New York: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. 1st US edition in book form (Edgar & Vail, p. 20; Smith AMERICAN 5, pp. 184 - 185; Wilkins, p. 20. Cf. Gimbel A63). 12, [4], iv, [9] - 323 pp. Text double-column. Adverts 1st 12 pp. Frontispiece. Engraved t.p. Inserted plates engraved by..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 1st edition, 4th issue (Eckel, p. 122; Smith II, 8). [8], 175, [3] pp. Advert last 2 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts by Maclise, Doyle, Stanfield, & Leech. Small 8vo. 17 cm x 11 cm. Modern red half-morocco with marbled boards; elaborate gilt spine decorations. AEG..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. 1st book edition. xvi, 624 pp. Frontis, engraved title & 38 inserted plates by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo. Modern full tan morocco, by Byzantium, with gilt decorated spine, gilt decorated boards & marbled eps & marbled eps. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1853. 1st US book edition (Smith AMERICAN, p. 315). Not in Gimbel, nor VanderPoel. 2 volumes: xvi, 480; [2], 481 - 936, 4 pp. 4 page publisher catalogue concludes volume II [variance from that noted by Smith]. Illustrated with a frontis of Dickens &..... More
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Boston: Joseph Ward, 125 Washington St. (n. d.). Ca 1870. Verso with logo, etc, for the publisher, who offers "Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Photographs, Stereoscopes and Views." Image of a mature Dickens, from the late 1860s. 10 cm x 6 cm. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Nice contemporaneous..... More
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(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1870s. Recto with Dickens name printed under the photograph. Verso blank. 10 cm x 6 cm. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 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
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New York: Gurney & Son, [1868]. Gurney imprint under Dickens image; verso with the Gurney device in center & his "Fifth Avenue, Cor. 16th St. N.Y." address printed at the base of the card. Image: 3-3/4" x 2-1/4. Mount: 4-3/16" x 2-1/2". Rounded corners. Now housed in an archival mylar..... More
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society, 1908. 1st edition. Ltd to 493 cc. 152 pp, illustrated with plates, 8vo. Half (faux) vellum w/ paper boards. Housed in blue slipcase. First publication of the letters, which were from the collection of William Bixby. Prospectus for next Bibliophile Society publication (Dickens' Bill of Fare)..... More
Cambridge: The Bibliophile Society, 1908. 1st edition. Ltd to 493 cc. 152 pp, illustrated with plates, 8vo. Half (faux) vellum w/ paper boards. Housed in blue 2-part slipcase. First publication of the letters, which were from the collection of William Bixby. More
London / Boston: Chapman and Hall / Tichnor and Field, 1867. 1st edition (Eckel, p. 236; Gimbel B-296; Kitton 22). 32 pp. 8vo. 21.5 cm x 13.5 cm. Original printed wrappers, sewn. A banquet with a "List made up almost entirely of Representative Men. It comprised within it upwards of..... More
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868. 1st edition (Gimbel D-42; Kitton 417; Wilkins, p. 41). [8], 241, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated by Sol Eytinge (8 plates from the Diamond edition). 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-7/8". Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Contains a specially..... More
New York: Redfield, No. 34 Beekman-Street. (n. d.). 1st edition thus, ca 1855 (Gimbel B-189 & Wilkins, pp. 40 - 41). 170, [2] pp. 2 page advert follows p. 170, which details the series, and its genesis. Frontispiece. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 4-1/16". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped..... More
Torrey UT: Cottonwood Editions, (2001). 1st edition thus. [12], 16 pp. 2 illustrations of Charles Dickens. 16 mo. Wrappers. More
Boston: Jenks Hickling & Swan, 1854. 2nd US edition (Edgar & Vail, p. 27; Vander Poel B500). 2 volumes (332; 355 pp). 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2". Original dark blue publishers' cloth with gilt spine lettering/decorations & boards stamped in blind. Not in Gimbel, nor mentioned by Wilkins. More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. 1st edition thus (Smith AMERICAN, p. 55). 96 pp. Binder's blanks at front & rear. With 12 illustrations after the originals. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". Blue linen cloth binding stamped in gilt to front board & spine, design after that of the UK edition. Pale..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. 1st edition thus (Smith AMERICAN, p. 55). 96 pp. Binder's blanks at front & rear. With 12 illustrations after the originals. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". White linen cloth binding stamped in gilt to front board & spine, design after that of the UK edition. Pale..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. 1st US edition [VanderPoel B388(1)]. 96 pp. With 12 illustrations after the originals. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". White linen cloth stamped in blind. More
Leipzig: Bernh Tauchnitz Jun. 1845 / 1846. 1st Tauchnitz editions (Todd & Bowden A3 & 103Aa). 88; 263, [1 (blank)] pp. 6-1/8" x 4-3/8". Period black morocco-grain cloth binding, with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. More
London: Printed for the Publishers, 1855. 1st Edition thus, i.e., as this collection. Not found in Gimbel. Divers paginations. Some articles illustrated with cuts. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. Volume collects a number of issues of Household Words, No. 150 [February..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1852. 1st US Collected edition (Gimbel D11; McGuire Collection 47; Wilkins, p. 38). Cf. Calinescu Collection 95 [for an 1854 imprint]. [8], 90; [2], 95, [1 (blank)]; [2], 97, [1 (blank)]; [2], 96; [2], 107, [5] pp. Collective t.p., Preface [written by Dickens for..... More
Boston: Samuel E. Cassino, 1887. 1st edition thus (Hearn, p. 175). [2], 121, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Dickens, 2-color chromolithographed t.p. & 23 inserted plates with illustrations by I. M. Gaugengigl & T. V. Chominski. 4to. 11-1/16" x 9-1/8". Original publisher's embossed faux vellum spine with green cloth boards..... More
Dansville, N.Y. F. A. Owen Publishing Company. (n. d.). 87, [1] pp. Last page blank. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/4". Printed grey paper wrappers, stapled. More
Los Angeles, William Thomas Kellaway, 1934. 1st printing thus. Not in Gimbel, nor Hearn. Unpaginated, though 32 pp. Leaves unopened at top, with text printed alternatively recto, verso. Decorative initial capital letter. 16-1/2" x 12". Printed brown paper wrappers with large black title lettering to front wrapper; twine tie. Scarce..... More
Paris: A. and W. Galignani and Co., 1844. 1st edition thus (Hearn, p. 175). Not in Gimbel. [4], 140, [2 (blank)] pp. Published without the Leech illustrations. 8vo. 5-7/8" x 3-5/8". Modern full brown calf, with black spine labels in the 2nd & 4th compartments, raised bands. Later marbled eps..... More
