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 books
London: John Camden Hotten n. d. Original green pebbled cloth with black highlights. VG minor extremity wear/bpt/hinge paper cracked. 372 pp including index. 32 pp Chatto & Windus catalogue at rear. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/>Initially published in 1870 according to the NCBEL See NCBEL III 826. John Camden Hotten hardcover books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
N. P.: The Kenyon Review 1962. 1st separate edition inscribed. Stapled wrappers. Nr Fine. 30 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>Offprint from the periodical. Inscribed to Harry Levin on the front wrapper signed with "HS". The Kenyon Review unknown books
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1845. 1st US edition VanderPoel B3881. White linen cloth stamped in blind. A Good copy cloth soiled/spine darkened/dampstain to last half of text. 96 pp. With 12 illustrations after the originals. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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