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 books
Cedar Rapids: Torch Press 1910. 1st edition. Limited to 200 copies. Brown cloth spine over printed green paper-wrapped boards. Nr. Fine bpt. 51 pp. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/>One of the few references that addresses American editions of Dickens works; a scarce title in the limited edition. Torch Press hardcover books
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 books
London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st edition. Contemporary full leather with marbled boards & eps. VG light wear at the extremities. A nice copy. 704 pp frontis 8vo. <br/><br/>Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
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 books
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 books
New York: Arno Press 1970. Yellow wrappers. VG minor extremity wear/price sticker residue on front wrapper. 165 pp profusely illustrated in b&w 4to. <br/><br/>A selection from the NYPL's Berg collection. Arno Press unknown books
London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering/decorations. AEG. Abt VG sp sunned/slt cocked/contemporary bpt of James Ballantyne/rear jt starting at bottom portion. 704 pp. Frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/>Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons 1870. 1st edition NCBEL III 828; Kitton 28. Original green cloth w/ gilt spine lettering and facsimile signature on frnt board. Gd worn/chipped at hd & tail of spine/owner name - partially erased - on ffep. 264 pp 9 pp adverts frontispiece and vinette title sm 8vo. <br/><br/>The 2nd posthumous biography listed by Mr. Kitton; and only the fifth listed by the NCBEL. G. P. Putnam & Sons hardcover books
New York: D. Appleton & Co n. d. Household edition see Gimbel D66. Ca early 1870s. Green decorative cloth w/ gilt lettering. Dampstain tidewater marks to preliminary & terminals leaves binding not affected. Binding gilt bright. Bpt of former owner. Withall VG. vi 134 pp. Text double column. 20 illustrations by H. Frech. 4to. 10" x 7-3/8" <br/><br/>Bound with Chapman & Hall sheets with their title page. Much less common than the Harper imprint Household edition and according to Gimbel precedes their edition. D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1909. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG cloth dull/owner sig on ffep. 409 pp royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Includes a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: George Redway 1885. 1st editon NCBEL III 780. Full faux vellum with gilt lettering. VG some soiling to binding/bpt/newspaper offset to t.p. & page opposite. 56 pp publisher adverts at rear. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover books
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 books
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1965. 1st thus 128/1300. Green Decorative cloth w/ slipcase. A Fine copy in a VG soiled slipcase. 44 pp. Color Drawings by Rey Abruzzi 8vo. <br/><br/>Mr. Pickwick Journeys to Ipswich and meets with a Romantic Adventure with a middle aged Lady in Yellow Cut Papers. Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton hardcover books
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 books
New York: Arno Press 1970. Housed in a pale green portfolio. VG. 7 sheets of card stock. 4 plates reproducing original etchings in the Berg colleciton. 8vo. <br/><br/> Arno Press unknown books
London: Arthur Barker 1951. 1st edition. Red cloth. Purple dust jacket. VG/VG some minor wear & soiling. 94 pp including Index. 12mo. <br/><br/>From 'The English Novelists Series'. Arthur Barker hardcover books
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 books
New York: Simon & Schuster 1969. 1st ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/F. 288 pp Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. 4to. <br/><br/>Issued in the centenial year of the Inimitable's death. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
London: Walter Scott 1887. 1st edition NCBEL III 829. Blue cloth; gilt spine lettering; TEG. VG gilt bright. 166 xxxiii 9 pp. Bibliography after text. Adverts last 8 pages. 8vo. <br/><br/>Large paper edition largely unopened; contains bibliography by Anderson. Walter Scott hardcover books
Toronto: Published by A. H. Hovey 1871. 1st edition. Original purple cloth wth gilt spine lettering and facsimile gilt signature of Dickens' on the front board. Wear to tips. Usual browning & foxing. A VG copy. xvi 17 - 418 427 - 432 pp. Publisher adverts last 6 pages. Frontis inserted wood engraving of Gads Hill prior to text. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>One of the scarcer early biographies of Dickens. not recorded in the NCBEL or the BM extract nor by Watters or Kitton nor listed in the Gimbel or Vander Poel collections. Published by A. H. Hovey hardcover books
London: W. H. Allen & Co 1889. 1st edition. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG extremity wear/slt lean. 284 pp. Small 8vo. <br/><br/>Chapter 13 relates Dickens' influence. W. H. Allen & Co hardcover books
Cambridge: The University Press 1914. 1st edition. Hardback. VG sp label chipped/x-lib label at base of sp/bpt. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/> The University Press hardcover books
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 books
NY: Privately Reprinted for Dr. C. Charles Burlingame 1942. 1st thus. Mustard colored boards with vignette on frnt board. VG some soiling to boards. 30 pp tall 8vo. <br/><br/>A selection of letters and extracts from "American Notes" reprinted on the centennary of Dickens' first visit to the United States. Printed by William E. Rudge's Sons. Privately Reprinted for Dr. C. Charles Burlingame hardcover books
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 books
Philadelphia: The Philobiblon Club 1905. 1st edition Gimbel H118; Miller p. 100. Limited to 150 cc. Grey printed wrappers. Overall VG some chipping to wrapper edges. 53 1 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Last page blank. Tall 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>Not in the NCBEL. The Philobiblon Club unknown books
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 books
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 books
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1963. 1st thus. #833/1300 cc. White faux leather binding with gilt spine lettering & gilt stamped front board. Red cloth slipcase. A Fine copy in a VG slipcase which shows some sunning at the extremities. 45 pp. Color decorations by Rey Abruzzi plus 2 color fold-out illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/>Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton with his presentation card laid-in. Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton hardcover books
Stoke-Upon-Trent: W. T. Copeland late Spade & Copeland n. d. Green & black patterned paper-wrapped boards. Paper label on front board. VG owner sig on ffep. 20 pp illustrated including one color plate 12mo. <br/><br/>A reprint of an 1852 Households Words article; a puff for Copeland china. W. T. Copeland (late Spade & Copeland) hardcover books
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 books
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company 1919. Later printing. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Worn and slightly frayed at spine ends and corners; spine sunned; boards lightly mottled; foxing scattered throughout. Bookplate to fpd; gift inscription from Alfred Lucking to ffep. Interior otherwise clean. Good condition. xix 3 424 6 blank pp. Illustrated with b/w plates. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> E. P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
Newark: The Carteret Book Club 1913. 1st edition BAL 21226. #41/100cc. Off-white paper-wrapped boards. Paper label on cover. Abt VG sp darkened/some soiling to boards/bpt of James Valentine. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> The Carteret Book Club hardcover books
San Francisco: Privately Printed for Perry Epsten 1921. 1st edition thus. Stiff paper covers. With pasted on dust jacket seam attachment at paste-downs. VG presentation bookplate/Good edgewear/chipping/soiling. Unpaginated. Decorations by W. F. Rauschnabel. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>Printed by Haywood H. Hunt. Republication of Dickens' "A Poor Relations Story" which was first published in the Christmas number of HW 1852. A Christmas remembrance laid-in explaining why Dickens ". tells it the Christmas story so much better." Privately Printed for Perry Epsten unknown books
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 books
Pittsburgh: Privately Printed 1907. 1st edition Gimbel D160. Ltd to 200cc. Green wrappers. Text w/ deckled edges. VG spine starting to brown/slt foxing to prelims. 10 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>10 letters then in the possession of Wilkins now published for the first time. Begins with a letter to Longhurst written in 1832. The concluding 6 are to fellow author William Howitt. Privately Printed unknown books
New York: Houghton Mifflin 1912. 1st edition. Green cloth spine over drab boards lettered in dark green. Nr. Fine some foxing to eps & top edge. Original cellophane wrapper still present. 32 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
London: Chatto & Windus 1884. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 780. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG sp darkened/some fraying at spine ends/some foxing. 378 pp including index 32 pp Oct 1883 publisher advert at rear 8vo. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
Warwick: J. Thomson 1904. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Grey paper-wrapped boards. Lacks paper title label to spine. Blue cloth ribbon marker. VG slt cock/po stamped label to front paste-down. viii 9 - 108 pp. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>The main works as well as interesting Dickensiana accompanied by much annotation providing context. J. Thomson hardcover books
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 books
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1910. 1st edition 1st issue. Limited to 483 cc. Half-bound with parchment & brown paper-wrapped boards; gilt spine lettering. A Nr Fine copy. 90 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
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 books
London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co 1895. Printed grey wrappers. Gd front wrapper detached at spine/spine wear/internally VG. pp 10 - 14. Mounted photographs of Miss Violet Vanbrugh & Mr John Hare. 8vo. <br/><br/>Other articles & essays by Clement Scott Walter Pollock T. Edgar Pemberton Thomas Barclay Nellie Parker and W. J. Lawrence. Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co unknown books
?????????
?????PDF???
RSS feed
??
