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
London: Published by the Eagle and British Dominions Insurance Co. Ltd 1917. 1st Edition. Original publisher's flexible blue leather binding with elaborate gilt stamping. TEG. Pictorial eps. Ribbon page marker. Slight lean. Modest wear. Bit of edge foxing. Withal an attractive VG copy. xi 1 blank 297 3 pp. Frontispiece in colour by E. M. Ward; many full-page illustrations text illustrations facsimilies etc by E. Coffin. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>Chapter 13 pp. 118 - 124 address the Eagle policy in favor of Mr. Dickens. Published by the Eagle and British Dominions Insurance Co. Ltd hardcover
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons n. d. Ca late 1920s . Not in Gimbel nor Miller. Green cloth binding with pictorial paper onlay to front board. No dust jacket. Some shelfwear. Slightly shaken. POI to ffep dated 1928. An About VG copy. 143 1 pp. Last page an advert. Illustrated by Harold Copping and others. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Raphael Tuck & Sons hardcover
n. p. 1879. 1st printing presumed. Printed self wrappers. One tiny 1 mm chip at the edge else a fine copy. Broadside on thin peach colored paper. 11-1/4" x 5" <br/><br/>A "programme" for a reception of dramatic scenes from "Old Curiosity Shop" "David Copperfield" and Mr. Pickwick. Very scarce indeed no library holdings found. unknown
London: E. Rimmel 1874. 1st printing presumed. Bolton BL no. 25. Printed self wrappers. A VG copy some age toning and chips at fore-edge some scattered stains no text is obscured. Single leaf folded vertically to form 4 pp. Elaborate pictorial title-page. Folded: 9-3/8" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>The Gaiety Theatre The Strand London was where Dickens saw his last play in 1869. This production of The Battle of Life was edited for the stage by Charles Dickens Jr. and starred prominent actors John Lawrence Toole 1830-1906 as Ben Britain and Ellen Farren 1848-1904 as Clemency Newcombe. No library holdings found on OCLC: scarce. The play opened on December 26 1873. E. Rimmel unknown
New York: Que Cards Inc 1965. 1st edition thus. Disbound cards in a white and yellow plastic sleeve with a brass snap closure. Fine/Like New. ii 56 pp. disbound. 5" x 3" <br/><br/>Everything you need to know for higher grades! Que Cards, Inc unknown
New York: Que Cards Inc 1965. 1st edition thus. Disbound cards in a white and yellow plastic sleeve with a brass snap closure. Fine/Like New. ii 56 pp. disbound. 5" x 3" <br/><br/>Everything you need to know for higher grades! Que Cards, Inc unknown
Boston 1871. 1st printing presumed ca 1870. Self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; a few small tears at edges and one central pin hole that runs through all four pages; overall very good. Single sheet folded once to form four pages. Engraved borderds and illustrations in text. Folded: 10-1/4" x 6-9/16" <br/><br/>A playbill for a production of "No Thoroughfare" at the Boston Theatre with Charles Fechter playing the role of Jules Obenreizer and Carlotta Leclercq in the role of Marquerite. The playbill has many local advertisements and some information about the theatre company in the years 1870 and 1871. Charles Fechter travelled from London to the United States in 1870 and enjoyed a very succesful career in Boston. Critics disaproved of his "Hamlet" also advertised on this playbill but were captivated by his refined style and Continental training Hornblow vol. 2 p. 214. unknown
Boston 1879. 1st printing presumed. Printed self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; bit of fore-edge rash to top half of bill overall VG. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Engraved headpiece and small engravings in text for ads. 11-7/8" x 9" <br/><br/>Apparently this play a crowd favorite at the Boston Museum for Bolton records earlier performances in 1877 & 1878 cf. CH 80 & 83. unknown
San Marino: The Huntington Library 1953. 1st edition. Marooon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. NF/NF. xi 1 445 pp including index. 8vo. <br/><br/>Fields & Dickens close friends; Chap 21 on Dickens. The Huntington Library hardcover
Boston: Boston Job Print Alden Street n. d. 1st printing presumed ca 1880. Not found in Bolton. Age-toning to paper with small diagonal crease to upper right corner otherwise VG. Single sheet broadside 10-1/4" x 4-3/8" 17 lines of text. <br/><br/>A playbill advertising LeMoyne & "His Celebrated Company" with "the entire Company in both Pieces." as appearing at Bangor Maine's famed Norembega Hall erected in the mid-1850s. Le Moyne an actor of some repute who after the Civil War "returned to the stage where he remained active until the dawn of the twentieth century. He appeared in a number of plays based on the works of Charles Dickens as here playing such characters as Fagin Captain Cuttle Uriah Heep Squeers Plummer Dick Swiveller and Caleb. In Shakespeare's Hamlet Le Moyne is said to have played every major male role except that of the prince himself. Over his career Le Moyne performed with companies headed by legendary actors Edwin Booth Edwin Forrest and Charles Fletcher and in producer Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theatre Company." Wiki Brougham's Old Curiosity Shop apparently first performed in Boston 1866 cf. Bolton OCS 10; we find no record of this performance in Bolton nor whatsoever of "Uriah Heep the 'Umble". perhaps a bespoke piece tailored strictly for LeMoyne. Boston Job Print, Alden Street unknown
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press 1939. 1st printing. Saddle-stitched sage-colored paper wrappers printed in black. Light age-toning. A VG copy. Unpaginated though 8 pages. Includes laid-in leaflet with a blurb from Mitchell Kennerley extolling the virtues of the set. 2 illustrations plus facsimile title page illustrated with a cut. 8vo. 10" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> The Nonesuch Press unknown
London: The Dickens Fellowship 1907. 1st printing NCBEL III 787. Green printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wrappers quite worn with a large piece reattached with tape to back side to front panel lower left. Good only. 116 pp. 10 illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/>Exhibition held to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Completion of the 'Pickwick Papers'. The Dickens Fellowship unknown
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
New York: Sheldon and Company 1862. 1st printing of this edition cf. Gimbel D38. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Average wear with usual light fraying to spine ends. A VG set. 4 volumes 322; 312; 306; 336 pp. Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volumes I II & IV; by John Gilbert in Volume II. Small 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Sheldon and Company hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1864. 1st edition Hatton & Cleaver pp. 345 - 370. Original green printed wrappers. Housed in a custom chemise and deep green full morocco pull-apart case with elaborate gilt decoration to spine. Age-toning. 1st two parts as well as the final show some wear & edge chipping. Part 12 with largish chip to top of front wrapper affected "April". Part 15 lacking tip of front wrapper lower corner. Part 18 with tear to rear wrapper fore-edge. Overall condition of Parts: VG - VG. Case: Some minor wear with interior lip showing some chafing at top corners from removal of top portion's tight fit. Overall VG. 20 parts in 19. Some advert variances /- from that found listed in Hatton & Cleaver; specific collation supplied on request. Illustrated with 40 plates by Marcus Stone. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall unknown
London: T. N. Foulis 1913. 2nd printing. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & black lettering to front board. Blue topstain. Slight lean. Spine a bit dull. Very Good. 10 347 1 blank pp including index. Frontispiece. Inserted plates. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>A look at those that perhaps occasioned the characters that populate Dickens' novels. T. N. Foulis hardcover
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs n. d. Circa 1917. Brown paper wrapped boards with color printed paper onlay to front board. Spine stained. Extremity wear. POI to front eps which have offset. An About VG copy. 183 pp. 8 inserted color plates by F. M. B. Blaikie. 8vo 6" x 8". <br/><br/> George W. Jacobs hardcover
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
New York: Burt Franklin 1970. Reprint of the revised & enlarged 1928 2nd edition. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Spine lightly sunned. A VG copy. xxii 375 1 blank pp. Frontis of Dickens. 8vo. <br/><br/> Burt Franklin hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1911. 1st edition NCBEL III 831. Purple cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Abt VG spine sunned to tan. xii 318 2 pp. 41 illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1916. Reprint of the 1914 edition. Green vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamped lettering. VG spine dull. xvi 127 1 blank pp. Illustrated with plates & facsimiles by the author. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
London: James Nisbet & Co 1913. 1st Trade Edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt and embossed face of Dickens face stamped to front board. Gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. TEG. Sunning to spine and biopredation to spine and front board soiled foxing through out book PO stamp to inner front board. Withal an About Good copy. xiv 320 pp including index. 39 plates. 10" x 7" <br/><br/> James Nisbet & Co hardcover
New York: E. J. Hale 1873. Early printing of the volume edition Gimbel D67. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with elaborate black & gilt stamping. Bevelled edges. Extremity wear with board showing at tips. About Very Good. 564 pp. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> E. J. Hale hardcover
London: Chatto & Windus 1899. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 848. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & a graphic in black to front board. Cocked. Spine a bit dull. Frontis tissue guard age-toned. Very Good. ix 1 blank 307 1 pp including Index. 58 woodcut illustrations. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover
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
London: Wass Pritchard & Co 1923. 1st edition NCBEL III 849. INSCRIBED by the author in the 3rd person on the ffep dated 1926. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Spine sunned. Very Good. 2 blank 103 1 blank pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon item. Wass Pritchard & Co hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1915. 1st edition NCBEL III 840. INSCRIBED. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. VG spine lightly sunned/minor spotting to lower left qtr of rear board/usual bit of foxing to end leaves. x 2 261 9 pp. 7 page Index @ rear. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Inscribed from Crotch to a Mrs Dale on the half-title page. Chapman & Hall hardcover
London: Chapman and Hall n. d. Later edition ca mid-19th C. Original publisher's green cloth binding rebacked with 95% of original spine laid down. Yellow eps. Spine sun-tanned. Prior owner signature/inscription to ffep. A VG - VG copy. xiv 2 609 1 blank pp. Illustrated with 43 plates by Seymour & Phiz. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover
Bloomington & London: Indiana University Press 1978. 1st edition. Purple cloth binding silver stamped lettering to spine. Dark purple printed DJ. VG light stain to top text-block corner/bookplate/VG modest wear. x 340 pp. Many b/w intratextual illustrations and photographic images. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/> Indiana University Press hardcover
Philadelphia: Lippincott 1927. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Spine a bit dull. Bookplate. Very Good. 284 4 blank pp. Bound from the British sheets. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Lippincott hardcover
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
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1848. 1st edition thus. Cf Smith pp. 250 - 251. Modern brown quarter calf binding with complementary marble paper boards. New eps. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG age-toning to plates. viii 9 - 320 pp. Novel text in double column. Illustrated with a dual frontis title page vignette & 6 inserted engravings per Smith p. 251. 8vo. <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover
New York: Sheldon and Company 1863. 1st edition thus cf. Gimbel D38. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. Modest wear with a few small spots of bubbling to cloth. Wear to spine crown cloth. A VG set. 2 volumes vi 7 - 333 5 blank; vi 7 - 338 4 blank pp. 'RP' in Volume II. Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in each volume. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/> Sheldon and Company hardcover
London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. 1st appearance. Housed in a late 19th C / early 20th C. three-quarter green morocco pull-apart case with green cloth chemise. Case spine sunned to a mellow golden brown. Some extremity wear. Parts with general wear and faint whiff of tobacco. Prior owner initials to top of Part XI front wrapper; prior owner name inked to top of Part XVI front wrapper. A VG set in a VG case. Original 20 Parts in 19 as issued. Parts III & X with replaced rear wrappers Part II on III; Part XI on X. As is usually the case some parts with advert variances/lacks from Hatton & Cleaver though this set with an 7 specimen & leaflet Letts advert in Part VIII "particularly scarce . more often than not a missing quantity." H&C p. 254. Complete detailed H&C collation supplied on request. Illustrated with frontis vignette title-page & 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne Phiz. 2 plates per part with the last double number having 4 including the frontis & engraved title. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover
New York: Duffield & Company 1910. 1st US edition bound with Scottish sheets. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering/decorations. Some extremity wear with spine panel a bit sunned. Discoloration spot to front board lower right corner. Period pos to ffep. Offset to h-t page. Withal a VG copy. 376 pp. Frontis of Dickens Maclise portrait 20 additional illustrations 8vo. <br/><br/>An American visits England at the beginning of the 20th c. and records his thoughts on various literary sites. 4 - 5 chapters on Dickens-related sites. Duffield & Company hardcover
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers 1871. Early printing cf. Gimbel D63. Original publisher's green decorative cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering and elaborate spine design. VG gilt bright/1" hairling crack to front hinge paper/light foxing. Ex-Lib with quaint 19th C. lending library "Wayward Library" bookplate & due date slip to rear eps. 335 1 blank pp including Index. Title page vignette. 12mo. 7" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>A collection of Dickens' scenes selected as "containing enough interest in itself to render it acceptable as a part of a school exhibition." Preface p. 3. Lee and Shepard, Publishers hardcover
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1932. 1st edition. Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. VG top edge dusty/offset to eps/Abt VG some edgewear/chipping @ hd & tail of spine. xii 204 8 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/>"Burdett-Coutts spent the majority of her wealth on scholarships endowments and a wide range of philanthropic causes. One of her earliest philanthropic acts was to co-found with Charles Dickens a home for young women who had 'turned to a life of immorality' including theft and prostitution. The home was known as Urania Cottage." Wiki. The volume contains many hitherto unpublished letters to Burdett-Coutts which gives one a good flavor of Dickens rather sympathetic nature for those less fortunate. Uncommon in jacket. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1919. Early if not a first printing. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Buff printed dust jacket with image of Gad's Hill Place to front panel. A VG copy in an About VG dust jacket. 8 308 pp including Index. Frontis of Dickens. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>Uncommon in jacket. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
London: Chapman and Hall Ltd 1926. 1st edition NCBEL III 791. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. VG avg wear/lt soiling to cloth/rear joint rubbed/4mm abrasion to spine. xvi 224 pp. Illustrated with plates & from b/w photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall, Ltd hardcover
London 1851. 1st volume edition NCBEL III 818. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Imprint of "McElrath and Barker" at base of spine. Pale yellow eps. Light blue bookseller ticket of Henry L Lantz / Reading PA to front paste-down. Gilt bright volume square & tight. Spine ever so slightly sunned. Bit of age-toning to paper. Withal a pleasing VG copy. iv 620 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>From the beginning of his authorial career Dickens wished to be an editor. This ambition fully realized with the weekly publication of HOUSEHOLD WORDS earlier editorial attempts not succeeding as hoped. hardcover
Princeton: Published for the University of Cincinnati by Princeton University Press 1955. 1st edition. Pale green cloth binding. Pale green dust jacket. VG/VG spine panel lightly sunned. xvii. 1 blank 318 pp including index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Now a classic of Dickensian Literary Criticism as Professor Ford traces the shifts of reception received by Dickens' writings. Published for the University of Cincinnati by Princeton University Press hardcover
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1936. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author to 'Osgood' on the ffep. Orange cloth spine with grey paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. NF/VG sp panel slightly darkened/lt edgewear. x 156 pp. 25 illustrations; 2 maps. 8vo. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1919. 1st edition NCBEL III 840. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. VG sp faded/some wear. 254 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Crotch examines the reaction of Dickens to the influence of English literature. Chapman & Hall hardcover
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