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Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son
UK: Chapman and Hall 1866. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good /No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. H K Browne. New Edition 1866 1st printing of the cheap edition of the works of Charles Dickens. Bound in the original cloth. Very un-common. Frontis plate by H K Browne. Book is very good with quite bright boards. Edges and spine tips lightly rubbed. Contents good. Page edges dusty and light foxing to the title pages. . More images can be taken upon request. Ref10911 <br/> <br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 023376
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Charles Dickens - SLIPCASED FIRST EDITION THUS
DICKENS IN EUROPE
Folio London 1975 Superb production of a fascinating first edition thus. Collectable and brilliantly produced by this exceptional publisher. Acid proof paper brilliantly edited by Rosalind Vallance. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio London hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1636823726787
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Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby
UK: Chapman and Hall 1872. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. F Barnard. 0New Edition 1872. Part of the Household Edition. Undated. Illustrated with 59 engravings by F Barnard. Book is very good and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents good. Early pages quite foxed. Light foxing to page edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16616 <br/> <br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 023770
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Dickens, Charles
The Chimes
New York: Limited Editions Club 1931. Limited edition. Hardcover. Rackham Arthur. #948 of 1500. 4to full tan cloth stamped in black and gilt spine darkened light spotting to spine edge of front and back panels. Illustrated with Arthur Rackham's charcoal drawings full and partial pages signed by him on the colophon. Top edge gilt. Edgeworn slipcase with red and gilt illustration front and back. No bookplates or owner's marks near fine. Signed by Rackham. Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 30365
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Dickens, Charles
American Notes for General Circulation.
1850. First single-volume edition. London Chapman and Hall 1850. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece by C. Stansfield XIII 175 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Endpapers and pastedown with original publisher's advertising. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Unusual in this excellent and firm condition. Includes for example the following essays: An American Railroad / Lowell and it's Factory System / New York / Philadelphia and it's Solitary Prison / Slavery / Worcester - The Connecticut River - Hartford - New Haven - To New York / Boston / Washington - The Legislature and the President's House / A Night Steamer on the Potomac River - Virginia Road and a Black Driver / Richmond - Baltimore - The Harrisburg Mail and a Glimpse of the City of Harrisburg / A Canal Boat Steamboat Trip / Some further Account of the Canal Boat its Domestic Economy and its Passengers / From Pittsburgh to Cincinnatti in a Western Steam- Boat describes Charles Dickens' Trip in the year 1842 aboard the Steamboat "Messenger" from Pittsburgh to Cincinnatti / Journey to Pittsburgh across the Alleghany Mountains / From Cincinnatti to Louisville in another Western Steam-Boat; and from Louisville to St.Louis in another / A Jaunto to the Looking-Glass Prairie and back / Return to Cincinnatti - A Stage-Coach ride from that city to Columbus and thence to Sandusky - so by Lake Erie to the Falls of Niagara / In Canada - Toronto - Kingston - Montreal - Quebec - St.John's / in the United States again / Lebanon Mount Lebanon - Shaker - Society - New York / The Shaker - Village and West Point / hardcover
Référence libraire : 60528AB
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Dickens, Charles
Master Humphrey's Clock
London: Chapman and Hall 1840 and 1841. First Editions. This complete set of three volumes are all in very good conditions and bound in their original ribbed brown cloth blind stamped bindings with gilt text and elaborate gilt designs on the spine and with a gilt decorations on each of the front boards in the form of clocks with the hands on each volume pointing to the appropriate volume number. Each volume is a small quarto of 10 1/8 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the cloth and the heads and heels of the spines and with the cloth worn through on the tips of the boards. Volume II has a small 1/8 by a 1 inch long chip to the cloth at the rear edge of the spine in the title block which barely impacts on the gilt title. The title pages for each volume show a small oval 1.5 inch wide auctioneer's stamp to the right of the author's name. Save for a few printer's ink stains in the margins and minor foxing to the preliminaries the contents are quite clean and free of much tanning or foxing. The hinges and joints remain tight and storng. None of the three volumes are in dust jackets and presumably as issued. Volume I contains 306 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes throughout from wood engravings by George Cattermiole and Hablot Browne "Phiz". Volume II is dated 1841 as called for and contains 306 pages and is illustrated as above. Volume III is also dated 1841 and contains 426 pages and is illustrated as above. Smith: Charles Dickesn in the Original Cloth 6; Gimbel/Podeschi A51; Eckel p.69 Chapman and Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : TB32243
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DICKENS, CHARLES
Master Humphrey's Clock.
London Chapman & Hall 1840-1841. A complete run of the 20 monthly parts uncut in the original blue green pictoral wrappers. Two parts with previous owner's name to top of front wrapper. A few of the parts with brownspots to wrappers. An overall fine set. Housed in a slipcase. Collation corresponds to Hatton and Cleaver with the following exceptions: Part 1 lacking first advertisement out of 3 beginning with "Rippon & Burton; Part 10 lacking advertisements; Part 11 lacking advertisements. <br/><br/><em>A fine set of first printings of the 20 monthly parts of Dickens' famous short-lived periodical including the novels "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge". Master Humphrey's Clock was first issued in weekly parts before being collected into monthly issues and finally into book format. Master Humphrey's Clock was one of the first works to appear in weekly as well as monthly installments. Eckel Pp. 67-69.Hatton and Cleaver 161-182Gimbel A50 </em> unknown
Référence libraire : 60153
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Dickens, Charles
The Writings of Charles Dickens : With Critical and Bibliographical Introductions and Notes by Edwin Whipple and Others Standard Library Edition
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1894. Hardcover. Good. 32 volumes complete. 8vo. Solid Standard Library Edition of Dickens' works uniformly bound in gilt-bordered red cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on spine and decoration with the author's initials stamped in gold on the front board. Steel engravings and portraits throughout "from the original designs by Browne Cruikshank Leech and others. All volumes are square and clean throughout with little or toning or spotting. Bindings generally solid and tight though there are a few volumes where hinges are starting but firm. There is one volume with a larger 3" split along the top of the front hinge but board still well-attached. Spine git is dulling though front boards are fresh and bright. Wear to spine ends and tips on several volumes as well as a few bits of cloth loss. A few volume have had torn spine cloth which has been repaired though still noticeable. Each volume has a bookplate with indecipherable ownership signature with the Latin Psalm 26 "Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea: quem timebo The Lord is the source of my light and my safety so whom shall I fear Not perfect but a solid collectable set at a terrific price. Most volumes grade Very Good though overall condition less due to the aforementioned flaws on several others. Please note: This is a very large heavy set weighing over 60lbs almost 30 kilos and will require additional postage even for Ground or Media Mail. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
Référence libraire : 012038
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Charles Dickens
Great Expectations and The Uncommercial Traveller
UK: Caxton 1900. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Marcus Stone and J G Pinwell. New Edition 1900. Part of the Special Authorised Edition of the works of Dickens but complete in it's own right. Illustrated with plates in black and white by Marcus Stone and J G Pinwell. The book is very good and bright. Contents good. Foxing to some pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17417 <br/> <br/> Caxton hardcover
Référence libraire : 025998
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Carlos Dickens
Oliver Twist
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 9700768023.G ISBN : 9700768023 9789700768021
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CHARLES DICKENS Rare Exhibition Catalogue - Hardback Limited Edition
The Extraordinary Life of Charles Dickens
The Grolier Club New York 2006 New and unread limited edition. First Edition hardback in a protected jacket. This was issued for an exhibition at The Grolier Club and was LIMITED to only 525 copies. Bound in green cloth with gilt title. The pictorial dust jacket is inside a mylar sleeve. This beautifully designed and produced hardback accesses the archive of Judge John Patterson. This exhibition was the first time this has been possible since his death in 1925. Here are letters autographs portraits and illustrations and it has been brilliantly curated by Ralph and Bruce Crawford. This is of great interest to all who are interested in this great writer. It is VERY RARE to find a copy in the UK. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New/New. The Grolier Club New York hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1667830309724 ISBN : 0910672628 9780910672627
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Claud Lovat Fraser (Illust) / Haldane Macfall (Intro) / [Charles Dickens]
Characters from Dickens
London: J.C. and C. Jack Ltd 1924. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 83. Very Good Minus. 8.5 x 11.25 inches 22 x 28.5 cm. Quarter black cloth with yellow paper covered boards. Paper title label to spine chipped illustrated title label to front board. Bumping and wear to corners. Light marking to boards small tear to paper on front board. Light foxing to endpapers small tape repair to lower corner of front pastedown endpaper. A little light foxing to plates a couple have very slight marking. Limited edition number 205 of 350 copies. Complete with all 18 tipped in colour plates. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £26.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 8.5 x 11.25 inches 22 x 28.5 cm. J.C. and C. Jack Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 1221E147
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CHARLES DICKENS - First Edition Thus
Doctor Marigold
Westhouse 1945 First edition hardback in jacket a first printing thus with brilliant illustrations by Robin Jacques. A charming and little known romance by the greatest of all English storytellers. Clean and firm green cloth binding with some age toning and the protected jacket has one area od loss but nothing is missing that is important. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Westhouse hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1673365578195
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Charles DICKENS
Vie et aventures de Nicolas Nickleby
Paris: Chez L. Hachette et Cie 1857. Fine. Chez L. Hachette et Cie Paris 1857 S.d 10.50 x 17.50 cm 2 volumes reliés First French edition translated by P. Lorrain with the authorization and approval of the author contained in Charles Dickens's bilingual preface dated January 17 1857. Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets. Gilt titles and volume numbers. Boards rubbed. 4 signatures slightly proud in volume 1. Signature 251 with 2 loose pages in the second volume. Corners bumped. Some foxing. It was in 1856 that Louis Hachette acquired the rights to Charles Dickens's works with P. Lorrain as collection director and translator he would greatly develop the offering of foreign literature in France and notably English literature with Lorrain's help. Many of Dickens's works had indeed not yet been translated into French while they had achieved success in Germany for example. Thus Nicholas Nickleby had not yet received a complete translation although the work dates from 1839. Chez L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
Référence libraire : 82938
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Charles DICKENS
The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
London: Chapman and Hall 1839. Fine. Chapman and Hall London 1839 14 x 21.50 cm relié Rare first edition illustrated with 40 plates by Phiz H. K. Browne including a frontispiece portrait of Dickens with his signature. The printing contains all the errors of the first issue except the first point: P. 123 ""sister"" corrected to ""visiter"". P. 245 l. 10 ""flys"" for ""flies"" uncorrected. ""Visiters"" instead of ""Visitors"" p. 272. l.2. ; P. 297. l.22 ""incontestible"" instead of ""Inconstable"" ; P. 586. l. 24 ""suprise"" for ""surprise"". All illustrated editions of Dickens were the result of close collaboration between the author and the illustrator. Contemporary English half black glazed calf binding with corners. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold grotesque ornaments and long tools on the false bands. Burgundy calf title label. Traces of rubbing to headcaps joints bands and corners as well as on the boards. Text paper clean and fresh the engravings showing browning in frame within the margins. Plate 13 p.196 clumsily cut at right margin. Good copy. The author's third great novel and a typically Dickensian work with its humor multiple characters deus ex machina and social and societal satire. The latest film adaptation dates from 2002 and the work had a theatrical adaptation by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980 in an 8-hour version. Chapman and Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 83139
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Dickens, Charles
American Notes for General Circulation
London: Chapman & Hall 1850. New Edition . Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. C. Stanfield. New Preface by Dickens Hardback bound in half leather and marbled boards. Gilt spine with 5 raised bands and black leather title panel xiv 175 pp. Frontispiece a bit foxed Very Good- condition. Have a number of similar volumes in a part set q.v. They look very good on the shelf. Previous owner's name at top of title page and front end paper. <br/> <br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 086947
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Charles Dickens
Bleak House
London: Bradbury and Evans 1853. 1st Edition . Hardback. Near Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. H.K. Browne. First edition Octavo hardback Half leather with gilt tooled spine five raised bands marbled boards xvi 624 pages 40 plates inscuding the frontispiece and title page The plates are quite badly foxed though the rest of the book is in Good condition No inscriptions <br/> <br/> Bradbury and Evans hardcover
Référence libraire : 087002
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Dickens, Charles
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
London: Chapman & Hall 1850. New Edition . Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Frank Stone. New Preface by Dickens Hardback bound in half leather and marbled boards. Gilt spine with 5 raised bands and black leather title panel xvi 496 pp. Frontispiece Very Good- condition. Have a number of similar volumes in a part set q.v. They look very good on the shelf. No inscriptions <br/> <br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 086946
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DICKENS, Charles
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Edinburgh: Limited Editions Club 1937. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened with some rubbing much nicer than usually found. Near Fine in an intact Very Good slipcase. Gordon Ross. Quarto 7" x 10" bound in green buckram and printed by R. & R. Clark with a previously unpublished 6000-word preface by George Bernard Shaw. This edition is also bibliographically important in that it is the first time Dickens's original "unhappy" ending to this great novel was published. This is copy #473 of 1500 with 55 illustrations by Gordon Ross and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. <br/><br/>"We need never be ashamed of our tears." Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 021360
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DICKENS, Charles
AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION
Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1975. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Raymond F. Houlihan. Large octavo 6-5/8" x 9-3/4" bound in genuine tan calfskin leather and decorated gray boards; 316 pages. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Introduction by Angus Wilson. Of 2000 copies this is out-of-series and not numbered. Illustrated with 8 watercolors 12 black-and-white part-page sketches and 20 thumbnail drawings by Raymond F. Houlihan and SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 018814
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DICKENS, Charles
HARD TIMES FOR THESE TIMES
New York: Limited Editions Club 1966. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Charles Raymond. Large octavo 6-3/4" x 10" bound in beige English buckram and boards covered in dark blue paper imported from Italy. Copy #887 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 15 wash drawings in color by Charles Raymond. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 018856
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DICKENS, Charles
THE SHORT STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS
New York: Limited Editions Club 1971. hardcover. Fine in worn glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with the backstrip slightly sunned. Edward Ardizzone. Large octavo 6-3/4" x 9-3/4" bound in black vellum-finish buckram and boards covered in imported marble paper. Copy #887 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 16 full-page colored line drawings and 16 small drawings by Edward Ardizzone. SIGNED by the designer and by the illustrator on the colophon page. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 018861
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Dickens, Charles
The Magic Fishbone
New York: Vanguard Press 1953. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Slobodkin Louis. No additional printings noted. Small 4to cloth-backed boards illustrated in color throughout by Louis Slobodkin. Fine in very good lightly edgeworn unclipped dj no previous owner's marks. Vanguard Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 26832
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Charles DICKENS
Dealings with the firm Dombey and son
London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. Fine. Bradbury and Evans London 1848 14 x 22 cm relié First edition rare first issue with the 8 lines of errata on one leaf. The illustration executed according to the author's very precise instructions comprises a frontispiece an engraved title with a vignette and 38 plates by Hablot Knight Browne including one in mezzotint: On the dark road. Text on tinted laid paper. Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Raised bands spine decorated. Author and title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Margins of the frontispiece engraved title and engravings browned as is usually the case in English editions of Dickens. Clean text free from foxing. Light rubbing. Handsome copy. A novel written in a distinctly darker vein featuring the excessive pride of a tyrannical father driven by ambition against the unwavering love of his daughter whom he completely ignores. As always with Dickens we find a keen perception of the social tensions of the period. Bradbury and Evans hardcover
Référence libraire : 66509
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Charles DICKENS
Sketches by Boz : illustrative of every-day life and every-day people
London: John Macrone 1837. Fine. John Macrone London 1837 12 x 19.30 cm 2 volumes reliés Illustrated edition of the first series which had previously appeared in 1836. Rare. Very fine printing on tinted laid paper of great modernity when compared to French printings of the same period. Third edition statement on title page. Preface to the first and second edition. 2 frontispieces and 7 plates on heavy laid paper in each volume by George Cruikshank. John Ruskin declared that after Rembrandt no one had engraved scenes so fine. Although it is noted in manuscript on the endpaper ""First illustrated edition"" this is doubtless an error since the first series in first edition and the second were equally illustrated by Cruikshank. Late 19th-century English bindings in full blonde calf signed July File. Spines with raised bands decorated with gilt compartments. Red morocco title labels red morocco volume labels. Complex shaped frames on boards. Top edge gilt. Brown marbled paper slipcase with tan morocco borders. A few small brown spots on spines otherwise exceptional copy with immaculate paper of perfect freshness which is of very great rarity for Dickens's works notably the engravings. The paper used is different from those habitually used for Dickens's works and resembles a deluxe paper printing thicker. Dickens's first published book most of the sketches appeared previously in different newspapers under the pseudonym Boz. John Macrone hardcover
Référence libraire : 65805
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Charles DICKENS
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club
London: Chapman and Hall 1842. Fine. Chapman and Hall London 1842 15 x 23 cm relié New edition after the original of 1837 published by the same publisher conforming in all respects to it. It is illustrated with 43 satirical captioned plates including a frontispiece and a title-frontispiece bearing the date 1837. Later binding ca 1880 in half brown shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with compartments and blind fillets. Gilt title. Browning on the verso of the half-title otherwise very clean throughout with rare spotting. It is rare to encounter the engravings without foxing due to the paper used which is most often found heavily browned or foxed. Light traces of rubbing. Handsome copy. The posthumous papers like all of Dickens's works first appeared in installments from April 1836 to November 1837 then in volume form. Written by a 24-year-old Dickens the work propelled the writer to a glory from which he never descended. The reception of the work was immense and very popular; it was claimed at the time that only the Bible and Shakespeare's works exceeded The posthumous papers in circulation. Chapman and Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 67062
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Charles DICKENS
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club
London: Chapman and Hall 1837. Fine. Chapman and Hall London 1837 13.50 x 21.30 cm relié First edition illustrated with 43 plates including a frontispiece and a title-frontispiece all plates are bound consecutively after the preliminary pages half-title title page preface and table of contents. MCCCXXXVII on title page. The plates bear no captions; the first 27 have pagination at bottom of page the following bear no indication and appear to be before lettering with pencil pagination notation. Our volume possesses several features attesting to the very first printing: Line 29 p. 260: ""holding""; p. 341 line 1: ""inbe-licate""; p. 342 line 5: ""S. Veller""; p. 432 the F of Posthumous papers of is poorly printed. The engraved title is in second state with Tony Weller's name above the porch the first state having simply Veller. Contemporary full black sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 3 blind tools one gilt tool and multiple fillets. Double fillet frame on boards. One tear at head. Overall very rubbed with scratches on boards. 2 corners cut the other 2 bumped. The errata leaf frontispiece and engraved title bear old restoration tape on inner margin the errata leaf also has two smaller ones laterally. All engraved plates have browning all around the engravings the frontispiece and engraved title being covered with it. The outer margin of the frontispiece has been torn away. All printed pages are very clean unlike the engravings the paper being very different. The posthumous papers as with all Dickens's works first appeared in parts from April 1836 to November 1837 then in volume form. Written by a 24-year-old Dickens the work propelled the writer into a glory from which he never descended. The reception of the work was immense and very popular; it was claimed at the time that only the Bible and Shakespeare's works exceeded The posthumous papers in circulation. Chapman and Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 65462
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Charles DICKENS
Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. Fine. Bradbury and Evans London 1857 14 x 21.70 cm relié First edition illustrated by H. K. Browne with a frontispiece an engraved title with a vignette and 38 plates including 8 in mezzotint. This edition contains all the points of the first issue: 3 lines of errata p. xiv; ""William"" instead of Frederick p. 317; ""Rigaud"" in place of ""Blandois"" p.467. Contemporary half black glazed calf binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with fillets. Burgundy calf title label. Wine-colored percale boards. A slight small lack at head. Signs of rubbing to headcaps joints and corners. Narrow split along the upper joint for 2 cm. Lower joint split for 10 cm on the last third of the joint above the tail. 2 corners slightly bumped. Text paper quite clean the engravings with browning in margins and verso as always due to the laid paper used. A work of great darkness Little Dorrit is Dickens's second novel of three political and social novels. It is a denunciation of Victorian society obsessed with wealth and power. G. B. Shaw would judge the novel ""More seditious than Karl Marx's Capital"". One of Dickens's great works. Bradbury and Evans hardcover
Référence libraire : 65811
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CHARLES DICKENS - FIRST EDITION WITH UNIQUE EXTRA SPINE
Edwin Drood
Chapman & Hall London 1870 First edition of Dickens' final novel. Octavo contemporary quarter bound calf with hand marbled boards. Five raised bands gilt titles and tooling to the spine with a slight loss to the base. Interesting hinged extra calf flap to the top of the text block to allow the book to be shelved end on. This is titled in gilt too and the author's name mis-spelled 'DICKINS'. Spine title is correctly spelled! It is double gilt ruled raised gilt bands. Brilliant engraved frontispiece portrait of Dickens with tissue guard a superb clean first printing. 12 engraved plates by Luke Fildes also clean first prints. In collectable condition with light rubbing and some toning to the pages. Charles Dickens' novels regularly revolved around masks dual identities and other secrets. The Mystery of Edwin Drood however "enlarged and strengthened such matters in the pursuit of a larger vision a vision which depicts the 'lanes of light' between the dark pillars of a crypt and which reflects upon 'that mysterious fire which lurks in everything" Ackroyd 1056. Unfortunately at the time of his death on June 9 1870 Dickens had written only six parts of the book three of which had been published. The remaining three were published posthumously. Dickens had so closely guarded the plot's outlines even from his closest friends that to this day the identity of Drood's killer remains a topic for speculation discussion and debate. "There are few of Dickens' stories which are superior in the matter of composition. one of the best unfinished mystery stories in literature" - This is a fascinating copy with the hinged extra flap to the text block as a possibly unique detail. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Chapman & Hall London hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1558953051969
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Dickens, Charles
Christmas Books.
1960. London Paul Elek Limited 1960. 12.5 x 18.5cm. 254 pages with illustrations from engravings. Original softcover. Fair condition with some signs of external wear and a faded dampstain. Bestseller Library. In these stories written specifically for Christmas Dickens combines his concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional seasonal lore. A Christmas Carol the first of the selection has become a touchstone of English festive fiction and an enduring favourite internationally. Repeatedly adapted parodied staged and filmed this richly influential tale is powerfully vivid and moving. The other stories The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth blend whimsy sentiment comedy satire the didactic and the fantastic developing resourcefully the theme of individual and social regeneration. paperback
Référence libraire : 91280AB
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Dickens, Charles
Sketches By Boz.
1869. Volume 1. New York / Cambridge Hurd and Houghton / Riverside Press 1869. 12 cm x 17 cm. VIII 338 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with some clear signs of wear. Contains inscription and plate by pre-owner. Includes for example the following essays: The Beadle. The Parish Engine. The Schoolmaster / The Curate. The Old Lady. The Half-pay Captain / The Election for Beadles / The Ladies' Societies / The Streets - Night / Scotland Yard / Seven Dials / Monmouth Street / Doctors' Commons / London Recreations / Astleys / Vauxhall Gardens by Day / Public Dinners / Brokers' and Marine-Store Shops / Gin Ships / The Pawnbroker's Shop / Criminal Courts / A Visit to Newgate etc. "Published under the pen-name 'Boz' Charles Dickens's first book Sketches by Boz 1836 heralded an exciting new voice in English literature. This richly varied collection of observation fancy and fiction shows the London he knew so intimately at its best and worst - its streets theatres inns pawnshops law courts prisons omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest and visionary descriptions of everyday life and people. Through pen portraits that often anticipate characters from his great novels we see the condemned man in his prison cell garrulous matrons vulgar young clerks and Scrooge-like bachelors while Dickens's powers for social critique are never far from the surface in unflinching depictions of the vast metropolis's forgotten citizens from child workers to prostitutes. A startling mixture of humour and pathos these Sketches reveal London as wonderful terrain for an extraordinary young writer." Amazon hardcover
Référence libraire : 72228AB
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Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Penguin Publishing Group 2000. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Penguin Publishing Group hardcover
Référence libraire : G0670888788I3N10 ISBN : 0670888788 9780670888788
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Charles Dickens
A Cricket on the Hearth
UK: A F Pears 1912. First Edition Thus . Cloth. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. L Rossi. 1st Edition 1912. Pears centenary Edition of Charles Dickens Christmas Books. 22 illustrations in the text by L Rossi. Nice production quality with elaborate embossing to boards and spine. Book is very good and in bright condition. Contents good. Edges lightly rubbed.Front endpaper darkened. More images can be taken upon request. Ref14764 <br/> <br/> A F Pears hardcover
Référence libraire : 017967
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Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist
UK: Collins 1920. New Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good . 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. W H C Groome. New Edition Circa 1920. Full leather binding. Gilt to all page edges. Nice quality. Undated. Includes eight plates by W H C Groome. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref12789###014818 <br/> <br/> Collins hardcover
Référence libraire : 017602
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Charles Dickens
Sketches By Boz
UK: Collins 1920. New Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good . 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. T H Robinson. New Edition Circa 1920. Full leather binding. Gilt to all page edges. Nice quality. Undated. Includes eight plates by T H Robinson. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref12789 <br/> <br/> Collins hardcover
Référence libraire : 014819
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Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
UK: Dent 1927. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good . 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Reprint 1927 of the Dent edition. Attractive art nouveau design. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. Small name to endpaper. Gilt a little dulled. More images can be taken upon request. ref13888 <br/> <br/> Dent hardcover
Référence libraire : 017867
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Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
UK: Dent 1914. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good . 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Reprint 1914 of the Dent edition. Book is very good and bright. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. ref 15392 <br/> <br/> Dent hardcover
Référence libraire : 019717
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Dickens Charles
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
London: Chapman and Hall 1864-1865. 20 original parts bound in 19 as issued. First Edition. Decorated throughout with illustrations by Marcus Stone and with the great bevy of advertisements as issued and bound into the front and rear of each volume. 8vo publisher's original blue printed wrappers now housed in a fold-over case of brown cloth with black morocco lettering label gilt decorated. A very handsome set the sheets uncut and the text and plates all preserved very well and present. The great number of ads are also in excellent condition and include many not often encountered such as the 'Foreign Bank Notes' ad in Part 19/20; page "13" misprinted "31" in No. 10 and noted by Hatton and Cleaver as appearing in a few copies with the yellow announcement slip for "All the Year Round" in No. 8 with the rare yellow slip "At the Bar" "In Number 335" in No. 18 as well as the yellow Mappin & Webb advertisement the volumes are in original condition and with some expert and essentially invisible refurbishment at the spine panels some very light wear at some edges as is to be expected but a truly fine and lovely set in beautifully preserved condition. FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS. With the Mutual Friend advertiser and related matter at the beginning and end of each part and slip explaining the title in Part 1. A great bevy of the advertisements called for by Hatton and Cleaver are present. A fine survival of the original parts issues.<br> This was the second to last book that Dickens would write and the last one that he would actually finish. The years shortly before the publication of OUR MUTUAL FRIEND were fraught with domestic sorrow that would lead to his eventual decline. He separated from his wife Catherine in 1858 after his admiration for the young actress Ellen Ternan strained his already deteriorating marriage. He further had to defend himself against scandal and protest his innocence when wagging tongues of gossip linked his name to his sister-in-law Georgina’s who had served as his housekeeper for many years. He threw his restless energy into increased productivity and public readings of his work both of which were physically and emotionally exhausting. He suffered from recurrent illnesses during the creation of OUR MUTUAL FRIEND but nonetheless managed to maintain the level of genius in his prose that had pervaded his previous works. He died unexpectedly only five years later while he was writing THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD.<br> Like most of Dickens’ work OUR MUTUAL FRIEND was published in monthly serial parts the first in May of 1864 and the last in November of 1865 as here. Chapman and Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 70168
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DICKENS, Charles
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
England: Limited Editions Club 1933. hardcover. Foxing to covers typical darkening to the endpapers otherwise contents bright and fresh. Very Good in a Good slipcase rubbed with some splitting. Hugh Thomson. Small folio 8-1/2" x 12-3/4" bound in decorated yellow buckram. Copy #305 of 1500 designed printed and bound by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press with seven posthumous color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Issued unsigned. A wonderful book set by hand and printed by hand on hand-made paper. Monthly Letter laid in. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 018216
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Charles Dickens; Jessica Hische - FIRST EDITION THUS
Great Expectations Penguin Drop Caps
Penguin Books USA 2013 FIRST EDITION hardback issued without a jacket. Part of the Penguin Drop Caps series issued in the US. This series features one book for every letter in the alphabet and each is in a coloured livery. The complete set looks like a wonderful rainbow on the shelf. The page edges are also sprayed. Hard to find in the US as first printings and almost impossible to find in the UK. NEW UNREAD FIRST EDITION THUS. Language: eng. Illus. by Hische Jessica. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New. Penguin Books USA hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1483617536798 ISBN : 0143123793 9780143123798
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Charles Dickens - BI-CENTENARY EDITION
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings Penguin Clothbound Classics
Penguin Classics 2010 NEW UNREAD 200th Anniversary hardback edition. Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Slater. A handsome clothbound hardback issued without a jacket and hard to find in this NEW UNREAD condition. Language: eng. Hardcover. New. Penguin Classics hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1495096819931 ISBN : 0141195851 9780141195858
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Charles Dickens - BI-CENTENARY EDITION
Great Expectations Penguin Clothbound Classics
Penguin Classics 2008 NEW UNREAD 200th Anniversary hardback edition. Edited with an introduction and notes by Charlotte Mitchell. A handsome clothbound hardback issued without a jacket and hard to find in this NEW UNREAD condition. This is not the first impression of this special edition but it is certainly NEW & UNREAD Language: eng. Hardcover. New. Penguin Classics hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1495096920152 ISBN : 014104036x 9780141040363
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Charles Dickens - BI-CENTENARY EDITION
Oliver Twist Penguin Clothbound Classics
Penguin Classics 2009 NEW UNREAD 200th Anniversary hardback edition. Edited with an introduction and notes by Philip Horne. A handsome clothbound hardback issued without a jacket and hard to find in this NEW UNREAD condition. Language: eng. Hardcover. New. Penguin Classics hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1495096735751 ISBN : 0141192496 9780141192499
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Charles Dickens - BI-CENTENARY EDITION
A Tale of Two Cities Penguin Clothbound Classics
Penguin Classics 2011 NEW UNREAD 200th Anniversary hardback edition. Edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell. A handsome clothbound hardback issued without a jacket and hard to find as a NEW UNREAD copy. Language: eng. Illus. by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Hardcover. New. Penguin Classics hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-1495096620600 ISBN : 0141196904 9780141196909
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Dickens, Charles
A Tale Of Two Cities
London: Chapman & Hall 1859. First Edition. First Issue Professionally re-backed preserving much of the original back strip and the blind embossed red cloth covered boards with new end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Overall in very good plus condition with slight foxing to the engraved title pages. Page 243/244 has a 1 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge which has been repaired. The plate facing page 72 has been professionally reattached; however its extreme lower edge is soiled. The top edge of the text block is soiled. 254 pages of text followed by the publisher's Catalogue of Books 32 pages dated November 1859. With 14 plates and the frontispiece and the vignette title page by H. K. Browne 'Phiz'. The list of plates shows the signature letter "b" the page number error on 213 is present as is the misspelling of "affectionately" on page 134 line 12 all of which evidence this copy as a first issue. Eckel p.86 Podeschi A143; Smith 13 Chapman & Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : TB29375
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DICKENS, Charles
DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON. WHOLESALE RETAIL AND FOR EXPORTATION
New York: Limited Editions Club 1957. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on the verso of the front endpaper of each volume. Spines evenly sunned as nearly always the case. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Henry C. Pitz. Two large octavo 6-1/2" x 10" volumes bound in full rose-red buckram with printed paper labels on the spines. Illustrated with twelve color plates by Henry Pitz. Copy #1185 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 018566
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Charles DICKENS
Théâtre inédit en français. Tome I : L'étrange gentleman. - Le mémorial de M. Rossignol. - Tome II : Bec de gaz. suivi de Les coquettes de village
Paris: Editions M.P. Trémois 1930. Fine. Editions M.P. Trémois Paris 1930 12 x 19 cm 2 volumes brochés First edition of the French translation one of 12 copies on pur fil paper for the first volume deluxe copy one of the copies on alfa paper the only printing for the second volume. In reality a few presentation copies on Japan paper were also printed. Some foxing mainly on the endpapers and on certain fore-edges. Editions M.P. Trémois unknown
Référence libraire : 61303
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DICKENS, Charles
THE SHORT STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS
New York: Limited Editions Club 1971. hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Edward Ardizzone. Large octavo 6-3/4" x 9-3/4" bound in black vellum-finish buckram and boards covered in imported marble paper. Copy #39 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 16 full-page colored line drawings and 16 small drawings by Edward Ardizzone. SIGNED by the designer and by the illustrator on the colophon page. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 017764
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Dickens, Charles
Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Philadlphia: Lea & Blanchard 1841. Very good in gray-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" with tanning to the cloth on the spine and around the edges of the boards with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with the last three pages of the text showing a faint water mark at the upper margins with no impact on the illustrations. Without a dust jacket. Unpaginated. The volume is a collection of the illustrated plates by "Phiz" collected from Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and redrawn by Yeager. 39 engraved plates separated with tissue guards including the frontispiece portrait of Dickens of 40 listed in the contents. Printed by T. K. and P. G. Collins and stereotyped by J. Fagan. Gimbel A43 Lea & Blanchard hardcover
Référence libraire : TB26297
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Charles Dickens - Special Fine Binding
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Chapman & Hall London 1847 An attractive fine binding copy of this edition. Dubbed leather spine wrapping to the front and back cover boards which are richly hand marbled. The binding has no date; it looks 'modern' but traditional. The lovely grained leather has been sunned on the spine and the gold titling has suffered a bit but the impression as you handle this very sturdy binding is that here is a substantial and attractive heirloom edition of an early masterpiece by Charles Dickens. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Special Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Chapman & Hall London hardcover
Référence libraire : ABE-15924039850
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