New Haven: Yale University Library, 1980. 1st edition. 570 pp (including Index). Frontis. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Paper spine label. Issued w/o dj. Essential to any collector, or seller, of Dickens works. More
Boston: Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856. 1st edition (Wright 2516). vi, [7] - 310, [4 (blank)] pp. 4 page publisher advert tipped-in to rear eps. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. A epistolary novel. More
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1850. 1st trade edition, after a privately printed edition the year prior. vii, [1 (blank)], 299, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1850. 1st US edition. Cf NCBEL III, 1218. 2 volumes: xii, [13] - 299, [1 (blank)]; viii, [9] - 332, [4 (adverts)] pp. Portrait frontis in Vol I. 12mo. 8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow eps..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. 1st book edition, bftp (Smith I, 15). 2 volumes (xi, [1 (blank)], 320; vii, [1], 309, [1] pp). 40 plates by Marcus Stone. 8vo. Period purple half-morocco bindings, gilt stamped spine lettering, complementary purple pebbled cloth-covered boards. Red speckled edges. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1842. 1st edition, 1st state (Smith II, 3). 2 volumes: [8 (with the preface page numbered 'xvi')], 308; [iii] - vii, [1 (blank)], 306 pp. Vol I lacks advert & half-title leaves; Vol II lacks half-title leaf & concluding adverts. 8vo. 7-13/16" x 4-3/4". Period tan..... More
London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, 1839. 1st edition, 2nd issue (Cohn 243; Eckel, p. 207). 40 pp. 8 page bookseller advert inserted at rear. Pagination is centered. 11 etchings & cover design by George Cruikshank. 10 cm x 12.5 cm. Green cloth with gilt stamped lettering / pictorial cover. Yellow..... More
New York. American Art Associations, Inc., (n.d.). 1st Edition. Unpaginated, though 806 items up for auction. Illustrated. 9-1/4" x 6-2/8". Green cloth, tan spine label printed in black. More
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop Inc, (n. d.). 1st printing. [2], 62 pp. A few photographic images. 9" x 5-3/4". Colored papered wrappers with black title lettering printed to front cover. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 1st edition, 1st issue (Eckel, p. 140). 2 volumes. Illustrated by Cruikshank. 8vo. Bound in full green morocco by Zaehnsdorf. More
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. 1st edition (BAL 13633). 112, [2] pp. 1 page advert follows text. 2 divisional title leaves for "Father". "Soldier" on leaf recto. 12mo, gathered in 6s. 7" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's brown paper boards, printed paper title label to spine... More
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
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Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. 1st US edition, cloth issue A (Smith 5). vi, [9] - 362 pp (double column). Frontis & intratextual illustrations by Cattermole & Brown. 8vo. Brown sand grain cloth binding with gilt stamped spine (professionally refurbished). More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1961). 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. 144 pp (including Index). Filled with illustrations. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855 - 57. 1st edition (Hatton & Cleaver, pp 307 - 330). 20 parts in 19. Adverts per Hatton & Cleaver, with the following variances: Part 7 has additional advert for Cassell's History; 12 lacks blue "English Cyclopedia" slip; 13 lacks "Ask Mamma" slip & "Wreck"..... More
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London: Printed and Published by William Bradbury, 1846. Facsimile Reprint (Gimbel E50), ca 1890s (?). 8 pages. Text in 6 columns. Elephant folio. 24-1/2" x 18-1/4". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. First appearance [in facsimile] of a newspaper initially edited by Charles Dickens, his resignation coming..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. 1st printing thus. xiv, 207, [1] pp. Adverts first 14 pages. Publisher 4 pp advertisement, printed on light blue paper, for Vase's GREAT MYSTERY SOLVED tipped in at rear. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w. 4to. 11-3/8" x 8". Broadweave cloth-like covers with pictorial onlay..... 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: Garland, 1975. 1st edition. xiv, 314 pp. 8vo. Red buckram cloth binding with black stamped lettering. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928. 1st edition. [8], 157 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Broadweave linen cloth spine with maroon cloth boards. Maroon leather spine label. No dj. The influence of the law on Dickens, and vice-versa. More
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, (1897). 1st edition (Gimbel D139; NCBEL III, 820). xvi, [5] - 344, 10 [i.e., 8] pp. Adverts last 8 pages. Facsimile letter as frontis. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering & highlights. First collected editon of many reviews, articles..... More
Boston: Published by E. Littell & Company, 1850. 1st volume edition. [4], 619, [1] pp. Text double column. 8vo. Original publisher's vertically-ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. Peach colored eps. 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
New York: James G. Gregory, 1861. 1st edition thus, e.g., 1st 2-volume edition, and 2nd US edition (Gimbel D38; Smith AMERICAN, 13 [pp. 379 - 380]). 2 volumes (336; 334 pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volume I; by John Gilbert in Volume II. 12mo. Original publisher's green..... 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
