Bradford: Printed in Great Britain by W. E. Berry, Ltd., [1958]. Cf. Bolton ATTC-115. An English “3-sheet” poster, in two overlapping sections, approximately 79” x 40". Stored folded, and housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Here offered a scarce poster advertising a 1958 b&w British film based on Dickens'..... More
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1912. 1st US printing (Gimbel H1156; Nudelman A35). Unpaginated. Textual caption opposite each illustration. 10 full-page color drawings. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-5/8" Green vertically-ribbed cloth with circular color applique to front board (Nudelman Binding A). TEG. Featured herein are Tiny Tim, David Copperfield, Paul Dombey..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, (1980). Uncorrected Page Proof. 327, [3] pp. 8vo. Printed red paper wrappers. Laid-in is a TLs from the Pantheon's publicity director. More
New York: The Metropolitan Printing Co., [1903]. 1st printing (presumed). Cf Boulton 78. Unpaginated, though 12 pages. 12 full color portrayals of Dickens' characters. 12mo. 7-7/8" x 6". Color printed paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. DeWolf Hopper in the starring role of Mr Pickwick..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1951. 1st edition thus (Newman & Wiche 214). # 63 / 1500 cc. xxxii, 157, [1 (colophon)] pp. Mostly unopened. Illustrated by Kredel. Folio. 13-1/8" x 8-7/8". Full cream buckram binding with gilt stamping. Bevelled edges. Slipcase. More
London: Haycock & Sons, Printers, Dean St. (n. d.). Early, if not 1st, printing (Bolton CH119), ca 1904. Unpaginated, though 10 pages, including wrappers. Adverts begin, and conclude, the pamphlet, with the production program as the center bifolium. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8". White paper covers printed in black, stapled. Now..... More
New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., (1987). 142 pp. 11-1/4" x 8-7/8". Original publisher's maroon flexible vinyl covers, stapled, gilt stamped lettering to front cover. Yapp edges. A licensed script for DROOD (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), a Tony Award-winning musical with book, music, and lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Based..... More
[Edmonton, England?]: William Muir, 1884. 1st Edition. [1], 6 ll. 6 leaves of plates, plus title leaf. Each leaf is a lithograph of a watercolor illustration which surrounds text, rendered in the style of William Blake. 9-3/8" x 7-1/4". Bound in late 19th C maroon half-leather binding, with marbled paper..... More
Glasgow: John Symington & Co., 1837. 1st edition. 72 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo, in 6s. 5-1/2" x 3-5/8". Gunmetal blue flexible cloth binding, with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Though not quite a word-for-word recreation, this work the stated progeny of Trusler's famous 1788 publication, of the..... More
Lancaster: Printed by G. C. Clark, Gazette Office, 1866. 1st Edition (Gimbel B250). [2], 56, [2] pp. Extracts from Lazy Tour, pp. [3] - 26. Advert last page. Frontispiece. Wood engraving opposite p. 47. 16mo. 5-9/16" x 3-7/16. Original publisher's printed drab grey paper wrappers, sewn. T.p. reads: "King's Arms..... More
[n. p]: Yuletide 1903. Reprinted from the Nottinghamshire Express. 14 pp. 16mo. 5-1/4" x 4-3/16". Printed orange wrappers, sewn. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A word challenge in that 100 of Dickens' character's names are buried in individual sentences constructed by 'Dorcas', e.g., 'The rendezvous a tranQUIL..... More
[San Francisco]: Calhoun, Printer. 1860. 1st Printing. Broadside leaflet. 7-3/8" x 4" Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The headline production presumed to be inspired by Mrs Hofland's 1842 novel, "The CZARINA: An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia." A scarce early San Francisco playbill for the Lyceum..... More
