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Dickens Charles
A Child's History of England in 3 vols.
London: Bradbury & Evans 1854. First edition. Fine. A Fine copy in original cloth with publisher's marbled edges and endpapers. Slight bit of sunning to spines but overall in beautiful unsophisticated condition. Collation and issue points conforming to Smith. Bookplates of two previous owners to front pastedowns of each. Internally clean and unmarked. Housed in a custom quarter morocco slipcase with chemise. A superior copy accompanied by an early James F. Drake description.<br/><br/>As the only book Dickens wrote specifically for children it occupies a unique place in his' oeuvre. "Dickens' intention for the book was made manifest in the dedication at the beginning of the first volume to his 'own dear children: Whom I hope it may help bye-and-bye to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject.' This makes the purpose clear. Dickens did not intend the book to supplant or rival those books by Keightley or Macaulay that preceded it. The book rather is intended by Dickens as an exciting or interesting study of the subject which will whet his children's -- and other children's -- appetites for English history and is designed to act as a springboard to discovery" Tearle. Thus while Dickens doesn't break new ground in uncovering or analyzing history he uses his novelistic abilities to make past figures feel more real more exciting and more present and to cast long-ago events as relevant to life in his own time. Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
Referencia librero : 4125
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Dickens Charles
The Works of Charles Dickens in 30 vols
London: Chapman and Hall 1891. Reprint of the Illustrated Library Edition. Thirty octavo volumes 221 x 141 mm. Late 19th century full polished calf by Tout stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper. Covers with gilt triple fillet border with gilt corner ornaments spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments with five gilt- dotted raised bands and red and green morocco gilt lettering labels board edges with gilt-dotted rule turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt top edge gilt others uncut marbled endpapers. Minor rubbing to extremities headcaps on Volumes IX X and XXI expertly repaired. Small bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown of each volume. Illustrated with plates after the originals by "Phiz" Hablot Knight Browne George Cruikshank Frederick Walker Edwin Landseer Daniel Maclise John Leech Marcus Stone George Cattermole and Luke Fildes. Partially unopened. A near fine set. <br/><br/> "The Library Edition came about largely because of the suggestion of Forster that while Dickens's works were available in volumes in the Cheap Edition and in reprints of the serial parts there was no high-quality edition that would appeal to the wealthy. Dickens eventually came round to the idea that an elegant edition could raise the stature of his writings. He faced a complication in that the rights to the works were divided between Chapman and Hall and Bradbury and Evans. Consequently the volumes contained the imprints of both publishers. With a dedication to Forster the Library Edition appeared in 22 volumes in 1858-9 at 7s 6d per volume. Titles included Pickwick Nickleby Chuzzlewit Old Curiosity Shop Reprinted Pieces Barnaby Rudge Hard Times Sketches by Boz Oliver Twist Dombey Copperfield Pictures from Italy Bleak House Little Dorrit and Christmas Books. The only illustrations were the frontispieces.<br/><br/>Between 1861 and 1874 this edition was reissued in 30 volumes with the addition of Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Our Mutual Friend The Uncommercial Traveller A Child's History of England Christmas Stories and Drood. The reissue contained illustrations—the frontispieces plus additional illustrations by artists such as Marcus Stone John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield—and came to be known as the Illustrated Library Edition.Recognizing the continuing potential for sales of Dickens's works Chapman and Hall in 1873 published a prospectus for the Second Illustrated Library Edition containing they contended all the works the novelist wished to preserve. Calling it the first well-printed issue with specially cast type and better paper than that used in previous editions this set was published in 30 volumes between 1873 and 1876 and sold at £15 for the set a high price for the time" Oxford Companion to Dickens. <br/><br/>Gimbel D72. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 3598
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Dickens Charles
Charles Dickens' Works in 32 vols
London: Merrill & Baker 1900. First Thus. Edition des Bibliophiles. Limited to twenty-six lettered and registered copies this copy being Letter "H" Printed for Sadie Belle Lufkin. Thirty-two octavo volumes 227 x 154 mm. Contemporary blue crushed levant morocco. Covers decoratively tooled in gilt in a floral design within a gilt single fillet border spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments with five raised bands gilt-dotted board edges turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt within an outer border of a gilt-dotted rule and two gilt fillets red calf doublures red watered silk liners top edge gilt others uncut. Partially unopened.<br/><br/>Elaborately illustrated with frontispieces and plates including photogravures etchings photo-etchings from the original illustrations by Frederick Barnard Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" George Cattermole George Cruikshank Dalziel F.O.C. Darley Luke Fildes John Gilbert Edwin Landseer John Leech Daniel Maclise J. Mahoney F.W. Pailthorpe Robert Seymour Stanfield F. Stone Marcus Stone and others including fifty original watercolor drawings "Aquarelles" by "Kyd" Joseph Clayton Clarke of Dickens's characters. Descriptive tissue guards.<br/><br/>Few writers in English have generated such sustained fame as Charles Dickens. A prolific novelist interested how science technology economics and religion shaped human experience in the changing modern world he deftly combined good natured humor and biting satire. The present is a near comprehensive gathering of his best loved works. Although the spines are uniformly faded to green and a few leaves are poorly opened this set is in a spectacular binding. Merrill & Baker unknown books
Referencia librero : 3597
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Dickens Charles; Thackeray William; Cruikshank George
Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman Harpers mss maquettes
Var. nd circa 1900. Unique. Hardcover. Very Good. Light shelf/edge wear age toning to some leaves creases to some two bookplates at front pastedown ephemera laid in else tight bright and unmarred. Full tan leather binding two raised bands gilt lettering and decorative elements dentelles marbled endpages. 8vo. np. Illus. b/w plates. comprised of three parts see below <br/><br/>Bookplate of renowned author and librettist Harry Bache Smith. Also bears armorial bookplate of Claire Mendel noted German Consul and collector. <br />A bit of background on Lord Bateman: "An adaptation of the traditional ballad attributed to Thackeray British Library Catalogue with preface and notes by Dickens. George Cruikshank regaled a dinner of the Antiquarian Society with a rendition of the ballad. On "hearing Cruikshank mournfully intone the word's of the Turks' daughter to the imprisoned LordÂ… Dickens offered to polish it into an even more solemn absurdity. He told Cruikshank to ask his sister Fanny to take down the music and 'to be sure to mark the shades and the expression.' And although he kept his part in The Loving Ballad secret he not only wrote a burlesque introduction and notes but altered lines and substituted a new last verse." Johnson p. 260. It has also been suggested that Thackeray arranged the old ballad Dickens is thought to have contributed the 'scholarly' notes and Cruikshank provided the illustrations. <br />This volume is comprised of four parts the first is an engraving of Thackeray of unknown origin the second is Dec. 1892 Harper's Magazine article by Anne Thackeray Richie considering the history of the story's origin and arguing that her father was responsible without Dicken's contribution. The third part is 4 mss pages in Harry Bache Smith exploring his Bateman holdings and its history and noting a direct contradiction to Richie's argument. Finally and notably there are 3 4-up fo leaves which appear to be maquettes of Cruikshank's illustrations for the 1939 first edition.no other such set is known to exist. <br />An unusual and genuinely significant collection. hardcover books
Referencia librero : 10271
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Dickens Charles
The Personal History of David Copperfield with Signature
London: Bradbury & Evans 1850. First edition. Near Fine. H.K. Browne. Bound by Bayntun in full red polished calf Dickens' portrait stamped in gilt on the front board blue and green morocco spine labels all edges gilt marbled end papers. Tipped in to the first blank is an envelope signed by Charles Dickens. Internal contents are in excellent condition clean and bright. Slight wear to the outer joint of the front board still holding well. A lovely copy of one of Dickens' best and his most autobiographical novel. <br/><br/>"David Copperfield has always been among Dickens' most popular novels and was his own 'favorite child.' The work is semi-autobiographical and although the title character differed from his creator in many ways Dickens used him to relate early personal experiences that had meant much to him -- his work in a factory his schooling and his emergence from parliamentary reporting into successful novel writing" Britannica. Like many of Dickens' novels David Copperfield uses an individual tracing his widening system of relationships as he moves through life to explore the interconnectedness of humans the way race gender and class can affect their paths and the degree to which we have free-will. Near Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
Referencia librero : 3315
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Dickens Charles
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition. Bound by Bayntun in three-quarter red calf over cloth boards all edges gilt. Spine a bid faded internally an excellent copy. Complete with the half-title and all 40 plates engraved by Phiz. Likely washed at the time of binding as most plates show little to no foxing. Most of Smith's internal flaws are found including the ones of pgs. 123 and 160 only found in the earliest copies bound from the parts.<br/><br/>Nicholas Nickleby Dickens' third novel was originally serialized in monthly parts then issued as a book in cloth. The publishers also had a small number of copies bound up in the present morocco both for presentation - a census of copies inscribed by Dickens on publication show them all to be in the green morocco binding - and for sale to the public at a higher price. "Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer.The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention and it demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" Bannerjee. A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable Nicholas ultimately prevails dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. A favorite among Dickens' works Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 3172
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Dickens Charles
Dombey and Son Extra-illustrated
London: Bradbury and Evans 1848. First edition. Near Fine. Finely bound by Morrell in three-quarter green morocco all edges gilt spines with intricate details and raised bands marbled end papers. An excellent copy overall with four additional portrait plates bound in depicting characters from the novel.<br/><br/>Dombey and Son tackles a number of key themes that appear throughout Dickens' authorial career -- concerns about family duty class position child welfare and the dangers of arranged marriages in particular. As the titular Dombey builds his shipping company he fantasizes that his son will someday take over the business and continue his legacy. But England is changing rapidly due to the effects of industrialization and its effects ripple throughout Victorian culture. One symbol of industrialization's promise and its perils is the railroad. In chapter six Dickens calls the railroad's impact a "great earthquake." Dombey and Son grapples with the effects of industrialization and the railroad is one of the novel's symbols for this momentous era. Near Fine. Bradbury and Evans unknown books
Referencia librero : 2883
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Dickens Charles
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition. Very Good. A rare copy of Nickleby in the original publisher's cloth. This copy without some of the earliest issue points: pg. 123 and pg. 160 with corrected spellings first four plates without Chapman and Hall imprints. A Very Good copy with wear to the cloth along the lower spine hinge and at the board edges. Original yellow end-papers with some splitting at the inner hinges. Moderate foxing to the plates pages generally clean. But on the whole and authentic and attractive copy of the first edition in book form. <br/><br/>"Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer.The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention and it demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" Bannerjee. A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable Nicholas ultimately prevails dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. A favorite among Dickens' works Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film. Very Good. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 2491
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Dickens Charles Sir S. L. Fildes illustrator
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Extra-Illustrated
London: Chapman and Hall 1870. First Edition. Fine. Bound by Cedric Chivers circa 1911 in full red crushed morocco. With the coat of arms for the city of Rocherster on the front panel and intricate details on the spine. Silk moire end papers all edges gilt extra-illustrated with 17 anonymously executed watercolors depicting localites in Rochester the inspiration for the setting of the novel and Dickens's childhood home. Four of the original watercolors are in full color. Additional hand drawn title page; portrait of Fildes and John Forster tipped in as well as a few leaves from Forster's "Life of Dickens" relating to this work. Book and binding in exceptional Fine condition. Two other extra-illustrated copies in Chivers bindings appeared in the auction record 1991 and 1995 but nothing since then. This binding likely executed at the same time c. 1911.<br/><br/>Famed for his lush bindings involving leather gilt and vellum Cedric Chivers often partnered with William Morris' Kelmscott Press. By the turn of the century his work began to be sought out for presentation and exhibition copies of literature by authors including Charles Dickens Dante Gabriel Rossetti Alfred Lord Tennyson and Charles Lamb. <br/><br/>Dickens' final novel left unfinished and published posthumously breaks with some of the author's previously established literary tendencies. Present are Dickens' emphasis on the relationship among smaller family units that create a larger social ecosystem; also present are his interests in blood versus conjugal familial duties. Yet the novel takes on an even darker tone than previous works. Drood's uncle John Jasper sits at the book's center; and his roles as an opium addict and philanderer affect all characters in orbit around him. In love with Drood's fiancee Rosa Jasper becomes the main suspect when Drood disappears under suspicious circumstances. Yet because the novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death no final conclusion exists. Thus a part of the book's popularity was and continues to be derived from the ongoing mystery. "Since its publication in 1870 there have been hundreds of theories.trying to argue for how they think the story might end.the existing half of Drood spans just over 200 pages but the non-existent half has been expanded into thousands of pages presented in letters journal articles monographs novels. Dickens' book is open ended albeit unintentionally and that has meant a colossal opportunity for readers to engage with and explore the wide unknown of Drood's conclusion" Orford. Fine. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 2479
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Dickens Charles
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First edition. Very Good. Bound in the original publisher's deluxe full green morocco binding gilt titles stamped in gilt and blind yellow end papers all edges gilt. A Very Good copy with creasing and wear to the spine one short tear at the head some foxing to the plates. Armorial bookplate of Henry Gillett on the front paste-down. Bound without the half-title otherwise complete with the engraved frontis and 39 plates by Phiz.<br/><br/>Nicholas Nickleby Dickens' third novel was originally serialized in monthly parts then issued as a book in cloth. The publishers also had a small number of copies bound up in the present morocco both for presentation - a census of copies inscribed by Dickens on publication show them all to be in the green morocco binding - and for sale to the public at a higher price. This copy with most of the issue points outlined in Smith but with a few typographical errors corrected.<br/><br/>"Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer.The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention and it demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" Bannerjee. A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable Nicholas ultimately prevails dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. A favorite among Dickens' works Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film. Very Good. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 2259
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Dickens Charles
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
London: Chapman and Hall 1837. First edition. Fine. 8vo: xvi 609 1 complete with 43 inserted plates and the half-title. Many of the textual points are corrected as usual for the book issue. Most plates are in their early state with page numbers rather than captions and without the Chapman and Hall imprints. Both Buss plates are laid in as well as various other variant states of several plates. <br/><br/>A lovely 20th century binding by Riviere and Son in full purple crushed morocco five raised bands on the spine gilt detailing top edge of page block gilt lovely turn-ins and solid blue end papers. Binding in Fine condition internal contents are generally clean although laid in variant plates show moderate darkening and foxing. <br/><br/>Dickens' first novel showcasing his astounding talent for sketching charming sympathetic characters helped to launch his career. "Its main literary value and appeal was formed by its numerous memorable characters.The Pickwick Papers are mostly a series of humorous misadventures with a bit of satire that give some insight into the mores of Victorian society. You can witness Dickens here working on a few prototypes that will show up in later novels.you also see his social consciousness manifesting itself" Inverarity. An important early work that remains beloved by Dickens' fans for its sensationalism and humor. Fine. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 2256
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Dickens Charles
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
London: Bradbury & Evans 1848. First edition. Near Fine. Small 8vo: viii 188; complete. A solid Near Fine copy with all required points by Smith II.9. A few small ink spashes on the cloth and a small circular embossed ownership stamp on the front end paper otherwise in excellent condition. Dickens' fifth and final Christmas book. As in his other Christmas books Dickens is rather heavy-handed with his moral: that it is better to forgive than forget. Near Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
Referencia librero : 1868
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Dickens Charles
The Battle of Life
London: Bradbury & Evans 1846. First edition. Fine. Vignette title in the fourth state Smith II.8. Small 8vo: viii 175 1 2; complete. Tipped onto the advertisement leaf is a smaller leaf advertising "Monsieur Vlieland's Works" not described in Smith. A lovely Fine copy with some contemporary ownership markings at the front end papers otherwise an excellent copy both inside and out. <br/><br/>Dickens' fourth Christmas book and one of the lesser known books from the series. The Battle of Life centers on two sisters Grace and Marion who must contend with shared romantic attachments. After Marion disappears with a presumed libertine Michael Warden the family struggles to make sense of her sudden departure. But in standard Dickensian fashion the plot twists get resolved and happiness prevails for everyone. Fine. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
Referencia librero : 1771
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Dickens Charles
Works National Edition
London: Chapman and Hall 1908. The National Edition. Limited to 750 sets printed for England and America. this set unnumbered. Forty large octavo volumes. With approximately 1000 illustrations with plates by Cruikshank Browne Leech et al. Title-pages printed in red and black. With many reproductions or the original parts wrappers on colored paper.<br/><br/>Volume I with an envelope signed by Dickens and an ALS by John Foster Dickens' biographer. On the first blank of volume I is a mounted small envelope addressed by Dickens to Edward Chapman his publisher and signed by Dickens on the lower left corner. Facing that page is a mounted autograph letter signed by John Foster Dickens' friend and biographer addressed to George Cattermole the artist who illustrated The Old Curiosity Shop. Foster letter is on stationery and is dated 21 September 1860. Two sixteenmo pages on one octavo sheet folded.<br/><br/>Set is uniformly bound by Riviere & Son in half brown levant morocco over brown cloth. Morocco double ruled in gilt. Spines lettered in gilt and compartments triple-ruled in gilt. Top edges gilt others uncut. Spines slightly sunned and some occasional minor rubbing and shelfwear. Overall a very attractive and near fine set. Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 1599
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Dickens Charles
American Notes and The Uncommerical Traveler
Philadelphia Pennsylvania: T. B. Peterson & Brothers 1800. People's / Peterson's Uniform Duodecimo Edition. Hardcover. G Ex-lib. bookplate inside front cover pocket inside back usual markings. Cloth lightly worn particularly at extremities. Foxing is present mostly just at page edges but occasionally elsewhere too. Still very clean and readable. Brown cloth over boards with gilt titling and illustration at spine. 472 pp. T. B. Peterson & Brothers hardcover books
Referencia librero : 146671
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Mulholland Rosa. Collins Charles Allston 1827 1876. Spicer Henry T. Edwards Amelia Ann B
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. A Christmas Story. Library of Select Novels. No. 501. Price 10 Cents
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1865. 1st US edition later issue. Ca 1879. Original publisher's printed salmon paper wrappers sewn. Some wear & soiling to wrappers with age-toning to paper. Spine paper chipped. A solid VG copy of an uncommon edition. 48 pp. Text double column. Untrimmed. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4" <br/><br/>Dickens wrote Parts I & VII; for the contributions of the other authors see Oppenlander pp 150. Harper reissued this work ca 1879 by attaching new 'Library of Select Novel' wrappers over the original booklet. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
Referencia librero : 38831
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870. Stephen Leslie
LIFE Of DICKENS
n. p. n. d. 1st edition Gimbel H428. Not in NCBEL. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Grey paper wrappers printed in red bound-in. Spine sunned to a golden brown. A handsome VG copy of an uncommon Dickens biography. 46 2 blank pp. Binder's blanks. 8vo. <br/><br/>Text from that of the DNB ca 1888 . Later ca 1900 included with Marzails' LIFE Of CHARLES DICKENS Philadelphia: John D. Morris n. d. Cf. Gimbel H313 & VanderPoel E411. hardcover books
Referencia librero : 34267
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Dickens Charles. Illustrated by Frank Reynolds.
Mr. Pickwick
New York and London: Hodder & Stoughton. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Reynolds Frank RI. 4to - over 9¾. N.d. circa 1910. xv 174 pp. 25 color plates with captioned tissue guards. Some fairly minor soilage to original red cloth. Spine has some sunning. Light wear to corners. Slight bowing to cloth boards. Slight looseness to upper front hinge. Interior clean and tight. A very good copy. <br/><br/> Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
Referencia librero : 000979
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Dickens Charles
Little Dorrit
London: Bradbury and Evans 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 19th century half red calf and marbled boards matching marble endpapers and edges. Very good. H.K. Browne. 625 pages 22 x 15 cm. First edition in book form first issue with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pp.469-474 but without the additional 9-line errata. Etched frontispiece vignette title page and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne Phiz. ECKEL pp. 82-85. SMITH I:12. Bound by Smyth Liverpool: raised bands spine panels richly gilt in floral motifs green leather spine label printed in gilt Nicholas Robinson bookplate and signature on title; intermittent scattered foxing mostly marginal heavier first few and last leaves solid and tight binding. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
Referencia librero : 18981
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Dickens Charles; Rackham Arthur illus; Wagenknecht Edward intro
The Chimes
London: Limited Editions Club/George W. Jones 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Fine. No Slipcase. Light shelf/edge wear fraying at heel spine toned as this volume was prone for small gift inscription on ffep else tight bright and unmarred. Tan cloth boards gilt lettering and decorative elements black ink decorative elements decorative endpages frontispiece teg. 4to. 129pp. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 1070 of 1500. Signed by Rackham on the colophon page. <br/><br/>Third volume in the LEC series. Noted flaws notwithstanding a handsome copy of this classic. Limited Editions Club/George W. Jones hardcover books
Referencia librero : 3856
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
Posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club The. Profusely illustrated from drawings by Gustave Dore George Cruikshank H. K. Browne Phiz R. Seymour John Leech G. Cattermole F. du Maurier Richard Doyle Marcus Stone S. L. Fildes F. Barnard Ellen E
New York: G. W. Carleton 1890. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Quarto 4to. xvi 496 pages of text. Measures 30cm. Hardcover: original green cloth rubbed at extremities and spine with small tears; corners bumped; small hole back cover. Contains a frontis. portrait of author; profusely illus.; Carleton's royal edition. English novel; illustrated books. G. W. Carleton Hardcover books
Referencia librero : 6667baW
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Dickens Charles; with Illustrations by Phiz
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
London: Chapman & Hall 1844. A later 1844 printing no date title page but with first issue points of 10 errata listed in 14 lines signpost with pound100 dated 1844 at end of Preface and with 40 illustrations by Phiz including frontispiece and title page. Handsomely bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards with matching marbled end pages and page edges. Light rubbing to calf moderate toning to end pages occasional light toning internally small prior owner name and date front end page. . Later Printing. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chapman & Hall Hardcover books
Referencia librero : 007871
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
LITTLE DORRIT
London: Bradbury & Evans 1855. 1st edition Hatton & Cleaver pp 307 - 330. Blue printed wrappers though many vary from Hatton & Cleaver specific details supplied on request. Housed in a custom green morocco half-leather pull-apart case. An overall VG - VG set. Expected moderate wear and chipping. Case - modest wear spine sun-tanned otherwise VG. 20 parts in 19. Adverts per Hatton & Cleaver with the following variances: Part 7 has additional advert for Cassell's History; 12 lacks blue "English Cyclopedia" slip; 13 lacks "Ask Mamma" slip & "Wreck" slip; 14 with one advert leaf torn with loss; 17 with 4 extra adverts Cassell & Nortons; 18 lacks "Cyclopedia" but adds 3 other advert leaves. 40 steel plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". 8vo. <br/><br/> Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
Referencia librero : 29648.3
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
The POSTHUMOUS PAPERS Of The PICKWICK CLUB
New York: James Turney 1838. 1st book edition second issue by this publisher Smith AMERICAN 2 pp 67 - 73. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine Smith variant A rebacked. Eps renewed. NB. Smith pictures this binding on p. 70. Spine sunned light shelfwear. Textblock with stain/tideline througout with some waviness to leaves. Withal Very Good. xii 609 1 pp. 32 plates by Seymour Phiz & Crowquill. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/>NB. Smith notes variances in the number of plates found in this Turney edition from 11 to 54 though he did not record one with 32 as here. James Turney hardcover books
Referencia librero : 3464.1
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Dickens Charles
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Bradbury & Evans 1850. First Edition. wrappers. Very good. 20 vols. in 19 a serialization sequentially published over 1 1/2 years. 1st edition 1st issue in the original monthly parts preceding all other editions and read the next sentence deliberately because the distressing phrase you inevitably see is "almost every" while the happy phrase you are about to see is "each and every." This set conforms to each and every point in Hatton & Cleaver all erratum the correct covers all ads all samples and all 40 inserted plates by H. K. Browne including the frontispiece and vignette title. And perfection is important in a Dickens parts serialization because later ads are the telltale sign of later issue in many cases months later so do not discount comprehensiveness as mere frill or turn your back on it the way you would on a drunk woman haphazardly seated nearby at a dinner party who relentlessly keeps insisting that you name your favorite Powerpuff Girl. Original wrappers neat repairs to backstrips light wear at edges else a very good set the old-fashioned very good infrequently offered for sale so clean complete upright and intact a stirring combination of quality magnitude precedence and inclusiveness. Full dark blue morocco case. Collation: Octavo 8 1/8" X 5 9/16". i-vii viii ix x-xii xiii xiv xv-xvi 1 2-624. Reference: Hatton and Cleaver pp. 253-272. Eckel pp. 75-77. Raising his game at the height of his powers Dickens explores writing in the first person and achieves the great novel of initiation finding the ideal balance between the bustling energy of his early works and the mature sense of design exhibited here for the first time. The plotline is pierced by an unsettling exposé of the treatment inflicted on Victorian children and this is buttressed by poignant statements about the terrors and torments of youth coming of age most of which apply in any era and successfully concluding his quest the novel ends with a glimpse of the grown man. Dickens began to write it as pure autobiography but he found the naked facts too personal accordingly many of the events are drawn from his personal experiences but many more are fictionalized from his keen reconnaissance of life. However Micawber can be no other than Dickens' father and there is no doubt that David Copperfield is Dickens himself. And knowing that he had laid the needle against the redline pin on the great-ometer he openly stated more than once that Copperfield was his favorite from among all his books. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
Referencia librero : 66
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Dickens Charles
The Battle of Life the Bibliographer's copy
London: Bradbury and Evans 1846. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 12mo. Fourth issue of the vignette title page. Original red cloth decorated in gilt. 175 pages 2 pages of ads at rear. The bibliographer's copy the binding of which is shown on page 59 of "Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth volume II" - this is that copy; bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy signed by him on FEP. Staining to rear panel inner hinges cracked. Neat owner name on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
Referencia librero : 08290
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Dickens Charles
The Christmas Carol and the 4 other Christmas Books
Chapman & Hall London 1843. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First editions of all five Christmas books in extraordinary condition featuring a near fine and unrestored copy of the true first issue of The Christmas Carol with "Stave I" on p. 1 and with the text entirely uncorrected. With all known first issue points: title page in blue and red dated 1843 chalky green endpapers 14-15mm between the gilt wreath and the left margin blind-stamping on the front cover a perfect "D" in "Dickens" in the front cover wreath. According to the most recent exhaustive study Todd's analyzing the front cover this copy is of the earliest state of the first issue. Near fine condition and rare as such. Other books also in near fine or fine condition. Cricket has second state of ad leaf in rear and Battle of Life has the 4th state of the title page. Housed in a custom-made collector's case. Chapman & Hall, London hardcover books
Referencia librero : 1701004
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DICKENS
DIckens Pictures
London: Ernest Nister. First. pamphlet. very good. 6 chromolithograhic plates. 12 pages oblong 12mo. Stiff pictorial wrappers with broken cloth tie some dust soiling to the wrappers all edges gilt. London & New York: Ernest Nister and Dutton no date circa 1890. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/> VanDerPoel C22. Printed by Nister at Nurembery Bavaria.<br/><br/> Ernest Nister unknown books
Referencia librero : 239312
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Charles Dickens Boz
Dombey and Son
Lea and Blanchard. Collectible - Acceptable. 1848 NAP brown cloth book is in poor condition front cover and backstrip are nearly detached covers are quite worn foxing to eps and to pages opposite plates plates browned interior is clean pp155-160 have a long diagonal tear at top half of pages these are nearly torn off but still hanging on by an inch at fore edge no dust jacket. Lea and Blanchard hardcover books
Referencia librero : B22057-F
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870. Matz B. W. Contributor
GONE ASTRAY. Introduction by B. W. Matz
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 books
Referencia librero : 8334
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DICKENS Charles
A Tale of Two Cities
London: Chapman and Hall 1859. First. hardcover. fine. Browne. Illustrated by H.K. Browne. Rebound from the parts in half red leather over marbled boards with the front wrapper of Part I bound in. London: Chapman & Hall 1859. First Edition.<br/><br/> First issue with page 213 wrongly numbered 113. Bound in is the announcement of the first part of this title in "All The Year Round" also a page entitled "An Anecdote from the Bastille" and two extra illustrations: a color map entitled "London to Dover"and an engraving "The People at the Tuilleries 20th June 1792". Some of the plates by H.K. Browne are foxed but most are quite clean. Altogether a unique copy.<br/><br/> Chapman and Hall unknown books
Referencia librero : 300379
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Dickens Charles
A Child's History of England
London: Bradbury & Evans 1852. First Edition. Very Good. 1852 1853 1854 but 1851-1853. Three volumes. First edition in book form. Bound without ads in half crushed red morocco over marbled boards. Very Good. Bindings lightly rubbed spines faded owner names and bookplates at front. Dickens' anti-aristocratic and anti-monarchical history of England written for children. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
Referencia librero : 140941225
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Dickens Charles; Cruikshank George Illustrations
Oliver Twist
London: Richard Bentley 1838. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first issue with Boz listed as the author on all title pages and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in Volume III. Bound in early three-quarter leather over marbled paper all edges marbled. Spines darkened with cracking and repairs evident on the third volume hinges rubbed. Pages toned plates are browned and foxed. A lovely set. Richard Bentley unknown books
Referencia librero : 140937708
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Dickens Charles
Works. The Nonesuch Dickens
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's variously-colored buckram with leather spine labels gilt top stains. Complete in 23 volumes plus cloth slipcased original steel plate by Phiz for the illustration "Mr. Moddle is both particular and peculiar in is attentions" from Martin Chuzzlewit a print pulled from it as well as a letter of authenticity signed by an officer at Chapman & Hall Ltd. Also includes clothbound Nonesuch Dickensia and wrappered Sample Pages: The Nonesuch Dickens booklet. Very Good overall with slight sunning to spines a few head and tails slightly frayed especially Printing Plate case and foot of David Copperfield slight shelf wear a few spine labels slightly chipped. An attractive set. An attempt by renowned British private press The Nonesuch Press to create the definitive collection of the works of Charles Dickens with their signature fusion of technologies from different eras of publishing using hand press type and the original printing plates and wood blocks for many of the illustrations herein. The plates and wood blocks were then dispersed one per set creating a limitation of 877. The pleasant rainbow of colors by the bindings the thoroughness of the scholarship etc. made The Nonesuch Dickens an immediate hit with book collectors and it remains so to this day. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
Referencia librero : 180310005
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Dickens Charles
Great Expectations
London: Chapman & Hall 1861. First Edition Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition second impression. Stated "Second Edition" on all title pages. 344; 351; 344pp. Complete in three volumes. Contemporary leather with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Bound without ads quite likely as issued. Bibliographer Walter E. Smith describes printings two through five as indistinguishable except for their title pages which may have been printed at the same time to give the impression of brisk sales. All had the same textual errors etc. Bindings edge-worn leather starting to split along spine edges hinges a bit tender gilt barely legible. Internally Very Good with some light corner creasing stray light stains and foxing. A very nice set of the classic novel. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
Referencia librero : 170808003
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Dickens Charles
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
London: Chapman and Hall 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first binding. Black sawtooth border on front cover as per Smith 16. Interestingly neither ads nor catalogue at rear as Smith describes Carter A but no established priority thus. i-vvi-viiviii 12-190 with frontispiece and 12 illustrated plates by Fildes. Original green cloth with gilt lettering with black designs original slightly-yellow endpapers. About Very Good. Headcap and top tips worn away wear and slight fraying along spine edges rubbing and a few small scratches to cloth. Endpapers foxed small bookplate on paste down. Typical small stab-holes to outer margins of a few illustrations as well as last four illustrations inserted to face versos a variant mentioned by Smith. Dickens' final novel which was never completed. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
Referencia librero : 160630001
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
OLIVER TWIST; or The Parish Boy's Progress. as published in BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. American Edition. Vol I. Vol. II. bound with SUPPLEMENT To BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY American Edition
New - York: Jemima M. Lewer Publisher 1838. 1st printing thus cf. Smith AMERICAN 3n6. Modern brown quarter-leather bindings with marbled paper boards. Bindings: Fine. Textblocks: stained & foxed. Vol I lacking 2 preliminary leaves "Contents" with one subsequent leaf pp. 121/122 having a closed tear. Title leaf with a bit of edge restoration. Overall Good. Illustrations generally clean with only occasional foxing and/or browning. 2 volumes: 2 v - viii 188; 628; v 1 208 2 313 - 416 2 417 - 520 2 521 - 632; 4 188 355 - 366 pp. Vol II begins with announcement for Barnaby Rudge dated Dec. 1 1838. NB. Vol II Supplement duplicates OT through Chap XIX plus the 9 plates found in Vol I> Vol I: 24 inserted plates OT - 15 on heavier stock yellow paper after Cruikshank's originals. Tissue guards present. Vol II: 5 plates for OT one "Mr. Bumble degraded ." imperfect with loss in lower right quadrant. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>According to Smith William Lewer began publication of OT with Chapter 20 in January 1838 issuing the supplement in June 1838 containing Chapters I - 19. Jemima Lewer in August 1838 continued monthly publication through April 1839. These two volumes contain that text & illustrations published through December 1838 Book the Third Chapter 8. A rather uncommon US periodical publication of Dickens' famous novel. Jemima M. Lewer, Publisher hardcover books
Referencia librero : 41056
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
SKETCHES By BOZ. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. New Edition Complete
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard Successors to Carey & Co 1839. 1st edition thus 'Cheap' issue Calinescu Catalogue I 10; Edgar & Vail p. 16; Gimbel A13 second copy; Smith AMERICAN 1 pp 18 - 20; Wilkins p. 11. Original publisher's quater bound boards with blue-green cloth spine with printed paper title label. General wear & soiling to boards. Foxing throughout. An About VG copy. 3 - 268 pp. Text double column. llustrated with 2 plates "Private Theatres" & "The Gin Shop" after George Cruikshank. Tall 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6" <br/><br/>This the first US illustrated volume edition albeit in the 'Cheap' format and the first complete edition i.e. containing 'The Public Life of Mr Tulrumble' and 'The Pantomime of Life'. For the more economically inclined Lea & Blanchard would issue these 'Cheap' volumes in boards with only 2 illustrations vice the normal 20. See Smith for additional discussion of this marketing methodology. Lea and Blanchard, Successors to Carey & Co hardcover books
Referencia librero : 37935
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Dickens Charles
The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Complete; Part Second of the Mystery of Edwin Drood. By The Spirit-Pen of Charles Dickens Through A Medium
Brattleboro: T.P. James 1873. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon publisher's cloth decorated in gilt and blind. Very good. 488 pages. 8vo 23 x 15 cm. A Dickens novelty "by the Spirit-pen of Charles Dickens through the medium of Thomas P. James who published this work notes "An uneducated man myself I am not qualified to deny or admit the existence of grammatical errors in its composition." A statement worthy of P.T. Barnum; nevertheless an entertainment for believers and skeptics alike and an unusual Dickens item. Backstrip chipped head and foot tail extremities rubbed. Interior contents very clean bright and firm. Owner inscription. T.P. James hardcover books
Referencia librero : 15508
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Dickens Cedric
Drinking with Dickens
New York: Hippocrene Books Incorporated 1983. Hardcover. Very good. 127pp. Tape on the front and rear price clipped gift inscription and author's signature on the title page else very good hardback in publisher's dust jacket. <br/><br/> Hippocrene Books, Incorporated hardcover books
Referencia librero : 48166 ISBN : 0882548794 9780882548791
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Dickens Charles and Mary Angela Dickens.
Children’s Stories from Dickens Re-Told by his Grand-daughter Mary Angela Dickens and Others. With an Introduction by Percy Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Harold Copping. Edited by Edric Vredenburg.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons n.d. ca/ 1912. Octavo cloth-backed color-illustrated boards 148 pp. Frontis. and 11 other color plates black and white illustrated. Near-Fine. Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d. [ca/ 1912]. hardcover books
Referencia librero : 51156fd
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DICKENS Mamie
My Father As I Recall Him
New York: Dutton 1897. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. Small 8vo blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt; spine tanned; gift inscription 1897. New York: Dutton n.d. 1897.<br/><br/> Dutton unknown books
Referencia librero : 277388
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Dickens Charles
Oliver Twist
Richard Bentley 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes first edition first issue with "Boz" as author and "fireside" plate in Vol. 3. Rebound in handsome decorated leather binding. Repair to hinge in volume 1 volume 2 has some pages cut at the bottom not affecting text. With the bookplate of Ralph Clutton probably Rev. Ralph Clutton vicar of Horsted Keynes whose family later created a prominent real estate business still in operation today. Richard Bentley hardcover books
Referencia librero : 1704204
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Dickens Charles. 1812 1870
JOE MILLER'S PICKWICK JEST-BOOK Containing A Rich Fund of Wit & Humor
Otley: Printed by William Walker n. d. Ca early 1840s. Cf. Engel 229 & Miller p. 243 for a similar work "Pickwick Treasury of Wit or Joe Miller's Jest Book" 1845. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Bit of wear & soiling to wrappers. Very Good. 12 pp. Woodcut vignette to front wrapper as well as typographical border/decorations. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/>"The Pickwick Treasury of Wit" is listed by Miller at 320 pp; we speculate this item prefatory to the bound volume. Rare. Printed by William Walker unknown books
Referencia librero : 31237
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Dickens Charles
CHILDÕS HISTORY OF ENGLAND
London: Bradbury & Evans 1852 1853 1854. First editions first issues. First state ads in vols. I and III and no page number on page xi in vol. I. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Bradbury & Evans 1852 1853 1854. 3 vols. First editions first issues. First state ads in vols. I and III and no page number on page xi in vol. I. Frontispiece by F. W. Topham in each volume. xi210 1 of ads; viii 214 1 of ads; viii 321 1 of ad pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original reddish brown ribbed cloth. Marbled edges and endpapers. Volume one has a small nick at the rear heel joint. Former ownerÕs name in ink to endpaper barely discernible. Lovely copy with a small restoration to the head of the spine of volume 3. Housed in a dark green 1/4 leather slipcase. In exceptionally nice condition. Very good/No dust jacket. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
Referencia librero : 35585
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Dickens Charles
A Christmas Carol
New York: Carey & Hart 1844. First Edition. Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with covers decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt illustrated with four hand-colored lithograph plates and four uncolored. Very Good with lean to spine. Cloth a little mottled and rubbed edge-worn with shallow chipping at spine and some loss to joints. Former owner names to preliminary pages and two owner bookplates to front paste down. Pages toned and occasionally spotted one uncolored illustration is creased. Carey & Hart unknown books
Referencia librero : 140941524
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Dickens Charles
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
London: Chapman & Hall 1839. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 7 viii-xvi 1 2-624 pp. Bound in later dark brown leather spine with 5 raised bands with gilt ruling and gilt lettering marbled endpapers and pastedowns all edges gilt. Illustrated by an engraved frontispiece portait of the author engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise along with 39 additional plates by H.K. Browne 'Phiz'. First edition bound from the parts with the front wrapper of part XVIII bound in at the rear. All is as called for in Smith for the first state including the errors on page 123 and page 160 and the imprint of Chapman & Hall on the first four plates and the frontispiece n.b the imprint on the frontispiece is at the very bottom edge and is only visible upon close inspection. Smith I 5; Gimbel A 40. A very attractive copy of Dickens' third novel. A few traces of wear to the extremities and darkening to the edges of most of the plates but the leaves and the images on the plates are generally quite clean. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
Referencia librero : 00007117
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Dickens Charles 1812 1870
A CHRISTMAS CAROL. In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Paris: A. and W. Galignani and Co 1844. 1st edition thus Hearn p. 175. Not in Gimbel. Modern full brown calf with black spine labels in the 2nd & 4th compartments raised bands. Later marbled eps. Marbled edges original. Binding - Fine. Textblock - Very Good bit of age-toning to paper/period pencil pos to preliminary blank. 4 140 2 blank pp. Published without the Leech illustrations. 8vo. 5-7/8" x 3-5/8" <br/><br/>Quite uncommon period edition of this Dickens classic- OCLC records only 3 US institutions holding a copy. A. and W. Galignani and Co hardcover books
Referencia librero : 44515
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Rathbone Hannah Mary and Lady Gordon Duff and Charles Dickens
SO MUCH OF THE DIARY OF LADY WILLOUGHBY AS RELATES TO HER DOMESTIC HISTORY and to the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles the First. BOUND WITH: THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS. BOUND WITH: PICTURES FROM ITALY
New York: Wiley and Putnam 1845. First American Edition. Half calf. Very good. 12mo. 2iv100pp. BOUND WITH: Duff Gordon Lady Trans. and editor. THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS. I. A Soldier of the Foreign Legion. II. The Prisoners of Abd-el-Kader. New York: Wiley and Putnam. 1845. x178pp. BOUND WITH: Dickens Charles. PICTURES FROM ITALY. New York: Wiley & Putnam. 1846. vii1184pp. The three works bound together in cont. half calf ornately gilt spines. Hinges a bit rubbed but quite sound. First American editions of three works published by Wiley and Putnam's "Library of Choice Reading." The first 2 have a half-title identifying the series the Dickens title does not but it does not seem to call for a half-title. The series note was on the original wrappers or cloth. The first two works are both fiction. Wiley and Putnam unknown books
Referencia librero : 8695
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Dickens Charles
Dombey and Son
Bradbury & Evans 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in book form; early issue. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale Retail and for Exploration by Charles Dickens and with illustrations by H.K. Brownie. 1848 stated on the title page. Quarter leather binding with marbled paper covered boards and gilt pinstripe detailing. Decorative gilt detailing on spine. A very handsome book. Moderate edgewear and rubbing. Slight tanning of the pages. Very good condition. Comes housed in a custom slipcase. Bradbury & Evans hardcover books
Referencia librero : 1408101
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