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1884Best.-Nr. 000228London: Chapman and Hall 1884. Originally published in 1836 this edition is one of two reprints published in 1884 and may rightly be considered the second edition though the issue of priority is questionable. This version published in the Manchester Series of Fac-simile Re-prints of Rare and Valuable Works is somewhat scarcer than the Jarvis edition of the same year. Written by Dickens in opposition to the Sabbath bills the tract was to foreshadow his lifelong advocacy of the poorer classes and launched the author as an outspoken opponent of the hated "Stiggins" fraternity This copy is complete in the original grey wrappers with 3 plates and 49 pages. Paper back-strip as largely worn away but pamphlet is otherwise quite clean and tightly bound. A good or better copy of a scarce piece of early Dickensiana. Podeschi b32/Eckel p.102. Second Edition. Original Wraps. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chapman and Hall Paperback
2004Best.-Nr. 1410765London: The Folio Society 2004. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo xxvii 418 pages. In Very Good condition in a Very Good slipcase. Slipcase in brown paper. Spine is brown with gold print on black pastedown label. Boards quarter bound with brown leather to spine and brown cloth to boards. Text block has gilt top edge and brown ribbon marker. Illustrated: “With the original illustrations by George Cruikshank”— title page; b&w frontispiece and plates drawings. “The text and illustrations of this edition reproduce those of the Nonesuch Dickens published in 1937 by Nonesuch Press”— title page verso. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-volume Section. 1410765. FP New Rockville Stock. The Folio Society hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 102170London:: Folio Society. Fine. 1984. Hardcover. Introduction by Christopher Hibbert. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. . Folio Society, hardcover
Best.-Nr. dola3219London & Edinburgh: Brimley Johnson & Ince Ltd. c1905. First Separate Edition. 16mo. pp. 2 p.l. 90 1. etched frontis. portrait. Uncut & unopened in original wrs. corners of wrs. dog-eared. dola3219 London & Edinburgh: Brimley Johnson & Ince, Ltd., [c1905] unknown
1846Best.-Nr. 2332017London: Bradbury and Evans 1846. Half-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Lacks title page and first two illustrations but appears to be some state of the 1846 first edition unable to determine state without title page. Boards rubbed owner bookplate and ink name on front endpaper front and end matter heavily foxed. 175 pp. Red leather spine and corners over marbled boards gilt titles and decorations on spine top edge gilt printed marbled design on endpapers. One of Charles Dickens's lesser known Christmas books. The Battle of Life: A Love Story is a novella by Charles Dickens 1st published in 1846. It's the 4th of his five "Christmas Books" coming after The Cricket on the Hearth followed by The Haunted Man & the Ghost's Bargain. The setting is an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life hence the title. Battle is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements. One scene takes place at Christmas time but it isn't the final scene. The story bears some resemblance to The Cricket on the Hearth in two aspects: it has a non-urban setting & it's resolved with a romantic twist. It's even less of a social novel than is Cricket. As is typical with Dickens the ending is a happy one. Bradbury and Evans hardcover
Best.-Nr. 19-9395New York: H.S. Nichols 1914. 16mo. 175 pp. Very good with edgewear on spine. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt and pictorial stamping on spine and front cover. Signed by publisher H.S. Nichols. Includes an endorsement of certification of the “facsimile edition of the excessively rare and almost unobtainable edition” by H.S. Nichols. Includes black and white illustrations by D. Maclise R. Doyle C. Stanfield and J. Leech. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner Jr. founder of Gale Research Detroit. New York: H.S. Nichols, 1914. hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 13514London And New York: J. M. Dent & Co. /E. P. Dutton & Co. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1905. Hardcover. Full vellum heavily gilt dec on front board and spine mild shelfwear and bumping light soiling. Boards warped outward. Solid binding and clean text. Pages browned and lightly foxed. Brief gift inscription on ffep. No ex-lib marks stamps or stickers. ; B&W drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 167 pages . J. M. Dent & Co. /E. P. Dutton & Co. hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 100262Dent / Dutton 1905. Full leather. Ornate gilt decoration on front board and spine. Front and rear boards are green spine is sunned to brown. Some shelf-wear and minor rubbing of corners. Solid binding and clean text. Some foxing and browning of pages. No marks or stamps. Illustrations by Charles.E. Brock many in full color. Top edge gilt. 167 pages 18 cm high. Full-Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Brock Charles E. Dent / Dutton Hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. 005748London Glasgow and New York: George Routledge and Sons 1887. This is the second of the "Christmas novels" - first published in 1844 a year after "A Christmas Carol." It has often been adapted for the stage. A Very Good copy uncommon thus. Marbled paper-covered boards with a red cloth spine; titling in gilt within a black label on the spine. Clean text;256 pages. Contemporary 1892 notation on the front paste-down; small bookplate on the FFEP. Rubbed at the margins; spine has faded to a pink. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. George Routledge and Sons Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 78141Boston: Rust Craft Shop. Very Good-. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Toning light foxing yapping all with ink dates on the title page and backing detached Chimes Cricket. Circa 19th century printings. Dickens Classics. Miniatures. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost. Please note that the buyer is responsible for any customs duties tariffs or import fees levied by the destination country.; From the collection of prominent Baltimorean Gertrude Rosenthal with her stamps on the rear wrappers. Rosenthal 1903-1989 was the art librarian at Goucher College the Director of Research at the Baltimore Museum of Art BMA and known for organizing scholarly exhibitions as well as organizing collectors to donate to the institution among them the Cone collection. Rust Craft was a prolific greeting card company at the turn of the 20th century publishing 5 Dickens titles those not here: A Christmas Carol and The Haunted Man. These circa 1910-1915.; 32mo 4" - 5" tall . N.D. Rust Craft Shop paperback
Best.-Nr. 2610New York Hotel Astor Historic Arts Association 1937. Large Type Special Edition. No Statement of Limitation. Autographed by Enid Dickens Hawsley Charles Dickens Grandchild Also has a signed gift inscription by Henry Woodhouse President of the Historic Arts Association -- 8vo 106pp red cloth w/gilt lettering and decoration reproductions of the original illustrations List of honorary members of the Dickens-Irving Centenary Committe List of Editors and publishers at Dickens Dinner held in New York April 18 1868 -- Very good condition NX1226 Quantity Available: 1 Category: Literature; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 002610. New York, Hotel Astor, Historic Arts Association, (1937). Large Type, Special Edition. [No Statement of Limitation] hardcover
1890Best.-Nr. 49693New York: Fred DeFau & Company Circa 1890. First Edition. Full leather. Very good. Octavo salesman's dummy selling a 30 volume set of Dickens limited to 1000 numbered sets with examples of text and some illustrations in black and white and in color which appear to be hand colored. Light wear to the spine head otherwise a very good copy in full brown calf with marbled endpapers. Each inside panel shows examples of leather or cloth Fred DeFau & Company hardcover
1846Best.-Nr. 485083London : Printed and published for the author by Bradbury and Evans 1846. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth all edges gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 8 unnumbered pages 174 pages 2 unnumbered pages 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm. Subjects: Christmas stories English. Love ; Fiction. Crickets ; Fiction. Christmas stories English. English fiction 19th century. London : Printed and published for the author by Bradbury and Evans hardcover
1886Best.-Nr. 040563Chapman And Hall. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1886. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardcover; Hardcover. 1886 reprint from the stereotype plates of the original first edition. Red cloth boards with title and illustration on front board and spine. Light edge wear and soil. Spine is sun faded ends frayed. Cracked hinge. Endpapers tanned. Signatures are starting to pull away. A few rough edges chips missing from upper margin of last 6 pages. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; B/w Illus; 12MO . Chapman And Hall hardcover
1886Best.-Nr. 25693London: Chapman and Hall 1886. Reprint G/na. Hardback. Some rubbing & edgewear; chip at top of spine; creases on spine; some cover discoloration; back hinge cracked; some page yellowing; previous owner's name inside; text overall clean. Interesting advertisements on endpages. 174 pages Chapman and Hall hardcover
1910Best.-Nr. WB17295Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1910. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited by Harry B. Smith. In a boxed slipcase. Modest wear; a nice copy. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 24185East Aurora: The Roycrofters 1903. Suede. Brown suede covers decorated and lettered in gilt. Yapp edges. Near fine. 66 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Bright clean copy. Silk moire inside front and back covers. Borders designed by Samuel Warner typography by Newell Q. White and presswork by George Parker. The Roycrofters unknown
1895Best.-Nr. 53002London: Chapman and Hall 1895. Hardcover. Very good. 327p octavo. A very good copy in red cloth boards. Spine sunned light soiling and rubbing to boards touch of wear to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's bookplate pasted to front end paper. Chapman and Hall hardcover
1889Best.-Nr. 3318This is a lovely early edition of the classic Dickens' novel. Chapnan and Hall; publisher hardcover
1839Best.-Nr. 44683London: Chapman and Hall Ltd W.R. Howell & Co. c. 1839 1880. 8vo. xvi 624 pp. Frntsp. 39 plates. Half-green morocco over green pebbld cloth gilt decorated spine raised bands a.e.g. some scuffng & edgewear still a VG copy. Early printing of this classic Dickens novel in the publisher’s binding. Chapman and Hall, Ltd, W.R. Howell & Co., hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. 2352947New York: Simon and Schuster 1934. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Jacket toned pages lightly toned minor repair on reverse of front jacket corner. Binding tight and square pages clean and unmarked. 1934 Hard Cover. 128 pp. "Charles Dickens's other Christmas classic with foreword by Dickens's wife. Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord during the years 1846-1849 just about the time he was completing David Copperfield. In this charming simple retelling of the life of Jesus Christ adapted from the Gospel of St. Luke Dickens hoped to teach his young children about religion and faith. Since he wrote it exclusively for his children Dickens refused to allow publication. For eighty-five years the manuscript was guarded as a precious family secret and it was handed down from one relative to the next. When Dickens died in 1870 it was left to his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth. From there it fell to Dickens's son Sir Henry Fielding Dickens with the admonition that it should not be published while any child of Dickens lived. Just before the 1933 holidays Sir Henry then the only living child of Dickens died leaving his father's manuscript to his wife and children. He also bequeathed to them the right to make the decision to publish The Life of Our Lord. By majority vote Sir Henry's widow and children decided to publish the book in London. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. 19729London: Associated Newspapers. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in maroon cloth gilt titles embossed line edges at the extremeties previous owners inscription original dust wrapper frayed at head and edges. A lovely copy.; 9" x 7"; 128 pages . 1934. Associated Newspapers hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. 327124London : Collins 1934. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn panel edges stained. Minor browning internally. Text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: 128 p.: ill. facsim.; 23 cm.Subjects: Jesus Christ; Biography; Juvenile literature. Jesus Christ; Juvenile literature. Christian biography Palestine Juvenile literature. Bible stories English N.T. Gospels. Genre: Biography.Illustrated. London : Collins hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 169529Oxford/Franklin Press 1985. leather_bound. Very Good. 1x6x9. Luke Fildes Charles Collins. Oxford/Franklin Press hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 18358ELondon: Penguin 1994. Trade Paperback Edition. From the library of legendary science fiction author Forrest J Ackerman. Signed and inscribed by the book’s editor Arthur J. Cox to his friend and colleague Forrest J Ackerman: “On His 92nd Birthday 24 November 2008. For Forry Ackerman in gratitude for a Lifetime of friendship from Arthur Jean Cox.” With a 2” tear to the top of the rear cover else a very good only slightly used copy in printed wrappers. ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ was Dickens’s last novel and sadly was published after his death. Forrest J Ackerman 1916–2008 or ‘Mr. Science Fiction’ was from the 1930s into the 21st century one of science fiction's best known promoters spokesman popular culture advocate and was the creator of the now universally used term “sci-fi”. Living throughout his life in Los Angeles Ackerman was a magazine editor science fiction writer and literary agent a founder of science fiction fandom. Internationally known for his role as editor of the magazine ‘Famous Monsters of Filmland’ he was often called "Forry" "The Ackermonster" "4e" and "4SJ.” In his huge 18-room home known as the "Ackermansion” he created a superb collection of over 300000 books movie posters props photographs and movie and science-fiction memorabilia which he generously shared with tours of thousands of people over decades. His influence was huge on several generations. One of his disciples film director John Landis has observed: “…As Editor of and major contributor to ‘Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine’ Forry’s direct influence on people like Guillermo del Toro Rick Baker Joe Dante Stephen Spielberg George Lucas Frank Darabont Brian Signer Stephen King Mick Garris Tobe Hooper Sam Raimi John Carpenter Peter Jackson and countless others has had a tremendous impact on world literature and the movies. His teenage friends Ray Bradbury and Ray Harryhausen were his comrades in celebrating and creating the fantastic….” Penguin paperback
