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Charles Dickens
David Copperfield Vol. 1 Classic Reprint German Edition
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1396758801.G ISBN : 1396758801 9781396758805
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Charles Dickens
Christmas Stories and Other Stories Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1397248440.G ISBN : 1397248440 9781397248442
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Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit Vol. 2: American Notes; With Introduction Critical Comments Argument Notes Etc Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1397207035.G ISBN : 1397207035 9781397207036
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Charles Dickens
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Vol. 9: Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations Peril Travel Adventure and Sporting . the Corresponding Members Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1396688226.G ISBN : 1396688226 9781396688225
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Charles Dickens
Christmas Stories and Other Stories Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1397248343.G ISBN : 1397248343 9781397248343
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Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit Vol. 2: American Notes; With Introduction Critical Comments Argument Notes Etc Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1397206934.G ISBN : 1397206934 9781397206930
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Charles Dickens
All the Year Round Vol. 41: A Weekly Journal; From July 16 1887 to December 31 1887 Including No. 972 to No. 996 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1396674934.G ISBN : 1396674934 9781396674938
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Charles Dickens
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 139682880X.G ISBN : 139682880X 9781396828805
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens: Four Novels Oliver Twist; A Tale of Two Cities; Great Expectations; A Christmas Carol
Barnes & Noble 1992. leather_bound. New. 9x6x2. Ship within 24hrs. 100% Satisfaction is Our #1 Goal! Barnes & Noble hardcover
Bookseller reference : C7-00071 ISBN : 1566196051 9781566196055
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Dickens, Charles
Collier's Unabridged Edition The Work of Charles Dickens Volume I-VI
P. F. Collier N/A. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volume set. No date circa. 1870. Green cloth boards with elaborate debossed gilt decoration to front boards and spines. All edges sprayed red. Cloth boards heavily age soiled with shelf wear and edge wear including staining rubbing scuffing and fading to cloth. Fading to gilt at front panels with fading more heavily at spines obscuring titling. Bumps and fraying to corners and spine tips. Spines square. Vol. V and Vol. VI cracked at hinges else intact. Bindings else sound. Stains and fading to text block edges. All frontispiece illustrations intact with tissue guard. Vol. IV tissue guard has sustained two small closed tears. Additionally in Vol. IV pp.736 and pp.1121 illustration plates appear to be missing. All else illustration plates are accounted for and well-preserved. Interiors age-toned throughout. Pencil and color pencil markings to pastedowns and endpapers with sparse staining and foxing to front matters. Texts free of markings. Oversize/Overweight; this multi-volume set is large and heavy and will require additional postage. P. F. Collier hardcover
Bookseller reference : CORV-BBC-X001050
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Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit Everyman's Library CLASSICS
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1857151119.G ISBN : 1857151119 9781857151114
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Charles Dickens
Penguin Classics: Millennium- Robinson Crusoe / Pride and Prejudice / Wuthering Heights / Hard Times / Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde / The Picture of Dorian Gray
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0140954511.G ISBN : 0140954511 9780140954517
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LESLEY BAXTER, CHARLES DICKENS, CHRISTIAN BIRMINGHA,
OLIVER TWIST
Penguin 1996. 1st. Hardcover. UsedLikeNew/UsedLikeNew. Penguin hardcover
Bookseller reference : USD_9780803719958 ISBN : 0803719957 9780803719958
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Charles Dickens, S Etynge
DAVID COPPERFIELD MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT OUR MUTUAL FRIEND LITTLE DORRIT BLEAK HOUSE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELER ETC. OLD CURIOSITY SHOP DOMBEY AND SON CHRISTMAS STORIES AND SKETCHES BY BOZ BARNABY RUDGE NICHOLAS NICKLEBY - 11 VOLS IN ALL
Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1867. Hardcover. Good . ea. 4 1/4 x 6 in. Green cloth boards with gilt. Frontis and plates with tissue guards. Condition of all is GOOD ; covers have a minor spot on a few spines all bright an unsunned with gilt titles bright. Corners and spine ends bumped with mild wear. Bindings all tight. A few title pgs have some foxing also an early PO's name. Text clean and unmarked. Fic. Stax. Ticknor and Fields. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 55983
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Charles Dickens
The Works of Charles Dickens Household Editions
<p>The Works of Charles Dickens Household Edition 8 volumes. Published 1873-1876 by Harper & Brothers. All eight volumes are in very good to good condition. Includes most of Dickens' best-known works. Bound in bright green cloth with gilded lettering stamped alongside cover art from engravings by illustrator J. Mahoney. Gorgeous frontispieces and dozens of illustrations in every volume. All hinges intact no torn or missing pages no major staining inside or inscriptions. Some small sunspots here and there on a few pages/on the cover minor and nothing large. Dickens is among the most well-known authors of all time and an icon of the Western canon. Composing melodramatic scenes and complex characters Dickensian literature encapsulates a changing world through industrialization and shifting class dynamics of the Victorian era. Titles and condition as seen in photos above and described below:<br /><br />- Nicholas Nickleby. Very good condition foxing on edges.<br />- A Tale of Two Cities. Very good condition foxing on edges.<br />- Bleak House. Very good condition foxing on edges.<br />- Our Mutual Friend. Very good condition. Front hinge lightly starting to crack. Foxing on edges.<br />- Great Expectations. Very good condition foxing on edges.<br />- Oliver Twist. Very good condition foxing on edges.<br />- Christmas Stories. Contains a Christmas Carol. Good condition. Torn top edge of spine cover tissue guard on frontispiece missing. Foxing on edges.<br />- The Economical Traveller Hard Times and Edwin Drood. Very good condition foxing on edges.</p> Harper & Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : A11
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CHARLES DICKENS, WILLIAM BOYD,
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
GardnerBooks 1994. N/A. Hardcover. New/New. GardnerBooks hardcover
Bookseller reference : AME_9781857152005 ISBN : 185715200x 9781857152005
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CHARLES DICKENS ,
OLIVER TWIST
WestwinPublisherInc 1987. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. WestwinPublisherInc hardcover
Bookseller reference : AME_9780706430240 ISBN : 0706430247 9780706430240
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LESLEY BAXTER, CHARLES DICKENS, CHRISTIAN BIRMINGHA,
OLIVER TWIST
Penguin 1996. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. Penguin hardcover
Bookseller reference : AME_9780803719958 ISBN : 0803719957 9780803719958
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Dickens,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Book Of The Month Club 1998. N/A. Hardcover. New/New. Book Of The Month Club hardcover
Bookseller reference : AME_9780965057493 ISBN : 0965057496 9780965057493
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GEORGE DICKENS,
WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT AND URBAN PLANNING
larsen and keller 2018. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. larsen and keller hardcover
Bookseller reference : AME_9781635497236 ISBN : 163549723X 9781635497236
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DICKENS,
TALE OF TWO CITIES PENGUIN READERS LEVEL 6
NA 1998. N/A. Paperback. UsedLikeNew/UsedLikeNew. NA paperback
Bookseller reference : USD_9780582402782 ISBN : 0582402786 9780582402782
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Dickens, Charles
A Christmas Carol: A Facsimile Edition of the Autograph Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0875980988.G ISBN : 0875980988 9780875980980
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Four Complete Novels Great Expectations Hard Times A Chrstmas Carol A Tale of Two Cities
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0517210401.G ISBN : 0517210401 9780517210406
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Dickens, Charles
The Uncommercial Traveller and Reprinted Pieces New Oxford Illustrated Dickens
<p>Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. New Oxford Illustrated Dickens. Audience: General/trade.</p> Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio7254 ISBN : 0192545213 9780192545213
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DICKENS, Charles
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz"
Chapman & Hall 1837. ~Original half red morocco marbled paper to boards. Raised bands gilt decor and gilt lettering to spine. Spine slightly faded. Mild wear to boards board edges and spine. Splitting just starting over rear outer hinge at top spine 1cm. All edges marbled top edges darkened. 8vo 14 x 22cm. Marbled endpapers. Tiny bookseller's label to inside front board. Endpapers splitting at gutter over inner hinges but hinges sound. Mild foxing largely confined to early and late pages. 43 engraved plates inc. frontis and engraved title page. Without half title but with 'Directions to Binder' and 4-line errata leaf following p. xiv. Early issue points: 4 stripes to chair in frontis the engraved title page reads 'Weller' - second plate - rather than 'Veller'; footnote to p. 9; 'E' signature mark to pp. 25 & 27; p.278 l. 40 - 'Samuel' instead of 'Weller'; p.341: 'inbe- / licate'; p. 342 l. 5: 'Veller'. Eckel 1972 17-58. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable others on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn. Hardback. Hardback. Very Good. xvi 609pp. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
Bookseller reference : WW5208
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Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son: Volume II
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Bookseller reference : A9783348096539 ISBN : 3348096537 9783348096539
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Charles Dickens
The Fireside Dickens: A Cyclopedia Of The Best Thoughts Of Charles Dickens. Comprising A Careful Selection Of His Best Writings. Arranged In Subjects And In Alphabetical Order With A Complete Index
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : A9781018713236 ISBN : 1018713239 9781018713236
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Charles Dickens
Bleak HouseIllustrated
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Bookseller reference : B9782413353560 ISBN : 2413353569 9782413353560
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Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9781998667628 ISBN : 1998667626 9781998667628
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Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol & Other Stories Collector's Edition Illustrated Laminated Hardback with Jacket
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9781998621071 ISBN : 1998621073 9781998621071
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Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol and A Christmas Tree Collector's Edition Illustrated Laminated Hardback with Jacket
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9781998667277 ISBN : 1998667278 9781998667277
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Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9781998667710 ISBN : 1998667715 9781998667710
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Charles Dickens
Bleak House
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9789390697045 ISBN : 9390697042 9789390697045
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Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9789355469434 ISBN : 9355469438 9789355469434
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DICKENS, Charles
Little Dorrit. With Illustrations By H. K. Browne. 20 original parts in 19 set Complete except lacking front wrap of first part. 1855-57
Bradbury & Evans 1855. DATE RANGE: 1855-57. 20 monthly parts in 19 as issued with 40 engraved plates as called for including frontis and title vignette. Original blue paper wrappers printed in black with pictorial design by Phiz to front and with adverts to rear. 8vos. Housed in custom-made quarter dark blue morocco solander case in Very Good condition. Raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; dark blue cloth to case boards and edges; grey paper lining. Mild fading to case spine. Crease to inside lining of case lid and lining cracked at bottom corner although case itself is holding firm. Collated against Hatton & Cleaver. Text plates preliminary leaves & errata are all present as called for in the first issue including the name ‘Rigaud’ for ‘Blandois’ in part 15 on pp. 469 470 & 472-73 with the corresponding correction slip in the subsequent part. All adverts complete to front section cut out of p. 9 in part 9. Adverts to rear complete barring the following: part 14 section cut out of first page & final 14 pp slip detached; parts 19/20 lacking 2pp of advertisements to rear Royal Insurance Company. Final slip bound in upside-down in part 12. Minor difference from Hatton’s collation to rear adverts in part 11: 1-2 Cassell's Illustrated Almanac for 1857; 3-6 Baron Sonvillie's Axtra Mankaz; 6 John Cassell's Coffees; 7 American Sugar-Coated Pills; 8 Taylor's Specific Liniment. Wrapper lacking to Part 1; wrappers otherwise present but rear wrapper detached & front wrapper partially detached in part 2 & parts 19/20 and wrappers completely detached in parts 5 & 14. Spine glue & stitching just holding to parts 1 2 5 & 19/20 but part 14 is separated into gatherings & advert leaves. In parts 19/20 pp. 583-86 are loose and edgeworn at fore-edges. Small loss to p. 333. General wear to wrappers with loss and chipping to all spines though parts 3 8-13 15 & 18 have relatively minor loss ranging from c. 1-3cm. Text itself fairly clear but moderate foxing and age-browning to most plates and dampstaining to plates in part 2. Preliminary leaves to rear of parts 19/20 all present as called for. Owner's signature in old hand of 'William Hogg' or 'William Hogg esq' to front wrapper of parts 1-5 & 10-19/20. With 2 loose leaves of A4 lined notepaper handwritten with detailed bibliographic notes drawing on Hatton. One of Dickens' most piercing attacks on the injustices and hypocrisies of mid-Victorian society: Peter Ackroyd saw Little Dorrit as Dickens' 'single most ferocious onslaught against England and English society' 758 while George Bernard Shaw called it 'a more seditious book than Das Kapital' xi. Little Dorrit was subject to considerable criticism on first publication but was hugely popular with the reading public the second part reaching a circulation of 35000. A near-complete if worn set of these original parts. Ackroyd Dickens 1990. Eckel 82-85. Hatton & Cleaver 305-30. Shaw Preface Great Expectations 1937 v-xxi. Yale/Gimbel A140. ~Robust packaging. Overseas orders trackable on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. Paperback. Paperback. Good/Fine. Bradbury & Evans Paperback
Bookseller reference : QQ0061
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DICKENS, Charles
David Copperfield. With the Original Drawings of Phiz Hablot Knight Browne. A Limited Edition
Franklin Library 1976. As new. Full brown morocco elaborate gilt decoration to spine and both boards. Watered silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon. Sold with 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st thus. Binding sound text unmarked. Binding sound text unmarked . Fine/No dustwrapper. xvi 816pp. 24.5 x 17 cm . Franklin Library Hardcover
Bookseller reference : WW9514
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DICKENS, A G (ed)
The Register or Chronicle of Butley Priory Suffolk 1510-1535. With a Foreword by J. N. L. Myres
Warren & Son 1951. Scarce. Folding plan & 5 illus. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. Binding sound text unmarked. No ownership marks. Binding sound text unmarked. Near Fine/No dustwrapper. xviii 90; 25 x 16cm. Warren & Son Hardcover
Bookseller reference : YY6964
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DICKENS, Charles
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-three Illustrations by R. Seymour R. W. Buss and 'Phiz'. Facsimiles of the Original Manuscript &c. 2 vols. Lombard Street Edition
The Piccadilly Fountain Press 1932. Vol. 2 mostly uncut. Includes reproductions of 10 original covers. Original green cloth gilt unfaded. Fresh and unfoxed. Dustwrappers unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeves. Dustwrapper in volume 2 is near fine. Dustwrapper in volume 1 slightly edgeworn and sunned on spine. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. No ownership marks. Binding sound text unmarked. No ownership marks. Binding sound text unmarked. Fine/Very Good. xxxii 496 x 492pp; 23 x 15cm. The Piccadilly Fountain Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : YY7552
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DICKENS, Charles
David Copperfield. With the Original Drawings of Phiz Hablot Knight Browne. A Limited Edition
Franklin Library 1976. As new. Full brown morocco elaborate gilt decoration to spine and both boards. Watered silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st thus. No ownership marks. Binding sound text unmarked. No ownership marks. Binding sound text unmarked . Fine/No dustwrapper. xvi816pp 24.5 x 17 cm. Franklin Library Hardcover
Bookseller reference : YY7994
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Dickens, Charles; H K Browne (Illustrator)
A Tale of Two Cities
London: Chapman and Hall 1860. Early printing in book form. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. 254pp. Octavo 23 cm Rebacked in bright green cloth with the original olive green embossed cloth over boards with areas of fading. Title in gilt on the backstrip. New endpapers. Missing plate at p. 29. Plates lightly foxed. Binder's label on rear pastedown. "Stryver" on p. ix. P. 213 labeled as such not as 113 as in earlier copies. Else the internal flaws that are cited in Smith: I are present. Lacks the signature "b" on the List of Plates. "Stryver" is misspelled in the title of the plate at p. 94. One of Dickens's most treasured works. A story set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution with vivid scenes of large-scale mob violence. Dickens's novel not only condemns aristocratic tyranny but it criticizes revolutionary excess at the same time. With illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne 1815-1882. The final work illustrated by "Phiz" for Dickens after an artistic partnership which lasted 23 years. Chapman and Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 71312
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Charles Dickens
Dickens Works 24 vol. out of 30
peter fenelon collier. Hardcover. Acceptable. peter fenelon collier hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39936
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Dickens
Bentley's Miscellany
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : A9781344968096 ISBN : 1344968090 9781344968096
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Dickens, Charles
Charles Dickens Obras selectas series Spanish Edition
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8484036391.G ISBN : 8484036391 9788484036395
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Charles 1812-1870 Dickens
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club microform
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : A9781015376243 ISBN : 101537624x 9781015376243
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Dickens, Charles
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Complete in 2 Volumes.
London: Chapman and Hall. Complete in two volumes. Early Edition. Half leather and marbled boards.Raised bands on the spine. Few small scratches and scuffs Very Good. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1862. Chapman and Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024282
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(BINDINGS - RIVIERE). (DICKENS, CHARLES). OVERS, JOHN
EVENINGS OF A WORKING MAN BEING THE OCCUPATION OF HIS SCANTY LEISURE
London: T. C. Newby 1844. FIRST EDITION. 170 x 102 mm. 6 3/4 x 4". 1 p.l. xiii 3 205 1 pp. 1 leaf ads.Preface by Charles Dickens. <br/> VERY PLEASING GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SONS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed with gilt rules densely tooled cornerpieces with floral sprigs on a stippled ground raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins gilt ruled with floral garlands at the corners all edges gilt original tan cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Title page printed in blue and red. Eckel pp. 146-47; Podeschi B-121. Sheila M. Smith "John Overs to Charles Dickens: A Working-Man's Letter and Its Implications" Victorian Studies 18 no. 2 1974: 195–217. Spine just slightly sunned though hard to tell because of the heavy gilt a few trivial spots internally but A VERY FINE COPY in quite a pretty binding.<br/> <br/> This attractively bound volume of a working class poet's verse and prose represents one of Dickens' charitable efforts in the spirit of social reform. A carpenter by trade John Overs 1808-44 had become acquainted with Dickens in 1839 when he submitted poetry for publication in "Bentley's Miscellany" then under Dickens' editorship. Over the next several years Dickens became a literary mentor and something of a friend to Overs providing writing advice lending books and helping Overs to secure a position at Drury Lane Theatre when his tuberculosis became too severe to continue his work as a carpenter. Literary scholar Sheila M. Smith has suggested that Overs may have served as an influence for "The Chimes" Dickens' penultimate Christmas book; she writes that Overs "was neither a political agitator nor a trade unionist. . . yet he was bitter and exulting in the idea of social revolution. A working man of this kind goaded to such feelings would have aroused Dickens's sympathy at a period when the novelist was experiencing his most violent indignation about his country's poor." To whatever degree that sympathy proved a literary inspiration for Dickens it directly led to the publication of the present work. When it was clear by the spring of 1844 that Overs would not survive his illness Dickens suggested to him that he publish a collection of his writings to help provide for his family after his passing. And so the present anthology was published only months before Overs' death on September 28 1844 with the proceeds from the book along with an additional charitable collection taken up by the publisher allowing his widow to make a living by opening a small milliner's shop. T. C. Newby unknown
Bookseller reference : ST20685-2
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DICKENS, CHARLES
IS SHE HIS WIFE OR SOMETHING SINGULAR
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. First American Edition. 123 x 85 mm. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4". 80 pp. 4 leaves ads. <br/> VERY PLEASING GREEN MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SONS stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed with gilt rules densely tooled cornerpieces with floral sprigs on a stippled ground raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins gilt ruled with floral garlands at the corners all edges gilt original very well-preserved gilt cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Half-title with ink inscription: "Wm H. Drake / July 4 '83." Eckel pp.159-61; Podeschi B-62. Spine just slightly sunned though difficult to tell because of all the gilt but a very fine copy in a gleaming unworn binding and with only the most trivial imperfections internally.<br/> <br/> Attractively bound by a major workshop this is Dickens' third stage play a one-act farce heavy on confusion and coincidence focusing on jealousy and misunderstandings between two married couples. Its stage run in 1837 coincided with a printed version of the play but Eckel says that copies of this first edition no longer exist. The publisher of our edition James Osgood had acquired the sole surviving copy of the 1837 edition which was subsequently lost in a fire in 1879. There was also a London reprint of the play published circa 1873 which Eckel tells us exists in only three known copies the same number being verified by OCLC. Given all this the present Boston imprint is the first obtainable edition of this work. Our copy was handsomely bound by the celebrated Riviere firm established by Robert Riviere in Bath in 1829. He later set up shop as in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son. The bindery continued to do business until 1939 when it was acquired by George Bayntun of Bath. Rivere's work has consistently been of the highest standard throughout its long years of operation and the present volume is no exception. James R. Osgood and Company unknown
Bookseller reference : ST20685-8
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Dickens, Charles
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. A Prime Pickwick in Original Parts
London April 1836 - November 1837: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Charles Parkhurst Books presents a Prime Pickwick The Parkhurst-Goranitis-Costas copy exhibiting ALL eleven points enumerated in "Prime Pickwicks In Parts" by John C. Eckel 1928 as enumerated below. Remarkably it contains the rare ad "Pigot's Coloured Views" in part XIII known only in 5 copies now 6. The present set is a publisher's presentation copy signed "With The Publishers Compliments" on the inside front wrap of part III in the same hand and on the same inside wrapper as the McCutcheon- Young-Suzannet prime copy. Octavo 20 parts in 19; original blue-green printed wrappers. First edition having been collated with Hatton & Cleaver and containing the correct wrappers advertisments addresses first state of the plates and text with the following exceptions: WRAPPERS - the rear wrap of part I is early; parts IV and V with early wraps; all other wrappers are first issue; all front wrappers have the date 1836. It is important to note that parts I and II have "With Four Illustrations By Seymour" and part III has "With Illustrations by R. W. Buss" on front wraps. PLATES - part IV plates are 2nd state of original first plate; part VI plates are in 2nd state of original first plate 1st state plates are rare and "may be considered the rarest items in the whole realm of Pickwick" - Hatton & Cleaver p.47; part I plates are all signed by Seymour #1 is 1st state of 1st plate - #2 is 2nd state of 1st plate - #3 is 1st state of 2nd plate - #4 is 1st state of 2nd plate; all other plates are 1st state. TEXT - the text of all parts is first issue with the following exceptions: part I is later text; part IV is first issue text with 2 exceptions; part VI is later issue text; part VIII text is in mixed state; part IX text is first issue but without the signature "N2"; part X text is mixed state; all other parts are 1st issue text. PICKWICK ADVERTISER - the Pickwick Advertiser is lacking in parts IV V VI and IX no Advertiser is called for in parts I II and III; all other Advertisers are present and correct. It should be noted that part X Advertiser is UNOPENED. ADVERTISMENTS - part I lacks the front slip; part III lacks the front slip and rear ad "The Toilet;" part V lacks "Grattan's Publications" and "Rowland's Kalydor" ad; part VII lacks the rear slip "Phrenology Made Easy;" part IX lacks rear ads "Chapman & Hall" - "Effingham Wilson" - "Works by W. S. Orr" - "Jennings Landscape" and "George Henekey & Co." ads; part X lacks "Literary Announcements" - all others are present. ADDRESSES by the Author - all are present in parts II III X and XV; part III Address has edges extended 2nd issue in parts II and X. ADDRESSES by the Publishers - all are present in parts XVII XVIII and XIX/XX. In summation the parts which are complete are parts II VIII XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII and XIX/XX. Most parts have spines expertly renewed. A few wrappers show light soiling; part III wrappers have edges extended; plates are very good to fine. Note that part II is complete and has first issue of the text indicating that it is one of the first 500 copies printed in the first issue as in the Dexter copy. Also noteworthy is that the Advertiser in part XIX/XX is the first issue with the date on page 7 misprinted "1388" rather than "1838." Now let me enumerate the eleven "points" which are necessary for a Pickwick to qualify as a prime copy; as Eckel states: #1 All covers of the parts must bear the date 1836 in Roman numbers. #2 Parts I and II must have the words "With four illustrations by Seymour." #3 Part III the words "With illustrations by R. W. Buss." #4 Part I must have three plates by Seymour signed and not re-etched by "Phiz." #5 Part II must have three plates by Seymour signed. #6 Part III must have two plates signed "Drawn and etched by R. W. Buss" and the pages numbered thereon. #7 Part IV two plates faintly signed "Nemo" and not "Phiz." #8 Parts II III X and XV must have the addresses by the author. #9 Parts XVII XVIII and XX the addresses by the publishers. #10 Plates in Parts I to XII must have no captions only numerical references to the pages where they go parts XIII to XX have neither titles nor numerical references. #11 On the vignette title-page the name "Weller" on the signboard over the door is spelled with a "V." On the frontispiece the artist's name on the center shield on the bottom must run around the shield. The present copy conforms to all the above points. Bookplate of Charles Parkhurst affixed to chemise. Housed in a handsome turn-of-the-century green full morocco pull-off-top slipcase with chemise. Chapman & Hall unknown
Bookseller reference : 10002
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DICKENS, CHARLES and MARK LEMON
MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY: A FARCE IN ONE ACT
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1877. First American Edition. 123 x 85 mm. 4 3/4 x 3 1/4". 96 pp. 2 leaves ads. <br/> Appealing forest green morocco covers with French fillet borders raised bands spines gilt in delicately tooled compartments with scrolling centerpiece within a lozenge of small tools volute cornerpieces gilt titling turn-ins densely gilt with floral rolls and plain and decorative rules purple endpapers all edges gilt original extremely well-preserved gilt cloth wrappers bound in at rear. Eckel pp. 164-65; Podeschi B-215. A very fine and very pretty copy with only quite trivial imperfections.<br/> <br/> This is a very attractively bound copy of the first trade first American and first obtainable edition of a play on which Dickens collaborated as editor and in which he appeared as a player during performance. "Mr. Nightingale's Diary" was written for performance by the Company of Strolling Players an acting troupe organized by Dickens to support the Guild of Literature and Art which provided financial aid and housing to struggling writers and artists. Dickens had initially intended to write the farce independently but due to time constraints passed the project over to his friend and the editor of "Punch" magazine Mark Lemon. However Dickens revised the play during the production process so thoroughly that he is considered a full co-writer; Eckel says that it "was as much Dickens' as it was Lemon's." The play was performed at Devonshire House in May of 1851 with a cast including Dickens and Lemon as well as sensation novelist Wilkie Collins. The first edition of this work was privately printed for Dickens but that printing is quite rare: Eckel writes that he was able to trace only three copies. The present Boston reprint was made from an original pamphlet said to have been lost in the same 1879 fire as the last original copy of "Is She His Wife" another Dickens play. Our copy is a particularly fine one; the unsigned but handsomely decorated binding is very probably by the Riviere bindery since it exactly matches a copy of "Is She His Wife" currently in our inventory in a signed Riviere binding. James R. Osgood and Company unknown
Bookseller reference : ST20685-9
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Dickens, Charles
Oliver Twist
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 8119309065.G ISBN : 8119309065 9788119309061
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