New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. 1st edition thus. Brown cloth binding with red leather spine label. TEG. VG sp darkened. 252 pp. Facsimile letter. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/>This the first one-volume edition drawn from the 3 volume set issued in the early 1880s. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Stoke-Upon-Trent: Spode n. d. 1st separate prtg. Paper covered boards. Gd dampstain to rear board & rear portion of text block/boards soiled. 20 pp 12mo. <br/><br/>A reprint of an 1852 Households Words article; a puff for Spode china. Spode hardcover
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1841. 1st US edition Edgar & Vail p. 20; Gimbel B110. Red cloth spines with buff paper-wrapped boards. Paper spine labels. VG some wear to labels/lower corners to leaves 5-6 & 6-1 of Vol I are lacking in margin only does not affect text/some foxing. 2 volumes. Bound in 6s. <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover
New York: Arno Press 1970. 1st edition. NF/VG some soiling & edgewear/sticker residue in upper rt corner of front panel. 165 pp profusely illustrated in b&w 4to. <br/><br/>A selection from the NYPL's Berg collection. Arno Press unknown
Boston: B. B. Russell 1871. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Original purple publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering. VG sp sunned/faint qtr-circle dampstain on lower corner margin of text. 401 pp publisher adverts at rear Frontispiece. 12mo. <br/><br/> B. B. Russell hardcover
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original brown blindstamped boards & gilt stamped spine. VG tight/blinstamping sharp/sp slightly 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
Barre Massachusetts: Imprint Society 1972. 1st thus. SIGNED by the illustrator. Limited to 1950 cc. Black leather spine with pictorial purple paper-wrapped boards. Slipcase. Book designed by Rauri McLean. A VG copy bpt in a VG slipcase. xviii 2 218 pp. Illustrated by Richard Scollins. Imperial 8vo. <br/><br/> Imprint Society hardcover
n. p.: United Feature Syndicate Inc 1934. 1st printing thus cf. Smith II 12n1. Housed in a commercial Scrap Book yellow cloth with black red & silver stamping. "J. Frank Pierce / Books Stationery / Augusta ME" label to front paste-down. Album cocked and shows wear. First two album leaves filled with newspaper extracts on other topics e.g. "The Duke of Sonora. Grant Gwin and McDowll. A Hitherto Unpublished Letter from General Grant Relative to Gwin's Designs on California.". Unpaginated though 19 leaves last 3 blank. The Life of our Lord in 14 installments extracted from an unidentified newspaper and affixed to album leaves with Dore's illustrations opposite. Stubs of excised leaves at rear. Illustrated with 12 scenes from Dore's BIBLE cf. Malan p. 247. <br/><br/>From Smith "Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord over a period of four years from 1846 until sometime in 1849. It was written exclusively for his children and not for publication. However with the detah of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens' last surviving child the family sold the world publication rights to Associated Newspapers Limited for �40000 $210000 and the work began publication in the Daily Mail on March 5 1934. It was published simultaneously in nearly two hundred different newspapers in America." United Feature Syndicate Inc hardcover
London: Walter Scott 1887. 1st edition NCBEL III 829. Blue cloth binding. VG cloth dull. 166 xxxiii 9 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Small paper edition; contains bibliography by Anderson. Walter Scott hardcover
New York: William H. Cloyer 1841. 2nd US edition Edgar & Vail p. 19. Cloth spine with paper-wrapped boards. Paper spine labels. Fair boards & spine quite worn V2 msg upper rt corner of frnt board/joints splitting. A very fragile set. 2 volumes. 8vo. <br/><br/> William H. Cloyer hardcover
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1839. 1st edition thus Edgar & Vail p. 16; Gimbel A13; Smith AMERICAN 1 pp 18 - 20. Modern tan half leather in a period style with marbled boards & black leather spine label. Binding - Fine. Text block - VG usual bit of browning & foxing to paper nothing really obtrusive. 268 pp double column. llustrated with 20 plates after George Cruikshank. 4to. 24 cm x 15.5 cm. <br/><br/>This the first US illustrated volume edition and the first complete edition i.e. containing 'The Public Life of Mr Tulrumble' and 'The Pantomime of Life'. Lea and Blanchard hardcover
London: Thomas Farris 1847. 1st edition Gimbel H-338; Kitton 540; Miller p. 249; NCBEL III 798. Period brown half-leather with brown cloth boards. Original wrapper covers from Parts I & II priced 6p bound-in at rear. VG spine leather a bit sunned/some minor rubbing to joints/multiple bookplates to eps. 2 94 pp. Illustrated with 12 wood-cuts. Tall 8vo. 10-1/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Thomas Farris hardcover
New York: New-York Mirror 1836. Disbound. VG lt foxing. pp 146 - 147. 8 pp total in the issue. Musical score of 'Love Thee Dearest' by George P. Morris on pg 152. Folio. 10 5/8" x 14" <br/><br/>This sketch first appeared in 1834 but no doubt the Mirror picked it up from the 1836 publication of the bound volume of 'Sketches by Boz'. This issue also contains 'The Creole Village. A Sketch from a Steamboat' by Irving & 'Oonder-Hoofcen: or The Undercliff. A Tale of the Voyage of Hendrick Hudson' by Willis. New-York Mirror unknown
London: Chapman & Hall 1919. 2nd ed revised. Presentation copy from the author. Hardback. Abt VG sp faded/snag at hd of spine. 254 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Crotch examines the reaction of Dickens to the influence of English literature. Presentation inscription on the half-title page. Chapman & Hall hardcover
London: Simpkin Marshall 1928. 2nd edition revised & enlarged. Blue cloth. Spine sunned as is a portion of the covers where exposed. A VG copy. 375 pp. illustrated 4to. <br/><br/>Has a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. Simpkin Marshall hardcover
Cedar Rapids: The Torch Press 1935. 1st edition. Hardback. Slipcase. A Fine copy in a VG 2-part slipcase. 169 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>A drama in 3 acts. The Torch Press hardcover
London: J. W. Jarvis 1884. 1st thus facsimilie of original 1836 edition - Eckel pg 102. Original grey wrappers. Abt VG sp paper worn. 45 pp 12mo. <br/><br/>Dickens wrote this under the Sparks pseudonym and in support of working man's freedom on the Sabbath. This facsimile housed in an additional grey wrapper and has a separate introduction. The original now quite rare; even this facsimile somewhat scarce especially in original grey wrappers. J. W. Jarvis unknown
London: Chapman & Hall 1929. 1st editon thus. 1 / 150 cc. Half-leather bindings with marbled boards & elaborate gilt decorated spines. A few rubs but overall a nice VG set. 2 volumes 598; 615 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Auburn: Alden Beardsley & Co 1854. 1st edition Edgar & Vail p. 26; Gimbel D22; Van der Poel B566.1. Original red blindstamped cloth with gilt stamped lettering & spine decoration. Bright yellow eps. VG spine gilt slightly dull/frontis foxed. 351 1 pp. Advert last page. Frontis of Dickens engraved by Buttre after the "Nickleby" portrait. 12mo. <br/><br/> Alden Beardsley & Co hardcover
London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. 1st edition 4th issue Eckel p. 122; Smith II 8. Modern red half-morocco with marbled boards; elaborate gilt spine decorations. AEG. Original red cloth front cover bound-in at rear. Binding - Fine. Text block - VG. 8 175 3 pp. Advert last 2 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts by Maclise Doyle Stanfield & Leech. Small 8vo. 17 cm x 11 cm. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover
Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. 1st appearance Edgar & Vail p. 30. Period red half-sheep binding with marbled boards. A Gd copy binding edges & extremities rubbed/lacks ffep/bpt. iv 762 pp for entire volume. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens' story appears in the January March April & May issues. Ticknor & Fields hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1905. 1st edition NCBEL III 808. Original red cloth binding. VG spine sunned/some soiling to cloth. 100 pp 12mo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1908. 1st edition. Ltd to 493 cc. Half faux vellum w/ paper boards. Housed in blue slipcase. A NF copy bpt/offset to eps in a 2- part VG box lower inner seam starting/lacks label. 152 pp illustrated with plates 8vo. <br/><br/>First publication of the letters which were from the collection of William Bixby. Prospectus for next Bibliophile Society publication Dickens' Bill of Fare is laid-in I've not seen any evidence that this was ever published. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
N. P.: The Kenyon Review 1962. 1st separate edition inscribed. Stapled wrappers. Nr Fine. 30 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>Offprint from the periodical. Inscribed to Harry Levin on the front wrapper signed with "HS". The Kenyon Review unknown
Boston: Bibliophile Society 1929. 1st edition. Limited to 425 cc. Full leather binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. 2 part slipcase with printed paper title label. Fine only light wear at the extremities in a VG 2-part slipcase. 100 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>The work looks at Dickens' efforts to establish with Baroness Burdett-Coutts a home for "fallen women." Bibliophile Society hardcover
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1845. 1st US edition VanderPoel B3881. White linen cloth stamped in blind. A Good copy cloth soiled/spine darkened/dampstain to last half of text. 96 pp. With 12 illustrations after the originals. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover
London: John Camden Hotten n. d. Original green pebbled cloth with black highlights. VG minor extremity wear/bpt/hinge paper cracked. 372 pp including index. 32 pp Chatto & Windus catalogue at rear. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/>Initially published in 1870 according to the NCBEL See NCBEL III 826. John Camden Hotten hardcover
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier 1892. 1st edition. Original printed wrappers. Overall VG avg wear/some foxing. 144 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>An early scarce work by Charles Dickens' grand-daughter who followed her more famous ancestor's lead by writing/publishing over 10 novels 1890 - 1920. No copies listed on OCLC nor in the British Library Catalogue of Printed Books. Peter Fenelon Collier unknown
London: John Camden Hotten n. d. Original green cloth with black highlights. VG rub to frnt cover. 372 pp including index. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/>Initially published in 1870 according to the NCBEL See NCBEL III 826. John Camden Hotten 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 h-t pg/sp sunned/hd & tail of spine shows some chipping & fraying. 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
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st edition thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Edgar & Vail Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original light blue blindstamped cloth professionally recased. A VG copy sq & tight/rear board stained/spine sunned. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. 12mo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1910. 1st edition 1st issue. 483 cc. Half-bound with parchment & brown paper-wrapped boards; gilt spine lettering. VG some soiling to spine/corners slightly bumped. 90 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>A Bibliophile Society publication from the collection of Mr. Smith. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
n. p.: Privately Printed for the Friends of Walter Dexter 1931. 1st edition. Limited to 50cc this stamped #49. Brown stiff printed wrappers; sewn. Nr Fine. 9 pp. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/> Privately Printed for the Friends of Walter Dexter unknown
Cedar Rapids: Privately Printed by the Torch Press 1908. 1st edition NCBEL III 831 incorrectly noting a 1909 publication date. Limited to 206 cc. Linen cloth spine with grey paper wrapped boards. Front boards stamped "The Boz Ball". TEG. A Nr. Fine unopened copy. 64 16 pp. Partially unopened. Frontis. Illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/>Account of the ball given in honor of Boz's visit to New York City. Privately Printed by the Torch Press hardcover
New York: The Grolier Club 1913. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding. Original cream printed wrappers bound in. VG bpt. 220 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>From the library of noted Dickensian Leslie Staples with his bookplate. The Grolier Club hardcover
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1908. 1st edition. Ltd to 493 cc. Half faux vellum w/ paper boards. Housed in blue 2-part slipcase. A NF copy faint foxing in a VG lt wear & soiling box. 152 pp illustrated with plates 8vo. <br/><br/>First publication of the letters which were from the collection of William Bixby. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
New York: Hurst & Co 1889. 1st editon thus. Yellow printed wrappers bust of Dickens on front wrapper. VG edges chipped//sm pcs msg at spine extremities/text beginning to yellow & become brittle. 343 pp double column. illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>A scarce not in Gimbel ephemeral edition of Dickens' work. Hurst & Co unknown
New York: The Anderson Galleries 1916. 1st edition. Printed paper wrappers stapled. Yapp edges. Overall VG some edge chipping. 105 pp. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Anderson Galleries unknown
London: Thomas Tegg 1839. 1st edition. Half leather binding with cloth boards. Plates browned & foxed. Bookplate. A Good copy. 628 pp 41 steel engravings by Alfred Crowquill and John Phillips 33 wood cuts by Bonner 8vo. <br/><br/> Thomas Tegg hardcover
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
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