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1927Best.-Nr. 428861New York: The Macmillan Company 1927. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. A little spotting on the spine else about fine in very good dustwrapper with some light dampstains on the spine. An attractive copy. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1927Best.-Nr. 91648New York: Macmillan Company 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of this collection. Bookplate front pastedown neat owner name on title page some spotting to the spine and foxing on the color plates and the facing pages else very good in very good dustwrapper with applied illustration and with slight tanning and some splash marks on the spine. Scarce in jacket. Macmillan Company hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 12166Original Wraps. Very Good. Original Wraps. From the Library of Oliver Sacks. Popular Dickens works in paperback forms for reading. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Various states of wear scuffing to edges toning overall. Light shelfwear. Mostly 8vo. illus b/w. Paperbacks. unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 97751NY:: Pollard & Moss. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one. A relatively early reprint edition. Thick octavo bound in decorated green cloth with gilt lettering and design on the spine floral pattern endpapers. Very good. . Pollard & Moss, hardcover books
1967Best.-Nr. 1418587Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1967. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xiv 279 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated burgundy leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Edges of text block gilt. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418587. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1852Best.-Nr. 12085London: Bradbury and Evans 1852. First Edition Second issue. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition Second issue. Hardcover. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks unsigned. "Household Words was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's Henry V: "Familiar in his mouth as household words." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Moderate shelf wear/rubbing to extremities and bumped/chipped corners spotting and grubby foxing throughout discoloration/browning plates show light toning and spotting major loss to pp. 373-376; content page corner else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo. volume 5. Bound tan cloth with lined tp. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. 1000044Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1973 First edition thus. Cloth. Large octavo. Fine in fine d.j. University of Toronto Press, hardcover books
1993Best.-Nr. 1418586Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1993. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 772 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated burgundy leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Edges of text block gilt. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418586. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1885Best.-Nr. 97749NY:: Pollard & Moss. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one. With illustrations. A relatively early reprint edition. Thick octavo bound in decorated green cloth with gilt lettering and design on the spine floral pattern endpapers. Very good. . Pollard & Moss, hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 1990STOKE-UPON-TRENT COPELAND CA 1925. DICKENS STORY ORIGINATED IN 1852 VERY GOOD-FINE. STOKE-UPON-TRENT, COPELAND, CA 1925 unknown books
1984Best.-Nr. 102170London:: Folio Society. Fine. 1984. Hardcover. Introduction by Christopher Hibbert. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. . Folio Society, hardcover books
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 books
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 books
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 books
1968Best.-Nr. 1418584Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1968. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 552 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's decorated maroon leather with gilt lettering to spine. Light scuffing to front board. Edges of textblock gilt lightly worn on bottom edge. With silk endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418584. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover books
1885Best.-Nr. 101496NY:: Pollard & Moss. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one. With illustrations. A relatively early reprint edition. Thick octavo bound in decorated green cloth with gilt lettering and design on the spine floral pattern endpapers. Very good. . Pollard & Moss, hardcover books
1885Best.-Nr. 101497NY:: Pollard & Moss. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one. With illustrations by F. Barnard. A relatively early reprint edition. Thick octavo bound in decorated green cloth with gilt lettering and design on the spine floral pattern endpapers. Very good. . Pollard & Moss, hardcover books
1971Best.-Nr. 017764New York: Limited Editions Club 1971. hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Edward Ardizzone. Large octavo 6-3/4" x 9-3/4" bound in black vellum-finish buckram and boards covered in imported marble paper. Copy #39 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 16 full-page colored line drawings and 16 small drawings by Edward Ardizzone. SIGNED by the designer and by the illustrator on the colophon page. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1876Best.-Nr. 90317NY:: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1876. Hardcover. B001ERN1PO . Part of The Works of Charles Dickens - Household Edition - series. With forty-five illustations. First ediiton thus. Quarto bound in green cloth with elaborate gilt and black lettering and design brown endpapers. Moderate shelf wear and aging previous owner's name on front endpage else very good. ; 328 pages . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
1912Best.-Nr. 51156fdLondon: 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
1956Best.-Nr. 614534New York: Library Publishers 1956. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition thus. Illustrations by John Dugan Introduction by Herbert van Thal. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning on the spine a tiny tear and slight edgewear. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in. Library Publishers hardcover books
1914Best.-Nr. 216811Philadelphia 1914. Limited. hardcover. very good. Illustrations. 152p. 8vo blue cloth; front hinge cracked paper spine label; chipped. Philadelphia: Dickens Society 1914. The "trial" was held at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia and Jasper found not guilty. One of 500 numbered copies. Gift inscription 1932 covers one whole blank flyleaf. unknown books
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 books
1846Best.-Nr. 12086London: Bradbury and Evans 1846. First Edition Second issue. Hardcover. Good. First Edition Second issue. Hardcover. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks unsigned. Vignette Illustrations on Wood by Samuel Palmer. Pictures from Italy is a travelogue by Charles Dickens written in 1846. The book reveals the concerns of its author as he presents according to Kate Flint the country "like a chaotic magic-lantern show fascinated both by the spectacle it offers and by himself as spectator." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Complete loss to front board moderate shelf wear/rubbing to extremities and bumped/chipped corners spotting spine worn foxing throughout discoloration/browning plates show light toning and spotting else tight bright and unmarred. Quarter green calf over textured boards. 8vo. 269pp. illus b/w. No issue points. Bradbury and Evans hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 10785Naples: Banco di Napoli. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. Text is in English. Prefaced by Giancarlo Mazzacurati and Nicola Spinosa. Illustrated with 32 full-page plates many color - various artists. First edition thus. Tall folio 141 pages. Fine in a fine dust jacket housed in a fine slipcase. A handsomely produced volume. . Banco di Napoli hardcover books
