London: 1850 - 51. 1st volume edition. 2 volumes in 1 (vii, [1], 280; vii, [1], 280). 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Period green half-sheep binding with green cloth boards. A monthly news supplement to Household Words, here found in the annual with a Table of Contents for each year... More
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1841. 1st edition thus; published the same year as the 1st edition in London. [8], 367, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/8". Period black quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Blue marbled paper eps. More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. 1st US edition (Edgar & Vail, p. 20; Gimbel B110). 2 volumes. Bound in 6s. Red cloth spines with buff paper-wrapped boards. Paper spine labels. More
New - York: G. P. Putnam & Company, 1852. 1st edition thus. Not in Gimbel, though see D17 for another 1852 Putnam edition of this title. [6], 234 pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine & boards stamped in blind. An uncommon edition..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam, 155 Broadway. 1852. 1st edition thus (Gimbel D17). [6], 231, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Publisher's splain brown muslin cloth binding, with simple gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. Extracted from 'Household Words'. Japan, Bosnia, Cairo, China, the Suez & Catching Elephants are..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1859 - 1868. 1st volume edition. 20 volumes, complete. ~600 pages per volume. Text double column. Christmas Stories included: Vol 2 with "The Haunted House," Vol 6 has "Tom Tiddler's Ground," Vol 8 has "Somebody's Luggage," & Vol 10 has "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings" (Vol 4 lacks..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 1st edition, 1st issue (Eckel, p. 140). 2 volumes: xix, [3], 288; xix, [1 (blank)], 263, [1], 36 pp. Publisher catalogue concludes Vol II. Illustrated with 13 plates by Geroge Cruikshank. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5". Original publisher's pink ribbon-embossed cloth bindings. Yellow eps. Housed in a...... More
London: 1860. 1st printing. Pp [73] - 96. Text double column. Advert for 'Great Expectations' to p. 96. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Printed self wrappers, nested [not sewn]. "Price 2d" Contents include "A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance" [Chap XV], 'Bouquet from the Baltic', 'Poor Margaret' [poetry], & 'A Beautiful..... More
Boston: Published by Henry Prentiss 33 Court St. 1842. 1st edition thus (Miller, p. 226; Tilton, p. 515). Not in Gimbel, though see H783 with a similar publication by W. H. Oakes, citing music by James G. Meader. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. Small folio: 13" x 10". White paper wrappers..... More
Philadelphia: Privately Printed - Samuel Dalton, 1964. 1st edition thus. #285/1300 cc. 31 pp. Color Drawings by Rey Abruzzi. 8vo. Blue Decorative cloth binding. Yellow cloth slipcase. Printed to be distributed as Christmas greeting from Mr Dalton, with his presentation card laid-in. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1850. 1st 'Cheap' edition in book form (NCBEL III, 792). xii, 291, [1] pp. Text double column. Frontis by George Cruikshank; engraved by T. Bolton. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4". Period tan half-calf with marbled paper boards & dark maroon leather title label to spine. The "Cheap"..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1850. 1st 'Cheap' edition in book form (NCBEL III, 792). xii, 291, [1] pp. Text double column. Frontis by George Cruikshank; engraved by T. Bolton. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4". Period, plain green vertically-ribbed cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine [remainder binding?]. Plain paper..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1893. 1st edition thus. xvii, [3], 379, [1] pp. 5 illustrations [1 for AN, the remainder in PI]. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & gilt device to front board. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1842. 1st edition, 1st state (Smith II, 3). 2 volumes (xvi [i.e., x], [2], 308; vii, [1], 306, [6] pp). 6 pages of adverts conclude Volume II. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8". Original purplish-brown vertically-ribbed cloth with a blind decorative floral frame & gilt stamped spine lettering..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1842. 1st edition, 1st state (Smith II, 3). 2 volumes: [12 (with the 10th page numbered 'xvi')], 308; vii, [1 (blank)], 306, [6] pp. Adverts last 6 pages of Vol. II. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's reddish-brown vertically-ribbed cloth with a blind decorative floral frame..... More
Leipzig: Bernh Tauchnitz Jun. 1842. 1st Tauchnitz edition, with the indicated incorrect wording on p. 67 (Todd & Bowden 32). viii, 263 pp + colophon. Signed in 8s. 11.5 cm x 15.5 cm. Half brown leather with brown cloth boards; gilt decorative scrollwork & lettering on spine (T & B...... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. 1st edition thus. 232 pp, 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. A nice reading copy. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). Later printing, ca 1871. [9] - 472, [4 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Publisher's original morocco-style green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt stamped Dickens' bust to front board. Bevelled edges. More
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Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1859. 1st edition thus (BM Extract 12605). 2 volumes (viii, 425, [3]; [4], 407, [1] pp). Text in French. 12mo. 18 cm x 11 cm. Period blue half-leather with blue marbled-paper boards. From the publisher's series - "Bibliotheque des Meilleurs Romans Etrangers". Contains..... More
New York: F. M. Lupton, 1889. 1st edition thus. Not in the Gimbel catalogue. 96 pp (in triple column format). Dolly Varden, from Barnaby Rudge, pictured on front wrapper. Folio. 12" x 8-5/8". Original buff wrappers with dark brown lettering/designs. The Leisure Hour Library was issued in this inexpensive format..... More
London: MacMillan, 1892. 1st edition thus. 604 pp. B&W illustrations after the originals/ Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. The introduction by Charles Jr. contains some interesting bibliographical information. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1875. Household edition. 263 pp + 8 pp of adverts, 44 illustrations by F. Barnard, 4to. Green decorative cloth w/ gilt lettering. More
Philadelphia: Published by E. Littell, & Co., at the Office of The Museum of Foreign Literature, 1842. 1st edition thus, and early US edition (Vander Poel B164; Wilkins, p. 20) Not in Edgar & Vail, Gimbel, nor the McGuire Collection catalogue. [5] - 241, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double-column. 8vo..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, Limited; and Humphrey Milford, (n. d.). The "Eighteenpenny Illustrated" Edition, ca pre-WWI. 786 pp. 76 illustrations after the originals by Phiz & Cattermole. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering & decorations to spine. Pictorial endpapers. TEG. Printed buff..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Getz Buck & Co., 1853. Mid-19th C. US edition. Cf Smith AMERICAN 5, pp. 188-189. [6], [9] - 323, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double column. Frontis, engraved t.p. (undated, with no publisher imprint) & 10 inserted plates (many with multiple images). Intratextual cuts. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8"..... More
