New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co n. d. Ca 1907. Original green decorative cloth binding. Nr. Fine bpt/contemporary owner sig/protected by custom clear plastic cover. 142 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Selections from Christmas Carol Village Coquettes etc. Frederick A. Stokes Co hardcover
London: New Century Press 1899. 1st ed NCBEL III 790. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Green patterned eps. VG sp sunned/sm ink out of old price on ffep. 114 pp adverts. Sq 8vo. <br/><br/> New Century Press hardcover
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
London: Edward Arnold 1964. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF owner sig on ffep/VG spine panel sunned. 61 pp including Index. 12mo. <br/><br/> Edward Arnold hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1926. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG lt sunning/faint soiling. 4 issues. 290 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
London: Redway 1898. 1st edition NCBEL III 820. Review copy. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering. VG sp slightly darkened/lt wear. 401 pp illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>Intro by Kitton author of "Dickensiana" bibliography - 1886 who asserts 24 of the 46 items in this collection not included in any previous bibliography. This copy has a "Sent for Review" perforation on half-title page. Redway hardcover
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
Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1855. 1st edition Gimbel H42; Miller p. 171. INSCRIBED Presentation copy. Original brown blindstamped cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. A VG copy. 10 80 2 blank pp. 8 page publisher catalogue inserted at rear dated Dec 1854. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>Inscribed by Bartlett on the blank front fly. With W. Miller's bookplate author of The Dickens Student and Collector 1946. There is a prior bookseller note on the ffep stating 'only 300 printed'. Ticknor & Fields hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
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
London: Willougby n. d. Ca 1845. Originally first published in 1839. Orig red cloth with elabore gilt stamped design to spine. Some wear with spine gilt a bit dull. A Very Good copy. 628 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Willougby hardcover
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
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
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1841. 1st US edition 3rd issue Edgar & Vail p. 19; Wilkins p. 18. Original boards; new cloth spine with original spine label laid down. New eps. Boards - VG; text - Abt VG some minor foxing & staining. 362 pp double column. Frontis & intratextual illustrations by Cattermole Brown & Sibson. 8vo. <br/><br/>This the 'cheap' edition noted by Wilkins; 3rd issue by Edgar & Vail. Lea and Blanchard hardcover
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
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1909. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG spine & top of binding is sunned/newspaper clippings tipped-in to blank front fly. Ex-Lib pocket on ffep/faint evidence of label removal from spine. 409 pp. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Includes a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1910. 1st edition 1st issue. Limited to 483 cc. Half-bound with parchment & brown paper-wrapped boards; gilt spine lettering. Slipcase. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine slipcase title label with some minor abrasion to upper left corner. 90 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Bibliophile Society hardcover
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
London: New Century Press 1899. 1st ed NCBEL III 790. Deep maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Plain laid-paper eps. VG two sm bumps to fore edge of front board. 114 pp adverts. Sq 8vo. <br/><br/> New Century Press hardcover
Boston: Bibliophile Society 1909. 1st edition. Wrappers. Gd edgewear/soiling. 17 pp. Unopened. 8vo. <br/><br/>1st unedited printing of this speech which championed the need for sanitary reform. Bibliophile Society unknown
Philadelphia: Privately Printed - Samuel Dalton 1964. 1st edition thus. #285/1300 cc. Blue Decorative cloth binding. Yellow cloth slipcase. A Fine copy in a VG slipcase. 31 pp. Color Drawings by Rey Abruzzi. 8vo. <br/><br/>Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton with his presentation card laid-in. Privately Printed - Samuel Dalton hardcover
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1968. 1st thus. #793/1300 cc. Brown decorative cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Lime green cloth slipcase. A Nr Fine copy spine very faintly sunned in a VG slipcase which shows some sunning at the extremities. 32 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
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