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
London: Whittingham, 1912. 4th edition. 173 pp. (including index), Title-page printed in black and red, headers, initials, several sets of type specimens and paper samples. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Bookplates of Canadian businessman and philanthropist John W. McConnell (1867-1973), and art historian, antiquarian, and author George Charles Williamson..... More
London: Marks & Co., 1928. 1st edition. 20 pp. 8vo. Green printed paper wrappers, design after that of the original Pickwick publication in 1836. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
![Item #51823 MR. DICKENS And MR. BENTLY. [accompanied by] ANs [3] by Richard Bentley [1839], 2...](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51823.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1741644776)
London: 1871. 1st separate printing. Not in Gimbel. Leaflet: 4 pages. Each ANs, 2 pages [each one sheet, writing both sides]. ANs dates: Saturday May 6 1837 [to Rev R. H. Barham], July 28 1837 [to Rev R. H. Barham], 8th July 1839. Leaflet: 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". Self-wrappers, now housed..... More
New York: Rockwood, 17 Union Square (West), (n. d.). Ca 1868. Not in Gimbel. Bust image of Dickens, in his velvet coat, his gaze angled to the left. Photographer imprint underneath. Image: 6" x 4-18". Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Mount with rounded corners. Verso with photographer monogram. Now housed in..... More
New York: Rockwood, 17 Union Square (West), (n. d.). Ca 1868. Not in Gimbel. Bust image of Dickens, in his velvet coat, his gaze angled to the right. Photographer imprint underneath. Image: 6" x 4-18". Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Mount with rounded corners. Verso with photographer monogram, and a penciled..... More
New York City: Lewis M. Thompson, 1920. 1st edition. Limited to 100 cc. Not found in Gimbel. 182 pp. 2 plates depicting Poe: frontis of a 35 year old Poe, from an engraving that appeared in Graham's Magazine in February 1845 & the 2nd a rendering of the poet by..... More
New York: Greenberg, Publisher, Inc., 1924. 1st edition. Limited to 1500cc. This copy unnumbered. [6], 165, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece a photographic image of Gissing. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8" Tan cloth binding with printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Printed buff paper dust jacket. A collection of..... More
Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., (n. d.). 1st edition (Romaine, p. 301). Ca 1871 - 72. 134 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Text within rectangular red-rule border. Illustrated with wood engraved frontis depicting the 'Baldwin Locomotive Works' factory, 11 intratextual cuts & 16 pasted-in photographs..... More
Philada., New York, ... San Francisco: The Cottage Library Publishing House, 1884. 1st Edition (Axford, p. 245). Not in Wheaton & Kelly. viii, [4], 15 - 369, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated, including 2 inserted color plates. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's embossed brown cloth binding, gilt highlights ["Cottage Library"..... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1870. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 828). viii, [9] - 147 pp (double column). 2 pp publisher advert prior to text, and 4 pp publisher advert at rear (dated July 1870). Wood engraving frontispiece of Dickens. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 5-7/8". Original green publisher's cloth with gilt..... More
New York: Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway. 1846. 1st edition thus, and 2nd US edition (Smith AMERICAN, pp 66 - 69. [6], 97, 1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's reddish brown printed paper covers. Custom red cloth chemise in deep maroon quarter leather slipcase with red cloth..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1914. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 808). 79, [1 (blank)] pp. Reproduction of Part-issue wrapper graphics, p. 5. Royal 8vo. 9-7/8" x 7-1/4". Original blue printed paper covers. A mock trial heard in King's Hall, Covent Garden on Wednesday, 7 January 1914, with G. K. Chesterton presiding..... More
London: Marks & Co., 1928. 1st edition. 20 pp. 8vo. Green wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
![Item #7287 TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND. A Christmas Budget. [bound with] NOTHING NEW. Tales. [bound...](https://tavbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7287.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698267733)
New York: Carleton, 1861. 1st US edition (Edgar & Vail, p. 29). 48 pp (double column). 8vo. Black quarter leather with marbled boards. These three items bound under one roof, though each with a separate title page. The above info given for Dickens. Craik's 'Tales' published by by Harper &..... More
(n. p.): Offprint from Nineteenth Century Fiction, June 1971. 1st separate printing. Inscribed presentation copy. 19 pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A review of Leavis' book, Dickens the Novelist. Inscribed, and dated the month/year of publication, to Harry Levin. More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1946). 1st US edition (Fenwick D.1b). [10], 243, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Linen cloth binding with grey stamped title lettering. Grey dust jacket printed in yellow & white. 10 essays by Orwell, beginning with his 75 page commentary on Dickens.... he starts by noting, "Dickens..... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1870. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 828). viii, [9] - 147 pp (double column). 8vo. Printed wrappers. Issued shortly after Dickens' demise, and expands on a 10 June piece from the Daily Telegraph. Quite uncommon. More
