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
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
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