Boston: Triknor & Fields 1868. 1st edition Wilkins p. 41. Blue cloth w/ gilt design of Tiny Tim on front cover. Good cloth soiled with some edgewear/spine darkened/bpt/cocked. 241 pp illustrated by Sol Eytinge 8 plates from the Diamond edition 12mo. <br/><br/>Contains a specially written preface by Dickens noting that the volume is compiled with his "full and free consent." Triknor & Fields hardcover
London: Sawyer 1930. 1st edition NCBEL III 832. #3/100 cc on Abbey Mill Antique Paper out of a total limitation of 200 cc. Green cloth spine with green paper-wrapped boards. Lettered in gilt. Gd shelfwear/bpt. 80 6 pp. With facsimiles. Sq. 8vo. <br/><br/>First publication of these letters between Dickens and his publishers. Sawyer hardcover
London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st edition. Original blue publisher's cloth with gilt lettering/decorations. VG hinges cracked/owner sig on front pastedown. 704 pp frontis 8vo. <br/><br/>Forster dedicated this work to Charles Dickens. Bradbury & Evans hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1887. The 'Charles Dickens' edition. Original red publishers' cloth with gilt facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG sp sunned/contemporary owner signature on half-tiltle page. 540 pp. 8 illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall n. d. The 'Charles Dickens' edition ca 1880s. Original red publishers' cloth with gilt facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. VG some minor wear/contemporary owner signature on half-tiltle page/1/2" crack in front hinge. 292 pp. 8 illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
London: Halton & Truscott Smith 1927. 1st edition. Limited to 525 cc of which this is #42. Half-vellum with purple cloth boards. Gilt spine lettering. TEG. Overall VG spine yellowed a bit/bpt. 165 pp. Edges untrimmed. Illustrated with facsimiles. 8vo. <br/><br/>Letters for the 10 yr period 1847 - 1857 which shows the close friendship between the two men especially regarding the amateur theatricals staged during that time frame. Halton & Truscott Smith hardcover
New York: Harper & Brothers 1949. 1st US edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. NF/VG lt edgewear/pc. 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 & Brothers hardcover
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1841. "3rd edition" Gimbel A31 "third copy". Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine & design of small lad; stamped in blind on boards. Volume professionally rebacked. VG sq & tight/bright spine gilt/sporadic foxing/occasional slightly ragged leaf edge from 'thumbing'/repaired tear to "Mr Bumble and Mrs Corney taking tea". vi ix - xii 15 - 212 pp. Text double column. 24 inserted plates after Cruikshank's redrawn by Yeager. 10" x 6-1/2". Signed in both sixes & fours; sewn in 6s. <br/><br/>Includes 'The Author's Introduction to the Third Edition'. Uncommon: not in Edgar & Vail nor VanderPoel; with the NUC showing no institutional holdings RLIN only 1 & OCLC locating just 6. Lea & Blanchard hardcover
London: Caxton n. d. 1st edition. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Nr Fine contemporary owner sig on ffep. A nice set. 2 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Published in 1902 as part of the "London" edition of Charles Dickens' works. Caxton hardcover
London: W. H. Allen & Co 1882. 1st edition NCBEL III 815. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine professionally rebacked with original spine panels laid-down. Pale yellow eps. Spine panels darkened. Bookplate of "C. M. Ingleby L.L.D. Valentines." the noted 19th C Shakespearian scholar. A VG set. 2 volumes 406; vi 2 420 pp. Index in Volume II. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>A scarce set as the print run was withdrawn from the trade due to copyright issues on No Thoroghfare and not republished until 1885. W. H. Allen & Co 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/corners & edges worn/front hinge starting. iv 75 1 blank pp. 10-3/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock hardcover
Philadelphia: Dickens Fellowship 1914. 1st editon limited to 500 copies #66/500. SIGNED by the editor. Blue cloth binding. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. VG some light wear at the extremities/chipping to left edge of spine label/slt cock to volume. 152 pp. illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>A mock trial of Jasper put on by the Philadelphia chapter of the Fellowship. Dickens Fellowship hardcover
Signed pen-n-ink color drawing in the style of 'Kyd' Joseph Clayton Clarke. The artist is not known to us. Fine. Image: 7" x 4-5/8". Frame: 14" x 11-1/4" <br/><br/>Gamp a very colorful and popular character from Dickens' 'Martin Chuzzlewit'. The artist's rendition has her in a light blue smcok sporting as might be expected a 'Rudolph' type nose. Underneath 'Sairey' is the quote "Ah what a blessed thing / it is to be contented." unknown
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1950. 1st thus. Signed. Limited to 2000cc. Green printed boards. Yellow dust jacket. VG/VG. 62 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>A story of New Zealand published initially in Dickens' ATYR Vol VII 1862 with some argument pro & con as to whether it was actually written by Dickens. A. H. & A. W. Reed hardcover
London: MacMillan 1892. 1st edition thus. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. VG lt wear at extremities. 604 pp. B&W illustrations after the originals/ Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>The introduction by Charles Jr. contains some interesting bibliographical information. MacMillan hardcover
London: W. H. Allen & Co. 13 Waterloo Place 1887. 1st edition Cox 1124; NCBEL III 808; Sadleir 707a. Slate grey diaper cloth w/ gilt spine & cover lettering. VG minor wear at h/t of spine. i-viii 1-166 pp. Ads dated December 1887. Sm. Octavo. <br/><br/> W. H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place hardcover
London 1880. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Original mustard-colored paper wrappers with printed label on the spine & the front wrapper. VG soiled/wear at extremities & joints. Unpaginated. 8vo. <br/><br/> unknown
London: George Redway 1899. 1st edition. Period three-quarter dark brown leather with marbled paper boards. TEG. General wear & soiling to binding wtih small dimple to lower spine. Front hinge cracked with mull showing. Bookplate residue to ffep. Usual foxing. An About VG copy. xvi 256 pp. Untrimmed. 69 inserted plates depicting 22 portraits & 70 original illustrations. Tissue guard with caption for each plate. 4to. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover
London: Field & Tuer The Leadenhall Press 1884. 1st editon. Brown cloth binding. Good only cloth dull/spine chipped w/ ameteurish reglueing/foxed/bookplate. 35 pp. 4to. <br/><br/>Containing "Hints to Collectors" by Dexter; and a reproduction of the 1870 Christie auction records pertaining to the Dickens' household. Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press hardcover
London: O. Rich & Sons 1846. 1st edition thus BAL 8743; Tilton p. 36. Brown cloth stamped in blind BAL Binding A. Gilt spine lettering. VG the front-pastedown sale sticker noted by Tilton has been removed/contemporary dated owner sig pencil on ffep/on rear paste-down are some annotations regarding the 'Mercantile Association' e.g. 'Adds ofr by Daniel Webster Esq.'. 175 pp sm 8vo. <br/><br/>Contains 4 poems not previously collected and 4 now published for the first time in book form which includes this bit of Dickensiana: 'Song Written for the Dinner Given to Charles Dickens by the Young Men of Boston Feb. 1 1842'. The other items are reprinted from the Boston 1836 edition. O. Rich & Sons hardcover
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2002. 1st UK edition. Blue cloth bindings with silver lettering on spine. Blue dust jacket. NF/ NF. viii 1 214pp. 8vo. 20.5cm x 14cm. <br/><br/> Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1912. 1st US edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. VG sq & tight/sp sunned/pos on ffep. 280 pp including Index. Illustrated. Thick 8vo. <br/><br/>As most know Forster was Dickens' closest confidant. Chapman & Hall hardcover
Chicago: The Caxton Club 1938. 1st edition. Limited to 250 cc. Red cloth binding. Nr Fine spine a bit faded. 29 pp. 3 plates. 8vo. <br/><br/>An address delivered to the Caxton Club January 16th 1937. Printed by Updike at the Merrymount Press. The Caxton Club hardcover
London: Chapman & Hall 1848. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 798; VanderPoel B206. Pale green printed wrappers. VG green wrapper split at spine fold/lt soil & wear/plates have some of the usual foxing & browning. 4 plates. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" <br/><br/>Not in Gimbel though see H1002 & H1003 which is a similar such set for OCS & BR. Chapman & Hall unknown
New York: Arno Press 1970. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 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 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. Good some wear at the joints and corners/some soiling/19th c. owner sig on blank front fly. 264 pp 9 pp adverts Frontis woodcut of Dickens with facsimile signature underneath; vignette woodcut of Gadshill to t.p. 12mo. <br/><br/>The 2nd posthumous biography listed by Mr. Kitton; and only the fifth listed by the NCBEL. G. P. Putnam & Sons hardcover
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969. 3rd printing. Red cloth binding. Pale yellow & red dust jacket. F/F. xix 3 547 pp. Frontis. Facsimiles. Map. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>The most complete scholarly edition of Dickens' letters containing 706 of which 250 are previously unpublished. Clarendon Press hardcover
Philadelphia: Dickens Fellowship 1914. 1st edition limited to 500 copies #157/500. Presentation copy from the editor. Blue cloth binding. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. VG some light wear at the extremities/some edge chipping to the spine label. 152 pp illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>A mock trial of Jasper put on by the Philadelphia chapter of the Fellowship. Presentation inscript by Paterson on the ffep. Dickens Fellowship hardcover
London: Piccadilly Fountain Press 1931. 1st thus NCBEL III 830. #79/535 cc. Signed by Stonehouse. Original blue-grey paper-wrapped boards with paper title label to spine. Green dust jacket. VG slt lean/top edge a bit dusty/a 2nd po bpt/VG spine darkened/light edgewear. 8 123 pp. 10 illustrations facsimiles &c. 8vo. <br/><br/>With the bookplate of the noted Dickens collector Comte Alain de Suzannet. Piccadilly Fountain Press hardcover
London 1851. 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. 8vo. <br/><br/>A monthly news supplement to Dickens' "Household Words" here found in the annual with a Table of Contents. hardcover
n.p.: Reprinted from Nineteenth Century Fiction 1971. Inscribed. Printed wrappers. VG. 19 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>A review of Leavis' book Dickens the Novelist. Inscribed and dated the month/year of publication to Harry Levin. Reprinted from Nineteenth Century Fiction unknown
London: Nonesuch Press 1937. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. VG name label on front paste-down. 130 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Excellent treatment of Dickens' illustrators/illustrations & the important sets of collected works. Nonesuch Press hardcover
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1967. 1st thus. #605/1300 cc. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & black & white design stamped to front board. White cloth slipcase. VG copy with sunned spine in a VG slipcase. 30 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. Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton hardcover
Thames and Hudson 1992. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:9780500330128 Thames and Hudson paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 8503115 ISBN : 0500330123 9780500330128
U.S.A.: Citadel Press 1968 Book has light wear but is overall clean. Dust jacket missing large chunk at front edges worn. Hardcover. Good/Good. Citadel Press hardcover
Doubleday & Company 1955. Hardcover. In good condition with damage to the cover and spine is pulling from the binding a little bit. Kurt Wiese. Nice collection of short stories and story fragments to read to your children. Doubleday & Company hardcover
Paris: Charpentier 1838. volume 2 only; 314pp; front board fore-edge and first 10 page edges mould stained also rear 8 pages mouldy at top corners tan leather spine with title penned to it barely legible blue boards heavily rubbed and worn repaired corners. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Charpentier Hardcover