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
London: Chapman & Hall 1908. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. Nr Fine sp sunned. 12 issues. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press 1977. 1st edition. Green cloth. Dust jacket. VG/VG minor wear. 302 pp including index 8vo. <br/><br/> Southern Illinois University Press hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall n.d. Circa 1905. Printed wrappers. VG some browning to edges/some minor edgewear. 8vo. <br/><br/>Collection of Dickens' Christmas Stories from Household Words. Chapman & Hall unknown
NY: H & R. 1978. 1st ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr. F/Nr. F lt. soiling. 222 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>A fictionalized account of Dickens told in 1899 from a hospital's TB ward by George Dolby. H & R. hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1910. 1st edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering & facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG sp sunned/minor fraying to spine ends. 12 issues. 336 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
New York: Harper & Bros 1877. Later printing of this Household edition first published in 1873 cf. Gimbel D68. Green decorative cloth w/ gilt lettering. VG cover gilt bright/lt wear at extremities. 355 pp 52 illustrations by W. L. Sheppard 4to. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover
London: Blackie & Son n.d. Circa 1890s. See BL 12272. Original red cloth with black lettering/cover design. Abt VG cloth soiled/wear at extremities. 224 pp including index frontis sm 8vo. <br/><br/> Blackie & Son hardcover
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1854. 1st edition thus VanderPoel B571. Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. Original purple blindstamped cloth. Good spine sunned/head of spine chipped. 452 pp. Frontis engraved title page & 6 inserted plates by Stephens & Beeler. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover
Stoke-Upon-Trent: W. T. Copeland late Spade & Copeland n. d. Green & black patterned paper-wrapped boards. Paper label on front board. VG owner sig on ffep. 20 pp illustrated including one color plate 12mo. <br/><br/>A reprint of an 1852 Households Words article; a puff for Copeland china. W. T. Copeland (late Spade & Copeland) hardcover
Pittsburgh: Privately Printed 1907. 1st edition Gimbel D160. Ltd to 200cc. Green wrappers. Text w/ deckled edges. VG spine starting to brown/slt foxing to prelims. 10 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>10 letters then in the possession of Wilkins now published for the first time. Begins with a letter to Longhurst written in 1832. The concluding 6 are to fellow author William Howitt. Privately Printed unknown
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1961. 1st thus. #1048/1300 cc. Green paper-wrapped boards with white christmas tree stamped to front board. Gilt spine lettering. Slipcase. VG spine sunned in an VG slipcase shows some wear & sunning at extremities. 47 pp. 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
London: Redway 1898. 1st edition NCBEL III 820. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. VG slight cock/edgewear at extremities. 401 pp. illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Introduction by Frederic Kitton author of "Dickensiana" bibliography - 1886 who asserts 24 of the 46 items in this collection not included in any previous bibliography. Redway hardcover
London: J. W. Jarvis & Son 1883. 1st edition NCBEL III 789. Green cloth binding; original grey wrappers bound in. VG bpt/front hinge starting - lower 3"/bump to center edge of rear board. Pailthorpe etching of Sam Weller as frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/> J. W. Jarvis & Son hardcover
Cedar Rapids: Torch Press 1910. 1st edition. Limited to 200 copies. Brown cloth spine over printed green paper-wrapped boards. Nr. Fine bpt. 51 pp. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/>One of the few references that addresses American editions of Dickens works; a scarce title in the limited edition. Torch Press hardcover
New York: Bunce & Brother 1854. 1st edition thus. Original brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering/spine decoration. Abt VG chiipping to hd & tail of spine/wear at lower corner tips. 234 pp sm 8vo. <br/><br/>A somewhat uncommon collection taken from Dickens Household Words. Bunce & Brother hardcover
New York: Published by McElrath & Barker 1853. 1st US volume edition. Publisher's black half-sheep with gilt spine lettering & dark brown cloth boards. VG rubs to extremities/usual foxing/po book label to front pastedown. iv 620 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Published by McElrath & Barker hardcover
Philadelphia: T. P. Peterson & Bros n. d. Circa mid-to-late 1860s. Original lt pink printed wrappers with woodcut vignette. Overall VG later blue cloth spine/some edgewear/prior owner sig on blank front fly/stationer stamp on front wrapper/abrasion on front wrapper. 109 pp double column 3 pp adverts at rear. 8vo. <br/><br/>From 'Peterson's Cheap Edition for the Millions' Series. This title not in the Gimbel collection See Gimbel D40. T. P. Peterson & Bros hardcover
New York: Harper & Bros 1949. 1st US ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr. F/VG lt edgewear/sp sunned. 361 pp 21 b&w illustrations 8vo. <br/><br/>Pearson a well known biographer of the era and while the work broke no new ground it does give a good accounting of the Inimitable's life. Harper & Bros hardcover
n. p. n. d. Self-wrappers stapled. VG. Unpaginated though 12 pp. Illustrated with 5 chromolithograph illustrations & numerous b/w drawings. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2" <br/><br/> unknown
Newark: The Carteret Book Club 1913. 1st edition BAL 21226. #97/100cc. Off-white paper-wrapped boards. Paper label on cover. Slipcase. Nr Fine minor soiling/bpt on front pastedown. Slipcase - VG avg wear & soiling. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> The Carteret Book Club hardcover
London 1850. 1st volume edition NCBEL III 818. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. Yellow eps. VG sq & tight with bright gilt to front board/usual bit of foxing & eps discloration. A nice copy. vii 1 280 pp. Text double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>A monthly news supplement to Dickens' "Household Words" here found in the annual with a Table of Contents. hardcover
New York: Madigan 1933. 1st edition NCBEL III 832. #135/150cc. Blue-green cloth spine over printed green paper boards. Gilt stamped spine lettering. VG some edge sunning. 14 pp w/ 3 facsimilies; 8vo. <br/><br/>A somewhat scarce piece printed by William Rudge's Sons. First publication of a letter to Dickens' friend Doctor Elisha Bartlett which is reproduced in facsimile and discusses among other topics the author's latest 'child' "David Copperfield". Madigan hardcover
London: Chatto & Windus 1884. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 780. Large paper copy #9/50. Green cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. VG unopened/eps foxed. 378 pp including Index. 4to. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1912. 1st book ed Eckel pg 192. Green cloth with black lettering. A VG copy in a Fair dj lacks spine portion. 55 pp illustrated with cuts by Ruth Cobb & pictures after photographs by T.W. Tyrell 12mo. <br/><br/>This autobiographical sketch was first published in Household Words 13 August 1853. Chapman & Hall hardcover
New York: William H. Colyer 1838. 2nd US edition 2nd state Conningham 3297; Gimbel B66; Vander Poel B6021. Original paper wrapped boards with red linen cloth spine & printed paper spine label modern reproduction. Abt VG joint cloth starting/2 contemporary po signatures/usual light foxing/faint whiff of tobacco. x 25 - 232 pp. Frontis of Grimaldi lithographed by 'N. Currier'. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>A scarce Dickens item as well as an early Currier item who opened his own establishment only 3 years prior 1835. William H. Colyer hardcover
London: Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock 1897. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. Green cloth spine with lt green paper wrapped boards. VG bpt/front hinge starting - lower 3"/bump to center edge of rear board. iv 75 1 blank pp. 10-3/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock hardcover
New York: Carleton 1861. 1st US edition Edgar & Vail p. 29. Black qtr leather with marbled boards. Gd paper starting to yellow & spot/edgewear with paper worn away at edges with board starting to show/front hinge starting/some dampstaining to lower front of first qtr of text block. Ex-lib with bpt & spine labels. 48 pp double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>These three items bound under one roof though each with a separate title page. The above info given for Dickens. Craik's 'Tales' pbd by by Harper & Bros 1857 probably 1st US; Sala's 'Seven Sons' pbd by Burnham out of Boston 1862 again possibly 1st US. Carleton hardcover
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. Presentation copy. Hardback. A VG copy. 8vo. <br/><br/>Inscribed by Nicoll on the ffep. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
New York: Ticknor & Fields 1865. 1st US appearance Gimbel E27. Buff printed wrappers. VG some minor edgewear & soiling. Pp. 739 - 743. 8vo. <br/><br/>Proctor a poet for whom Dickens wrote this introduction/memoir to her work of poetry 'Legends and Lyrics' which was published posthumously by Bell and Daldy in 1866. This Dec 1865 Atlantic Monthly version by Ticknor & Fields no doubt from advance sheets and may have appeared prior to the book publication in the UK a preliminary advert notes the title is 'Nearly Ready'. An uncommon item. Ticknor & Fields unknown
Boston: Little Brown 1964. 1st ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr. F bpt /VG call sticker at base of spine. 370 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>X-lib copy. Little, Brown hardcover
Stoke-Upon-Trent: W. T. Copeland late Spade & Copeland n. d. Buff paper-wrapped boards. VG sp darkened. 20 pp illustrated including one color plate 12mo. <br/><br/>A reprint of an 1852 Households Words article; a puff for Copeland china. W. T. Copeland (late Spade & Copeland) hardcover
Boston: Bibliophile Society 1909. 1st edition. Wraps. Abt VG edgewear/soiling. 17 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>1st unedited printing of this speech which championed the need for sanitary reform. Laid in is a prospectus for a Bibliophile Society Publication Keats & Fiske. Bibliophile Society paperback
London: Thomas McLean Haymarket 1872. Housed in a period wooden frame. Nr Fine condition in a contemporary frame showing little wear. Engraving: 20" x 15". Frame: 33" x 27" <br/><br/>Firth a long-time friend of Dickens who Dickens commissioned in 1842 to paint a portrait of Kate Nickleby. This portrait of Dickens Frith completed in 1859 shows the author at his desk in Tavistock House at work on A Tale of Two Cities. Here the image engraved by T. Oldham Barlow and published by Thomas McLean in Haymarket. A handsome piece destined to grace a fireplace mantle. Thomas McLean, Haymarket unknown
n. p.: Privately Printed 1934. 1st edition Gimbel H391. #245/300cc. Presentation copy dated in the year of publication from Rubens to Mr & Mrs Wm E. Clow Claw . Blue paper wrappers cord-tie with a printed paper title label to the front wrapper. VG. 20 pp Tipped-in frontis depicting 'The Empty Chair' by Luke Fildes plus 4 tipped-in letter facsimilies. 9-3/8" x 6" <br/><br/>Inscribed on the blank first page. Privately Printed unknown
New York: Punchinello 1870. 1st edition. Half leather with pebbled cloth boards. Old rebacking. A VG copy. Illustrated with cuts & engravings. Sm Folio. <br/><br/>The first appearance of this title as serialized in the Punchinello magazine. This a bound volume of the periodical beginning with No 7 May 14 1870 and continuing through No 39 Dec 24 1870 though lacking issues 10 - 13 20 21 26 30 & 32. Kerr's work apparently began in Issue 10; it concluded in either No 31 or 32 . Punchinello hardcover
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1910. 1st ed. 1st issue. Half-bound with parchment & brown paper-wrapped boards; gilt spine lettering. F bpt/spine slightly darkened in a VG slipcase. Note: Issued in a 2-part slipcase; outer section is lacking. 90 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>A Bibliophile Society publication from the collection of Mr. Smith. Only 483 copies printed. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
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