London: Piccadilly Fountain Press 1931. 1st thus NCBEL III 830. #69/535 cc. Signed by Stonehouse. Original blue-grey paper-wrapped boards with paper title label to spine. Green dust jacket. VG slt lean/top edge a bit dusty/a 2nd po bpt/VG spine darkened/light edgewear. Light markings to end papers. 8 123 pp. 10 illustrations facsimiles &c. 8vo. <br/><br/> Piccadilly Fountain Press hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall Limited n.d. Reprint. The 'Charles Dickens' Edition. Red pebbled calf gilt and black lettering brown eps. A VG copy. Some rubbing and fraying to edges of boards some age toning to leaves otherwise clean and bright. 288 pp. Plates including frontis. 7-1/4" x 5" <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall, Limited hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1929. 1st edition thus. Limited to 300 cc. Period green half morocco-style leather with marbled boards & eps. TEG. Spines a bit dull. Joints rubbed. Very Good. 2 volumes: xv 2 - 598; xiii 1 blank 615 1 blank pp. Index in Volume II. Frontispiece in each volume. 8vo. <br/><br/>These volumes republish Dickens letters as previously published in 1893 as well as Dickens' speeches as previously collected & edited by Richard Herne Shepherd in 1884 along with 2 additional: 2/6/1850 & 4/12/1864. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: Chapman and Hall 1849. 1st edition thus Gimbel H1002 second set; NCBEL III 795; VanderPoel B171. Housed in the publisher's printed pale blue-green portfolio-style paper-wrappers. "Price One Shilling.". Wrappers beginning to separate along spine fold. Edge rash to plates. Minor soiling. A VG set. Plates on plate paper no tissue guards. Wrappers: 10-1/4" x 6-13/16". Plates: 10-15/16" x 7" <br/><br/>An uncommon piece of Dickensiana this the first time we've handled the set with these larger dimensions the previous measuring 7-5/8" x 5". Chapman and Hall unknown books
New York: DRG Records 1982. 1st Pressing presumed. One record in sleeve. Shrink-wrapped. A F copy. Unopened. Illustrated sleeve. 12-1/2" x 12-1/2" <br/><br/> DRG Records unknown books
Cincinnati: Published by U. P. James 1839. 1st edition thus American Imprints 55382. Cf. Smith AMERICAN 3 p. 115. Original publisher's rose-colored ribbon-embossed quarter cloth over drab boards both volumes rebacked at some point in the past. Printed paper title labels to spine. Wear & soiling. Volumes a bit cocked with wear & chipping to title labels Vol I mostly worn away. Usual foxing. Evidence of bookplate removal. Withal an About Very Good copy of this rare edition of Twist. iv 216; 2 196 pp. Cancel title leaves in both volumes from a comparison to our 1839 2 vol Lea & Blanchard copy apparently using the L&B sheets an aspect not recorded by Smith. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/> Published by U. P. James hardcover books
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1852. 1st US Collected edition Gimbel D11; McGuire Collection 47; Wilkins p. 38. Cf. Calinescu Collection 95 for an 1854 imprint. Original publisher's deep blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Pale yellow eps. NB. This the binding style Harper would use for Dombey Bleak House & Hard Times. Binding wear with fraying at base of spine panel. Cocked. Period pencil pos to ffep. Foxing. A Good copy. 8 90; 2 95 1 blank; 2 97 1 blank; 2 96; 2 107 5 pp. Collective t.p. Preface written by Dickens for the UK edition divisional title pages 4 pages of publisher adverts at rear. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/8" <br/><br/>Rare US collected edition of Dickens' 5 Christmas books at the time of cataloguing OCLC records 5 institutional holdings and we see no other copies on the market with this the first time we've been able to offer a copy. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books
New York: John Wiley 161 Broadway 1849. 1st Collected Edition thus second issue Calinescu Collection 93; Carr B429. Original publisher's green cloth binding with elaborate gilt stamping to spine & boards. AEG. Spine panel a bit sun-tanned. Snag to cloth at top of front joint. Period pos to ffep. Foxing. Withal a solid Very Good copy. 8 90; 2 95 1 blank; 97 1 blank; 87 1 pp. Collective t.p. divisional title pages except for Cricket which conforms with other recorded copies. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/>Rare US collected edition the first issue was 1848 of Dickens' 4 Christmas books preceding the UK edition by 3 years. At the time of cataloguing OCLC records only 4 institutional holdings and we see no other copies on the market with this the first time we've been able to offer a copy of this edition. John Wiley, 161 Broadway hardcover books
New York: Basic Books Inc 1965. 1st edition. Purple cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Purple dust jacket with white title lettering to front panel and black title lettering to spine. Slight lean sunning to extremities and PO signature to ffep. Sunning to extremities of dust jacket and light water stain. A VG copy in a VG jacket. 389 3 blank pp including Bibliography and Index. 8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/> Basic Books Inc hardcover books
New York 1927. 1st printing presumed. Not listed in Bolton though see PP 130 recording a later 5 September 1927 opening. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Partially disbound a Good copy. Unpaginated though 10 pages lacking a leaf. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>First produced 2/15/27 in Washington DC. where reports note that the production enjoyed quite a bit of success eventually making its way to NYC where it ran for 72 performances. Here we offer a program announcing its April debut in New York City though we speculate the opening was in fact in September evidently delayed from what this Shubert Majestic advertising leaflet/program publicized. unknown books
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co 1839. 1st edition thus Gimbel A31; Smith American 3 pp 96 - 97; Tillotson - Clarendon OT p. lv; Vander Poel B90; Wilkins p. 15. Original publisher's deep purple pebbled cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Cocked a bit shelfwear. Period pos to ffep which has a bit of foxing. A bit shaken with one early gathering coming loose. Withal an About Very Good copy. 2 11 - xii 13 - 212 pp double column of text. 4 preliminary blank leaves. 16 pp of adverts divided between front & rear including listings for other Dickens' titles. 24 inserted plates on yellow manila paper after Cruikshank's as redrawn by Yeager. Signed in both sixes & fours; sewn in 6s. 9-3/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>The Philadelphia editions are textually important for they were typeset by the publisher using on occasion proofs of Bentley's Miscellany and therefore reflect a preliminary state of the text before Dickens' final revisions NCBEL III 792. NB. This is the copy pictured in Smith p. 94. Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co hardcover books
New York: Wm H. Colyer 1839. 1st edition thus Gimbel A35 with only 2 plates; Smith American 3 p. 113; Wilkins pp. 15-16. Later maroon cloth spine later printed title label & drab boards after the original. Binding - VG with the bookplate of noted Dickens collector William Glyde Wilkins. Textblock - VG usual foxing & browning to paper. iv 13 - 296 pp. Frontispiece engraved t.p. plus two inserted plates per Smith's note 1. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>An early US edition with the text coming from Bentley's Miscellany. Wm H. Colyer hardcover books
London: Partridge and Co 1860. 1st Edition. Original blue publisher's cloth with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Custom blue quarter-leather clamshell case. Volume with extremity wear & rubs. Bookplate of Samuel Meeks. Slightly shaken. Overall VG. Case with rubs to front joint which is starting at the bottom VG. viii 152 pp. Errata slip tipped-in prior to Contents page. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>From the publisher's preliminary note "The writer begs to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr. Charles Dickens who has permitted him to reprint his Contributions to 'Household Words.' He has partially availed himself of this permission by including 'Sleep' 'Unopened Buds' and 'A Lost Treasure' in the present volume and reserves other contributions for a future collection." A pasted-in bookseller slip & handwritten penciled note to the ffep attribute these 3 poems to Dickens however we note from Lohrli these poems were actually written by one unidentified individual by the name of "Harris" presumed author of the this entire volume of verse. OCLC records 3 holding institutions only one in the US. Rare in the trade. Partridge and Co hardcover books
London: Cecil Palmer 1930. 1st trade edition NCBEL III 840. Red cloth binding. Red dust jacket. VG/VG light wear/spine panel a bit sun-tanned. Uncommon in jacket. vi 2 216 pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>With the Publication of Charles Dickens' Original MSS on "The Condition of the Working Classes" together with his Original Letter to Dr Southwood Smith on "The Condition of the Poor". Cecil Palmer hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1970. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. Green pictorial eps. Green dust jacket. VG/VG pc. xiii 1 blank 241 1 blank pp including Index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1912. 1st Edition Miller p. 200. Green cloth with gilt stamped lettering and gilt stamped graphic of Pickwick to front board. Modest wear with bright gilt. Age-toning to eps and a smattering of foxing to edges. Prior owner signature to ffep. Withal a VG copy. xii 254 pp. 48 inserted costume plates by Edward Handley-Read 8vo. <br/><br/> George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1983. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by the Author on the t.p. Hardback. Maroon dust jacket. VG/VG. xii 465 1 blank pp. Illustrated from b/w photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/> J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: Gollancz 1980. 1st edition. Maroon cloth binding. Yellow dust jacket printed in red & black. Nr Fine/Nr Fine. 222 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Per the dj blurb "Fact-fict-ion solution to a classic problem." Gollancz hardcover books
London: Ben Johnson & Co 1923. 1st editon. Red cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Spine sunned. General wear. Offset to eps. Very Good. 145 1 advert pp. illustrated with drawings by E. Ridsdale Tate. 12mo. <br/><br/> Ben Johnson & Co hardcover books
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1914. 1st trade edition BAL 18258; NCBEL III 849. White cloth spine with grey-green boards lettered in green. TEG. Publisher's box. Slight lean. Spine panel ever so slightly sunned. Prior owner inscription to ffep. Withal a Nr Fine book in a VG box which has a piece missing from one corner & the name & title inked to one vertical side. xvi 127 1 pp. Illustrated with 22 plates & 5 facsimiles. Royal 8vo. 10-1/2" x 7-1/4" <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
London: Privately Printed by the Chiswick Press 1926. 1st edition cf. NCBEL III 840. Red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine & front board. Spine sunned a bit. A VG - VG copy. 112 pp. Unopened. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>Somewhat uncommon item; NCBEL notes this title with a 1930 date. Not in Gimbel nor VanderPoel. Privately Printed by the Chiswick Press hardcover books
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1910. 1st edition 1st issue. Limited to 483 cc. Half-bound with parchment & brown paper-wrapped boards; gilt spine lettering. VG some soiling to spine/corners slightly bumped. 90 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>A Bibliophile Society publication from the collection of Mr. Smith. The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
London: Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications in Association with the Trustees of The Dickens House 1975. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by Slater on the t.p. dated 1987. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Mustard yellow dust jacket. VG/VG. xvi 299 1 blank pp including index. Profusely illustrated in black & white. 8vo. <br/><br/>Suzanette a Frenchman who collected Dickens for 3 decades building one of the finest collections held in private hands. In 1971 he sold half the collection at Sotheby's and gifted the remainder to the Dickens House Museum in London. This a catalogue of that impressive collection and as such a valuable reference for the Dickens collector. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications in Association with the Trustees of The Dickens House hardcover books
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1976. Later printing. Maroon cloth binding. Maroon dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG short closed tear at top of spine panel/pc. ix 3 172 pp including Index. Illustrated from B&W photographs 8vo. <br/><br/>A look at "the places in his life and works". J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover books
London: Book Club Associates 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG/VG age-toning. xiv 321 1 blank pp including index. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Book Club Associates hardcover books
London: Batsford 1982. 1st UK edition. Blue green cloth binding. Silver dust jacket. Nr Fine/VG. xii 196 pp including index. 8vo. <br/><br/>A critical look at Dickens' shorter works. Batsford hardcover books
Hollywood: Hugh Lester n. d. 1st printing. White paper wrappers with red title lettering printed to front wrapper stapled. Adverts to inner wrappers. A VG copy. 12 pp. A few b/w advertisement illustrations. 9" x 6" <br/><br/> Hugh Lester unknown books
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1970. 1st edition. Red cloth binding. Brown dust jacket. VG/VG some wear/pc. ix 3 172 pp including Index. Illustrated from B&W photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/> J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover books
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1965. 1st edition. Light brown cloth binding brown title label lettered in gilt to spine. Plae orange topstain. Yellow illustrated DJ printed in black white and brown. A VG book in a VG jacket which has a sunned spine panel & is price-clipped. vii 1 162 6 blank pp. 8-5/8" x 6" <br/><br/>Another examination of Dickens relationship with Ellen Ternan. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
London: Metheun & Co. Ltd 1949. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. No dust jacket. Slight lean. Cloth a bit soiled. Very Good. XI 1 366 pp. Illustrated with 15 plates. 8vo. <br/><br/> Metheun & Co. Ltd hardcover books
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons n. d. Ca late 1920s . Not in Gimbel nor Miller. Green cloth binding with pictorial paper onlay to front board. No dust jacket. Some shelfwear. Slightly shaken. POI to ffep dated 1928. An About VG copy. 143 1 pp. Last page an advert. Illustrated by Harold Copping and others. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Raphael Tuck & Sons hardcover books
London: E. Rimmel 1874. 1st printing presumed. Bolton BL no. 25. Printed self wrappers. A VG copy some age toning and chips at fore-edge some scattered stains no text is obscured. Single leaf folded vertically to form 4 pp. Elaborate pictorial title-page. Folded: 9-3/8" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>The Gaiety Theatre The Strand London was where Dickens saw his last play in 1869. This production of The Battle of Life was edited for the stage by Charles Dickens Jr. and starred prominent actors John Lawrence Toole 1830-1906 as Ben Britain and Ellen Farren 1848-1904 as Clemency Newcombe. No library holdings found on OCLC: scarce. The play opened on December 26 1873. E. Rimmel unknown books
n. p. 1879. 1st printing presumed. Printed self wrappers. One tiny 1 mm chip at the edge else a fine copy. Broadside on thin peach colored paper. 11-1/4" x 5" <br/><br/>A "programme" for a reception of dramatic scenes from "Old Curiosity Shop" "David Copperfield" and Mr. Pickwick. Very scarce indeed no library holdings found. unknown books
New York: Que Cards Inc 1965. 1st edition thus. Disbound cards in a white and yellow plastic sleeve with a brass snap closure. Fine/Like New. ii 56 pp. disbound. 5" x 3" <br/><br/>Everything you need to know for higher grades! Que Cards, Inc unknown books
New York: Que Cards Inc 1965. 1st edition thus. Disbound cards in a white and yellow plastic sleeve with a brass snap closure. Fine/Like New. ii 56 pp. disbound. 5" x 3" <br/><br/>Everything you need to know for higher grades! Que Cards, Inc unknown books
Boston 1871. 1st printing presumed ca 1870. Self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; a few small tears at edges and one central pin hole that runs through all four pages; overall very good. Single sheet folded once to form four pages. Engraved borderds and illustrations in text. Folded: 10-1/4" x 6-9/16" <br/><br/>A playbill for a production of "No Thoroughfare" at the Boston Theatre with Charles Fechter playing the role of Jules Obenreizer and Carlotta Leclercq in the role of Marquerite. The playbill has many local advertisements and some information about the theatre company in the years 1870 and 1871. Charles Fechter travelled from London to the United States in 1870 and enjoyed a very succesful career in Boston. Critics disaproved of his "Hamlet" also advertised on this playbill but were captivated by his refined style and Continental training Hornblow vol. 2 p. 214. unknown books
Boston 1879. 1st printing presumed. Printed self wrappers. Slight age-toning to paper; bit of fore-edge rash to top half of bill overall VG. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Engraved headpiece and small engravings in text for ads. 11-7/8" x 9" <br/><br/>Apparently this play a crowd favorite at the Boston Museum for Bolton records earlier performances in 1877 & 1878 cf. CH 80 & 83. unknown books
San Marino: The Huntington Library 1953. 1st edition. Marooon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. NF/NF. xi 1 445 pp including index. 8vo. <br/><br/>Fields & Dickens close friends; Chap 21 on Dickens. The Huntington Library hardcover books
Boston: Boston Job Print Alden Street n. d. 1st printing presumed ca 1880. Not found in Bolton. Age-toning to paper with small diagonal crease to upper right corner otherwise VG. Single sheet broadside 10-1/4" x 4-3/8" 17 lines of text. <br/><br/>A playbill advertising LeMoyne & "His Celebrated Company" with "the entire Company in both Pieces." as appearing at Bangor Maine's famed Norembega Hall erected in the mid-1850s. Le Moyne an actor of some repute who after the Civil War "returned to the stage where he remained active until the dawn of the twentieth century. He appeared in a number of plays based on the works of Charles Dickens as here playing such characters as Fagin Captain Cuttle Uriah Heep Squeers Plummer Dick Swiveller and Caleb. In Shakespeare's Hamlet Le Moyne is said to have played every major male role except that of the prince himself. Over his career Le Moyne performed with companies headed by legendary actors Edwin Booth Edwin Forrest and Charles Fletcher and in producer Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theatre Company." Wiki Brougham's Old Curiosity Shop apparently first performed in Boston 1866 cf. Bolton OCS 10; we find no record of this performance in Bolton nor whatsoever of "Uriah Heep the 'Umble". perhaps a bespoke piece tailored strictly for LeMoyne. Boston Job Print, Alden Street unknown books
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press 1939. 1st printing. Saddle-stitched sage-colored paper wrappers printed in black. Light age-toning. A VG copy. Unpaginated though 8 pages. Includes laid-in leaflet with a blurb from Mitchell Kennerley extolling the virtues of the set. 2 illustrations plus facsimile title page illustrated with a cut. 8vo. 10" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> The Nonesuch Press unknown books
London: The Dickens Fellowship 1907. 1st printing NCBEL III 787. Green printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wrappers quite worn with a large piece reattached with tape to back side to front panel lower left. Good only. 116 pp. 10 illustrations. 8vo. <br/><br/>Exhibition held to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Completion of the 'Pickwick Papers'. The Dickens Fellowship unknown books
New York: Simon and Schuster 1952. 1st Edition. Hardbacks. Dust jackets. VG light toning to page blocks p.o. bookplate to front paste-downs/ VG light edgewear/pc. 2 volumes xxii 585 xlvii; viii 586 - 1159 9 lxix - cxcvii pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>The most scholarly biography to-date. Uncommon in the first edition as the title was also issued by the BOMC. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
New York: Sheldon and Company 1862. 1st printing of this edition cf. Gimbel D38. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Average wear with usual light fraying to spine ends. A VG set. 4 volumes 322; 312; 306; 336 pp. Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volumes I II & IV; by John Gilbert in Volume II. Small 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Sheldon and Company hardcover books
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1932. 1st edition. Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. VG top edge dusty/offset to eps/Abt VG some edgewear/chipping @ hd & tail of spine. xii 204 8 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/>"Burdett-Coutts spent the majority of her wealth on scholarships endowments and a wide range of philanthropic causes. One of her earliest philanthropic acts was to co-found with Charles Dickens a home for young women who had 'turned to a life of immorality' including theft and prostitution. The home was known as Urania Cottage." Wiki. The volume contains many hitherto unpublished letters to Burdett-Coutts which gives one a good flavor of Dickens rather sympathetic nature for those less fortunate. Uncommon in jacket. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc hardcover books
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