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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
SKETCHES Of YOUNG GENTLEMEN. Dedicated to the Young Ladies
London: Chapman & Hall 1838. 4th edition cf. Eckel p. 104 & Smith II p. 1 for the 1st edition. Modern green cloth binding sympathetic to the original with a facsimile front board onlay duplicating the original front wrapper which is bound in at front. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG. viii 76 4 pp. 4 pages of adverts at rear. Frontis 5 inserted plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens' ripost� to Quiz's less-than-PC 'Ladies.' Chapman & Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9769.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
A ROUND Of STORIES By The CHRISTMAS FIRE
New - York: Stringer & Townsend 1853. 1st edition thus Edgar & Vail p. 26; Gimbel B225. Original publisher's buff paper wrappers printed in black. General edgewear with some paper chipping along the spine & with a stain to the top right corner of the front wrapper. Period pos to top margin of front wrapper. Stab holes 3 along spine. Usual bit of foxing & staining. Withal a VG copy of a scarce publication. 47 1 pp. Text double column. Last page blank. 8vo. <br/><br/>" 'The Poor Relation's Story' pp. 3 - 8 and 'The Child's Story' pp 8 - 10 are by Dickens and first appeared in the Christmas number of 'Household Words' for 1852." Edgar & Vail. Stringer & Townsend unknown
Bookseller reference : 30270
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
New York: Harper & Brothers 1865. 2nd US book edition Edgar & Vail p. 29 incorrectly noting it as the 1st US; Gimbel A151 sixth copy; VanderPoel B2692 also incorrectly catalogued as the 1st US; Wilkins p. 32. Original publisher's honey-comb grain purplish-brown cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. A VG copy spine sunned as usual with this volume/period pos to ffep & preliminary blank. 2 17 - 350 = 334 2 pp. Adverts last 2 pp. Novel text double column. Woodcut portrait of Dickens by Bobbett as frontis. Woodcut border to t.p. after Marcus Stone's Parts issue wrapper graphics. 34 intratextual cuts after Stone. Royal 8vo. 10-3/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>This volume edition curiously bound with 2 less illustrations than that found in the Harper Magazine issue though without a side-by-side comparison it is difficult to determine which were omitted by the publisher not to mention 'why'. Harper & Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20206.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Dickens Mary Angela
CHARLES DICKENS' CHILDREN STORIES. Re-Told by His GrandDaughter and Others. Altemus Dainty Series No. 2
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company 1900. Ca 1903 cf. Sternick ALTEMUS 74 & GP-27 for images. Gilt decorated white cloth spine with pale yellow boards decorated with a floral pattern Dainty Format 2. Buff printed dust jacket Dainty Format 1. VG average wear/VG chip from each spine end/chip from bottom edge of front panel. 64 pp. Illustrated with a frontis & 12 full-page illustrations. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> Henry Altemus Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30397
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Matz B. W. Editor
The DICKENSIAN. Volume Eight
London: Chapman & Hall 1912. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG spine sunned/some wear/bpt. 12 issues. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14027.1
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Hardwick Mollie and Michael
The CHARLES DICKENS ENCYCLOPEDIA
New York: Scribner's 1973. Later printing. Black cloth binding. Pictorial eps. White dust jacket. VG square & tight/VG age toning. xi 1 531 1 pp including Index. Last page blank. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> Scribner's hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2036.4
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
AVENTURES De MONSIEUR PICKWICK. Adventures of Mr. Pickwick.; Roman Anglais Traduit avec L'Autorisation de L'Auteur sous la Direction de P. Lorain Par P. Grolier
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1859. 1st edition thus BM Extract 12605. Period blue half-leather with blue marbled-paper boards. Bit of binding wear. Usual light foxing. Vol I with 4th leaf partially detached. Withal a VG example of a scarce foreign translation. 2 volumes viii 425 3; 4 407 1 pp. Text in French. 12mo. 18 cm x 11 cm. <br/><br/>From the publisher's series - "Bibliotheque des Meilleurs Romans Etrangers". Contains a specially written 2-page preface by Dickens in French & again in English where he commends the translation and gives his blessing to the publisher for the edition of his works being put before the French public. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30214
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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 BFTP. Modern brown half-leather binding executed in a period style with elaborate gilt decorated spine red morocco title label in the second spine compartment & marbled paper boards. AEG. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG usual foxing to plates. xvi 624 pp. 40 steel engraved plates by Phiz Hablot K. Browne. 8vo. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1142.7
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Graeme Bruce
EPILOGUE
Philadelphia: Lippincott 1934. 1st US edition cf. Cox 422; NCBEL III 808. Orange cloth binding with stamped black lettering. Yellow & brown dust jacket. VG slight lean/VG spine panle a bit darkened/minor edgewear. 320 pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>The EDWIN DROOD Mystery Solved. yet again. Lippincott hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3212.4
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
DOMBEY And SON
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1848. 1st edition thus and the 3rd US edition Edgar & Vail pp. 24 - 25; cf Gimbel A109 for an edition with 36 plates. Not in the McGuire collection. Original publisher's brown vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamped lettering/design to spine & boards stamped in blind professionally rebacke. Eps renewed. Usual foxing to text paper; however the plates are comparatively and uncommonly clean. Leaf H1 with reinforcement to right margin. Withal a VG copy. viii 9 - 320 pp. Novel text in double column. Illustrated with a frontis title page vignette & 38 inserted engravings all after the originals by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" by Gilbert & Gihon. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30012.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
DOMBEY And SON
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1848. 1st edition thus BFTP and the 3rd US edition Edgar & Vail pp. 24 - 25; cf Gimbel A109 for an edition with 36 plates. Not in the McGuire collection. Modern black leather spine with gilt lettering with period brown cloth covered boards. EPS renewed. Original yellow front wrapper bound-in at rear. Bound with Tavistock Books' item #30013 Dombey & Daughter and price is for both titles. A VG copy retailer stamp to t.p. extremities & bottom margin of last page of text. viii 9 - 320 pp. Novel text in double column. 32 page publisher catalogue bound-in at rear. Illustrated with a frontis title page vignette & 15 inserted engravings all after the originals by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" by Gilbert & Gihon. NB. Collates per NYPL copy. 8vo. <br/><br/>NB. Wilkins speaks of a Lea & Blachard advert for this title issued in parts found on the back cover of their Copperfield 1849-50 hawking their edition with illustrations accompanying the parts. One can speculate given the dates involved their earlier issues perhaps had fewer plates given this copy which is obviously BFTP as well as that copy in the NYPL have but 16. Lea and Blanchard hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30012
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. By "Boz"
OLIVER TWIST; or The Parish Boy's Progress
Paris: Published by A. and W. Galignani & Co 1839. 1st edition thus. Period brown quarter-leather with marbled boards. Gilt spine lettering. General binding wear & rubs to boards. Foxing. Small neat pos to ffep upper corner. A VG copy. 4 367 1 blank pp. Untrimmed. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/>For many years it was thought the 1846 Bradbury & Evans edition was the first 'octavo' edition cf. Eckel p. 62. This Galignanai edition obviously deserves consideration for that appellation though it's scarcity undoubtedly contributed to the 1846's notation as such in the Dickens' literature. Not in Eckel Gimbel or VanderPoel. Published by A. and W. Galignani & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12964.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Stanley C. H.
HARD TIMES. as published in The ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK JOURNAL. Part 15 Volume III. October. 1854
New York: P. D. Orvis 75 Nassau Street 1854. 1st edition thus Gimbel E136 who incorrectly notes an end date of 7 October 1854. Not in Edgar & Vail nor Wilkins. Original pale green printed wrappers. Slight cock. Modest wear. A VG copy. 2 181 - 258 pp. Text in triple column. Illustrated with 40 wood engravings. 4to. 11-3/4" x 9-1/8" <br/><br/>This part contains the 5 weekly September issues with that portion of Hard Times begining with Chapters XXV in the September 2nd issue and the work concluding with Chapter XXXVII in the September 30th issue. The Journal also contains a number of articles on Chess authored by Stanley. P. D. Orvis, 75 Nassau Street unknown
Bookseller reference : 29691.1
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Sheet Music. Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Russell Henry
The IVY GREEN. Written by Charles Dickens Esqr. Composed by Henry Russell
London: Published by Addison & Hodson and Duff & Hodgson n. d. Printed wrappers with later protective sheet added to front. This edition not in Miller who lists 18 others cf. pp 203 - 205 nor in Gimbel who collected 3 versions cf C7-C9. Publisher circular blindstamp in upper left corner showing numbers "9 3 46" which we presume to be the date of original sale. A Very Good copy. 2 7 1 pp. Front wrapper with a green & black lithographed image of a ruined cathedralby H. C. Maguire "Stonnard Litho. Printer". 13-3/16" x 9-5/8" <br/><br/>Dickens' famous poem which first appeared in PICKWICK PAPERS though it was not especially written for that first novel we learn from Kitton who further informs us "The favorite setting of "The Ivy Green" is undoubtedly that by the veteran Henry Russell who states that for this music of this one of his most successful compositions he received the magnificent sum of ten shillings!" cf. Kitton MINOR WRITINGS p. 224. Published by Addison & Hodson and Duff & Hodgson unknown
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Johnson Charles Plumptre
HINTS To COLLECTORS Of ORIGINAL EDITIONS Of The WORKS Of CHARLES DICKENS
London: George Redway 1885. 1st editon NCBEL III 780. Full faux vellum with gilt stamped title lettering beveled edges. VG light aging to extremities/slight bow to boards/period pos to preliminary blank. Pencil markings throughout. 56 4 pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts @ rear dated 1885. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9678.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Dickens Mary Angela. Vrendenburg Edric Editor
CHILDREN'S STORIES From DICKENS. Re-Told by His Grand-Daughter Mary Angela Dickens and Others
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons n. d. Ca early late 19th C. / early 20th C. Blue cloth binding with lettering stamped in gilt & black. AEG. Floral patterned paper eps. Bright gilt. Some foxing & browning to paper. Bookplate & 2 chromolithographed trade cards Dickens theme tipped in to preliminary blank. A VG copy. 104 pp. Frontis 10 inserted chromolithographed plates by Frances Brundage as well as numerous intratextual cuts by Harold Copping The Baroness Orezy Willis Grey Edith Scannell & Major Giles. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> Raphael Tuck & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28482
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The ADVENTURES Of OLIVER TWIST
London: Chapman & Hall 1850. 1st 'Cheap' edition in book form NCBEL III 792. Period tan half-calf with marbled paper boards & dark maroon leather title label to spine. Some general binding wear & rubs to boards. Bookplate. 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
Bookseller reference : 29471
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
HUNTED DOWN: A Story. With Some Account of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright the Poisoner
London: John Camden Hotten n. d. 1st UK book edition Eckel p. 199. Circa 1870. Early 20th C. red full sheep color touch-up along joints; gilt spine lettering. Marbled eps. Original green wrappers bound in front wrapper with paper repair to vertical crack along gutter. Bookplate. Minor wear. A VG copy. 2 89 1 pp. 17 pp publisher catalogue dated 1871 at rear. Building vignette to front wrapper. 16mo. 6-3/8" x 4" <br/><br/>'Hunted Down' first appeared in 1859 in the NY Ledger written by Dickens for the princely sum of �1000 as offered by the newspaper's publisher Robert Bonner. This the first separate UK publication. 'Hunted Down' the 4th Queen's Quorum title 1860. John Camden Hotten unknown
Bookseller reference : 13394.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
BARNABY RUDGE And CHRISTMAS STORIES includes 'Christmas Carol' 'The Chimes' & 'Cricket on the Hearth'. Lupton's 'Leisure Hour Library'. Vol III - No. 259. Sept 7 1889
New York: F. M. Lupton 1889. 1st edition thus. Not in the Gimbel catalogue. Original buff wrappers with dark brown lettering/designs. A VG copy. 96 pp in triple column format. Dolly Varden from Barnaby Rudge pictured on front wrapper. Folio. 12" x 8-5/8" <br/><br/>The Leisure Hour Library was issued in this inexpensive format in order to attract the working-class public; these wrappered editions now becoming somewhat uncommon. especially in reasonable condition such as the one we offer here. F. M. Lupton unknown
Bookseller reference : 7329.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Reynolds Frank Illustrator
The PERSONAL HISTORY Of DAVID COPPERFIELD The YOUNGER
London: Westminster Press n. p. A reissue of the magnificent 1911 Hodder & Stoughton edition cf Gimbel B-191. Red cloth binding with elaborate gilt & black stamping. Pictorial eps. Buff printed dust jacket professionally restored. VG/VG. 6 572 pp. 20 full-color tipped-in plates by Frank Reynolds. Captioned tissue guards. 4to. 11" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> Westminster Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26812
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Fielding K. J.
CHARLES DICKENS. 'Writers and Their Work': No. 37
London: Longsman Green & Co 1966. Reprinting of the revised edition of 1963 with additions to the Bibliography. Yellow-green wrappers stapled. Front wrapper printed price canceled with new price pasted over. VG minor wear/unobtrusive stain to rear wrapper. 52 pp. Frontis of Dickens. 8vo. <br/><br/> Longsman Green & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 3703.7
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Browne Hablot Knight. 1815 1882. Young R.
DOMBEY And SON. The Four Portraits of EDITH FLORENCE ALICE And LITTLE PAUL. Engraved Under the Superintendence of R. Young and H. K. Browne. From Designs by Hablot K. Browne. And Published with the Sanction of Mr. Charles Dickens
London: Chapman and Hall 1848. 1st thus NCBEL III 798; VanderPoel B206. Housed in a printed pale green portfolio-style paper-wrappers. "Price One Schilling.". Plates - VG no foxing. Portfolio wrappers - VG minor wear & soiling. 4 steel engravings each on a separate sheet. 9" x 6" <br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown
Bookseller reference : 10613.1
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Fields James T. Austin James C.
FIELDS Of The ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Letters to an Editor 1861 - 1870
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
Bookseller reference : 6144.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
"IS SHE HIS WIFE" and "The LAMPLIGHTER." Both Written by Charles Dickens. Original Complete Editions. Dicks' Standard Plays. Number 470
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
Bookseller reference : 29084
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Kathleen Tillotson Editor
The LETTERS Of CHARLES DICKENS. The Pilgrim Edition. Volume Four: 1844 - 1846
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1977. 1st printing. Red cloth binding. Red & pale yellow dust jacket. NF pos to ffep/NF. xxiv 2 771 pp including Index. Frontis facsimile letter. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>The most complete edition of Dickens' letters with this volume containing 1087 letters 284 previously unpublished. Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 699.7
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Storey Graham; Tillotson Kathleen & House Madeline Editors
The LETTERS Of CHARLES DICKENS. The Pilgrim Edition. Volume Three: 1842 - 1843
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
Bookseller reference : 697.6
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Dickens Charles Jr. Editor
DICKENS'S DICTIONARY Of The THAMES From Its SOURCE To The NORE. 1884. An Unconventional Handbook.; Preface by Charles Dickens Jr
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
Bookseller reference : 28528
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Sala George Augustus Henry. 1828 1895
SPEECHES LETTERS And SAYINGS of CHARLES DICKENS. To Which is Added A Sketch of the Author by George Augustus Sala and Dean Stanley's Sermon
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
Bookseller reference : 7159.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Gaskell Elizabeth 1810 1865. Halliday Duff Andrew 1830 1877. Collins Charles Allston 182
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS. Charles Dickens's New Christmas Story
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
Bookseller reference : 19727.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
HOLIDAY ROMANCE. In Four Parts. As Published in OUR YOUNG FOLKS. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. Edited by J. T. Trowbridge and Lucy Larcom. Vol. IV
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
Bookseller reference : 19603
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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. 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
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
OLD CURIOSITY SHOP.; From 'T. B. Peterson's Uniform Edition of Charles Dickens' Works'
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
Bookseller reference : 6176.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870 Editor
The HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE Of CURRENT EVENTS 1850 - 1851. Being a Supplement to Household Words
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
Bookseller reference : 14697.3
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Currier Nathaniel 1813 1888
"BOZ". Lithographed Portrait of Charles Dickens. D. Lawrence Delt. E. Brown Jr. Lith
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
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Dickens Charles Boz 1812 1870
The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
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
Bookseller reference : 27559
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. De Fontaine F. G. Compiler
A CYCLOPEDIA Of The BEST THOUGHTS of CHARLES DICKENS
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
Bookseller reference : 708.7
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Stephen Leslie & Armstrong Leroy
SCOTT And DICKENS bound with SHAKESPEARE
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
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Gaskell Elizabeth 1810 1865. Halliday Duff Andrew 1830 1877. Collins Charles Allston 182
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS
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
Bookseller reference : 19727
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Reynolds George. William. McArthur. 1814 1879
PICKWICK ABROAD or The Tour in France
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
Bookseller reference : 4184
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Clark Cumberland
CHARLES DICKENS And The BEGGING LETTER WRITER. With Publication of Dickens' Original Letter
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
Bookseller reference : 8711
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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. 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
Bookseller reference : 8011
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Thackeray William Makepeace. 1811 1863. Stoddard Richard Henry Editor
ANECDOTE BIOGRAPHIES Of THACKERAY And DICKENS. Bric-A-Brac Series
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
Bookseller reference : 4340.2
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Cary Thomas Greaves. 1791 1859
LETTER To A LADY In FRANCE On The SUPPOSED FAILURE Of A NATIONAL BANK The SUPPOSED DELINQUENCY Of The NATIONAL GOVERNMENT The Debts of the Several States and Repudiation; with Answers to Enquiries Concerning the Books of Capt. Marryat and Mr. Dickens
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
Bookseller reference : 10720.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Sala George Augustus Henry. 1828 1895
SPEECHES LETTERS And SAYINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS. To Which is Added A Sketch of the Author by George Augustus Sala and Dean Stanley's Sermon
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
Bookseller reference : 7159
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Mankowitz Wolf
DICKENS Of LONDON
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
Bookseller reference : 6113
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The CHILD'S PICTURE STORY Of OLIVER TWIST
Racine WI: Whitman Publishing Co 1935. Cloth spine over pictorial boards. Yellow top-stain. Dust jacket replicates binding design. VG/VG light soiling/ light chipping at extremities. 188 pp. Illustrations by Morton H. Cowen. 4to. 26cm x 19.5cm. <br/><br/> Whitman Publishing Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21627
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Leaver H. R.
The MYSTERY Of JOHN JASPER
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
Bookseller reference : 7332.2
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
BARNABY RUDGE
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
Bookseller reference : 5475.1
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The CRICKET On The HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home
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
Bookseller reference : 9848
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Kitton Frederic. G.
DICKENSIANA: A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to Charles Dickens and His Writings
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
Bookseller reference : 266.2
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