New York: Published by E. Brown Junr. Printed by N. Currier, New York. 1839. Cf. Conningham 643. Image - 11-3/4" x 8-7/8". Framed: 25" x 19-1/2". Housed in an attractive gilt frame. Image of a young Dickens [bust aspect, after the "Nickleby Portrait" by Maclise] lithographed on proof paper &..... More
New York: Sheldon and Company. 1863. 1st printing of this edition (cf. Gimbel D38). 4volumes (viii, [9] - 309, [1 (blank)]; vi, [7] - 318; vi, [7] - 329, 1 (blank)]; vi, [7] - 308 pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Vols I, II & IV. Frontis by..... More
New York: Sheldon and Company. 1862. 1st printing of this edition (cf. Gimbel D38). 4 volumes (322; 312; 306; 336 pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volumes I, II & IV; by John Gilbert in Volume II. Small 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with..... More
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. 1st edition thus (cf. Gimbel D38). 2 volumes (vi, [7] - 333, [5 (blank)]; vi, [7] - 338, [4 (blank)] pp). 'RP' in Volume II. Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in each volume. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth with gilt..... More
London: Cecil Palmer, [1926]. 1st Printing thus (Miller, p. 271). 19, [5] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Printed green paper wrappers, stapled. A separately printed extract from Dexter's "The England of Dickens". Not in the NCBEL, nor Gimbel. OCLC shows 9 holding institutions. More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, (1900). Ca 1903 (cf. Sternick, ALTEMUS 74 & GP-27 [for images]). 64 pp. Illustrated with a frontis & 12 full-page illustrations. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 6-1/8". Gilt decorated white cloth spine with pale yellow boards decorated with a floral pattern [Dainty Format 2]. Buff printed dust jacket..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, (n. d.). Ca late 1920s (?). Not in Gimbel, nor Miller. 143, [1] pp. Last page an advert. Illustrated by Harold Copping, and others. Crown 8vo. Green cloth binding with pictorial paper onlay to front board.. No dust jacket. More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, (n. d.). Ca early late 19th C. / early 20th C. 104 pp. Frontis + 10 inserted chromolithographed plates by Frances Brundage, as well as numerous intratextual cuts by Harold Copping, The Baroness Orezy, Willis Grey, Edith Scannell & Major Giles. Royal 8vo. Blue cloth..... More
(n. p.): United Feature Syndicate Inc., [1934]. 1st printing thus (cf. Smith II, 12n1). Unpaginated, though 19 leaves [last 3 blank]. The Life of our Lord, in 14 installments, extracted from an unidentified newspaper, and affixed to album leaves, with Dore's illustrations opposite. Stubs of excised leaves at rear. Illustrated..... More
New York & London: George D. Sproul, 1908. "Autograph Edition". 1st edition thus (Gimbel D-148; NCBEL III, 784). SIGNED by Dowden. Limited to 250 cc. 2 volumes (xxxiii, [3], 373, [1 (blank)]; xvi, 407 pp [including Index]). Each volume with an original frontispiece by William Rainey, R.I., SIGNED by Rainey..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc., 1960. 1st edition. xxiv, 293, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Yellow dust jacket. More
London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf, 1988. 1st edition thus. Revised & augmented. xxxii, 456 pp (including Index). 8vo. Black cloth binding with silver stamped title lettering to spine. Red dust jacket, with black printing. More
(n. p.): Micawber Fine Editions, 2000. 1st edition thus. #III of 10 cc hors commerce. Total limitation of 85 cc. SIGNED by Findeiss & Dean. 160, [4], ii - xxiv, [11] pp. Illustrated in color by Findeiss. With an additional suite of 11 SIGNED / Numbered loose plates. 8vo. 10-1/8"..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. 1st US edition (Brussel EAST TO WEST, p. 81; Gimbel B283). 46 pp. Text in double-column. 8vo. Later green library buckram binding. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. 1st US editiion (Brussel EAST TO WEST, p. 81; Gimbel B283; Oppenlander ATYR Contributer List, p. 136; VanderPoel B450, for the 1864 edition). Not in Edgar & Vail. [3] - 46 pp. Text double-column. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Printed white wrappers. Adverts to rear..... More
London: 1863. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 813). 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers, sewn. Dickens responsible for the first & last sections; Mrs Gaskell penned the 2nd section. Cf. Oppenlander, p. 136, for a distribution of the other contributors' efforts. More
London: 1863. 1st edition. 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. Original blue printed wrappers, sewn. Dickens responsible for the first & last sections; Mrs Gaskell penned the 2nd section. Cf. Oppenlander, p. 136, for a distribution of the other contributors' efforts. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, No. 102 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). "Library Edition". 1st collected edition thus, i.e., from this publisher. Ca 1854-55. Collected t.p. begins each volume; each title with separate individual t.p., from "Peterson's Uniform Edition". Illustrated with plates & intratextual wood engravings. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding..... More
(n. p.): Printed by Walter Dexter for His Friends, 1933. 1st Printing. Stated limitation of 30 cc. [2 (blank)], 19, [3 (blank)] pp. Facsimile of the Village Coquettes playbill, reputedly from the first performance. 8vo. 9-7/8" x Stiff brown paper wrappers. A collection of 24 letters [21 previously unpublished] from..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, (n. d.). Circa 1917. 183 pp. 8 inserted color plates by F. M. B. Blaikie. 8vo (6" x 8"). Brown paper wrapped boards with color printed paper onlay to front board. More
New York: M. A. Donohue & Company, (1917). 1st edition thus. 96 pp. Illustrated with color plates by A. M. Turner and Harriet Kaucher. 8" x 6". Green cloth binding with green stamped lettering on spine and front cover. Grey and white dust jacket. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. 1st printing. xxiv, [2], 771 pp (including Index). Frontis + facsimile letter. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4". Red cloth binding. Red & pale yellow dust jacket. The most complete edition of Dickens' letters, with this volume containing 1087 letters (284 previously unpublished). More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers. (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. 79, [1] pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-7/8"x 6-1/8". Original publisher's printed salmon-colored paper wrappers, stitched. Contains "Mother and Stepmother", "Lizzie Leigh", "The Miner's Daughters", and "Fortune Wilfred." All wrongly ascribed to Dickens: "Mother & Stepmother" by Louisa King..... More
London: Redway, 1898. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 820). 401 pp. illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Introduction by Frederic Kitton (author of "Dickensiana" bibliography - 1886), who asserts 24 of the 46 items in this collection not included in any previous bibliography. More
London: Printed at the Chiswick Press for Cumberland Clark, 1918. 1st edition (Gimbel B108). Not in the NCBEL. 15, [1 (blank)] pp. Facsimile of Dickens' letter. 8vo. Quarter bound with white cloth spine over red paper-wrapped boards. Gilt title stamping to front board. More
