MR. PICKWICK'S PILGRIMAGES.
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1926. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 791). xvi, 224 pp. Illustrated with plates & from b/w photographs. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1926. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 791). xvi, 224 pp. Illustrated with plates & from b/w photographs. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1927]. 284, [4 (blank)] pp. Bound from the British sheets. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1919. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). 254 pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board. Crotch examines the reaction of Dickens to the influence of English literature. More
London: The Dickens House, 1905. 1st volume edition. 12 issues. 334 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding with Dickens' gilt facsimile signature to front board. Green wrappers bound-in @ rear of volume. More
New York: Frederick Stokes, [1926]. 1st US edition. xvi, 350 pp (including Index). Frontis of Dickens. 8vo. Blue cloth binding lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. More
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1872. 1st Edition. xii, 183, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/8". Green cloth spine over printed buff paper card stock. Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First book edition, 2nd issue (Smith I, 7). NB. Despite the assertion by some booksellers that the £ placement on the frontis constitutes an edition issue point, let me assure you it does not (cf. Smith I, p. 67). xiv, [2], 624 pp. 40 illustrations..... More
London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for J. Stagg... 1738. 1st edition. 11, [1], cxxii, [2], 24, 64, 73-80, 73-80, 89-96, 89-211, [3] pp. Text continues despite mispaginations. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5". Period full brown calf binding. Red speckled edges. Grey, "Church of England clergyman and writer, was a man of..... More
Hartford, Conn. Columbian Book Company, 1872. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 498; Howes P537; Sabin 64804; Zamorano 80, #61). xvi, [17] - 327, [3] pp. One page publisher advert at rear. 29 listed illustrations, divided between intratextual cuts & full-page wood engravings by True W. Williams. A 30th cut, unlisted..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. 1st edition (Howes M-684; Sabin 49715). 324 pp. 12mo, in 6s. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Period brown half sheep binding with blue marbled paper boards. More
London: Smith & Elder, 1857. 1st edition (BMC 10605.b.31; Wolff 1873, citing the Second edition of the same year). xii, 435, [1] pp. Last page blank. 8vo. Later 19th C. brown half morocco-style sheep (by Larkins) with green marbled paper boards & matching green marbled-paper eps. Elaborage gilt decorates spine..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. 1st edition. xiii, [1], 275 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. More
London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme & Brown, 1818. 4th edition. 2 volumes ([xvi], 261; [6], 215 pp). Notes on the text in each Volume. 12mo. 4" x 6 1/2". Contemporary green half-morocco with green cloth boards. Maroon spine label lettered in gilt. Marbled edges & eps... More
London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown & Green, 1825. 5th edition. 2 volumes ([xii], 303; [4], 284 pp). Notes on the text in Volume II. 12mo. 4" x 6 1/2". Contemporary green half-morocco with green cloth boards. Maroon spine label lettered in gilt. Marbled edges & eps. This narrative poem..... More
London: Smith Elder & Co., 1836. 1st edition. xii, 382 pp. 12mo: [A6], B - R12 (last leaf blank). 5' x 8 1/8". Original paper-wrapped boards; cloth spine with printed paper spine label. While most members rate only 1 - 2 pages, William Cobbett enjoys over 9. Others included are..... More
Rochester NY: Sherwin Cody School of English, (n. d.). 157 pp. 5-3/8" x 3-3/4". Flexible brown paper wrappers, with embossed lettering; yapp edges. Selections from Dickens' works. More
Auburn: Alden Beardsley & Co., 1854. 1st edition (Edgar & Vail, p. 26; Gimbel D22; Van der Poel B566.1). 351, [1] pp. Advert last page. Frontis of Dickens, engraved by Buttre after the "Nickleby" portrait. 12mo. Original red blindstamped cloth with gilt stamped lettering & spine decoration. Bright yellow eps..... More
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1854. 1st edition thus (VanderPoel B571). Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. 452 pp. Frontis, engraved title page & 6 inserted plates (by Stephens & Beeler). Crown 8vo. Original brown blindstamped boards & gilt stamped spine. More
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1854. 1st thus (VanderPoel B571). Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. 452 pp. Frontis, engraved title page & 6 inserted plates (by Stephens & Beeler). Crown 8vo. Original green blindstamped cloth. More
Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1854. 1st edition thus (VanderPoel B571). Not in Gimbel nor the 1960 BL Catalogue Extract. 452 pp. Frontis, engraved title page & 6 inserted plates (by Stephens & Beeler). Crown 8vo. Original purple blindstamped cloth. Now protected by custom cut clear mylar wrapper..... More
[n. p]: Yuletide 1903. Reprinted from the Nottinghamshire Express. 14 pp. 16mo [4 3/16" x 5 1/4"]. 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..... More
[London?]: Ca 1980 (?). Signed in the plate by Hewitt. The images are color half-tone reproductions of watercolor paintings by Miss Hewitt. 16" x 20". All housed in a clear mylar envelope. Prints feature scenes of anthropomorphic pigs interacting with books. Scenes include a book auction, an old scholar buried..... More
London: Aldine Publishing Company, Ltd., (n. d.). Ca early 1900s, cf. Kirkpatrick, p. 249. 63, [1 (advert)] pp. Text double column. 9" x 6-1/4". Printed paper wrappers, stapled. Front wrapper with illustration of two men meeting in the woods, one masked. This edition not found on OCLC, nor COPAC... More
Portland 9: Binfords & Mort, (n. d.). Broadside. Color illustrated map. Oblong format. 17-1/2" x 22-1/2" The map shows ship wrecks to 1951. James A Gibbs was a author as well as a lighthouse keeper and lived in Yachats, Oregon til his death on April 30, 2010. More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1936. 1st edition. ix, [1], 240 pp. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Blue topstain. No dust jacket. Selections from Dickens; issued in the Pickwick Centennary. More