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Dickens Charles 1812 1879
The LAMPLIGHTER. A Farce.; Now First Printed from a Manuscript in the Forster Collection at the South Kensington Museum
London 1879. 1st edition Eckel p. 162; Gimbel B80. #172 / 250cc. Issue without plate. Geen half-morocco binding by Woolstengroft with marbled boards & eps and original grey printed front wrapper bound-in. Some scuffing to binding leather. A VG - VG copy. 45 pp of text. Binder's blanks at rear of volume. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>A play written by Dickens' ca 1838 for his good friend Macready though not performed at the time with the story eventually being reworked by Dickens for inclusion in the 'Pic-Nic Papers' 1841. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11679.2
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Thackeray William Makepeace 1811 1863 Attributed to. Dickens Charles 1812 1870 Contributor. Cruikshank George 1792
The LOVING BALLAD Of LORD BATEMAN
London: Charles Tilt n. d. 2nd edition ca 1840s cf Cohn 243; Eckel p. 206-208. Green flexible cloth binding with gilt lettering/pictorial cover professionally recased. Gilt bright. Prior owner stamp to front paste-down. A VG copy. 38 2 pp. 2 pages of bookseller adverts conclude volume. 11 full page illustrations as well as the cover design by George Cruikshank. 5-3/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>Initially thought to be a work of Dickens later investigation has settled on Thackeray as the author with Dickens presumed to have written the Preface and Notes. Charles Tilt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 33718
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The LAMPLIGHTER. A Farce. Now First Printed from a Manuscript in the Forster Collection at the South Kensington Museum
London 1879. 1st edition Eckel p. 162; Gimbel B-80; VanderPoel B532. Limited to 250 cc this No. 78. Original grey printed wrappers. Faint foxing to wrappers. A VG copy and uncommon thus. 45 1 pp. 8vo. 7" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>A play written for Dickens' good friend Macready circa 1838 though not performed at the time with the story eventually being reworked by Dickens for inclusion in the 'Pic-Nic Papers' 1841. unknown
Bookseller reference : 11679.3
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Fitzgerald Percy 1834 1925
MEMORIES Of CHARLES DICKENS. With an Account of "Household Words" and "All The Year Round" and of the Contributers Thereto
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd 1913. 1st edition NCBEL III 1054. Maroon vertically-ribbed cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering. TEG. Spine a bit darkened. Modest wear. A VG - VG copy. xiv 2 383 1 pp including Index. Frontispiece of the author. 6 inserted plates one double-page. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Fitzgerald a later-life friend of Dickens; here he chronicles the Inimitable's days with Household Words & ATYR and the contributers thereto. J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 472.3
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Landor Walter Savage 1775 1864. Clark Cumberland Editor
CHARLES DICKENS' ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH COPY Of His LETTER To HENRY COLBURN Upon the Controversy Occasioned by the Contribution of Walter Savage Landor to PIC NIC PAPERS Together with a Note to Forster on the Subject April 1st 1841
London: Printed at the Chiswick Press for Cumberland Clark 1918. 1st edition Gimbel B108. Not in the NCBEL. Quarter bound with white cloth spine over red paper-wrapped boards. Gilt title stamping to front board. Wear & soiling to binding with board showing at tips. Age-toning to eps. An About VG copy. 15 1 blank pp. Facsimile of Dickens' letter. 8vo. <br/><br/> Printed at the Chiswick Press for Cumberland Clark hardcover
Bookseller reference : 33022
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Nast Thomas. 1840 1902. Dickens Charles 1812 1870
PICTURES FROM ITALY SKETCHES BY BOZ And AMERICAN NOTES
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1877. 1st edition thus. Household edition cf. Gimbel D68. INSCRBIED by the illustrator Nast at the top of the frontispiece. Highly decorative green cloth binding wight gilt & black stamping. Some shelfwear with a bit of black discoloration to the top of the front board. Front hinge starting in bottom 3". A VG copy. 383 3 blank pp. Text double column. Illustrated by Thomas Nast & Arthur B. Frost. 10" x 7" <br/><br/>NB. Not in Bolton though he does record Frost's contribution to the Appleton edition. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5472.3
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Trumble Alfred
In JAIL With CHARLES DICKENS
London: Suckling & Galloway 1896. 1st edition Gimbel H455; NCBEL III 849. Green decorative cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. TEG. Spine slightly darkened. PO embossed name to ffep. A VG copy. iv 2 190 pp. Partially unopened. Fold-out frontis of the mob setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 5" <br/><br/>"A study of the prisons described by Dickens." NCBEL. Suckling & Galloway hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32912
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Dickens Charles & Vivian French
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
USA: Candlewick Press. The most famous Christmas ghost story about Ebenezer Scrooge with atmospheric color illustrations by the immensely talented Benson. This is the original American edition. A wonderful addition to your Christmas library! OUT OF PRINT. . About Fine. Hardcover. First US Edition. 1st Printing. 1993. Candlewick Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17007 ISBN : 1564022048 9781564022042
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Neale C. M.
An INDEX To PICKWICK
London: Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock 1897. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. INSCRIBED by the Author. Green cloth spine with lt green paper wrapped boards. Volume professionally recased. General wear & soiling. A VG copy. iv 75 1 blank pp. 10-3/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9569.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Yates Edmund Hodgson 1831 1894. Thackeray William Makepeace 1811 1863
"Mr Thackeray Mr. Yates and the Garrick Club." as published in The NEW - YORK TIMES. Vol. VIII. No. 2344. Friday March 25 1859
New York 1859. Early if not 1st US publication of this Dickens' letter reprinted from Yates' 1859 privately-printed pamphlet cf. NCBEL III 830 & 1083. Disbound. Splitting along vertical fold. Horizontal fold-line. Some edge rash and expected yellowing to paper. A VG copy. Dickens letter occupies 4-1/2 column inches above the fold on the front page. Entire newspaper 8 pp in length 6 columns per page. Elephant folio. 22-1/4" x 15-1/4" <br/><br/>A contemporaneous publication of Dickens' 24 November 1858 letter to Thackeray attempting to mediate the Garrick club brouhaha that sprung up between Thackeray & Edmund Yates a Dickens' protege of sorts. As a result of this conflict Dickens & Thackery became estranged not speaking again until shortly before Thackeray's death in 1863 cf. Johnson TRAGEDY And TRIUMPH pp 931 - 936. unknown
Bookseller reference : 32705
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
DOMBEY And SON
London: Bradbury & Evans 1858. 1st Cheap edition in volume form. Original green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt-decorated spine. Slight lean. Spine panel sunned. Old repair to top 1" of rear joint. Lacks ffep with old brown tape reinforcement to hinge. A Gd copy. 324 pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5" <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. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32748
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
PEARL-FISHING. Choice Stories from Dickens' Household Words. Second Series
Auburn: Alden Beardsley &Co 1854. 1st edition. Publisher's deluxe purple cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering and eleborate gilt stamped decoration. AEG. Spine severly sun-tanned. PO blindstamp to title leaf. A VG copy. 351 1 pp. Last page advert. Frontispiece portrait of the author. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Alden, Beardsley &Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32574
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Dexter Walter
SOME ROGUES And VAGABONDS Of DICKENS
London: Cecil Palmer 1927. 1st edition. Light blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Blue topstain. Printed pale yellow dust jacket. VG slt cock/VG spine panel sunned/some wear. 284 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Cecil Palmer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 975.5
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Editor Vredenburg Edric
CHILDREN STORIES From DICKENS. Re-told by his Grand-daughter and Others. Tuck Artistic Series No. 906
New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons n. d. Ca early 20th C. Brown cloth spine over glazed color pictorial boards. Flowered patterned paper eps. Prior owner signature otherwise a VG copy. 104 pp. 79 b/w Illustrations. 12 Color plates. Illustrated by Frances Brundage Harold Copping The Baroness Orezy J. Willis Grey Edith Scannell Major Giles. 10" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/> Raphael Tuck & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28482.1
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Dickens Charles1812 1870. Whipple Edwin Percy. 1819 1886 s. 18
LECTURES On SUBJECTS CONNECTED With LITERATURE And LIFE
Boston: Ticknor Reed & Fields 1853. 4th edition. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. VG square & tight with only modest extremity wear. 218 6 pp. Publisher catalogue last 6 pages. 12mo. <br/><br/>Long chapter on Dickens. A popular book 1st published in 1850 and requiring 3 editions that year. Ticknor Reed & Fields hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32501
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870
SKETCHES By BOZ: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Being a Continuation of "Watkins Tottle and Other Sketches."
Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1837. 1st US edition of the complete Second Series American Imprints 44049; Edgar & Vail p. 16; Gimbel A9; McGuire Catalogue 9; Vander Poel B6. Not seen by Wilkins cf. p. 11. Original drab paper-wrapped boards with pink cloth spine & printed paper title label to spine. Chemised and housed in a handsome quarter-leather slipcase. Chemise & Slipcase - Fine. Book - Good only cloth splitting along joints/label present though lettering difficult to read/usual foxing & staining throughout. viii 9 - 203 3 blank pp. 12mo in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Printed in an edition of 1250cc in February 1837 cf. Kaser 630. Carey Lea & Blanchard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32358
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Dickens Mamie; Hogarth Georgina Editors
The LETTERS Of CHARLES DICKENS. Edited by his Sister-in-Law and Eldest Daughter. In Two Three Volumes
London: Chapman & Hall 1882. 1st edition all. Original purple cloth elaborately stamped in gilt & black professionally rebacked. All volumes with original spine laid down with Vol III having some stamping lost at bottom. A VG set. 3 volumes ix 3 463; 4 464; 4 308 pp. Index in Vols II & III. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 906.3
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Kaphan Mortimer Retold by
DICKENS' CHILDRENS' STORIES
New York: M. A. Donohue & Company 1917. 1st edition thus. Green cloth binding with green stamped lettering on spine and front cover. Grey and white dust jacket. VG light shelf wear/VG 1/4" chip from spine another small chip on top front corner stain at spine general shelf wear. 96 pp. Illustrated with color plates by A. M. Turner and Harriet Kaucher. 8" x 6" <br/><br/> M. A. Donohue & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32334
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870
DICKENS QUARTERLY
Louisville: The Dickens Society various. Green wrappers. G - Fine. Prices a function of age and condition. Minimum sale price is Five dollars. 8vo. <br/><br/>Many issues in stock of the this literary journal that focuses on the 'Inimitible'. The Dickens Society unknown
Bookseller reference : 3325.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
BARNABY RUDGE
Philadelphia: Published by E. Littell & Co. at the Office of The Museum of Foreign Literature 1842. 1st edition thus and early US edition Vander Poel B164; Wilkins p. 20 Not in Edgar & Vail Gimbel nor the McGuire Collection catalogue. Brown cloth spine over printed paper boards; printed paper title label to spine. Publisher advert to rear board. General binding wear with spine label mostly worn away. Usual foxing to paper. Period pos to top margin of t.p. A VG copy. 5 - 241 1 blank pp. Text double-column. 8vo signed in 4s. 9-3/4" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/>Published as a "Supplement to the Museum of Foreign Literature and to the Spirit of the Magazines." Somewhat scarce- first time we've ever been able to offer a copy. Published by E. Littell, & Co., at the Office of The Museum of Foreign Literature hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32375
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Merchant Elizabeth Lodor
DICKENS' STORIES ABOUT CHILDREN
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co 1929. Forest green cloth with color pictorial onlay to front board. Yellow topstain. Color pictorial dust jacket which replicates binding design. VG poi to preliminary blank/po name stamp to ffep/VG average wear with closed tear to top edge of front panel/po stamp to front flap upper portion. xiii 1 274 2 pp. Penultimage page an advert. 14 illustrations by Clara M. Burd including a color frontis. 8-3/4" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> The John C. Winston Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32393
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The CHARLES DICKENS DINNER. An AUTHENTIC RECORD Of The PUBLIC BANQUET GIVEN To MR. CHARLES DICKENS at the Freemason's Hall London on Saturday November 2 1867 Prior to His Departure for the United States. With a Report of Speeches from Special Shorthand Notes
London / Boston: Chapman and Hall / Tichnor and Field 1867. 1st edition Eckel p. 236; Gimbel B-296; Kitton 22. Original printed wrappers sewn. Soiling to wrappers. Faint vertical fold-line. A VG copy. 32 pp. 8vo. 21.5 cm x 13.5 cm. <br/><br/>A banquet with a "List made up almost entirely of Representative Men. It comprised within it upwards of one hundred celebrities." from the Preface by Charles Kent. Pamphlet records speeches by Dickens Lytton acting as Chairman Russell Anthony Trollope et al. Rear wrapper of this copy addressed in blue ink & stamped in what some have said is Dickens' hand - while of some resemblance personally I could not so attest. Chapman and Hall / Tichnor and Field unknown
Bookseller reference : 3713.1
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Wilkins William Glyde Compiler. Matz B. W. Contributor
DICKENS In CARTOON And CARICATURE.; Introduction by B. W. Matz
Boston: Bibliophile Society 1924. 1st edition. Ltd to 440cc. Modern brown cloth spine with gilt lettered leather title label over original light brown boards. TEG. Eps renewed. Square & tight. A VG copy. 241 pp. Untrimmed fore- bottom edges. Illustrated with plates of items not often seen elsewhere. 8vo. <br/><br/>Excellent reference which chronicles instances where Dickens is portrayed in cartoon & caricature. Bibliophile Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6230.3
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Collins Wilkie 1824 1889
The DICKENS - COLLINS CHRISTMAS STORIES Comprising 'No Thoroughfare' and 'The Two Idle Apprentices'
Boston: William F Gill & Company 1876. 1st edition thus Gimbel D75; Parrish COLLINS pp 70-71; VanderPoel B460. Oringinal green cloth with gilt stamped lettering & wreath device to front board. VG average wear/cocked/pos name stamp ffep. 2 288 pp. Volume title leaf tipped-in at front. Individual t.p. for each story though with continuous pagination. Illustrated with wood engravings. 12mo. <br/><br/> William F Gill & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16296.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
AMERICAN NOTES For GENERAL CIRCULATION
London: Chapman & Hall 1842. 1st edition 1st state Smith II 3. Original purplish-brown vertically-ribbed cloth with a blind decorative floral frame & gilt stamped spine lettering. Roman spine numerals. Pale yellow eps Vol I rfep renewed. Volumes professionally rebacked. Spine cloth sunned. Period pos to front paste-downs. A VG set. 2 volumes xvi i.e. x 2 308; vii 1 306 6 pp. 6 pages of adverts conclude Volume II. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2393.3
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Grimaldi Joseph. 'Boz' Editor. Dickens Charles. 1812 1870
MEMOIRS Of JOSEPH GRIMALDI
London: Richard Bentley 1838. 1st edition 1st issue Eckel p. 140. Original publisher's later-issue brown cloth with elaborate gilt stamping to spine professionally recased. Gilt bright. A solid Very Good set. 2 volumes. Frontis & 12 plates by Cruikshank. 8vo. <br/><br/> Richard Bentley hardcover
Bookseller reference : 643.4
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
A CURIOUS DANCE AROUND A CURIOUS TREE
London: St. Luke's Hospital 1860. 1st separate edition second issue Eckel pp. 188-191; Gimbel B-216; VanderPoel B-465. Full deep maroon morocco binding with gilt spine stamping & elaborate gilt dentelles. TEG. Original pale pink printed wrappers bound-in. Typographical border surrounding title lettering on front wrapper. Light extremity wear to binding with front joint a bit tender. Pamphlet with faint vertical fold line. Bookplate. All-in-all a Nr Fine example. 19 1 pp. Binders blanks before & after the pamphlet. 7-1/4" 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!. This copy from the Dickens collection of Capt J. F. Hinckley whose holdings were dispersed by auction in 1912. [St. Luke's Hospital] unknown
Bookseller reference : 27986.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The WORKS Of CHARLES DICKENS - The Pocket Volume Edition
London: Chapman & Hall 1880. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's flexible green cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. PPII cocked with a small stain to the lower corner of the first 4 leaves. BH1 with cracked front hinge. Otherwise a VG to Nr Fine set with the occasional VG volume evidently depending as one would expect on the popularity of the title. 30 volumes complete. 16mo. 5-7/8" x 3-7/8" <br/><br/>An economical edition offered by C&H in this pocket format without illustrations. Uncommon as offered here i.e. in a complete set. Chapman & Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32223
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870 Contributor. Waldie Adam Publisher
"Mrs Joseph Porter 'OVER The WAY'" as published in The SELECT CIRCULATING LIBRARY. Containing the Best Popular Literature Including Memoirs Biography Novels Tales Travels Voyages &c. Part II. 1834
Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie 1834. 1st appearance thus Edgar & Vail p. 15; Gimbel E162. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper boards professionally rebacked with new eps. Usual foxing. A few proud gatherings. Professionally repaired tear on title leaf. Withal a VG copy. 416 pp. Text triple column. Dickens' work pp. 136 - 138. 4to. 11-3/8" x 9-1/8" <br/><br/>Herein we find Dickens' second essay reprinted from London's Monthly Magazine which for a time was billed as his first US appearance in print however we now know this Dickens' second appearance with a US publisher preceded only by appearances in the Albion. A scarce item. Printed and Published by Adam Waldie hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7642.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Collins Wilkie 1824 1889. Proctor Adelaide Anne 1825 1864. Howitt William 1792 1879.
The HOLLY-TREE INN. In Seven Chapters
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson 1855. 2nd US edition Edgar & Vail p. 25; Gimbel B244. This copy bears the small bookplate of noted Dickensian collector George Barr McCutcheon cf. American Art Association Sale Catalogue of April 1926 lot 135. Original printed buff-paper wrappers. Housed in a custom chemise & red quarter-morocco slipcase. Wrappers a bit grubby name erasure abrasion to front wrapper. Faint dampstain to upper portion of rear wrapper. Pencil doodle to p. 23 right margin. A VG copy in a VG slipcase. 3 - 38 2 pp. Text double column. Adverts last 2 pages. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Dickens wrote the 1st 3rd & last sections of this Christmas work as well as minor editorial snippets; Collins wrote the second section. For the other authors' contributions see Lohrli p 147. T. B. Peterson unknown
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Cooper James Fenimore 1789 1851
The PUBLIC LIFE Of MR. TULRUMBLE Once Mayor of Mudfog. By Boz. With Other Tales and Sketches from Bentley's Miscellany and the Library of Fiction
Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1837. 2nd US edition Edgar & Vail p. 17; Gimbel B44; Vander Poel B551. Not in the McGuire catalogue. Original violet-red muslin quarter cloth over buff paper-wrapped boards with printed paper title label to spine noting "Tales and Sketches. Vol. I.". Cocked. Spine a bit sun-tanned. Label quite worn & chipped. Usual light foxing. Modern bookplate to front paste-down. Withal a Very Good copy. 208 pp. 12mo bound in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Printed in an edition of 2000cc in April 1837. Contains 9 other pieces 6 from Bentley's & 3 from Libary of Fiction. Cooper contributed "An Evening of Visits". Carey Lea & Blanchard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14174.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Stonehouse John Harrison Contributor
POSTHUMOUS PAPERS Of The PICKWICK CLUB. Introduction by John Harrison Stonehouse
London: Picadilly Press 1932. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 787. Original publishers green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. TEG. Prior owner stamp to Vol I ffep. A Nr Fine set. 2 volumes 496; 492 pp. Facsimiles of all original illustrations including adverts. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Picadilly Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2140
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Eckel John C.
The FIRST EDITIONS Of CHARLES DICKENS
London: Maggs Bros 1932. 1st edition thus a Revised & best edition. Limited to 750 copies this copy noted as "Presentation". Eckel has INSCRIBED the ffep "To my dear friend / John C. Custis / As a slight token of / Esteem and Affection. / From / John C. Eckel / Phila. Nov. 23 1932.". Maroon buckram with gilt spine lettering. TEG. Buff dust jacket. Slipcase. A Fine copy with a Custis bookplate in a slightly sun-tanned NF dust jacket housed in a VG slipcase. Laid-in are two pieces of ephemera: an Eckel Christmas card and the order blank for Eckel's proposed Supplement to this book which apparently was never issued. xvi 2 272 pp including Index. Illustrated with facsimiles. 8vo. <br/><br/>The work itself is essential to any Dickens collector; this copy a collector's piece unto itself. Maggs Bros hardcover
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Winterich John T. Contributor
DEALINGS With The FIRM Of DOMBEY And SON Wholesale Retail and for Exportation. With an Introduction by John T. Winterich
New York: Limited Editions Club 1957. 1st edition thus Newman & Wiche 274. #66/1500 cc. SIGNED by the Illustrator. Rose-red cloth bindings printed paper title labels to spine. Slipcase. Spines lightly sunned. A NF set in a VG slipcase which shows some sunning & wear at the extremities. Associated LEC ephemera laid-in. 2 volumes xv 1 396; 12 397 - 798 2 pp. With illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Winterich John T. Contributor
HARD TIMES For These Times. Introduction by John T. Winterich
New York: The Limited Editions Club 1966. 1st edition thus Cronenwett 474; Newman & Wiche 380. #86/1500 cc. SIGNED by the illustrator. Rough weave buckram cloth spine with slate blue paper wrapped boards. Light blue topstain. Slipcase. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine slipcase. xiii 1 279 3 pp. Printed by the Spiral press. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Royal 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>An interesting edition nicely illustrated by Raymond. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6914.1
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Cortissoz Royal Contributor
CATALOGUE Of An EXHIBITION Of The WORKS Of CHARLES DICKENS. With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz
New York: The Grolier Club 1913. 1st edition. Large paper version; limited to 300cc. Paper wrapped boards with gilt stamped lettering. Lacks publisher's box. Spine sun-tanned. Some extremity wear. A VG copy. xxvi 230 pp. Untrimmed. Illustrated including a color frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Grolier Club hardcover
Bookseller reference : 829.5
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Eckel John C.
The FIRST EDITIONS Of CHARLES DICKENS
London 1932. 1st edition thus. Revised & best edition. Large paper copy limited to 250 copies. SIGNED by Eckel. Dark blue 3/4 leather binding with light blue cloth boards. TEG. Wear at extremites. Tape stains to 'Battle of Life' plate verso. A VG copy. xvi 2 272 6 pp. illustrated with facsimiles. Imperial 8vo. <br/><br/>Laid-in a TLs from Sotheran's discussing the 'Battle of Life' t.p. states. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28093.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes Misfortunes Uprisings Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family. With Illustrations. In Two Volumes
New York: William H. Colyer 1843. 3rd US volume edition later issue cf. Edgar & Vail p. 19; Gimbel A47; MacQuire Collection 17; Vander Poel B128; Wilkins p. 17. Original drab paper wrapped boards with green cloth spine & printed paper spine labels. Vol I rebacked. Expected foxing & browning to paper. Period pos to ffep of each volume. Withal a VG example of an uncommon imprint. 2 volumes iv 13 - 300; 2 1 - 3 5 - 273 1 blank 2 pp. Advert last leaf of Volume II. Frontis & engraved title page dated 1839 to each volume. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>A scarce early edition of this Dickens' title; the first time we've been able to offer the Colyer Nickleby. William H. Colyer hardcover
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The PICKWICK PAPERS. From Petersons' Uniform Edition of Dickens' Works
Philadelphia: T. P. Peterson and Brothers n.d. Circa late-1850s. Brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering & device to spine and boards stamped in blind. Pale yellow eps. Minor wear to spine ends & a few rub spots to joint cloth. Tips worn. Ffep pos dated 1862. A VG copy. viii 9 - 371 1 blank pp. Text double column. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. <br/><br/> T. P. Peterson and Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6185.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
DEALINGS With The FIRM Of DOMBEY And SON Wholesale Retail and for Exportation
London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st one-volume edition. Modern blue half-morocco binding executed in a period style with gilt decorated spine. TEG. Marbled paper eps. Minor rubs to extremities. Bookplate to front paste-down. Bookseller slip tipped-in to ffep. Usual bit of foxing to plates. Withal a Nr Fine copy which shows quite well on the shelf. xvi 624 pp. 40 steel engraved plates by Phiz Hablot K. Browne. 8vo. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans unknown
Bookseller reference : 1142.8
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The POOR TRAVELLER: BOOTS At The HOLLY-TREE INN: And MRS. GAMP
London: Bradbury & Evans 1858. 1st edition thus Gimbel D31. Original green printed wrappers. Some edgewear with skillful paper repair to spine. Period pos of J. S. Lawrence "Liverpool Oct 15 - 1858-" to front wrapper. A VG - VG copy. 114 2 pp. Advert penultimate page. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>The first "Reading" edition and one of the 5 titles so issued by Bradbury & Evans. Bradbury & Evans unknown
Bookseller reference : 8011.2
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Miller William
The DICKENS STUDENT and COLLECTOR. A List of Writings Relating to Charles Dickens and His Works. 1836 - 1945
Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1946. 1st edition. Maroon cloth with paper spine label. Dust jacket. NF/VG modest wear/spine panel lightly sun-tanned/pc. xii 351 pp including index. 8vo. <br/><br/>A very useful bibliographic reference for Dickensiana. Harvard University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12601.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870 Contributor. Marryat Capt Contributor
The EVERGREEN: A Monthly Magazine of New and Popular Tales and Poetry. Volume I. January to December 1840
New York: J. Winchester Publisher 1841. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's green cloth with later cloth tape repair to spine & board corners. Usual foxing to paper. Period pos of William B. Baldwin. Ex-lib with bookplate to front paste-down. Front hinge starting at top. An About VG copy. 2 692 pp. Illustrated with 8 of at least 9 inserted full-page plates. 15" x 10-1/4" <br/><br/>Contains portions of 'Master Humprey's Clock' beginning in the June 1840 issue as well as Marryat's 'Poor Jack'. J. Winchester, Publisher hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31233
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
DEALINGS With The FIRM Of DOMBEY And SON Wholesale Retail and For Exportation. By Charles Dickens. Copyright Edition for Continental Circulation. In Three Volumes
Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun 1847. 1st book edition Todd & Bowden 119Aa 120Aa & 121. Original publisher's brown half morocco-style sheep with marbled paper boards; gilt decorated spines. Marbled eps & edges. Set professionally rebacked. Prior owner signatures. Very Good. 3 volumes 4 352; 4 316; 8 366 2 pp. Half-titles present. 16mo signed in 8s. 6-1/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Preceding the UK book edition by 11 months this Tauchnitz edition was set from part proofs sent by Dickens cf. Todd & Bowden 119 note. NB. Our copy of Vol 3 varies from that of Todd & Bowden in that the Half-title leaf verso is blank & the publisher imprint in the first state T & B note a blank h-t verso with the second state publisher imprint. Given our copy in consonance with Vols 1 & 2 we speculate this an earlier issue than that seen by T & B. Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30120
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870
JOE MILLER'S PICKWICK JEST-BOOK Containing A Rich Fund of Wit & Humor
Otley: Printed by William Walker n. d. Ca early 1840s. Cf. Engel 229 & Miller p. 243 for a similar work "Pickwick Treasury of Wit or Joe Miller's Jest Book" 1845. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Bit of wear & soiling to wrappers. Very Good. 12 pp. Woodcut vignette to front wrapper as well as typographical border/decorations. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>"The Pickwick Treasury of Wit" is listed by Miller at 320 pp; we speculate this item prefatory to the bound volume. Rare. Printed by William Walker unknown
Bookseller reference : 31237
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Cody Sherwin Editor
An EVENING With DICKENS
Rochester NY: Sherwin Cody School of English n. d. Flexible brown paper wrappers with embossed lettering; yapp edges. VG. 157 pp. 5-3/8" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>Selections from Dickens' works. Sherwin Cody School of English unknown
Bookseller reference : 11492.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
A CHRISTMAS CAROL In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. The Excelsior Literature Series No. 19
Dansville N.Y.: F. A. Owen Publishing Company n. d. Printed grey paper wrappers stapled. A VG copy pencil pos to top of front wrapper. 87 1 pp. Last page blank. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> F. A. Owen Publishing Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 30408
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Cable George Washington. 1844 1925.; Bacheller Irving 1859 1950
CHARLES DICKENS: His Life and Work. Course VII: Booklovers Reading Club. Talks & Lectures by Andrew Lang Amelia E. Barr & James L. Hughes
Philadelphia: The Booklovers Press 1901. 1st edition Gimbel H50. Blue printed wrappers. Chipping to spine ends. Curled front wrapper lower corner. A VG copy. 123 1 pp. Last page blank. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Cable wrote the 2 page 'Supplementary Reading: A Note" not listed in the BAL. The Booklovers Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 11686.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Petersons' Uniform Edition of Dickens' Works
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers n. d. Circa mid-1850s. Original publisher's vertically-ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & figure; boards stamped with geometric design. Bright yellow eps. Some wear at spine ends. Cloth abrasion at bottom of front joint. Period pos to ffep. Withal a square & tight VG copy. viii 9 - 320 pp. Text double column. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> T. B. Peterson and Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6182.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
LITTLE DORRIT. Illustrated Edition. Two Volumes Complete in One.; From 'Peterson's Uniform Edition of Charles Dickens' Works'
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson No. 306 Chestnut Street n. d. Ca 1857. 1st US one-volume edition cf. Edgar & Vail p. 27. Cf. Gimbel D25 "tenth set". Original publisher's vertically-ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & figure; boards stamped with geometric design. Bright yellow eps. Some wear at spine ends & tips. Period pos to ffep & preliminary blank. Withal a square & tight VG copy. 376 pp. Text double column and per Edgar & Vail derived from the Harper serial publication. 8 pp of adverts at rear with 102 Chestnut Street as the publisher address and Little Dorrit "in the Press" for one edition as the latest Dickens' title. Dual frontis duplicating internal cuts 38 intratextual cuts after Phiz. Tall 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Not in the McGuire Collection Sumner & Stillman Catalogue #36 nor noted by Wilkins. T. B. Peterson, No. 306 Chestnut Street hardcover
Bookseller reference : 27837.1
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