n. p.: Micawber Fine Editions 2000. 1st edition thus. #III of 10 cc hors commerce. Total limitation of 85 cc. SIGNED by Findeiss & Dean. Full green morocco leather binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & full color pictorial onlay to front board. Slik moire eps. Custom clamshell case. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine clamshell case with has a small bump to its upper corner. 160 4 ii - xxiv 11 pp. Illustrated in color by Findeiss. With an additional suite of 11 SIGNED/Numbered loose plates. 8vo. 10-1/8" x 7-3/8". Case: 11-1/2" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> Micawber Fine Editions hardcover
Toronto: Published for University of Manitoba Press by University of Toronto Press 1971. 1st edition. Blue green cloth binding. Spine a bit sun-tanned. A VG copy. xxix 1 236 2 pp including Index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Published for University of Manitoba Press by University of Toronto Press hardcover
Philadelphia: Published by Getz Buck & Co 1852. Early US editon. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering & Dombey figure to spine. Cocked. Extremity wear to binding with cloth chipped at spine crown. 2 sprung gatherings. Usual bit of foxing. A Good copy. viii 9 - 320 pp. Text double column. Frontis engraved title vignette & 36 inserted plates by "G & G" after the originals by Phiz. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Published by Getz Buck & Co hardcover
London: Chapman and Hall 1882. 1st edition NCBEL III 826. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original cloth covers bound-in at rear. Spines sunned to a golden brown. A handsome VG set. 3 volumes ix 3 463; 4 464; 4 308 pp. Errata slip in each volume precedes p. 1. Index in Vols II & III. 8vo. <br/><br/>Each volume with a tipped in ANs at front: Vol I with Proctor on "Office of Commiossioners in Lunacy" letterhead; Vol II with Brougham & Lewes on "The Leader" letterhead; Vol III with Millais. Chapman and Hall hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1850. 1st 'Cheap' edition in book form NCBEL III 792. Period plain green vertically-ribbed cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine remainder binding. Plain paper eps. Cocked. Front hinge starting. Prior owner inscription to ffep. Some foxing. A VG copy. xii 291 1 pp. Text double column. Frontis by George Cruikshank; engraved by T. Bolton. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>The "Cheap" edition the first systematic reissuance of Dickens' works with a new preface by Dickens; begun in 1847 with Pickwick Papers the edition was issued both in weekly and monthly formats as well as a one-volume edition. The "Cheap" edition is characterized by the double column format and illustrated solely with a frontispiece. Chapman & Hall hardcover
London: Printed for the Author at the Chiswick Press 1873. 1st edition. Not in the NCBEL. Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Slight lean. Modest binding wear. Newspaper excerpt tipped in to rear blank. A VG copy. x 180 pp. Numerous blank leaves at rear. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>The author has a two page remininscence of meeting Dickens as a young man who at the time was a court reporter and per the author sweet on a young lady named Jane. Printed for the Author at the Chiswick Press hardcover
New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1852. 1st edition Gimbel H405; VanderPoel B609; Wilkins p 39. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & boards stamped in blind professionally rebacked. Pale yellow eps. Spine darkened with slight lean. A solid VG copy. 228 pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/>The 'Dickens' contributions come from Household Words though only a portion of one article the second chaper of No. 5 'Bank Note Forgeries' is actually by Dickens. See Wilkins for more information. Cornish Lamport & Co hardcover
Los Angeles: William Thomas Kellaway 1934. 1st printing thus. Not in Gimbel nor Hearn. Printed brown paper wrappers with large black title lettering to front wrapper; twine tie. Some unobstrusive paper repairs to spine fold. Front wrapper lower corner chipped. A VG copy of a scarce edition. Unpaginated though 32 pp. Leaves unopened at top with text printed alternatively recto verso. Decorative initial capital letter. 16-1/2" x 12" <br/><br/>Scarce small press rendition of Dicken's classic Christmas novella. OCLC records just 4 institutional holdings. William Thomas Kellaway unknown
London: Victoria & Albert Museum 1970. 1st edition. Original laminated orange wrappers. VG avg wear/covers starting to delaminate along spine. 121 pages of text double column. Illustrated with b&w plates at rear. 4to. 10-7/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> Victoria & Albert Museum unknown
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street n. d. Later printing ca 1871. Publisher's original morocco-style green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt stamped Dickens' bust to front board. Bevelled edges. Light extremity wear to binding with bright gilt. POI dated 1877 to preliminary blank. A VG copy. 929 3 blank pp. Illustrated after the original illustrations. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street hardcover
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street n. d. Later printing ca 1871. Publisher's original morocco-style green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt stamped Dickens' bust to front board. Bevelled edges. Modest wear to binding with evidence of damping to lower portion of front board. POI dated 1877 to preliminary blank. A VG copy. 15 - 532 2 blank pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Volume also includes: "The Seven Poor Travelers" "New Stories by the Christmas Fire" "A Message from the Sea" & "Wreck of the Golden Mary." T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street hardcover
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street n. d. Later printing ca 1871. Publisher's original morocco-style green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt stamped Dickens' bust to front board. Bevelled edges. Slight cock. Light extremity wear to binding with bright gilt. POI dated 1877 to preliminary blank. Unobtrusive dampstain to lower spine/textblock. A VG copy. xi 1 blank 9 - 912 pp. Illustrated after the original illustrations. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street hardcover
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street n. d. Later printing ca 1871. Publisher's original morocco-style green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt stamped Dickens' bust to front board. Bevelled edges. Slight lean. Light extremity wear to binding with bright gilt. POI dated 1877 to preliminary blank. A VG copy. 9 - 472 4 blank pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street hardcover
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street n. d. Later printing ca 1871. Publisher's original morocco-style green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt stamped Dickens' bust to front board. Bevelled edges. Slight cock. Light extremity wear to binding with bright gilt. POI dated 1877 to preliminary blank. A VG - VG copy. 5 - 467 17 pp. 16 pages of adverts at rear. 'Hunted Down' illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1850. 1st Cheap edition in volume form. Period tan half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Modest shelf wear. Period pos to ffep. Light foxing to end sheets. 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 and illustrated solely with a frontispiece and contains a new preface by Dickens written expressly for this edition. Chapman & Hall hardcover
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop Inc n. d. 1st printing. Color illustrated laminated paper wrappers with tan title lettering printed to front wrapper and spine. A VG copy. 4 108 pp. Several b/w and color images. 9" x 7" <br/><br/> Heritage Book Shop Inc unknown
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1865. 1st US edition Gimbel B289. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Some wear & soiling to wrappers with age-toning to paper. A solid VG copy of an uncommon edition. 48 pp including wrappers. Text double column. Untrimmed. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>Dickens wrote Parts I & VII; for the contributions of the other authors see Oppenlander pp 150. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1866. 1st US edition Gimbel B290. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers sewn. Some wear to wrappers & age-toning to paper. A VG copy of an uncommon edition. 48 pp including wrappers. Text double column. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown
Paris: Baudry's European Library 1841. 1st edition thus; published the same year as the 1st edition in London. Period black quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Blue marbled paper eps. General wear & rubs to bindings. Leather chipped at spine ends. PO name stamp. A VG copy. 8 367 1 blank pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/> Baudry's European Library hardcover
Philadelphia: Published by Getz Buck & Co 1853. Later printing of this uncommon edition which was first published in 1852. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering & Dickensian figures to spine. Slight lean. Wear to spine ends with spine gilt bright. Period pencil pos to ffep. Usual foxing. A VG copy of an uncommon edition of this Dickens favorite. 2 vi 9 - 362 pp. Text double column. Running title "Master Humphrey's Clock." Frontispiece & 1841 engraved title from Lea & Blanchard. 7 inserted plates by Sibson engraved by Yeager. Numerous intra-textual cuts. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/> Published by Getz Buck & Co hardcover
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press 1966. 1st edition thus. The Clarendon edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. NF/VG short closed tear to rear panel. lxv 1 403 pp. Illustrated with plates facsimilies & 1836 map of London fold-out. 8vo. <br/><br/>The most scholarly edition which includes a very useful 9 pp 'Descriptive List of Editions'. At the Clarendon Press hardcover
Boston: Jones McDuffee & Stratton 1878. 1st separate edition Brussel EAST To WEST p. 85; Gimbel B221. Not in the NCBEL. Light grey printed wrappers stapled. Modest wear & soiling. A VG copy. 14 2 pp. Terminalplate of a Parian statuette of John A. Andrews. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Somewhat abridged version of Dickens' "A Plated Article" originally published in Household Words 1852 in which Dickens relates his visit to the Copeland Pottery works at Stoke-upon-Trent in Staffordshire. Jones McDuffee & Stratton unknown
London: Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press 1919. 1st edition NCBEL III 827. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to the spine & front board. Spine dull. Slight lean. A VG copy. 43 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>Talfourd very close friend of young Dickens and was the person to whom Dickens dedicated his first novel PICKWICK PAPERS. Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press hardcover
London: Printed at the Chiswick Press 1918. 1st edition. Not found in the NCBEL. The 'Self' copy with Self's ownership label to the front paste-down. Tan cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Modest wear. A VG copy. 39 1 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Printed at the Chiswick Press hardcover
n. p. n. d. 1st edition thus presumed. Ca 1880s . Not found in Miller. Stiff paper wrappers with red ribbon tie. Some wear & soiling. Upper tip lacking from front cover. A VG copy of a rare piece of Dickensiana. 3 leaves of text printed verso only on stiff card-stock paper. Illustrated with 4 etchings. 8-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Dickens' famous piece which first appeared in PICKWICK PAPERS though from Kitton we learn it was not written especially for that successful first novel. unknown
n. p.: Privately Printed 1928. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 815. Limitd to 250cc this #98. Buff parchment paper spine & tips with grey paper-wrapped boards. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Spine darkened. Prior owner signature to front paste-down. A VG copy. 58 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles drawings etc. 8-5/8" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>One of Dickens' scarcest titles in the original printing here reproduced with related drawings facsimile letters e.g. Dickens to Chapman & Hall facsimile Playbill etc. Privately Printed hardcover
London: Effingham Wilson 11 Royal Exchange 1855. 1st edition Eckel p. 235; Fielding SPEECHES pp 197 - 208; Gimbel B-237. Not in Kitton's DICKENSIANA. Original printed self-wrappers sewn. "Price Twopence.". Wrappers soiled. A VG copy. 11 1 pp. Pagination includes wrappers. Printed by M. S. Rickerby London. 12mo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>The British populace exhibited little anger at the Army's 'miserable plight' in Crimea as well as to the public exposure of the Administration's ineptitude leading to such a deplorable state. Dickens was "alarmed by the defeat abroad and apathy at home." This speech fulfilled Dickens' promise to speak on behalf of administrative reform. Uncommon in the original wrappers. Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange unknown
New York: Gilberton Company 1968. Color illustrated paper wrappers stapled with black title lettering to front wrapper. 1" closed tear to foredge of pg 25 - 36. Withal a VG copy. 47 1 pp. Profusley illustrated with comic illustrations. 10" x 7" <br/><br/> Gilberton Company unknown
London: Printed by Buck and Wootton n. d. 1st printing Gimbel D59. Ca 1870. Not in Eckel nor Kitton's DICKENSIANA. Printed self-wrappers sewn. '1872' inked to bottom of front wrapper. A VG copy of an uncommon piece of Dickensiana. 15 1 blank pp. Pagination includes wrappers. 8vo. 7-3/16" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Collects accounts of 5 Dickens' speeches of which the first relates Dickens speaking at the 10 year anniversary 1849 of the NBPI founding. Cf. Fielding SPEECHES for complete transcriptions. Printed by Buck and Wootton unknown
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1868. 1st edition thus Todd & Bowden 961a. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Gilt bright. Minor fraying to front joint cloth. Tips turned-in. A solid VG copy. 315 1 pp. Text double column. 16mo in 8s. 6-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>The primary work a collaborative effort by the two authors cf. Oppenlander p. 196 for a distribution of same. "Miss Hollingford" attributed to Miss Mulholland cf. Wolff 4980. Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1871. 1st printing of the Facsimile edition See Eckel p 154. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Plain paper printed wrappers bound-in. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Minor extremity wear. Withal a handsome VG copy. 4 46 pp. Binder's blanks. Hand-colored frontispiece by Pailthorpe. Extra-illustrated with Engraving of Dickens by Buttre and an image of J. P. Harley as he was dressed for his 1836 performance. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1924. 1st edition NCBEL III 781. Original red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Minor wear to spine crown. A VG copy. xii 175 1 blank pp. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover
Paris: Baudry's European Library 1844. 1st edition thus. Period brown half-calf bindings with marbled paper boards & edges. General wear & rubs to bindings. Volumes cocked. Prior owner signature & bookplate modern. A VG set of an uncommon edition with OCLC showing only 3 cc in the United States. 2 volumes 2 iv 543 1 blank; 4 483 5 blank pp. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> Baudry's European Library hardcover
Oxford: The Clarendon Press 1965. 1st printing. Red cloth binding. Pale yellow & red dust jacket. VG/VG spine panel sun-tanned/modest wear & soiling. xlvi 2 744 pp including Index. Frontis 4 leaves of plates. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>The most complete & scholarly edition of Dickens' letters ever published of which 1059 are contained herein. The Clarendon Press hardcover
The Doldrums Ormond Beach 1936. 1st Edition Klinefelter 114. Floral papered boards with 3/4 red cloth to spine and corners. Gilt title lettering and logo stamped to front board. Floral decorative eps. TEG. Without glassine dust jacket. Very light foxing to frontis. Withal a VG copy. 10 19 7 blank pp. Untrimmed. One color frontis and one wood cut. One decorative initial letter hand colored. 7-1/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> hardcover
London: Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans 1846. 1st edition Smith II p. 48. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Light wear to tips. A handsome VG copy. 4 269 1 pp. Lacks adverts. 4 illustrations by Samuel Palmer. Extra-illustrated with 41 additional bound-in plates 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans hardcover
New York: Frederick A Stokes Company 1914. 1st edition Miller p. 53. Not in the NCBEL Gimbel nor the BM extract. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. A handsome VG copy. viii 2 237 pp. 7 illustrations from photographs 12mo. <br/><br/> Frederick A Stokes Company hardcover
Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. 1st publication Eckel p. 200; NCBEL III 825. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original front wrappers bound-in. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Minor extremity wear. Withal a handsome VG copy. Divers paginations. Binders blanks. Illustrated with 4 plates as supplied by the former owner. Tall 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Dickens wrote this piece specifically for his close friend James T. Fields with this being its first appearance. The UK edition not published till 10 years later. Ticknor & Fields hardcover
Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. 1st edition Gimbel D-42; Kitton 417; Wilkins p. 41. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Some light foxing & staining to paper. Withal a respectable VG copy. 8 241 1 blank pp. Illustrated by Sol Eytinge 8 plates from the Diamond edition. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Contains a specially written preface by Dickens noting that the volume is compiled with his "full and free consent." Ticknor & Fields hardcover
n. p. n. d. 1st edition Gimbel H428. Not in NCBEL. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Grey paper wrappers printed in red bound-in. Spine sunned to a golden brown. A handsome VG copy of an uncommon Dickens biography. 46 2 blank pp. Binder's blanks. 8vo. <br/><br/>Text from that of the DNB ca 1888 . Later ca 1900 included with Marzails' LIFE Of CHARLES DICKENS Philadelphia: John D. Morris n. d. Cf. Gimbel H313 & VanderPoel E411. hardcover
London: Smith Elder & Co 1912. 1st edition NCBEL III 818. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. A VG copy. 404 pp including index. Frontis of Dickens from the Watkins photograph. 3 inserted portraits Wills Collins & Thackerary. 8vo. <br/><br/> Smith Elder & Co hardcover
London: Chapman and Hall 1884. 1st edition NCBEL III 785. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. Bookseller slip affixed to bottom of frontis. A handsome VG copy. iii - viii 467 5 pp including Index. Adverts last 4 pages. Frontispiece of Dickens from a lithograph by R. J. Lane after a photograph by J. Watkins. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>This a selection of Dickens' writings chosen by his good friend. Chapman and Hall hardcover
London: Longmans Green and Co 1914. 1st edition NCBEL III 810. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Original printed peachish-yellow paper wrappers bound-in. Spine sunned as are some edges of the boards. A square & tight VG copy of an uncommon piece of Dickensiana. 95 1 blank pp. Binder's blanks. Maclise's "Nickleby" portrait reproduced on front wrapper. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens brought suit against 5 defendants for publishing/selling a piratical edition of his 'Christmas Carol'. 4 offered no substantial defense but Lee & Haddock showed fight and as a result this work makes for interesting reading. Longmans Green and Co 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. Dust jacket. Very Good/Fair stained lacking lower half of spine panel/mylar cover taped to book. xiv 320 pp including index. 39 plates. 10" x 7" <br/><br/> James Nisbet & Co hardcover
London: Wiley & Putnam 1843. 1st edition NCBEL III 822; Gimbel H490; Kitton 534. Late 19th C. 3/4 green morocco binding by Riviere & Son with marbled paper boards. Elaborate gilt decorated spine. TEG. Spine panel mildly sun-darkened. Bookplate of "C. E. Stewart". A handsome VG copy. 392 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Wood's attempt to make a 'splash' using as a foil Dickens' account of his trip to the US in 1842 which was seen as less than flattering on this side of the Atlantic. According to Gimbel & the NCBEL the London edition precedes the US edition. Wiley & Putnam hardcover
London: Bell & Daldy 1866. 1st edition thus Eckel pp. 148 - 149; NCBEL III 825. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Spine sunned to a mellow golden tan. A handsome VG copy. 24 329 1 pp. Frontis of Proctor. Text illustrated by Dobson Palmer Tenniel et al. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>This the first appearance of Proctor's poetry with Dickens' 11 page introduction a feature retained through the many subsequent editions. Bell & Daldy hardcover
Boston: William Cosby and Company 1842. 1st separate appearance BAL 8735n; Gimbel B112; Kitton 1; Tilton p. 560. Original buff printed wrappers. Custom red cloth chemise with leather title label to spine. Period pos 2. Faint tide lines to text upper margin. A respectable VG copy. Case - VG with two bookplates 'Frank Maier' & 'Thomas Wallace'. 2 66 pp. Dickens' speech recorded on pp. 10 - 15. Holmes' 'Song' p. 33. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>This dinner was sponsored by a committee of 'Young Men of Boston' who had extended their invitation to the also young but already famous author before he left England. The dinner was held in Papanti's Hall with Josiah Quincy Jr as Chair who was ably assisted by Oliver Wendell Holmes & Nathan Hale Jr; the young James T. Fields was a guest. Also in attendance was "Josiah Quincy Sr the president of Harvard Washington Allston the poet & artist; George Bancroft the Historian & Richard Henry Dana Jr. . Letters were read from Prescott Washington Irving William Ellery Channing Judge Story and others regretting their inability to be there." In his remarks Dickens introduced the subject of International Copyright a topic dear to his heart if not those in attendance. This was one of the first salvos in a battle that was to rage for decades and the local papers were not slow to respond saying Dickens' remarks were in bad taste for a social gathering & charged him with creating a "huge dissonance". Evidently the future prominent Boston publisher Mr Fields thought Nevermind with respect to the copyright issue for he is known to have written shortly thereafter "Was there ever such a night before in our staid city" and he would later become a staunch friend to and publisher of the 'Inimitable'. cf. Johnson. DICKENS pp. 374-376. After the dinner Dickens wrote Forster "It was a most superb affair and the speaking admirable." Per Fielding Dickens "left Boston on 5 February with happier memories of his visit there than of anywhere else in America when four months later he returned to England." Fielding. SPEECHES Of DICKENS. p. 22. Scarce. Only 2 cc at auction in the past 25 years the last being 1998. This only the second copy we've ever been able to offer in the 20 years we've been handling Dickens material. William Cosby and Company hardcover
B/w photograph of Williams on platform with his right hand in the air looking up into the distance with a book on the table in front of him. Mounted on tan stiff paper. Nr Fine. 14" x 11" <br/><br/>Williams toured as a one man show in the 1950's until his death. He performed readings by Chrales Dickens and this image is of him reciting a passage by Dickens. unknown
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library 1956. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Limited to 400cc. Printed buff paper wrappers sewn. Age-toned with some minor edge wear. A VG copy of an uncommon item. 4 blank 16 4 blank pp. Fold-out facsimile of the letter. Tall 8vo. 11-1/8" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/>The first publication of this 12 August 1844 letter from Dickens to his solictior Mitton which Johnson summarizes as ". vividly reflecting the year Dickens spent in Italy ." The Pierpont Morgan Library unknown
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