carol has never been out of print and has been translated into several languages; the story has been adapted many times for film stage opera and other media. A Christmas Carol captured the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday. Dickens had acknowledged the influence of the modern Western observance of Christmas and later inspired several aspects of Christmas including family gatherings seasonal food and drink dancing games and a festive generosity of spirit."--Wikipedia Pocket Books hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 2312541

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas‎

‎New York: Holiday House 1940. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth spine and illustrated boards with paper spine label in original glassine overwrapper. Fine. Philip Reed. 148 pages. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Printed at Chicago by the Monastery Hill Press with color lithograph drawings by Philip Reed. Almost as new copy. Holiday House hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 22653

‎DICKENS CHARLES‎

‎A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN PROSE BEING A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS‎

‎New York: Monastery Hill Press 1940. Top edge gilt. Gilt-panelled spine. Covers bordered by twin double-ruled fillets corner holly berries. Central front cover inlay of Mr. Fezziwig in a jaunty dancing pose using four different colors of leather. Chapter heads and text illustrations in block color technique. A beautiful edition of this Christmas classic. 148pp. First Reed Edition. Full Crimson Morocco. Nearly Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Philip Reed. Small Octavo. Monastery Hill Press Hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 014022

‎DICKENS Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being A Ghost Story of Christmas‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1843. First. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece & 3 plates by John Leech all hand colored as issued; 4 woodcut text illustrations. 2 pages of undated ads at end. 166 pages. Small slim 8vo light brown vertically ribbed cloth stamped in blind with single line & decorative border; gilt wreath surrounding the title; spine with gilt lettering & ornaments gilt edges. London: Chapman & Hall 1843. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue with red & blue title page mottled green end-papers & Stave I at the beginning of the text. The binding is stained and the hinges are cracked but otherwise a clean sound copy in a red morocco solander case.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 261870

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol The Chimes & The Cricket on the Hearth Barnes & Noble Classics‎

‎Sterling Publishing 2004-03-25. PAPERBACK. Very Good. 1593080336 Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Sterling Publishing paperback books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : SKU1029058 ISBN : 1593080336 9781593080334

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost story of Christmas‎

‎Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1844. First American edition. Small 8vo illustrated with 8 plates after the originals by John Leech a hand-colored frontispiece three There is a hand colored frontispiece of Mr. Fezziwig's ball three colored plates that are lithographed by P. S. Duval and four black-and-white original brown cloth decorated and lettered in blind and gilt on the front cover and spine and in blind only on rear cover by J. C. Russell Binder. First American edition of Dickens' most popular work. replicating the first English edition the American edition was printed by "C. Sherman printer" as noted on the verso of the title-page. Carey & Hart's American publication was a piracy published in blatant disregard to Dickens' impassioned plea for international copyright protection during his tour of America in 1843. The present copy is in the rare gift binding stamped on the front cover with the binder's name unlike in the ordinary bindings. Edgar & Vail p. 21; Gimbel a80; McGuire Collection 31; Wilkins p. 38; Suzzanet Collection p. 190 item 78 the ordinary binding only. a short 1/8 inch closed tear at the top of the spine slight foxing to endpapers otherwise a remarkably fine copy of this edition far scarcer than the English edition. Enclosed in a red half-morocco folding box. <br/><br/> Carey & Hart hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 28883

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas‎

‎Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1844. First American edition. Title-page printed in red and blue half-title printed in blue handcolored lithographed frontispiece and 3 handcolored lithographed plates after John Leech by P. S. Duval 4 wood-engraved plates after Leech. 12mo. Publisher's rib-grain purple cloth covers blind-panelled spine gilt in close imitation of the Chapman and Hall design white endpapers plain edges; spine faded head and foot of spine and corners trifle worn; ; some very light browning to text. Contemporary signature of Mary Belknap on recto of frontispiece. First American edition. Title-page printed in red and blue half-title printed in blue handcolored lithographed frontispiece and 3 handcolored lithographed plates after John Leech by P. S. Duval 4 wood-engraved plates after Leech. 12mo. First American Edition. In this issue the frontispiece like that of the Tauchnitz edition is the plate of Marley's Ghost and Scrooge. In the gift-binding issue the frontispiece plate is "Mr. Fezziwig's Ball" as in the first London edition. Gimbel/Podeschi A80 Carey & Hart unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 100522

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol: The Story of Old Scrooge‎

‎NP No date but likely circa 1975. Very Good. Dickens Charles. A Christmas Carol: The Story of Old Scrooge. NP: NP No date but likely circa 1975. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Glossy pages printed in full color. NP unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : UDICCHR00tw

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Complete Set of the Nine Extra Christmas Numbers of ALL THE YEAR ROUND‎

‎1859. London: Office of All The Year Round / Chapman & Hall 1859-1867. In nine volumes. Original self-wrappers first four and blue printed wrappers last five -- as issued.<br/><br/> First Editions of all nine "Extra Christmas Numbers" of this periodical that Charles Dickens founded and edited for its nine years of existence. Previously he had likewise founded Household Words which likewise lasted nine years -- and which has nine Extra Christmas Numbers as well. In addition to editing these tales Dickens also wrote a portion of them -- specifically per Eckel: Christmas 1859: THE HAUNTED HOUSE. Dickens wrote "The Mortals in the House" "The Ghost in Master B's Room" and "The Ghost in the Corner Room" as well as most of the other opening paragraphs. Christmas 1860: A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. Dickens wrote Chapters I II and V plus passages in the others; the rest is by Wilkie Collins. Christmas 1861: TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VII. Christmas 1862: SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE. Dickens wrote "His Leaving It Til Called For" "His Boots" "His Brown-Paper Parcel" "His Wonderful End" plus part of "His Umbrella." Christmas 1863: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. Dickens wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1864: MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. Dickens again wrote Chapters I and VII. Christmas 1865: DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS. Dickens wrote Chapters I VI and VIII. Christmas 1866: MUGBY JUNCTION. Dickens wrote "Barbox Brothers" "Barbox Brothers and Co." "Main Line" and "No. 1 Branch Line." Christmas 1867: NO THOROUGHFARE. Dickens wrote the Overture Act III plus parts of Act I and Act IV; Wilkie Collins wrote the rest. As for condition all nine issues are near-fine the self-wrappers of the first four have some minor expert restoration; the latter five's blue wrappers are just about fine except for some small ink-drops on the fifth; the leaves of the 1864 and 1867 issues are unopened. It is very tough to assemble all nine of these in this condition. Podeschi Yale E11 E13-E20. Housed in a handsome though lightly scuffed full-morocco case with inner chemise. unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 14617

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE‎

‎1860. London: St. Luke's Hospital 1860. Original pale pink wrappers. First Edition second and usual issue -- with the final paragraph in bold not like the rest of the text with the wrapper pink not mauve -- though all are today faded with the front cover title followed by a comma not by a period and with the front cover border decorative only at the corners not all 'round. Dickens describes the wretched conditions inside St. Luke's Hospital "established in 1751 for the treatment and care of lunatics" and in particular the "very sad and touching spectacle" of the annual Christmas Ball there dancing around the Christmas tree. He actually wrote the original piece in 1852 at which time it appeared in his Household Words Dickens's authorship was questioned until 1913 when the original manuscript -- in his hand -- turned up. It is here published in book form for the first time eight years later when Dickens gave permission for the hospital to use it as a fundraising appeal. The hospital added two items to update the piece: an article about the 1860 Ball from the "Times" plus a brief article "Contrast between 1852 and 1860" in which the hospital asserts that many of the deficiencies cited by Dickens have since been addressed. The results of the initial mailing were not good -- which is why for this second issue the final paragraph the actual appeal was highlighted in bold. This is a fine copy of this very fragile item with scarcely any wear soil or foxing; as usual the pink wrappers have faded. Tipped to a corner of the inside front wrapper is an old but hyperbolic catalogue description. As with almost all copies there is a vertical crease because the booklet was folded vertically when the fundraising appeal was mailed out in narrow envelopes. Uncommon in this condition. Podeschi Yale B216 second copy; Carr U of Texas B465; Eckel pp 188-191. Housed in a cloth clamshell case lined with felt. <br/><br/> hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 14421

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Curious Dance Round a Curious Tree.‎

‎London: St. Lukes Hospital 1860. First edition first issue of Charles Dickens' article on Saint Luke's Hospital "for the gratuitous treatment of the insane poor." Octavo loosely bound in wrappers. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and chemise pull-off box. Rare. Dickens' A Curious Dance Round a Curious Tree was published by St. Luke's Hospital in 1860 to raise funds for their Hospital for Lunatics. The volume contains a sketch about a visit to St. Luke's at Christmas by Dickens along with another piece he wrote about the hospital from an unsigned article in the London Times. St. Lukes Hospital unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 96189

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA‎

‎1860. An Extra Double Number of of All The Year Round. New York: J. M. Emerson & Co. 1860. Original self-wrappers bound in at the rear of the February 1861 monthly issue which has its own pale-yellow printed wrappers. First American Edition "published simultaneously in London and New York " according to the front wrapper -- of the second of the nine extra Christmas numbers of All The Year Round. Dickens actually wrote only the first second and fifth chapters of A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA the remainder having been written by his son-in-law's brother Wilkie Collins. This was the second of the nine extra Christmas number of All The Year Round of which Dickens was the editor. This is the only one of the nine annual numbers to be illustrated -- having on page 5 a woodcut of the actual "message from the sea." This example has the 48-page Extra Christmas Number bound in at the rear of the February 1861 monthly issue which includes the weekly issues of January. Included in those weekly issues are the first two serial parts of GREAT EXPECTATIONS the first of which leads off with the well-known "My father's family name being Pirrip.". Quite scarce -- much scarcer than the London edition. Very good condition wear at the corners. Not in Podeschi Yale -- see E13; see Eckel pp 195. unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 12173

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A PICKWICK PORTRAIT GALLERY FROM THE PENS OF DIVERS ADMIRERS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEMBERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB THEIR FRIENDS AND ENEMIES‎

‎London & New York: Chapman & Hall / Scribner 1936. Cloth. Frontis illustrations. First edition. Review copy with slip of the U.S. issue. Erasure from title-page spots of binder's glue on gutter of frontispiece top edge dusty cloth a bit darkened but a good copy in a spine-darkened frayed soiled dust jacket with an inner tape mend and the price clipped with a price in U.S. dollars stamped on the bottom of the front flap. Chapman & Hall / Scribner hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : WRCLIT40844

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A PLATED ARTICLE. With an Introductory Account of the Historical Spode-Copeland China Works to Which it Refers‎

‎Stoke-Upon-Trent: Spode n. d. 1st separate prtg. Paper covered boards. VG. 20 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>A reprint of an 1852 Households Words article; a puff for Spode china. Spode hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 2741.1

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A PLATED ARTICLE. With an Introductory Account of the Historical Spode-Copeland China Works to Which it Refers‎

‎Stoke-Upon-Trent: Spode n. d. 1st separate prtg. Paper covered boards. Gd dampstain to rear board & rear portion of text block/boards soiled. 20 pp 12mo. <br/><br/>A reprint of an 1852 Households Words article; a puff for Spode china. Spode hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 2741.3

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A ROUND OF STORIES by The Christmas Fire‎

‎1853. New York: Stringer & Townsend 1853. Original greyish-pink printed wrappers. Early first American edition of this the third of Dickens's nine "Extra Christmas Numbers" of his weekly periodical Household Words. This came out in London in December 1852 and then was published in America in early 1853 by several publishers McElrath & Lord doing the authorized American issue of HhW plus Harper plus this effort. Dickens himself wrote only the first two stories -- "The Poor Relation's Story" and "The Child's Story." This copy includes the delicate original greyish-pink wrappers and is in very good-plus condition minor edge-wear a few droplet-marks on some leaves within. Podeschi Yale B225. unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 12212

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Tale of Two Cities‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition this copy with page 213 correctly numbered. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. 254 pp. 8vo. Bound in half pebbled crimson morocco and crimson cloth sides. Scattered light foxing and some stray marks. First edition this copy with page 213 correctly numbered. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. 254 pp. 8vo. Provenance: J.M. Carmichael ownership signature dated Oct. 7 1860 on ffep. Smith 13 Chapman and Hall unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 307691

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Tale Of Two Cities‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall 1859. First Edition. First Issue Professionally re-backed preserving much of the original back strip and the blind embossed red cloth covered boards with new end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Overall in very good plus condition with slight foxing to the engraved title pages. Page 243/244 has a 1 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge which has been repaired. The plate facing page 72 has been professionally reattached; however its extreme lower edge is soiled. The top edge of the text block is soiled. 254 pages of text followed by the publisher's Catalogue of Books 32 pages dated November 1859. With 14 plates and the frontispiece and the vignette titlepage by H. K. Browne 'Phiz'. The list of plates shows the signature letter "b" the page number error on 213 is present as is the misspelling of "affectionately" on page 134 line 12 all of which evidence this copy as a first issue. Eckel p.86 Podeschi A143; Smith 13 Chapman & Hall hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : TB29375

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Tale of Two Cities‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue. Three quarter leather binding over marbled boards with marbled endsheets. Light rubbing to leather at corners and fore edge. Previous owner details to prelim with a short repaired tear. Pages sporadically foxed a bit heavier to plates. The classic Dickens tale set during the French Revolution with the iconic opening line "It was the best of times it was the worst of times. Chapman & Hall hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 160801013

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Tale of Two Cities‎

‎Easton Press 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Full-bound leather with gilt lettering decorations and edges. Moire endpapers. Collectors Edition. Previous owners bookplate on front free end paper. Easton Press hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 1507024

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A tale of two cities Hard times and The mystery of Edwin Drood wrapper title‎

‎New York: F. M. Lupton publisher 1889. Small folio pp. 96; text in triple column; original pictorial wrappers; text toned some cracking along the upper joint otherwise very good. Issued as volume III no. 262 in the Leisure Hour Library. Not in Gimbel/Podesci. <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton, publisher unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 58570

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Tale of Two Cities.‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works with p. 213 misnumbered "113" the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12 p. 134. Octavo bound in full morocco gilt titles to the spine raised bands inner dentelles marbled endpapers. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. A very nice example. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist an authentic ogress and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. "Dickens had always admired Carlyle's History of the French Revolution and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a 'cartload' of volumes. So great was Dickens' enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed 'taken in possession' of him. The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens' real sense of transcendence from his ability to see the sweep of destiny" Ackroyd 858. The last of Dickens' books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne "Phiz" with 16 engraved plates by him. "Browne for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these Dickens' books produced his last drawings for the present work. Bradbury and Evans the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickens' works as issued in monthly parts had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorrit. resulting in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding works" Hatton & Cleaver 333. Chapman and Hall hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 119569

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Tale of Two Cities.‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works with p. 213 misnumbered "113" the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12 p. 134. Octavo bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands marbled endpapers. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. Ownership signature. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist an authentic ogress and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. "Dickens had always admired Carlyle's History of the French Revolution and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a 'cartload' of volumes. So great was Dickens' enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed 'taken in possession' of him. The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens' real sense of transcendence from his ability to see the sweep of destiny" Ackroyd 858. The last of Dickens' books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne "Phiz" with 16 engraved plates by him. "Browne for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these Dickens' books produced his last drawings for the present work. Bradbury and Evans the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickens' works as issued in monthly parts had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorrit. resulting in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding works" Hatton & Cleaver 333. Chapman and Hall hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 110251

‎Dickens Charles‎

‎A Tale of Two Cities.‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First edition first issue of one of Dickens' most enduring works with p. 213 misnumbered "113" the signature mark "b" at the foot of the plate list and the misspelling "affetcionately" on line 12 p. 134. Octavo bound in full contemporary calf gilt titles and tooling to the spine panels decoratively triple-ruled in gilt with gilt floral cornerpieces marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Sixteen plates after H.K. Browne including frontispiece and title vignette. In near fine condition. The most famous and possibly the most popular of Dickens's novels A Tale of Two Cities shows a master of dramatic narrative extracting gold from the ore of history. If the bloody tableau of the French Revolution were not in itself sufficient for a dozen novels Dickens added to it a professional resurrectionist an authentic ogress and an antihero as convincingly flawed as any in modern literature. "Dickens had always admired Carlyle's History of the French Revolution and asked him to recommend suitable books from which he could research the period; in reply Carlyle sent him a 'cartload' of volumes. So great was Dickens' enthusiasm for the story that it had indeed 'taken in possession' of him. The force of the novel springs from its exploration of darkness and death but its beauty derives from Dickens' real sense of transcendence from his ability to see the sweep of destiny" Ackroyd 858. The last of Dickens' books to be illustrated by H.K. Browne "Phiz" with 16 engraved plates by him. "Browne for 23 years responsible for all the etchings which had so successfully embellished these Dickens' books produced his last drawings for the present work. Bradbury and Evans the printers of all and publishers of five of Dickens' works as issued in monthly parts had ceased to act in this dual capacity after completion of Little Dorrit. resulting in the return of Chapman and Hall as publishers of this and all succeeding works" Hatton & Cleaver 333. Chapman and Hall unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 104577