CHARLES DICKENS. How to Know Him. [cover title].
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1919). [8], 308, [4 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1919). [8], 308, [4 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1978. Paperback edition. [12], 222, [6 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Off white printed paper wrappers. A fictionalized account of Dickens, told in 1899 from a hospital's TB ward by Dickens' former associate, George Dolby. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. BCE. 222 pp, 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. pp 149 - 161. 8vo. Blue printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Publication of Professor Butt's address given on February 6th, 1962 in connection with an exhibit from the Gimbel collection in commeration of the 150th anniversary of Dickens' birth..... 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
London: Chapman & Hall, 1912. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 831). 236 pp. Illustrated. 4to. 10" x 7-1/2". Original red cloth w/ gilt lettering/facsimile signature on front cover (a la the Charles Dickens edition of the late 1860s). TEG. Issued during the Dickens' centenary. More
Athens: University of Georgia, 1972. 1st edition. 248 pp. Frontispiece. Lg. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Gold dust jacket. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1914. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 808). 79, [1 (blank)] pp. Reproduction of Part-issue wrapper graphics, p. 5. Royal 8vo. 9-7/8" x 7-1/4". Original blue printed paper covers. A mock trial heard in King's Hall, Covent Garden on Wednesday, 7 January 1914, with G. K. Chesterton presiding..... More
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, (n. d.). Circa early 20th c. 45 pp. 5 full-page color plates. Square 8vo. Grey paper-wrapped boards with pictorial paste-down on front board. More
London: Wass Pritchard & Co., 1923. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 849). INSCRIBED by the author, in the 3rd person, on the ffep [dated 1926]. [2 (blank)], 103, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Somewhat uncommon item. 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
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
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: John Long, 1904. 1st edition (Miller, p. 231). 143, [1] pp. Printer's device to t.p. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. A compilation of daily quotations from Dickens' first novel, Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). 208 pp. Illustrations from the original adverts. 8vo. Blue printed cloth boards. Dust jacket. Uncommon in jacket. More
London: Marks & Co., 1928. 1st edition. 20 pp. 8vo. Green wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Field & Tuer, (1884). 1st edition. 35, [1 (blank)] pp. Catalogue unpaginated. 4to. 11-1/2" x 8-3/4". Brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Containing "Hints to Collectors" by Dexter; and a reproduction of the 1870 Christie auction records pertaining to the Dickens' household. 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
New York: The New York Public Library, 1929. 1st edition. 31, [1] pp. Last page a blank. Checklist pp 15 - 31. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. 10" x 7". Grey printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. One of two references that specifically addresses Dickens' US publications (the other..... More
Nottingham: Jno. Sands & Son, Printers, [1936]. 1st Printing. Not in Gimbel. 61, [1] pp. Inserted, after title leaf, a b&w halftone photographic image of Dickens at his desk, writing. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Light tan paper covers, front cover printed in black. Title hand-inked to spine. Edwards the Dickens..... More
New York: Garland, 1990. 1st edition. 345 pp. 8vo. Green cloth. Issued without dust jacket. More
London: W. H. Allen, 1952. 1st edition. xiii, [1], 278 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. (1871). Early printing (cf. Gimbel D63). 335, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Title page vignette. 12mo. 7" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's green decorative cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering and elaborate spine design. A collection of Dickens' scenes selected as "containing enough interest in itself..... More
London: Longsman Green & Co., 1953. 1st edition. 47 pp. Frontis. 8vo. Prined yellow paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More