‎Dickens charles‎

‎Steadman, Ralph (Artist/Illustrator) & Dickens, Frank (Author)‎

‎FLY AWAY PETER: THE NEW EDITION‎

‎London England: Pavilion Children's Books 2008. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. London England: Pavilion Children's Books 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. Unpaginated. New Edition of the children's classic. One of Ralph Steadman's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions particularly the American Edition which appeared one year later. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition Thus is now scarce. "Signed Copy" yellow round sticker pasted in front. A brilliant production by Ralph Steadman: Oversize-volume format. Yellow cloth boards with black titles on cover and spine as issued. Art by Ralph Steadman. Text by Frank Dickens. Printed on pristine-white thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine as issued. Re-presents in a lovely collectible format Ralph Steadman's and Frank Dickens' "Fly Away Peter". About two lonely animal-outsiders who bond together: Jeffrey a giraffe with a short neck and Peter a bird who cannot fly. "Jeffrey the giraffe with a short neck and Peter the bird who can't fly quickly become friends because they are both a little different. When they decide to play together they are surprised to find that a game of hide-and-seek will not only involve all the other animals but also help solve their problems" Publisher's blurb. One of the greatest artists of our time whose work has appeared in The New York Times and Rolling Stone Magazine Ralph Steadman is best-known for his legendary collaboration with Hunter S. Thompson the late great American journalist. Frank Dickens is beloved for his cartoons including the popular characters Bristow Albert Herbert Hawkins and Boffo. He has won eight Cartoonist of The Year Awards. An absolute "must-have" title for Ralph Steadman and Frank Davis collectors. This Autographed Copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the half-title page by Ralph Steadman. It is signed directly on the page itself not on a tipped-in page. This title is a classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Edition Thus/First Printing British still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean crisp and bright. Please note: The British Edition precedes the American by a full year. Copies available online command as much as $175. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Two of the finest artists of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 184365122X. Pavilion Children's Books hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20676 ISBN : 184365122X 9781843651222

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield‎

‎London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First Edition. Original publisher’s green cloth variant stamping to the binding not recorded by Smith and though variant often means later this copy can’t be later as it has the 1850 date on both title pages the key 1st issue point and 19 of the 20 internal 1st state points listed by Smith a percentage greater than many copies in the common binding that Smith does describe and picture. Endpapers toned short tear to the half title mended foxing to the margins of the plates more so at the beginning and end but the text is clean and let me be unmistakable about what this is. It’s otherwise in fine condition startlingly bright unfaded the covers unmarked and never abused and rare like this and you will watch many birthdays pass by before you see another copy that looks like our copy with an unfaded spine and intact unrepaired inner paper hinges and get this: Copperfield in cloth is the most difficult Dickens novel to acquire in fine condition confirmed by Michael Sadleir who assembled the most comprehensive collection of Victorian novels in cloth and from his experience he provided us with 2 lists of comparative scarcities for Dickens’ novels in cloth one of them ranking their scarcity regardless of condition and another ranking their scarcity in fine condition and on that list of Dickens’ novels in fine condition Davie Copperfield is ranked first over even the notoriously elusive 1st editions fine in cloth of Pickwick Papers and Great Expectations. Dickens's "David Copperfield" functions as a sophisticated critique of Victorian social hierarchies while simultaneously reinforcing certain class-based ideologies of its era. Through David's bildungsroman journey from impoverished orphan to established author Dickens interrogates the rigid class structure of nineteenth-century England exposing how economic precarity and social vulnerability disproportionately impact women children and the working poor. The novel's representation of social mobility is notably complex; while David ultimately achieves middle-class respectability through professional achievement rather than inherited privilege this narrative arc implicitly endorses Victorian meritocratic ideals that obscured systemic inequalities. Dickens's portrayal of characters like Uriah Heep—whose social ambition is coded as repulsive—reveals the text's ambivalence toward class transgression while his sentimentalized depictions of working-class figures like Peggotty often serve to naturalize their subordinate positions. Bradbury & Evans unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 919

‎Dickens, Charles Dickens‎

‎A Tale of Two Cities‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3348096316.G ISBN : 3348096316 9783348096317

‎Ross N Dickens‎

‎Contestable Markets Theory Competition and the United States Commercial Banking Industry‎

‎Hardback. New. First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : A9780815323907 ISBN : 0815323905 9780815323907

‎DICKENS, Charles‎

‎The Posthumous Papers of the pickwick club‎

‎London: Champan & Hall Ld. 1899. In two volumes. With half-titles an additional engraved title page to Vol.I engraved frontispieces to each volume and 40 further engraved plates. Modern gilt-tooled burgundy half-morocco red cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked with a touch of surface wear to upper board of Vol.I. Browning to edges of endpapers very occasional light spotting throughout. A handsome copy of Charles Dickens' 1812 - 1870 first novel. The Pickwick Papers once part of a larger set of the Gadshill Edition was originally serialised between March 1836 – November 1837 before being published in book form almost immediately after the last issue. . Gadshill Edition. 8vo. Champan & Hall, Ld. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : AQ35054

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Works of Charles Dickens‎

‎Scribners. First of This Edition. Hard Bound Volume. Good. 36 vols. Published 1898 and later. 9 vols. have ticks or chips to either the head or the heel of the spines. Includes the 2 vols. life by Forster. All in all a very nice set. Postage at cost. Scribners unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 114795

‎Dickens‎

‎Barnaby Rudge Volume 1‎

‎Hardback. New. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : A9781345714371 ISBN : 1345714378 9781345714371

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎David Copperfield‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9388841158.G ISBN : 9388841158 9789388841153

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club‎

‎London: Chapman & Hall 1837. First edition early issue: early plates with page numbers footnote to p.9. Has been rebacked leather spine splitand reinforced to front gutter. Some foxing/browning to plates rubbed and bumped text block clean and solid. First Edition. Half - Leather. Fair. Illus. by Seymour R.; Phiz. 8vo. Chapman & Hall Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 59060

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎Works of Charles Dickens; Volume I‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1020845244.G ISBN : 1020845244 9781020845246

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎David Copperfield Vol II of II; Volume 2‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1021502308.G ISBN : 1021502308 9781021502308

‎DICKENS, Charles‎

‎A Christmas Carol‎

‎no place: Kansas City Southern Bound in white wraps stamped in red with a great photo of Scrooge on the front panel. In cloth tie binding. This is 24 pp. illustrated booklet from the 1920's probably given on the RR line to children. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good /No Jacket - As Published. Kansas City Southern Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7002298

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎Oliver Twist Webster's Chinese-Traditional Thesaurus Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0497900769.G ISBN : 0497900769 9780497900762

‎Dickens, Mary Angela (Granddaughter of Charles Dickens)‎

‎Some Women's Ways‎

‎London: Jarrold and Sons 1896 Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 2nd Edition 1896 Good Condition Hardcover Green Cloth with Gilt Title and Decoration Ex-Library Copy 342pp ONDITION Edges binding worn corners bumped: see photo's Page 219 is torn: see photo Large Ex-Library plate at rear A scarce second-edition 1896 copy of Some Women's Ways by Mary Angela Dickens granddaughter of Charles Dickens and a respected Victorian author in her own right. This volume presents a series of sensitive and perceptive stories exploring the emotional lives moral choices and social constraints faced by women in late-Victorian England. Dickens writes with the warmth psychological insight and gentle social critique that echo her family's literary legacy. The book is an appealing artifact of Victorian women's literature offering both historical value and literary charm. A fine addition for collectors of Dickensiana women's writing or 19th-century fiction. Jarrold and Sons hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 016068

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Haunted Man And The Battle Of Life‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1011139782.G ISBN : 1011139782 9781011139781

‎Dickens, Charles Collins Wilkie‎

‎No Thoroughfare‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 373402059X.G ISBN : 373402059X 9783734020599

‎Dickens, Charles Collins Wilkie‎

‎No Thoroughfare‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3734059313.G ISBN : 3734059313 9783734059315

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎Somebody's Luggage‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3734059259.G ISBN : 3734059259 9783734059254

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Chimes‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3734058694.G ISBN : 3734058694 9783734058691

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes: Great Expectations‎

‎New York: P. F. Collier and Son. Very Good-. Hardcover. A scuffed soiled and generally worn edition in Very Good- condition; Dickens' masterpiece tells the story of a young man Pip who rises from obscurity to become one of England's most eligible bachelors.; 8vo; 507 pages . P. F. Collier and Son hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 124435

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes: Bleak House Part Two‎

‎New York: P. F. Collier and Son. Very Good-. Hardcover. An edition in Very Good- condition that bears scuffing to the boards and a mildly starting spine hinge ; In Bleak House Part Two Dickens continues to build on the themes of poverty class and corruption that he introduced in Part One. This volume features the trial of Mr. Fagin and the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Bumble.; 8vo; 977 pages . P. F. Collier and Son hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 124439

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes: American Notes Pictures from Italy‎

‎New York: P. F. Collier and Son. Very Good-. Hardcover. An edition that bears much scuffing to the boards and wear to the edges in Very Good- condition ; Charles Dickens' thirty-volume Works of Charles Dickens covers his literary career from his earliest writings in the 1830s to his later novels and short stories. The American Notes series written in 1842 while Dickens was touring America is particularly noteworthy for its vivid and often humorous descriptions of American life. Pictures from Italy written in 1847-1848 while Dickens was touring Italy is also filled with beautiful descriptions of the country and its people.; 8vo; 194 pages . P. F. Collier and Son hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 124437

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes: Bleak House Part One‎

‎New York: P. F. Collier and Son. Very Good-. Hardcover. An edition that bears much scuffing to the boards a starting spine hinge and wear to the edges in Very Good- condition ; Bleak House is the first novel in a series of thirty volumes and is set in the fictional town of Chawton in England. The story follows the characters Lady Dedlock her son John and their maid Nelly. Lady Dedlock is a wealthy woman who is in debt to a man named Mr. Kenge. John is a young man who is in love with Nelly and Mr. Kenge is her employer. The novel is full of humor and drama and is a must-read for any Dickens fan.; 8vo; 490 pages . P. F. Collier and Son hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 124438

‎Dickens, Monica‎

‎An Open Book - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York City: Mayflower Books/Heinemann. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0831766204 . A Fine first Edition/First Printing housed in an alike dust-jacket; The novel is about a young girl Georgina who is sent to live with her Uncle and Aunt in the country. Georgina is unhappy with the move and misses the city. She is also unhappy with her aunt and uncle. Georgina meets a boy John and they become friends. Georgina also meets a girl Lucy and they become friends. Georgina and John plan to run away and go to the city. Georgina's aunt and uncle find out about the plan and send the police after them. The friends escape and go to the city.; 8vo; 209 pages . Mayflower Books/Heinemann hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 59050 ISBN : 0831766204 9780831766207

‎Dickens, Charles and edited by Lola L Szladits‎

‎Charles Dickens 1812-1870: an Anthology‎

‎New York: The New York Public Library and Arno Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1970. Hardcover. 0405006934 . Fine condition with minimal soiling and edgewear in a Near Fine dust-jacket; This anthology of Dickens' works contains some of the best-known and most beloved stories including A Christmas Carol Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. The editors have selected a variety of Dickens' work ranging from short stories to novels to provide a comprehensive view of his amazing writing. This anthology is perfect for anyone who loves Dickens and wants to explore his many amazing works.; 4to ; 165 pages . The New York Public Library and Arno Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51325 ISBN : 0405006934 9780405006937