CHARLES DICKENS. Twayne's English Author Series.
Boston: Twayne, 1984. 1st pb edition. 266 pp (including index). Frontispiece of Dickens. 8vo. Maroon paper covers. More
Boston: Twayne, 1984. 1st pb edition. 266 pp (including index). Frontispiece of Dickens. 8vo. Maroon paper covers. More
London: Printed by J. Nichols for the Author, 1783. 1st Edition thus, i.e., issue with 76 pages. Cf ESTC T2812. viii, 76 pp. Untrimmed. T.p. vignette. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". In a later tan half-calf binding with marbled boards. Addison "was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. His name..... More
Liverpool: Published by the Club. Printed by Lee and Nightingale, North John Street, 1883. 1st Edition (stated). 17, [3] pp. List of Exhibit Contributors, pp. [18] - [19]. 386 items in the exhibit. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's printed grey card-stock covers, stapled. Now housed in a...... More
Edinburgh: Ogle & Murray; Oliver & Boyd; And All Booksellers. 1869. 1st Printing. Not found in Gimbel. 24 pp. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Scarce piece of "Lit Crit" from Dickens lifetime, which begins with Pryde stating..... More
London: Printed for W. Crooke, and sold by W. Davis in Amen Corner, 1682. 1st Edition (Wing M2465). In 3 parts; each part has separate pagination, with Parts 1 and 3 have separately printed title pages. [8], 1 - 20, 25 - 28, 25 - 55, [1 (blank)]; 36; [4]..... More
New York / Cincinnati: Phillips & Hunt / Cranston & Stowe, (1883). Early printing. 16 pp. 7-3/16" x 4-13/16". Printed purple paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[Victoria, B. C.]: (1931). 1st printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author in the year of publication. 28, [4] pp. 6-3/8" x 4-3/4". Black felt covers, printed in gold & pale blue. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[Victoria, B. C.]: (1931). 1st printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author. 28, [4] pp. 6-3/8" x 4-3/4". Purple felt covers, printed in gold & dark blue. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
[New York]: New York University, 1967. 17, [1] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stapled white wrappers printed in black. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
New York / Cincinnati: Phillips & Hunt / Cranston & Stowe, (1883). Early printing. 16 pp. 7-3/16" x 4-13/16". Purple printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 8 institutional holdings found on OCLC. Rare in the trade. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943. 1st edition. 27 pp. 12mo. Printed pink wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943. 1st edition. 27 pp. 12mo. Printed pink wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
London: MacMillan & Co., 1869. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 1301). 3 vols: xxiii, [1 (blank)], ii, errata slip, 509, [1 (blank)]; iv, 529, [1 (advert)]; v, [1 (blank)], 598 pp. Index concluded v. III. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8". Blue half-leather with blue cloth boards; spine lettered in gilt. TEG. Blue..... More
Lowestoft, Suffolk: Scorpion Press, 1966. 1st Edition. 87, [1 (blank)] pp. Prospectus slip laid-in. Bibliography at rear. Illustrated. 8vo. White cloth binding. White dust jacket printed in black & green. More
(n. p). (n. d.). Ca 1879 - 1880. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, dated July 16, 1880. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. Binder's blanks at front & rear. 10-7/8" x 7-1/4". Full red leather binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Gilt perimeter rules. AEG. The volume contains a small collection of..... More
Glasgow / London: Thomas D. Morison / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1893. 1st Edition (NCBEL II, 2006). Large paper copy. 122, [2 (blank)] pp. 16 page publisher catalogue inserted at rear. Frontispiece. Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine... More
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1811. 1st edition. 536 pp. 8vo. Brown half-calf binding with grey-green cloth boards. Maroon spine label. Fox, "styled The Honourable from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the..... More
Berkeley: Published by Ian Jackson, 2001. Second printing. [2 (blank)], 89, [5] pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings by Ann Arnold. 8-1/2" x 7" Printed red paper wrappers. As one who "grew up" [as a bookseller] with much time spent in Serendipity and consequently, Peter B Howard's presence, I can attest..... More
Berkeley: Published by Ian Jackson, 2000. First printing. [2 (blank)], 89, [5] pp. Illustrated with b/w drawings by Ann Arnold. 8.5" x 7" Printed purple paper wrappers. Jackson's introduction to the work... "Interchange overheard at Serendipity Books Fourteen Years Ago. Puzzled Customer: Is there any rhyme of reason to this..... More
New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-street, 1840. 1st edition (Fleeman 87.3/S/1). 322; 323 pp. Frontis portrait of Johnson in Vol. I. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-5/16" x 4". Linen cloth bindings with printed black lettering. Per Fleeman, "The selections are chiefly from SJ's periodical essays."... More
London: Printed for the Author at the Chiswick Press. 1873. 1st edition. Not in the NCBEL. x, 180 pp. Numerous blank leaves at rear. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. The author has a...... More
Paris: Maison de la Bonne Presse, (n. d.). Early, if not the first, printing, ca 1942. 103, [1 (blank)] pp. Text in French. 12mo. 7" x 4-3/4". Printed buff paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Branly was a French inventor, physicist and professor at the Institut Catholique..... More
Tucson AZ: Firsts Magazine Inc, 1997. 1st Printing. 78 pp. Illustrated. 10-3/4" x 8-3/8". Original publisher's blue & gold glossy paper wrappers. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1912. 1st edition (Gimbel H369). 48 pp. illustrated with 4 inserted plates. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 5-1/4". Green printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodgers, Printer, 52 & 54 North Sixth Street. 1865. 1st printing (Monaghan 757). Limited to 750 cc. INSCRIBED by the author at the top of the front wrapper. 19, [1 (blank)]. 9-1/16" x 5-7/8". Printed grey paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve... More