London: British Museum 1960. 1st edition thus. Buff printed wrappers. VG light soil & edgewear to wrappers. Unpaginated though 2 columns per page numbered 237 - 378. Folio. 34 cm x 22.5 cm. <br/><br/>A useful reference for Dickens' publications especially foreign translations. British Museum unknown books
Pittsburgh: Privately Printed 1907. 1st edition Gimbel D160. Ltd to 200cc. Green wrappers. Text w/ deckled edges. VG spine starting to brown/slt foxing to prelims. 10 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6" <br/><br/>10 letters then in the possession of Wilkins now published for the first time. Begins with a letter to Longhurst written in 1832. The concluding 6 are to fellow author William Howitt. Privately Printed unknown books
New York: Houghton Mifflin 1912. 1st edition. Green cloth spine over drab boards lettered in dark green. Nr. Fine some foxing to eps & top edge. Original cellophane wrapper still present. 32 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
London: Chatto & Windus 1884. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 780. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG sp darkened/some fraying at spine ends/some foxing. 378 pp including index 32 pp Oct 1883 publisher advert at rear 8vo. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
Warwick: J. Thomson 1904. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Grey paper-wrapped boards. Lacks paper title label to spine. Blue cloth ribbon marker. VG slt cock/po stamped label to front paste-down. viii 9 - 108 pp. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>The main works as well as interesting Dickensiana accompanied by much annotation providing context. J. Thomson hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1850. 1st Cheap edition in volume form. Original green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt-decorated spine. Spine sunned otherwise a VG copy. xiv 2 303 1 blank pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 8vo. <br/><br/>The "Cheap" edition the first systematic reissuance of Dickens' works and begun in 1847 with Pickwick Papers in weekly monthly & volume formats. The edition characterised by the double column format illustrated solely with a frontispiece and contains a new preface by Dickens written expressly for this edition. Chapman & Hall 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. A Nr Fine copy. 90 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
New York: Harper & Brothers 1863. 1st US edition Brussel EAST TO WEST p. 81; Gimbel B283. Later green library buckram binding. Gd lacking rear wrapper/paper repair to final leaf affecting 3 lines of text of inner column. Ex-lib of NYPL with 'Withdrawn' stamp to initial & terminal leaf as well as a few other associated institutional markings. 46 pp. Text in double-column. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co 1895. Printed grey wrappers. Gd front wrapper detached at spine/spine wear/internally VG. pp 10 - 14. Mounted photographs of Miss Violet Vanbrugh & Mr John Hare. 8vo. <br/><br/>Other articles & essays by Clement Scott Walter Pollock T. Edgar Pemberton Thomas Barclay Nellie Parker and W. J. Lawrence. Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co unknown books
New York: G. P. Putnam 155 Broadway 1852. 1st edition thus Gimbel D17. Publisher's splain brown muslin cloth binding with simple gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. About VG sp cloth dull/extremity wear/some foxing throughout. 6 231 1 blank pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Extracted from 'Household Words'. Japan Bosnia Cairo China the Suez & Catching Elephants are all explored in these essays. This title not listed in Edgar & Vail though Putnam's 'Home Narratives' 1852 & 'Home and Social Philosophy' 1852 are noted. G. P. Putnam, 155 Broadway hardcover books
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co n. d. Ca 1907. Original green decorative cloth binding. Nr. Fine bpt/contemporary owner sig/protected by custom clear plastic cover. 142 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>Selections from Christmas Carol Village Coquettes etc. Frederick A. Stokes Co hardcover books
Philadelphia: Printed as a Christmas Greeting for Samuel A. Dalton 1957. 1st edition thus. #247/1000cc. Dark brown faux-leather spine with tan boards. Lacks slipcase. Nr Fine. 80 pp. Decorations & illustrations by Ray Abruzzi. Oblong 8vo. <br/><br/> Printed as a Christmas Greeting for Samuel A. Dalton hardcover books
London: Wass Pritchard & Co 1923. 1st edition NCBEL III 827. Stiff buff printed wrappers. VG minor soiling to wrappers. 32 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>The many ways to say "NO" to requests for a 'small sum to see one through.'. Somewhat uncommon item. Wass Pritchard & Co unknown books
Boston: Benjamin H. Greene 1844. 2nd edition American Imprints 44-1238; NCBEL III 822; Cf. Sabin 11217 for the 1st & 3rd editions. Original printed blue wrappers. Front wrapper title: 'LETTER To A LADY In FRANCE In ANSWER To ENQUIRIES CONCERNING The LATE IMPUTATIONS Of DISHONOR Upon the UNITED STATES.". Usual foxing some curled upper corners and a qtr-circle dampstin to lower corner throughout most of text; overall VG. Period pos to top of front wrapper. iv 5 - 60 pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Benjamin H. Greene unknown books
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. Presentation copy. Tan cloth with gilt lettering. VG bpt/bookseller label. Tipped in on rear blank is a Drood bibliography 1911 - 1928 pbd by the Dickensian circa 1928. 212 pp including index. Frontis. 8vo. <br/><br/>Inscribed by Nicoll on the ffep to Dr James Moffatt co-author with Nicoll of 'The Expositor's Dictionary of Texts'. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
New York: Arno Press 1970. 1st edition. Orange cloth binding with black facsimile stamped to front board and black title lettering stamped to spine. Tan dust jacket with brown title lettering printed to front panel and spine. VG owner signature/VG avg wear/minor soiling. 165 pp profusely illustrated in b&w 4to. <br/><br/>A selection from the NYPL's Berg collection. Arno Press hardcover books
New York: Harper & Bros 1870. 1st edition NCBEL III 828. Printed wrappers. Abt VG cloth reinforcement to spine/stationer stamp on front wrapper/msg lower corner of front wrapper does not affect text. viii 9 - 147 pp double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>Issued shortly after Dickens' demise and expands on a 10 June piece from the Daily Telegraph. Quite uncommon. Harper & Bros hardcover books
London: George Redway 1886. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. A Nr Fine bright copy. xxxii 510 2 pp including Index. Publisher advert at rear. Frontis of 'Boz' after a drawing by Samuel Lawrence. Facsimile of Dickens' bookplate. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> George Redway hardcover books
London: Cassell & Co n.d. Circa 1895 cf. NCBEL III 850. Full maroon leather with elaborate gilt & cover border designs. AEG. VG frontis Syndey Carton plate has tidemark to 1.5" in from edge/sporadic foxing. 92 pp. 18 photogravure plates by Frederick Barnard intratextual woodcuts by other well known artists of the period. Folio. <br/><br/> Cassell & Co hardcover books
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1912. 1st edition. Limited to 550 sets. This #472. Gunmetal grey paper boards. Gilt spine lettering. TEG. Nr. Fine. 2 volumes. Frontis & t.p. vignette in each volume. 12mo. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
London: Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock 1897. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. Green cloth spine with lt green paper wrapped boards. VG bpt/front hinge starting - lower 3"/bump to center edge of rear board. iv 75 1 blank pp. 10-3/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Printed for the Author by J. Hitchcock hardcover books
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier 1892. 1st edition. Original printed wrappers. Overall VG avg wear/some foxing. 144 pp. 12mo. <br/><br/>An early scarce work by Charles Dickens' grand-daughter who followed her more famous ancestor's lead by writing/publishing over 10 novels 1890 - 1920. No copies listed on OCLC nor in the British Library Catalogue of Printed Books. Peter Fenelon Collier unknown books
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society 1908. 1st edition. Ltd to 493 cc. Half faux vellum w/ paper boards. Housed in blue slipcase. A NF copy bpt/offset to eps in a 2- part VG box lower inner seam starting/lacks label. 152 pp illustrated with plates 8vo. <br/><br/>First publication of the letters which were from the collection of William Bixby. Prospectus for next Bibliophile Society publication Dickens' Bill of Fare is laid-in I've not seen any evidence that this was ever published. The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
New York: William H. Cloyer 1841. 2nd US edition Edgar & Vail p. 19. Cloth spine with paper-wrapped boards. Paper spine labels. Fair boards & spine quite worn V2 msg upper rt corner of frnt board/joints splitting. A very fragile set. 2 volumes. 8vo. <br/><br/> William H. Cloyer hardcover books
New York: The Grolier Club 1913. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding. Original cream printed wrappers bound in. VG bpt. 220 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>From the library of noted Dickensian Leslie Staples with his bookplate. The Grolier Club hardcover books
Philadelphia: Privately Printed - Samuel Dalton 1964. 1st edition thus. #285/1300 cc. Blue Decorative cloth binding. Yellow cloth slipcase. A Fine copy in a VG slipcase. 31 pp. Color Drawings by Rey Abruzzi. 8vo. <br/><br/>Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton with his presentation card laid-in. Privately Printed - Samuel Dalton hardcover books
Rochester & Chatham: W. & J. Mackay & Co 1899. 1st edition NCBEL III 790. Lime green cloth binding stamped in black. Subtitled on front board "A Guide to Its Places & People.". VG. A nice copy. 6 4 92 10 pp. Advert eps preliminary & terminal pages. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> W. & J. Mackay & Co 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. Slipcase. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine slipcase title label with some minor abrasion to upper left corner. 90 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
New York: Houghton Mifflin 1912. 1st edition BAL 22662 printing II. Green cloth spine over drab boards lettered in dark green. Nr. Fine offset to eps/prior owner sig on ffep. A nice copy. 8 32 pp. Wove paper. No adverts at rear. Frontis from a drawing of Dickens & a plate from a photograph of "The Child". 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5" <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1965. 1st thus 699/1300. Green Decorative cloth w/ slipcase. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine sltly soiled slipcase. 44 pp. Color Drawings by Rey Abruzzi 8vo. <br/><br/>Mr. Pickwick Journeys to Ipswich and meets with a Romantic Adventure with a middle aged Lady in Yellow Cut Papers. Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton hardcover books
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1909. 1st edition NCBEL III 780. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG spine & top of binding is sunned/newspaper clippings tipped-in to blank front fly. Ex-Lib pocket on ffep/faint evidence of label removal from spine. 409 pp. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Includes a section on "originals & prototypes" for Dickens' characters/settings. George Routledge & Sons Ltd hardcover books
New York: Harper & Bros 1949. 1st US ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr. F/VG lt edgewear/sp sunned. 361 pp 21 b&w illustrations 8vo. <br/><br/>Pearson a well known biographer of the era and while the work broke no new ground it does give a good accounting of the Inimitable's life. Harper & Bros hardcover books
New York: Arno Press 1970. 1st edition. NF/VG some soiling & edgewear/sticker residue in upper rt corner of front panel. 165 pp profusely illustrated in b&w 4to. <br/><br/>A selection from the NYPL's Berg collection. Arno Press unknown books
London: Henry Sotheran Ltd 1931. 1st edition thus NCBEL III 830. Blue-green wrappers. Nr Fine in a VG soiled slipcase. 5 parts. illustrated 8vo. <br/><br/>Precedes the hard-cover edition. Henry Sotheran Ltd unknown books
Philadelphia: Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton 1962. 1st thus. #791/1300 cc. Mustard yellow cloth binding with decorative stamped front board. Gilt spine lettering. Slipcase. VG spine sunned in a VG slipcase shows some wear & sunning at extremities. Divers pagination. Illustrations by Rey Abruzzi. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton with his presentation card laid-in. Priv. Ptd - Samuel Dalton hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1919. 2nd ed revised. Presentation copy from the author. Hardback. Abt VG sp faded/snag at hd of spine. 254 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Crotch examines the reaction of Dickens to the influence of English literature. Presentation inscription on the half-title page. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
London: John Camden Hotten n. d. Original green cloth with black highlights. VG rub to frnt cover. 372 pp including index. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/>Initially published in 1870 according to the NCBEL See NCBEL III 826. John Camden Hotten hardcover books
London: The New Age Press 1908. 1st edition NCBEL III 840. Brown printed wrappers. Abt VG chipping to wrappers/sp paper worn at top with loss of the two "S" in Charles & Dickens. A fragile item. 316 pp 8vo. <br/><br/>An uncommon edition in wrappers with 'Frank Palmer' printed at the base of the spine. The New Age Press unknown books
Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press 1982. 1st edition. Hardback. Green dust jacket. A Nr Fine copy in a similar jacket. vii 3 193 3 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/> The John Hopkins Press hardcover books
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers n. d. Ca 1855. Early US appearance of 'Hard Times'. Original publisher's vertically-ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & figure; boards stamped with geometric design professionally recased. Bright yellow eps. Square & tight. Period pos to ffep. A VG copy. 223 1 pp. Text double column. Nickleby portrait as frontispiece. 8vo. <br/><br/>Contains "The Seven Poor Travellers" "Nine New Stories by the Christmas Fire" "Hard Times" "Lizzie Leigh" "The Miner's Daughters" and "Fortune Wilfred." The latter three wrongly ascribed to Dickens; "Lizzie Leigh" by Mrs. Gaskell and "Miner's Daughter " by Wm Howitt. According to Eckel the author of "Fortune Wilfred" remains a mystery cf. Eckel pp 209 - 210. T. B. Peterson & Brothers hardcover books
London: Chapman & Hall 1905. 1st edition NCBEL III 808. Original red cloth binding. VG spine sunned/some soiling to cloth. 100 pp 12mo. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall hardcover books
Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. 1st appearance Edgar & Vail p. 30. Period red half-sheep binding with marbled boards. A Gd copy binding edges & extremities rubbed/lacks ffep/bpt. iv 762 pp for entire volume. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens' story appears in the January March April & May issues. Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
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