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
Rochester & Chatham: W. & J. Mackay & Co 1899. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. Lime green cloth binding stamped in black. Subtitled on front board "A Guide to Its Places & People.". VG. A nice copy. 6 4 92 10 pp. Advert eps preliminary & terminal pages. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> W. & J. Mackay & Co hardcover
London: Ruper Hart-Davis 1959. 1st ed inscribed. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. Nr F/VG sp darkened/some minor soiling. 95 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>The author looks at Dickens' hidden life with Ellen Ternan. Ruper Hart-Davis hardcover
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
n. p.: Dickens Studies 1967. 1st separate edition. INSCRIBED. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Nr Fine. 12 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Offprint from the periodical. Inscribed on first page "Sincere regards/HS". Dickens Studies unknown
London: Chatto & Windus 1913. 1st book edition NCBEL III 840. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. TEG. VG offset to eps/contemporary owner sig. xix 1 84 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover
London: Arthur Barker 1951. 1st edition. Red cloth. Purple dust jacket. VG few spots of foxing to top edge/VG lt wear. 94 pp including index. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/> Arthur Barker hardcover
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1912. 1st edition. Limited to 550 sets. This #472. Gunmetal grey paper boards. Gilt spine lettering. TEG. Nr. Fine. 2 volumes. Frontis & t.p. vignette in each volume. 12mo. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
London: Allen & Unwin 1924. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG faint offset to eps/VG sp darkened/minor edgewear. 157 pp. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/>Account of how author found the real address behind Micawber's "Windsor Terrace City Road" where Dickens lodged during the David Copperfield portion of his childhood. Scarce in jacket. Allen & Unwin hardcover
Paris: Published by A. and W. Galignani and Co 1846. 1st French edition in English VanderPoel B497. Original yellow printed wrappers. Fair 75% of spine paper gone/much edgewear/upper corner msg from rear wrapper/contemporary owner inscrip on front wrapper/closed horizontal tear to front wrapper. 255 pp Small 8vo. <br/><br/>Uncommon edition not in Gimbel; only 3 locations found from a 1/99 OCLC search. The HRC copy rebound in morocco. Published by A. and W. Galignani and Co unknown
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
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
New York: Harper & Bros 1872. 1st edition thus. Household edition see Gimbel D68. Highly decorative green cloth w/ gilt lettering & designs. Nr Fine gilt bright/po name stamp to blank front fly/short tear near gutter of last leaf. 351 pp double column. 59 illustrations by Frederick Barnard. 4to. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1962. 1st thus. #791/1300 cc. Mustard yellow cloth binding with decorative stamped front board. Gilt spine lettering. Slipcase. VG spine sunned in a VG slipcase shows some wear & sunning at extremities. Divers pagination. Illustrations by Rey Abruzzi. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton with his presentation card laid-in. Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton hardcover
New York: John R. Anderson 1878. 1st edition thus Bolton p. 44. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering & decorations. Overall VG gilt bright/bpt/period pos to ffep/faint whiff of tobacco. 175 2 pp. Adverts last 2 pp. Frontis & 2 internal plates. 12mo. <br/><br/>While the t.p. proclaims "Illustrated by Darley" the plates are signed by Orr & Scomis. John R. Anderson hardcover
London: The New Age Press 1908. 1st edition NCBEL III 840. Brown printed wrappers. Abt VG chipping to wrappers/sp paper worn at top with loss of the two "S" in Charles & Dickens. A fragile item. 316 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>An uncommon edition in wrappers with 'Frank Palmer' printed at the base of the spine. The New Age Press unknown
NY: Pantheon 1980. Uncorrected Page Proof. Wrappers. Fine. 8vo. <br/><br/>Laid-in is a letter from the publisher's publicity director. Pantheon unknown
New York: American Art Association 1926. 1st edition. Half-leather binding with marbled boards. Original paper wrappers bound in. VG joints show some wear/lt rubbing to boards. Unpaginated. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>329 entries on Dickens material. American Art Association hardcover
New York: Harper & Bros 1875. 1st edition thus. Household edition cf. Gimbel D68. Highly decorative green cloth w/ gilt lettering & designs. Nr Fine gilt bright/small spot to top edge of front board/po name stamp to blank front fly. 347 pp double column. 4 pp adverts at rear. 58 illustrations by Jay Mahoney. 4to. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover
London: Printed for Private Circulation Only 1937. 1st edition. #27/35 cc. Custom bound in brown qtr calf with blue silk moire boards. A VG copy. 14 pp. 'Times' article 9 June 1938 mounted & bound-in at rear. 8vo. <br/><br/>"Mr Slum" described by Partington as a "pathetic and whimsical person" from The Old Curiosity Shop who wrote the poetical puffs for Mrs Jarley's Waxwork Show; Partington finds him of interest as a character "because he was a pioneer of publicity" and wonders like other Dickens characters whether there was a real-life model Partington goes on to make his case for. well buy the book & find out! Printed for Private Circulation Only hardcover
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers n. d. Ca 1855. Early US appearance of 'Hard Times'. Original publisher's vertically-ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & figure; boards stamped with geometric design professionally recased. Bright yellow eps. Square & tight. Period pos to ffep. A VG copy. 223 1 pp. Text double column. Nickleby portrait as frontispiece. 8vo. <br/><br/>Contains "The Seven Poor Travellers" "Nine New Stories by the Christmas Fire" "Hard Times" "Lizzie Leigh" "The Miner's Daughters" and "Fortune Wilfred." The latter three wrongly ascribed to Dickens; "Lizzie Leigh" by Mrs. Gaskell and "Miner's Daughter " by Wm Howitt. According to Eckel the author of "Fortune Wilfred" remains a mystery cf. Eckel pp 209 - 210. T. B. Peterson & Brothers hardcover
Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press 1982. 1st edition. Hardback. Green dust jacket. A Nr Fine copy in a similar jacket. vii 3 193 3 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/> The John Hopkins Press hardcover
n. p.: Privately Printed 1936. 1st edition. 3/4 Morocco binding. A Fine copy. 108 pp. Sm. 4to. <br/><br/>Sawyer a prominent collector from the early 20th c. This catalogue of his collection is somewhat difficult to find and this a nicely bound version with the original wraps retained. Privately Printed unknown
New York: Houghton Mifflin 1912. 1st edition BAL 22662 printing II. Green cloth spine over drab boards lettered in dark green. Nr. Fine offset to eps/prior owner sig on ffep. A nice copy. 8 32 pp. Wove paper. No adverts at rear. Frontis from a drawing of Dickens & a plate from a photograph of "The Child". 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
London: Hodder & Stoughton 1914. 1st printing thus. Broadweave cloth-like covers. VG edgewear. 207 1 xiv pp. Adverts last 14 pages. profusely illustrated in color & b/w 4to. <br/><br/>An anthology of selections & commentary from early 20th c. Dickensians such as G. K. Chesterton & F. G. Kitton. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
NY: Mayflower Books 1978. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF/NF. 8vo. <br/><br/>An autobiographical look at the great-granddaughter of the Inimitable. Inscribed by Dickens on the title page. Mayflower Books hardcover
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1910. 1st edition. 1st issue. Half-bound with parchment & brown paper-wrapped boards; gilt spine lettering. VG some minor soiling to spine/bpt. 90 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>A Bibliophile Society publication from the collection of Mr. Smith. Only 483 copies printed. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
London: Chatto & Windus 1882. 1st edition NCBEL III 1053. Olive green linen cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG sq & tight/spines darkened somewhat. 2 volumes. 8vo. <br/><br/>2 chapters in Volume I are of Dickens: 'Charles Dickens As An Editor' & 'Charles Dickens At Home'. There are 4 concluding chapters of interest to bibliophiles: 'Modern Printing' Old Booksellers and Their Hobbies' 'Old Catalogues' & 'Bookstalls and Book-Boxes'. Chatto & Windus hardcover
London: Henry Sotheran Ltd 1931. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 830. Blue-green wrappers. Nr Fine in a VG soiled slipcase. 5 parts. illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>Precedes the hard-cover edition. Henry Sotheran Ltd unknown
Leipzig: Bernh Tauchnitz Jun 1842. 1st Tauchnitz edition with the indicated incorrect wording on p. 67 Todd & Bowden 32. Half brown leather with brown cloth boards; gilt decorative scrollwork & lettering on spine T & B Style x1. Marbled edges. VG sq & tight/spine sunned/light extremity wear/po name stamp on ffep & tp/private library label in upper left corner of rear board/corner leather offset to preliminary & terminal leaves. viii 263 pp colophon. Signed in 8s. 11.5 cm x 15.5 cm. <br/><br/>A pirated publication before the Baron established his subsequent business relationship with Mr Dickens. Cf. Gimbel A69 for a later printing though as is customary still dated the original year of Tauchnitz's publication. Bernh Tauchnitz Jun hardcover
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1959. 1st edition thus Gimbel B235. #200 / 1200 cc. Pink marbled cloth spine with deep purple paper-wrapped boards. Gilt spine lettering. Slipcase. Nr Fine spine a bit sunned in a VG slipcase shows some edgewear. 31 pp. Color Drawings by Rey Abruzzi 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens wrote the 1st & last sections of this Christmas work as well as minor editorial snippets- for the other author's contributions see Lohrli pp 232-233. Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton with his presentation card laid-in. Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton hardcover
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1965. 1st thus 699/1300. Green Decorative cloth w/ slipcase. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine sltly 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
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