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
London: John Dicks 313 Strand n. d. Ca 1883 Gimbel D102. Not in Miller nor VanderPoel. Pale green sewn wrappers printed in black. Average wear. A VG copy of a very scarce edition. 9 1; 11 3 pp. Separate t.p. for each work. Adverts last 2 pages. Wood engraved vignette to each t.p. with "Wife" vignette duplicated on wrapper cover. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/> John Dicks, 313, Strand unknown
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1974. 1st printing. Red cloth binding. Red & pale yellow dust jacket. NF push to text block/NF. xxv 3 692 pp including Index. Frontis a map & playbill reproductions. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>The most complete edition of Dickens' letters 772 herein with 264 first published. Clarendon Press hardcover
London: McMillan & Co 1884. 1st edition thus Not in Gimbel though see H133 for the more common earlier edition of 1880 nor in Miller nor listed in the NCBEL. White cloth printed in red & black. Yellow printed eps with adverts. VG binding & text paper yellowed/some foxing as usual. Letts bookseller ticket to top left of front paste-down. 310 8 pp. Text double column. Adverts last 8 pages. Illustrated with maps. 12mo. <br/><br/> McMillan & Co hardcover
New York: Harper & Bros 1870. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering professionally recased. Gilt lettering to spine & front board. A Very Good copy. viii 9 - 147 pp double column. 2 pp publisher advert prior to text and 4 pp publisher advert at rear dated July 1870. Wood engraving frontispiece of Dickens. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Issued shortly after Dickens' demise and expands on a 10 June piece from the Daily Telegraph. Quite uncommon. Harper & Bros hardcover
New York: Harper & Brothers 1863. 1st US editiion Brussel EAST TO WEST p. 81; Gimbel B283; Oppenlander ATYR Contributer List p. 136; VanderPoel B450 for the 1864 edition. Not in Edgar & Vail. Printed white wrappers. Adverts to rear wrapper recto & verso. General soiling to wrappers with small piece missing from lower left of front panel no text affected. Bookseller blindstamp to front wrapper. Tide line to rear wrapper. Withal a VG copy of an uncommon edition. 3 - 46 pp. Text double-column. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>As is the case with most of the Christmas stories the work actually a collaborative effort though marketed under Dickens' very salable name:� Chapters I & VII by Dickens per VanderPoel & confirmed by Oppenlander;� Chapter II by Elizabeth Gaskell states Oppenlander even though Gaskell "swore" not to write for ATYR;� Chapter III by Andrew Halliday;� Chapter IV by Edmund Yates;� Chapter V by Amelia Edwards;� & Chapter VI by Charles A. Collins Dickens' son-in-law & the individual initially chosen to illustrate Drood. Harper & Brothers unknown
Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. 1st appearance Edgar & Vail p. 30. Period black half-sheep with marbled boards. Gilt spine lettering & decorations. A VG copy. iv 762 pp for entire volume. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens' story appears in the January March April & May issues. Ticknor & Fields hardcover
London: St. Luke's Hospital 1860. 1st separate edition second issue Eckel pp. 188-191; Gimbel B-216; VanderPoel B-465. Original pale pink printed wrappers sewn. Typographical border surrounding title lettering on front wrapper. Wrappers a bit faded & show a mite of soiling. Paper repair to front wrapper top edge as well as spine paper. Old vertical fold crease to center as is usually found from mailing. A VG copy. 19 1 pp. 7" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>This short piece by Dickens on St. Luke's Hospital originally published in the January 17 1852 issue of HOUSEHOLD WORDS. With Dickens' consent it was reissued in this pamphlet form by the Hospital management as a fund-raising mechanism. The first issue had purple wrappers in which the 'appeal' was not highlighted from the remainder of the text and evidently donations suffered accordingly. in this second issue the wrappers are pink the 'appeal' is boldly printed and it was accompanied by an easy-to-use return envelope much as we see today in the solicitations we receive. make it easy on the mark!. A rather uncommon item of Dickensiana. [St. Luke's Hospital] unknown
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers 306 Chestnut Street n.d. Early US printing ca mid-1850s per t.p.; cased post 1860 per binding style. Cf. Gimbel D25. Original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering; gilt figure on spine; Dickens' bust blindstamped to boards. Bright yellow eps. VG bright spine gilt/cloth chipped at spine ends/board showing slightly at tips/pos name stamp to t.p. vi 9 - 362 pp. Text double column. 6 pages of adverts at rear. Frontis & engraved t.p. 101 intratextual woodcut illustrations. Tall 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/> T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street hardcover
London 1850. 1st volume edition. Period green half-sheep binding with green cloth boards. VG some minor scuffing to leather extremities. 2 volumes in 1 vii 1 280; vii 1 280. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>A monthly news supplement to Household Words here found in the annual with a Table of Contents for each year. hardcover
New York: Published by E. Brown Junr. Printed by N. Currier New York 1839. Cf. Conningham 643. Housed in an attractive gilt frame. Lithograph paper itself shows a bit of soiling & wear with mostly vertical stress line repaired tear to right edge does not affect image itself. Stiffer stock shows minor edgewear & some foxing. Frame is Fine. Image - 11-3/4" x 8-7/8". Framed: 25" x 19-1/2" <br/><br/>Image of a young Dickens bust aspect after the "Nickleby Portrait" by Maclise lithographed on proof paper & laid down on stiffer stock measuring 22-1/2" x 16-3/4". Quite scarce; the first time we've been able to offer this item. Published by E. Brown Junr. Printed by N. Currier, New York unknown
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co 1839. 1st US book edition VanderPoel B1252; cf. Edgar & Vail p. 18; Gimbel A43 'fourth copy'. Modern brown leather spine gilt decorated & lettered over original publisher's vertically-ribbed tan cloth boards. Modern cloth slipcase. Overall VG usual foxing to text paper; plates uncommonly clean/faint period pencil pos to ffep. i-ii 3-5 vi - viii 13 - 403 pp double column of text. Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins; Stereotyped by J. Fagan Philadelphia. 39 of 40 inserted plates after PHIZ redrawn primarily by Yeager. The frontis of Dickens not available when this copy was bound so opposite the t.p. the publisher's tipped-in a printed slip stating: "On presentation of this slip a copy of the Authorized portrait of Mr. Dickens will be delivered to the bearer for Lea & Blanchard's illustrated edition of Nicholas Nickleby which is now engraving on steel and to be ready by the end of December. The purchasers of the numbers will receive the portrait in the New Work of Mr. Dickens to be issued next year. / Philadelphia November 1839. 10" x 6-1/4". Signed in 6s. <br/><br/>This issue of the work published the same month as the 20th Part with a tipped-in publisher slip vice the frontis portrait is quite Rare; is the first time we've ever owned such and we find mention of no other copy thus supplied aside from that noted in the VanderPoel Collection. Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co hardcover
New York: E. J. Hale 1872. 1st edition BFTP Gimbel D67. Publisher tan half-calf with marbled boards eps & edges; elaborate gilt decorated spine. Red & green spine labels. Overall VG. 564 pp. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>This the first time we've handled the uncommon 1872 imprint- the NCBEL lists 1873 as the first appearance of this title. E. J. Hale hardcover
Philadelphia: John D. Morris n. d. Buff printed wrappers. VG some soil & minor edge chipping to wrappers. 29; 54; 46 pp. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> John D. Morris unknown
New York: Harper & Brothers 1863. 1st US edition Brussel EAST TO WEST p. 81; Gimbel B283. Later green library buckram binding. Gd lacking rear wrapper/paper repair to final leaf affecting 3 lines of text of inner column. Ex-lib of NYPL with 'Withdrawn' stamp to initial & terminal leaf as well as a few other associated institutional markings. 46 pp. Text in double-column. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
London: Henry G. Bohn 1864. 2nd edition implied but actually the 4th. Orig green cloth w/ gilt spine design. VG cloth in nice condition/hinges cracked/prior owner sig on ffep/frontis has some foxing. 628 pp. 40 steel engravings by Crowquill & 33 woodcuts 8vo. <br/><br/> Henry G. Bohn hardcover
London: Wass Pritchard & Co 1923. 1st edition NCBEL III 827. Stiff buff printed wrappers. VG minor soiling to wrappers. 32 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>The many ways to say "NO" to requests for a 'small sum to see one through.'. Somewhat uncommon item. Wass Pritchard & Co unknown
London: Bradbury & Evans 1858. 1st edition thus Gimbel D31. Original green printed wrappers. Abt VG some soiling to wrappers/spine paper chipped. 114 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>The first "Reading" edition and one of the 5 titles so issued by Bradbury & Evans. Bradbury & Evans unknown
New York: Scribner Armstrong and Company 1875. Decorative cloth. Gd sp darkened somewhat/wear at extremities & corners/hinges cracked. xxiv 305 3 pp including Index. Publisher advert at rear. 12mo. <br/><br/>Has facsimile of Thackeray letter not found in the 1874 first edition. Scribner Armstrong and Company hardcover
Boston: Benjamin H. Greene 1844. 2nd edition American Imprints 44-1238; NCBEL III 822; Cf. Sabin 11217 for the 1st & 3rd editions. Original printed blue wrappers. Front wrapper title: 'LETTER To A LADY In FRANCE In ANSWER To ENQUIRIES CONCERNING The LATE IMPUTATIONS Of DISHONOR Upon the UNITED STATES.". Usual foxing some curled upper corners and a qtr-circle dampstin to lower corner throughout most of text; overall VG. Period pos to top of front wrapper. iv 5 - 60 pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Benjamin H. Greene unknown
New York: Harper & Bros 1870. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Printed wrappers. Abt VG cloth reinforcement to spine/stationer stamp on front wrapper/msg lower corner of front wrapper does not affect text. viii 9 - 147 pp double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>Issued shortly after Dickens' demise and expands on a 10 June piece from the Daily Telegraph. Quite uncommon. Harper & Bros hardcover
NY: MacMillan 1977. 1st US edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF/VG pc. 252 pp including index profusely illustrated in b/w & color 4to. <br/><br/> MacMillan hardcover
Edmonton Alberta 1925. 1st edition Cox 532. Not in the NCBEL. Grey mottled--paper boards lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Abt VG 1 cm of spine head missing/spine paper cracked along joint/occasional cracked hinge. 77 pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>A series of dramatic monologues/poems written in blank verse in which Leaver makes his case for Jasper as Drood's murderer. A scarce Drood item- the first we've ever been able to offer. hardcover
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1875. Household edition. Green decorative cloth w/ gilt lettering. VG some wear at the extremities/sp dull. 263 pp 8 pp of adverts 44 illustrations by F. Barnard 4to. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
New York: Harper & Brothers 1846. Early US edition Edgar & Vail p. 23; Gimbel A93; VanderPoel B4032. Printed brown wrappers. Uncut edges. An overall Very Good copy with the usual foxing and some dampstaining signs along the gutter. 32 pp double column 16 pp 'Catalogue of Books' at rear 8vo. <br/><br/>Often called the 1st US edition priority cannot be established with absolute certainty so we hesitate to term it such. In any event undoubtedly an uncommon item; a search of the auction records for the last 25 years shows only two having been offered. Harper & Brothers unknown
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
Cambridge: The University Press 1914. 1st edition. Olive green linen cloth with paper spine label. VG lt soil to cloth/owner inscrip on ffep. 159 pp Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/> The University Press hardcover
Boston: William White & H. P. Lewis 1842. 1st edition American Imprints 42-2784; Gimbel H-277; VanderPoel B486; Wright I 1571. Not in Kitton's DICKENSIANA or Wilkins. Original printed pale-yellow wrappers. Abt VG wrappers chipped & spine paper perishing with old tape reinforcement/corners reinforced with tape/soiling. 68 pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>A scarce parody published no doubt to take advantage of the Boz mania that gripped the Northeast with Dickens 1842 visit concluding with the Boston dinner herein skewered. Dickens relations with his American hosts became a bit strained when he continued to press the copyright issue and were exacerbated by his subsequent publication of AMERICAN NOTES which felt by many on this side of the pond at least portrayed the US in less than favorable light. William White & H. P. Lewis unknown
London: Chapman & Hall 1850. 1st Cheap edition in volume form. Original green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt-decorated spine. Spine sunned otherwise a VG copy. xiv 2 303 1 blank pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 8vo. <br/><br/>The "Cheap" edition the first systematic reissuance of Dickens' works and begun in 1847 with Pickwick Papers in weekly monthly & volume formats. The edition characterised by the double column format illustrated solely with a frontispiece and contains a new preface by Dickens written expressly for this edition. Chapman & Hall hardcover
Boston: Jenks Hickling & Swan 1854. 2nd US edition Edgar & Vail p. 27; Vander Poel B500. Original dark blue publishers' cloth with gilt spine lettering/decorations & boards stamped in blind. VG spines sunned/extremity wear. 2 volumes 332; 355 pp. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Not in Gimbel nor mentioned by Wilkins. Jenks Hickling & Swan hardcover
New York: G. P. Putnam 155 Broadway 1852. 1st edition thus Gimbel D17. Publisher's splain brown muslin cloth binding with simple gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. About VG sp cloth dull/extremity wear/some foxing throughout. 6 231 1 blank pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Extracted from 'Household Words'. Japan Bosnia Cairo China the Suez & Catching Elephants are all explored in these essays. This title not listed in Edgar & Vail though Putnam's 'Home Narratives' 1852 & 'Home and Social Philosophy' 1852 are noted. G. P. Putnam, 155 Broadway hardcover
New York: E. J. Hale 1873. Early printing of the volume edition Gimbel D67. Contemporary tan half-calf professionally rebacked with marbled board eps & edges. Black leather spine label modern. Overall VG. 564 pp. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> E. J. Hale hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1850. 1st Cheap edition in volume form. Original green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt-decorated spine. VG contemporary prior owner sig on blank front fly/sp sunned/printing flaw horizontal crease through publisher imprint on tp & next three leaves. xiv 2 303 1 blank pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 8vo. <br/><br/>The "Cheap" edition the first systematic reissuance of Dickens' works and begun in 1847 with Pickwick Papers in weekly monthly & volume formats. The edition characterised by the double column format and illustrated solely with a frontispiece and contains a new preface by Dickens written expressly for this edition. Chapman & Hall hardcover
New York: Harper & Bros 1873. Household edition. Green decorative cloth w/ gilt lettering. VG wear at extremities/sp dulled a bit. 354 pp. 58 illustrations by J. Mahoney. 4to. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original green blindstamped cloth. VG tight/blinstamping sharp/sp sltly dull/some minor foxing. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. Presentation copy. Tan cloth with gilt lettering. VG bpt/bookseller label. Tipped in on rear blank is a Drood bibliography 1911 - 1928 pbd by the Dickensian circa 1928. 212 pp including index. Frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/>Inscribed by Nicoll on the ffep to Dr James Moffatt co-author with Nicoll of 'The Expositor's Dictionary of Texts'. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
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
London: British Museum 1960. 1st edition thus. Buff printed wrappers. VG light soil & edgewear to wrappers. Unpaginated though 2 columns per page numbered 237 - 378. Folio. 34 cm x 22.5 cm. <br/><br/>A useful reference for Dickens' publications especially foreign translations. British Museum unknown
London: Chapman & Hall 1912. 1st edition NCBEL III 831. Original red cloth w/ gilt lettering/facsimile signature on front cover a la the Charles Dickens edition of the late 1860s. TEG. Abt VG some binding wear & soiling/lacks ffep. 236 pp. Illustrated. 4to. 10" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>Issued during the Dickens' centenary. Chapman & Hall hardcover
Stoke-Upon-Trent: Spode n. d. 1st separate prtg. Paper covered boards. VG. 20 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>A reprint of an 1852 Households Words article; a puff for Spode china. Spode hardcover
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co 1970. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG light wear/spine panel sunned. ix 3 172 pp including index. Illustrated from B&W photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/> A. S. Barnes & Co hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1908. 1st edition in book form. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG cloth & gilt bright/wear at lower frnt corner/ffep crinkled w/ 1" tear at top of gutter/owner sig & bpt/first few bound-in wrappers have 1" horizontal tear in middle of leaf. 12 issues. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1952. 1st thus. #810/900 cc. Brown cloth spine with marbled paper boards. Gilt spine lettering to leather spine label. Slipcase. VG wear to extremities of paper over boards and spine label in a Good slipcase chipping to paper overlay short splits to some panel edges still sound overall. 80 pp. Illustrations by Paul Nonnast. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton with his presentation card laid-in. Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton hardcover
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1933. 1st edition. Brown cloth binding stamped in gilt. Buff printed dust jacket. VG bpt/glue residue to ffep/top edge dusty/VG edge chipping primarily to top edge. xvii 1 65 pp. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harvard University Press hardcover
London: Henry Sotheran & Co 1921. 1st edition thus. Limited to 275 cc. Grey paper-wrapped boards with paper spine label. VG sp wear & chipping. 59 pp including a 1 pg advert at rear frontis 8vo. <br/><br/> Henry Sotheran & Co hardcover
London: Henry Sotheran Ltd 1931. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 830. Blue-green wrappers. Nr Fine in a VG soiled slipcase. 5 parts illustrated sm 8vo. <br/><br/>Precedes the hard-cover edition. Henry Sotheran Ltd unknown
New York: Arno Press 1970. 1st edition. Orange cloth binding with black facsimile stamped to front board and black title lettering stamped to spine. Tan dust jacket with brown title lettering printed to front panel and spine. VG owner signature/VG avg wear/minor soiling. 165 pp profusely illustrated in b&w 4to. <br/><br/>A selection from the NYPL's Berg collection. Arno Press hardcover
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