Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1841. "3rd edition" [Gimbel A31, "third copy"]. vi, [ix] - xii, 15 - 212 pp. Text double column. 24 inserted plates after Cruikshank's redrawn by Yeager. 9-5/8" x 6". Signed in both sixes & fours; sewn in 6s. Period black half-leather binding with black cloth boards..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 1st edition, 1st issue (Eckel, p. 140). 2 volumes. Illustrated by Cruikshank. 8vo. Bound in full green morocco by Zaehnsdorf. More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co., 1839. 1st edition thus (Gimbel A31; Smith American 3, pp 96 - 97; Tillotson - Clarendon OT, p. lv; Vander Poel B90; Wilkins, p. 15). [2], [11] - xii, 13 - 212 pp, double column of text. 4 preliminary blank leaves..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1851. 1st Collected edition, preceding the UK Chapman & Hall by one year. Not in Gimbel, though see D12 for the subsequent 1852 Getz, Buck & Co. edition. 31, [3 (blank)]; 32; 35, [1 (blank)]; 30, [2 (blank)]; 32; 72, 16 pp. Group t.p., plus each..... More
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Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard, 1837. 1st US edition (Gimbel B1; Smith AMERICAN, pp. 7-8; Wilkins, p. 11). Printed in an edition of 1000cc. 204 pp. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 7-9/16" x 4-1/2". Original red linen cloth over drab paper wrapped boards & printed paper title label to spine. Published..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard / Blanchard and Lea, 1842 [1851]. 1st US edition, later impression (Smith AMERICAN, p. 187). [4], [9] - 323 pp. Text double-column. Illustrations by Cattermole, Brown & Sibson: frontis, engraved title page [dated 1842], 51 intra-textual wood engravings & 10 inserted wood engraved plates (some with..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1842. "3rd edition" (Gimbel A31, 'fifth copy'). Cf. Edgar & Vail note, p. 18. vi, [ix] - xii, 15 - 212 pp. Text double column. 24 inserted plates after Cruikshank, redrawn by Yeager. 10" x 6-1/2". Signed in both sixes & fours; sewn in 6s. Period..... More
[n. p.]: Privately Printed, 1928. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 815). Limitd to 250cc, this #98. 58 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles, drawings, etc. 8-5/8" x 6-3/4". Buff parchment paper spine & tips, with grey paper-wrapped boards. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine. One of Dickens' scarcest titles in the original..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1837 [1871]. 1st printing of the Facsimile edition (See Eckel, p 154). [4], 46 pp. Binder's blanks. Hand-colored frontispiece, by Pailthorpe. Extra-illustrated with Engraving of Dickens, by Buttre, and an image of J. P. Harley, as he was dressed for his 1836 performance. 8vo. 7-1/2" x...... More
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1844. 1st edition thus. 2 volumes ([2], iv, 543, [1 (blank)]; [4], 483, [5 (blank)] pp). 12mo. 6-1/4" x 3-1/2". Period brown half-calf bindings with marbled paper boards & edges. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 1st edition, 1st issue (Eckel, p. 140). 2 volumes. Frontis & 12 plates by Cruikshank. 8vo. Original publisher's later-issue brown cloth with elaborate gilt stamping to spine (professionally recased). More
Paris: Published by A. and W. Galignani & Co., 1839. 1st edition thus. [4], 367, [1 (blank)] pp. Untrimmed. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/8". Period brown quarter-leather with marbled boards. Gilt spine lettering. For many years, it was thought the 1846 Bradbury & Evans edition was the first 'octavo' edition (cf..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co., 1839. 1st US book edition (VanderPoel B125(2); cf. Edgar & Vail, p. 18; Gimbel A43, 'fourth copy'). i-ii, 3-5, vi - viii, 13 - 403 pp, double column of text. Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins; Stereotyped by J. Fagan, Philadelphia..... More
New York: William H. Colyer, 1838. 2nd US edition, 2nd state [Conningham 3297; Gimbel B66; Vander Poel B602(1)]. x, [25] - 232 pp. Frontis of Grimaldi, lithographed by 'N. Currier'. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Original paper wrapped boards with red linen cloth spine & printed paper spine..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1837 [1871]. 1st printing of the Facsimile edition (See Eckel, p 154). 46, [2 (blank)] pp. Unopened. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5". Printed self-wrappers. One of the scarcest Dickens' titles in the original printing. More
