US: Oxford University Press. Paperback. 019281771X Very good. Some creasing. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1988. Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : WARE53KR1815 ISBN : 019281771X 9780192817716
London: Chapman and Hall 1836. Octavo two volumes: pp. i-v vi vii viii 1 2-384 1 2-96; i-vi 1 2-350 twenty-eight inserted plates by various artists plus three inserted plates by John Leech in the new series tan polished calf spine panels elaborately tooled in gold leather title and volume number labels front and rear panels ruled in gold inner dentelles a.e.g. blue coated endpapers. First edition in book form first issue with title page of volume one dated 1836. The LIBRARY OF FICTION OR FAMILY STORY-TELLER edited by Charles Whitehead ran to fourteen numbers issued monthly April 1836 -- May 1837. A new series continued for two issues June and July 1837 as THE FAMILY MAGAZINE AND LIBRARY OF FICTION the two issues of the new series are here bound at the end of volume one. Includes the first publication of "The Tuggs's at Ramsgate" and "A Little Talk About Spring and the Sweeps" two sketches by Charles Dickens writing as "Boz" collected later in SKETCHES BY BOZ. Other contributors to the LIBRARY OF FICTION include Miss Mitford G. P. R. James and Douglas Jerrold. Tales of the supernatural include "Sandie Sandeman the Piper" by Edward Mayhew "The Spirit of the Fountain" by J. S. Coyne and "The German Student" here anonymously presented. "The Dragoman of the Ravens" published anonymously in the last issue of the new series is supernatural as well. The book was reprinted as THE LIBRARY OF THE NEWEST ENGLISH NOVELS TALES AND POEMS two volumes Leipzig: Julius Wunder 1837. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1017 citing the 1837 Leipzig edition. Block The English Novel 1740-1850 p. 139. Not in Sadleir or Wolff. Eckel pp. 150-1. Podeschi E121 and E122. Both half titles are present. A beautiful set in a handsome binding by Riviere & Son. In 1913 Eckel observed that the original parts were "almost unprocurable" which makes this gathering of considerable importance due to the presence of the two numbers of the new series which are not often found. #149270 Chapman and Hall unknown
New York: Harper & Brothers 1853. 12mo two volumes: pp. iii-iv vii viii-x xi xii-xiv xv xvi 1 2-480; i-iv 481 482-936 note: collates as per the Gimble copy no dedication leaf in volume one; has the blank leaf preceding the title leaf in volume two 38 inserted plates 37 with illustrations by Hablot K. Browne and engraved portrait of Dickens from a painting by D. Maclise nineteenth-century three-quarter black leather and marbled boards. First U.S. book edition preceded by Harper's issue in parts. "Dickens was a significant figure in the development of the mystery novel . In BLEAK HOUSE 1853 Dickens introduced the intrepid Inspector Bucket a sort of nineteenth-century Columbo who was the first fiction English police detective." - Pronzini and Muller 1001 Midnights p. 207. "The ponderousness of the Court of Chancery works to evil and terrifying ends as numerous persons involved are ruined go mad and die because of its effects. The physical horrors of London slums are concrete phenomena that enhance the psychic and social horrors so pointedly unfolded in the story." - Tymn ed. Horror Literature 2-30. The court serves here as the oppressive house castle monastery etc. of Gothic romance -- labyrinth and Minotaur in one -- that confines and confuses then devours its victims. Dickens' innovation is to render the Gothic mood via a contemporary setting and mundane subject matter what could be more mundane than the law. The daunting positively Russian size of his cast of characters moves away from the claustrophobically small cast found in earlier Gothics and this also echoes the labyrinthine complexity of the law. As England dominated the world in the nineteenth century London dominated England and Dickens more than any other British author showed the literary potential for the fantastic in such an ostensibly mundane setting as Sue did for Paris and Lippard for Philadelphia revealing the city as the new fairy-tale forest of mystery and danger. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Clute and Grant eds. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy 1997 p. 269. Podeschi A133. Contemporary ownership stamp of George L. Trendwell at the bottom edge of each title page and his signature in pencil at the top edge of the front free endpaper of each volume. Mild rubbing to binding extremities frontispiece tissue guard foxed a remarkably clean very good copy. A nice copy of a scarce edition. #148187 Harper & Brothers unknown
London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First edition in book form. 40 engraved plates by Dalziel Brothers or W. T. Green after illustrations by Marcus Stone. xi i 320; vii i 309 1 2 ad pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern half calf with red morocco lettering-pieces marbled edges monthly part covers to parts I & II bound-in. Edgewear and spotting to a few plates else near fine. First edition in book form. 40 engraved plates by Dalziel Brothers or W. T. Green after illustrations by Marcus Stone. xi i 320; vii i 309 1 2 ad pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dickens' tale of hidden identities greed and love all wrapped up with the theme of wealth and its evils. Eckle p. 94; Smith #15 p. 106 Chapman and Hall unknown
Penguin Classics. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Penguin Classics unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP34708029 ISBN : 014143967x 9780141439679
Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1868. Illustrated Copyright edition." First edition in this form. Two wood-engraved frontispieces by S. Eytinge Jr. Each work with separate title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue printed wrappers. Covers creased loss to foot of spine offsetting to ffep. Illustrated Copyright edition." First edition in this form. Two wood-engraved frontispieces by S. Eytinge Jr. Each work with separate title page. 1 vols. 8vo. Part of the authorized edition of Dickens' work issued on the occasion of his last tour of the United States. Wilkins in Early American editions of Charles Dickens note: "They included several readings that had not been included in the London 1858 edition and are therefore the first editions in this form" pp. 32-3. Gimbel D46 Ticknor and Fields unknown
Penguin Classics. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Penguin Classics unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP70724564 ISBN : 014143967x 9780141439679
Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Wordsworth Editions Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP69940488 ISBN : 1853260827 9781853260827
Leipzig: J.J. Weber 1845. First German-language editions translated by E.A. Moriarty. Frontispiece and 7 etched plates by John Leech. 3 - 128 pp.; frontispiece and 3 plates by John Leech 3 - 128 pp. 12mo. Publisher's cloth-backed green marbled boards spotting to frontispiece and title page of the second work else near fine. First German-language editions translated by E.A. Moriarty. Frontispiece and 7 etched plates by John Leech. 3 - 128 pp.; frontispiece and 3 plates by John Leech 3 - 128 pp. 12mo. The first German editions of Dickens' first two Christmas books. Not in the Gimbel collection and rare on the market. Gimbel/Podeschi D4 for later collected German ed. but see note for this ed. J.J. Weber unknown
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