London: Chapman & Hall 1874. 1st edition. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco bindings by Root & Sons with green cloth boards. Gilt decorated spine with 5 raised bands. TEG. Grey marbled paper eps. Minor extremity wear. Bookplate "The Haldersons" in each volume. Occasional spot of foxing. All-in-all an attractive Nr Fine set. 3 volumes. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: Gollancz 1980. 1st edition. Maroon cloth binding. Yellow dust jacket printed in red & black. Nr Fine/Nr Fine. 222 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Per the dj blurb "Fact-fict-ion solution to a classic problem." Gollancz hardcover books
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992. 1st Edition in English. Red cloth backed boards. Dust jacket. F/F. ix 3 587 7 blank pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Lew Archer Father Brown Sherlock Holmes et al all focus their considerable deductive powers on "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"… Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
New York: Greenberg 1924. 1st edition. Limited to 1500cc. Dark brown cloth spine with lt brown paper wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Dust jacket. NF/VG some edgewear & chipping. 6 165 3 blank pp. Frontis of Gissing. 8vo. <br/><br/>A collection of essays originally written as introductions to the Rochester Edition of Dickens' Works of which only 6 of the 9 were published. Greenberg hardcover books
New York: G. P. Putnams Sons 1927. 1st edition Bolton PP 129. Red cloth with gilt lettering done in the style of the Christmas Books. Dust jacket. VG/VG some edge chipping & soiling. 246 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>First produced 2/15/27 in Washington DC. Reports are that the production enjoyed quite a bit of success eventually making its way to NYC where it ran for 72 performances. G. P. Putnams Sons hardcover books
New York 1927. 1st printing presumed. Not listed in Bolton though see PP 130 recording a later 5 September 1927 opening. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Partially disbound a Good copy. Unpaginated though 10 pages lacking a leaf. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>First produced 2/15/27 in Washington DC. where reports note that the production enjoyed quite a bit of success eventually making its way to NYC where it ran for 72 performances. Here we offer a program announcing its April debut in New York City though we speculate the opening was in fact in September evidently delayed from what this Shubert Majestic advertising leaflet/program publicized. unknown books
London: The Educational Book Co. Ltd n. d. 1st edition ca 1910. Blue cloth binding gilt stamped lettering and design to spine and cover. Blue topstain. Light wear & soiling. Spine gilt bright. A VG - VG copy. xvi 607 1 blank pp. Frontis 72 illustrations. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/> The Educational Book Co. Ltd hardcover books
Toronto: Published by A. H. Hovey 1871. 1st edition. Original purple cloth wth gilt spine lettering and facsimile gilt signature of Dickens' on the front board. Wear to tips. Usual browning & foxing. A VG copy. xvi 17 - 418 427 - 432 pp. Publisher adverts last 6 pages. Frontis inserted wood engraving of Gads Hill prior to text. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>One of the scarcer early biographies of Dickens. not recorded in the NCBEL or the BM extract nor by Watters or Kitton nor listed in the Gimbel or Vander Poel collections. Published by A. H. Hovey hardcover books
Boston: B. B. Russell 1871. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Original purple publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering. VG sp sunned/faint qtr-circle dampstain on lower corner margin of text. 401 pp publisher adverts at rear Frontispiece. 12mo. <br/><br/> B. B. Russell hardcover books
London: Luscombe 1974. 1st edition. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. NF bookplate/VG pc. 87 pp. Illustrated. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/>Test your knowledge of 'who' says 'what' etc. Luscombe hardcover books
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1976. Later printing. Maroon cloth binding. Maroon dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG short closed tear at top of spine panel/pc. ix 3 172 pp including Index. Illustrated from B&W photographs 8vo. <br/><br/>A look at "the places in his life and works". J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1970. 1st edition. Red cloth binding. Brown dust jacket. VG/VG some wear/pc. ix 3 172 pp including Index. Illustrated from B&W photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/> J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: Cassell 1953. 1st edition. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG bpt/VG pc. 6 270 pp including index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>A biography by one who wished to show all sides of the Inimitable. Cassell hardcover books
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1881. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. Blue cloth binding with black & gilt stamping / lettering. Red edgestain. Brown floral patterned paper eps. VG bookplate removed from front paste-down/poi to preliminary blank. 155 5 blank pp. 16mo. 5-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Mainly London scenes & settings. James R. Osgood and Company hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1924. 1st edition NCBEL III 781. Original red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Minor wear to spine crown. A VG copy. xii 175 1 blank pp. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: Book Club Associates 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG/VG age-toning. xiv 321 1 blank pp including index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Book Club Associates hardcover books
London: Thames and Hudson 1972. 1st edition. Original publisher's gold cloth binding with gilt stamping. Dust jacket. NF/VG spine panel lightly sunned/pc. 318 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/>A critical survey of Dickens' major works. Thames and Hudson hardcover books
London: O. Rich & Sons 1846. 1st edition thus BAL 8743; Tilton p. 36. Brown cloth stamped in blind BAL Binding A. Gilt spine lettering. VG the front-pastedown sale sticker noted by Tilton has been removed/contemporary dated owner sig pencil on ffep/on rear paste-down are some annotations regarding the 'Mercantile Association' e.g. 'Adds ofr by Daniel Webster Esq.'. 175 pp sm 8vo. <br/><br/>Contains 4 poems not previously collected and 4 now published for the first time in book form which includes this bit of Dickensiana: 'Song Written for the Dinner Given to Charles Dickens by the Young Men of Boston Feb. 1 1842'. The other items are reprinted from the Boston 1836 edition. O. Rich & Sons hardcover books
London: Longmans Green and Co 1914. 1st edition NCBEL III 810. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original printed peachish-yellow paper wrappers bound-in. Spine sunned as are some edges of the boards. A square & tight VG copy of an uncommon piece of Dickensiana. 95 1 blank pp. Binder's blanks. Maclise's "Nickleby" portrait reproduced on front wrapper. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens brought suit against 5 defendants for publishing/selling a piratical edition of his 'Christmas Carol'. 4 offered no substantial defense but Lee & Haddock showed fight and as a result this work makes for interesting reading. Longmans Green and Co hardcover books
New York: Simon and Schuster 1952. 1st Edition. Hardbacks. Dust jackets. VG light toning to page blocks p.o. bookplate to front paste-downs/ VG light edgewear/pc. 2 volumes xxii 585 xlvii; viii 586 - 1159 9 lxix - cxcvii pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>The most scholarly biography to-date. Uncommon in the first edition as the title was also issued by the BOMC. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
Boston: Little Brown 1964. 1st ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr. F bpt /VG call sticker at base of spine. 370 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>X-lib copy. Little, Brown hardcover books
New York: MacMillan 1919. 1st US edition. Black cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. No dust jacket. Average wear. Ex-lib with stamps to text-block edges & front paste-down. Period pos to ffep. Very Good. xii 2 397 5 pp. 4 pages of adverts conclude volume. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>Novel peopled with characters that are descendants of characters in Dickens' novel Dombey And Son 1848 and thereby attempting to answer the question of "How they got on' MacMillan hardcover books
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company 1914. 1st edition Miller p. 53. Not in the NCBEL Gimbel nor the BM extract. 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. viii 2 237 pp. 7 illustrations from photographs 12mo. <br/><br/> Frederick A Stokes Company hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 193 Piccadilly 1872. 1st edition NCBEL III 814. Period full brown morocco binding gilt dentelles marbled eps TEG. Original cloth covers bound-in at rear. Modest extremity wear front joint a bit rubbed. A few odd spots of foxing. A handsome VG - VG copy. vii 3 271 1 blank pp. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>A personal memorial from one intimately familiar with Dickens' readings. Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly hardcover books
London: Chapman and Hall 1884. 1st edition NCBEL III 785. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Bookseller slip affixed to bottom of frontis. A handsome VG copy. iii - viii 467 5 pp including Index. Adverts last 4 pages. Frontispiece of Dickens from a lithograph by R. J. Lane after a photograph by J. Watkins. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>This a selection of Dickens' writings chosen by his good friend. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
New York: Punchinello 1870. 1st edition. Half leather with pebbled cloth boards. Old rebacking. A VG copy. Illustrated with cuts & engravings. Sm Folio. <br/><br/>The first appearance of this title as serialized in the Punchinello magazine. This a bound volume of the periodical beginning with No 7 May 14 1870 and continuing through No 39 Dec 24 1870 though lacking issues 10 - 13 20 21 26 30 & 32. Kerr's work apparently began in Issue 10; it concluded in either No 31 or 32 . Punchinello hardcover books
London: The Caxton Publishing Co n. d. 1st edition thus. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. VG some foxing. 504 pp including index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Published in 1902 as part of the "London" edition of Charles Dickens' works also issued in a 2 volume edition. The Caxton Publishing Co hardcover books
London: Elliot Stock 1897. 1st edition. Large Paper copy. Original publisher's tan quarter leather binding over blue-grey cloth boards. Spine sun darkened. Some extremity wear with repaired split at base of spine. Offset to eps. Overall Very Good. ix 3 245 3 pp including Index. Frontis. Head- tailpieces. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Contains much background material on each title. Elliot Stock hardcover books
London: T. C. & E. C. Jack 1902. 1st edition thus i.e. by this publisher. Cf. NCBEL III 829. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamping. Slight lean spine lightly sunned. Foxing including edges. Bookplate & pos to front eps. A VG copy. xv 1 blank 504 pp including Index. Profusely illustrated. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> T. C. & E. C. Jack hardcover books
London: Caxton n. d. 1st edition. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Nr Fine contemporary owner sig on ffep. A nice set. 2 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Published in 1902 as part of the "London" edition of Charles Dickens' works. Caxton hardcover books
London: George Redway 1899. 2nd edition same year as first. Original green cloth binding. VG front hinge cracked/light foxing to eps. xvi 256 pp. B&W illustrations. 4to. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover books
London: George Redway 1886. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. A Nr Fine bright copy. xxxii 510 2 pp including Index. Publisher advert at rear. Frontis of 'Boz' after a drawing by Samuel Lawrence. Facsimile of Dickens' bookplate. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover books
London: A & C Black 1905. 1st edition NCBEL III 849. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. Average wear. A VG - VG copy. xiv 235 5 pp including Index. 4 pages of advert conclude volume. Illustrated with 50 full-page illustrations mostly from photographs by T. W. Tyrrell. 8vo. <br/><br/> A & C Black hardcover books
New York: Brick Row Book Shop 1924. 1st editon. Paper backed boards. No dust jacket. VG general wear from use/corners bumped/spine label chipped at edges. 83 pp. 11 illustrations after Seymour. 12mo. <br/><br/> Brick Row Book Shop hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1905. 1st edition NCBEL III 808. Original red cloth binding. VG spine sunned/some soiling to cloth. 100 pp 12mo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: Allen & Unwin 1924. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG faint offset to eps/VG sp darkened/minor edgewear. 157 pp. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/>Account of how author found the real address behind Micawber's "Windsor Terrace City Road" where Dickens lodged during the David Copperfield portion of his childhood. <br /> <br />Scarce in jacket. Allen & Unwin hardcover books
London: Smith Elder & Co 1912. 1st edition NCBEL III 818. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. A VG copy. 404 pp including index. Frontis of Dickens from the Watkins photograph. 3 inserted portraits Wills Collins & Thackerary. 8vo. <br/><br/> Smith Elder & Co hardcover books
London: Andrew Dakers Ltd 1950. 1st edition NCBEL III 830. Orange cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket. Printed dark yellow belly band with blurb by "Dr. Edith Sitwell". VG square & tight/spine slightly sun-darkened/VG spine panel a bit sun-tanned. 459 1 blank pp including Index. Publisher info card laid-in. 8vo. <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon biography of the Inimitable especially so in jacket & with the belly band on which Dame Sitwell states "Mr. Lindsay's study seems to me infinitely the most important long book on Dickens that has appeared." Andrew Dakers Ltd hardcover books
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1933. 1st edition NCBEL III 827. Brown cloth binding stamped in gilt. Printed buff paper dust jacket. VG bpt/glue residue to ffep/top edge dusty/VG edge chipping primarily to top edge. xvii 1 65 1 blank pp. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harvard University Press hardcover books
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