London: Frank T. Sabin 3 Garrick Street / John F. Dexter 16 Minford Gardens West Kensington W., 1889. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 829). Part X: 6 plates depicting divers characters, with attached captioned tissue guards. Part VIII: 14 sheets reproducing the engraved titles of Dickens' major publications. Folio. 15-1/8" x...... More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1870. 1st Printing (Gimbel H427). 16 pp. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's printed blue paper covers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Uncommon piece of Dickensiana, only the second time we've ever been able to offer a copy. More
Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard, 1837. 1st printing of this Part. [4], [iii] - viii, [5] - 205, [1 (blank)], 2, [2], xii - xvi, [iii] - vii pp. Adverts begin & conclude volume. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Original paper wrapped boards with salmon colored cloth spine. Printed paper title..... More
London: Published by Groombridge & Sons, Paternoster Row. 1868. 1st Printing. 44 pp. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Uncommon work on the subject... at the time of cataloguing, we see no others in the trade, with OCLC recording only a handful of..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1840. 1st edition, state with the dropped "t" (Gimbel B87; NCBEL III, 821). 92, [4 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated with 6 plates by "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne). 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". Original printed green paper-wrapped boards (professionally respined). Custom maroon full-morocco case with elaborate gilt decorated spine..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1968). 1st edition. 2 volumes (xx, 359; xii, 361 - 716 pp [including index]). 132 annotated illustrations. 8vo. Blue cloth bindings. Blue dust jackets. More
London: A & C Black, 1905. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 849). xiv, 235, [5] pp (including Index). 4 pages of advert conclude volume. Illustrated with 50 full-page illustrations, mostly from photographs by T. W. Tyrrell. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. More
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Portland, Me. Geo. Stinson & Co., Publishers, (n. d.). Ca mid-to-late 1870s. "Charles Dickens" imprinted under the photograph. Publisher imprint to verso: "All kinds of Engravings, Lithographs, Chromos, Photographs, &c., constantly on hand. Copies of this Photograph can be had at any time either of the agent, or the publishers."..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, No. 102 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). 1st edition thus, i.e., in this set, early-to-mid 1850s. Cf. Gimbel D25. Each volume ~ 300 to 350 pages. Text double column. Each volume with a frontispiece, engraved title, and illustrated with b/w plates / cuts [in BR..... More
London. Ca 1883. Volume accompanied by the original 1884 / 1885 sales receipt for the sketches & binding thereof. Each drawing, ~ 5" x 3", all signed, tastefully mounted & displayed via custom matted window with the character's name & relevant descriptive text, from the novel, below. 12 characters are..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Limited to 425 cc. xx, 139, [1] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. [1849]. 1st US edition [Calinescu Catalogue 91; Edgar & Vail, p. 25; Gimbel A120; Vander Poel B426(2)]. Not in the McGuire Catalogue. 34, [2] pp. Text double column. Advert leaf with "Sterling Works for Libraries" to recto. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8". Original publisher's printed..... More
Buffalo: State University of New York, [1970]. 1st Printing. [4], i, [1], 26 pp. 8vo. 8-7/16" x 5-3/8". Pale green & blue paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "This catalogue is issued in connection with the Dickens Centennary Exhibit in the Lockwood Library, State University of..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. 1st edition (Miller, p. 82). Not in Gimbel. 42 pp. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2". Pink printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1860s (?). Card verso with printed paper title label. No publisher imprint. 2 domed albumen photographs, 1/8" apart on a flat, brown mount, rounded corners. 3-1/4" x 6-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. An obscure card depicting a scene from The Old Curiosity..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974. 1st printing. xxv, [3], 692 pp (including Index). Frontis, a map & playbill reproductions. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4". Red cloth binding. Red & pale yellow dust jacket. The most complete edition of Dickens' letters (772 herein, with 264 first published). More
London: Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 1st edition (Smith II, p. 48). Farr's Second issue (cf. Farr Catalogue 1, pp 15 - 18; ). [8], 270, [2] pp. Illustrations by Samuel Palmer. 8vo. 7" x 4-1/2". Original blue diaper cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering (primary..... More
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London: John & Charles Watkins, Photographer to the Queen 34, Parliament Street. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s / early 1870s. Watkins imprint under Dickens image; verso with the Watkins device in center & his address printed at the below. Image: 8.8 cm x 6 cm. Card: 10.7 cm x 6.2..... More
London: Hamlyn, 1973. 2nd Printing. 140 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated with color & b/w images. 4to. Green cloth binding. Facsimile mss eps. White glossy paper dust jacket printed in color. Lovely pictorial account of Boz and his times. More
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
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 806 Chestnut Street, (1859). 1st US book edition, first issue, [possible] later state (?), cf Smith AMERICAN 12, especially note 5 where Smith notes the possible earlier release date than December 5th). [2], [19] - 211, [13] pp. Text double column. 2 pages of..... More
Avon CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. 1st edition thus. SIGNED / Limited edtion, #376 / 2000 cc. xv, [3], 272, [2] pp. Illustrated by Raymond Houlihan. 8vo. 10" x 6-7/8". Tan quarter leather binding with pictorial boards. Slipcase. More
[London]: Published by A. & F Pears Ltd, [1912]. Ca 1912 (cf. Gimbel B155 [Chimes]; B165 [Cricket]; B179 [Battle of Life]; B186 [Haunted Man]; Hearn, p. 178 for the set). 5 volumes (139, [1]; 147, [1]; 160; 144; 140 pp). Adverts begin & conclude each volume. 'Cricket' illustrated by L...... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. Later edition. 124 pp. Engraved t.p. Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 5-7/8" x 4-1/8". Green publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering. Red edgestain. "Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st US edition. 392 pp. Bound with UK sheets. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. Wright one of the first to look at Dickens' private life in a public forum. More
