New York: American Art Association, 1926. 1st edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-3/8". Original printed wrappers, red & black. 329 entries on Dickens material. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. 1st trade edition (BAL 18258; NCBEL III, 849). xvi, 127, [1] pp. Illustrated with 22 plates & 5 facsimiles. Royal 8vo. 10-1/2" x 7-1/4". White cloth spine with grey-green boards lettered in green. TEG. Onionskin wrapper. Publisher's box. More
Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard, 1837. 1st printing of this Part. [4 (adverts)], iv, [5] - 223, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Original paper wrapped boards with salmon colored cloth spine. Printed paper title label. Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. An odd volume from the..... More
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: Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co., 3 Park Row. 1866. 190, [4] pp. Frontis & engraved t.p. by F. O. C. Darley. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-7/16". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & decorations. Pale yellow eps. A popular series, first issued by Redfield in..... More
New York: Wilson & Company, Publishers. 1842. "First American Edition." Though actually, the 2nd US Edition (cf. BSA Papers Vol 69, No 3; Edgar & Vail, pp 20 & 21; Gimbel A68). 47, [5] pp. Text double column. Last 4 pages blank. Last page with wood engraving of a town..... More
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. 1st US edition (Edgar & Vail, p. 28; Gimbel E60; McGuire Collection, 79; VanderPoel B459). 1 - 6, 42, 7 - 10 pp. Text double column. Adverts precede & follow the story. Royal 8vo. 10-1/2" x 7". Original brown wrappers printed in black. Now housed..... More
London: Cecil Palmer, 1922. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 809). A facsimile of the 1843 1st edition. xviii, [10], 166, [2] pp. 2 newspaper extracts, regarding Dickens & Christmas, accompany. Color reproductions of the original Leech illustrations, plus the 4 b/w intratextual drawings. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Brick red cloth..... More
London: Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1931. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 830). #209 / 535 cc. [8], 123 pp. 10 illustrations, facsimiles, &c. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Original blue-grey paper-wrapped boards with paper title label to spine. No dust jacket. More
London: The Dickens House, 1905. 1st volume edition. 12 issues; 334 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". Red cloth binding with Dickens' gilt facsimile signature to front board. Original green wrappers bound-in at rear of volume. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1885. 1st US edition, 2nd thousand (issued same year as the 1st. Cf. NCBEL III, 814). xiii, [1], 466, [2 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth binding stamped in black & gilt. Green floral patterened paper eps. Per..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street. (n.d.). "Illustrated Octavo Edition". Ca late-1850s [per t.p.; cased post 1860, per binding style]. Cf. Gimbel D25. [2], [19] - [21], xxii - xxiv, [25] - 354 [= 338] pp. Text double column. 38 inserted illustrations, all quite clean & sharp..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936. 1st edition. 159, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Red cloth binding. Green dust jacket. More
Chicago: Religio - Philosophical Journal, (n. d.). 1st separate printing [presumed], ca 1883. Not in Gimbel. [3] - 10 pp. Text double column. 9-1/8" x 6-1/16". Printed wrappers, stapled [probably later]. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Of all the remarkable stories of the alleged appearance of ghosts..... 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
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street. (n.d.). Early US printing, ca mid-1850s [per t.p.; cased post 1860, per binding style]. Cf. Gimbel D25. viii, 313 pp. Text double column. 37 inserted illustrations by Lossing-Barritt after Phiz. Tall 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Original brown cloth with gilt spine..... More
London: MacMillan, 1984. 1st edition. xiv, [2], 369, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated with a suite of plates in volume's center. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-1/2". Reddish-orange cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. White pictorial dust jacket printed on glossy paper. Useful reference, I have a copy in my..... More
Hastings: F. J. Parsons, 1909. 1st Printing. Not found in the Gimbel Catalogue. 12 pp. 24mo. 5-7/8" x 4-7/8". Mauve printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992). 1st Edition in English. ix, [3], 587, [7 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth backed boards. Dust jacket. Lew Archer, Father Brown, Sherlock Holmes, et al all focus their considerable deductive powers on "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"…. More
Boston: Little Brown, (1964). 1st edition. xiv, 370 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). Later US printing, ca 1861. Cf. Gimbel D25; Smith 9, pp 319 - 320. viii, 313, [3 (blank)] pp. Text double column. 37 inserted illustrations by Lossing-Barritt after Phiz. Tall 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Original brown cloth with gilt..... More
New York: American Art Association, Inc., 1929. 1st edition. 45, [5] pp. Blank bid sheet tipped in at rear. Frontispiece. Inserted plate. 6 facsimiles. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4". White paper wrappers printed in black and red lettering & design. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. An important sale of..... More
Great Britian: The Golden Cockrel Press. Printed for the Member of the Limited Editions Club. 1933. 1st edition thus (Newman/Wiche 51). # 807 / 1500 cc. x, 71, [3] pp. Handset in Golden Cockerel type designed by Eric Gill. 7 [posthumous] color illustrations by Hugh Thompson. Folio. 12-5/8" x 8-3/4"..... More
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, Inc., [1980]. 1st printing. 15, [1 (blank)] pp. 11" x 8-1/2". Self-wrappers, stapled in upper left corner. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. This catalogue from the earlier La Cienega Blvd address, which offers 150 items. More
