Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). Early US printing, ca mid-1850s [per t.p.; cased post 1860, per binding style]. Cf. Gimbel D25. viii, 313, [3 (blank)] pp. Text double column. 37 inserted illustrations by Lossing-Barritt after Phiz. Tall 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". Original brown cloth..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square. 1855. A reissue of Harper's 1852 edition (Smith AMERICAN 7, p. 241). Cf Gimbel A107, for the 1852 edition. 2 volumes: x, [2], 499, [7 (blank)]; [4], 468, [4 (blank)] pp. Occasional mispaginations. Sumner & Stillman bookslip..... More
New York: J. Gurney & Son, 5th Ave. cor. 16th St. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s. Cf. Gimbel H1185. Flesh colored mount, rounded corners, publishe imprint to left of image. Verso blank. Image shows Dickens standing, facing left, formally dressed with velvet waistcoat & watch fob. His left hand resting..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1937. 1st edition. 130 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Excellent treatment of Dickens' illustrators / illustrations, as well as the significant sets of collected works. More
London: Elliot Stock, 1900. 1st edition. 260 pp (including Index). 12mo. 7" x 4-3/8". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering. Beveled edges. Patterned paper eps. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, (1859). 1st US Book Edition, Second issue (Smith AMERICAN 12, pp. 355 - 362. [6], [19] - 211,[1 (blank)], 11, [3] pp. Text double column. 12 pages of adverts at rear, last leaf a blank. Illustrations printed separately, inserted as rectos..... More
New York: William H. Colyer, 104 Beekman - Street, 1838. x, [25] - 232 pp. Frontis of Grimaldi, lithographed by 'N. Currier'. 12mo. Bound in 6s. 4 5/8" x 7 1/2". Modern buff paper wrapped boards with green linen cloth spine [in a period style] & printed paper spine label..... More
New York: Published by William H. Colyer, No. 5 Hague - Street, 1843. Early US edition (Smith AMERICAN, pp. 173 - 174; Wilkins, p. 19). 2 volumes: iv, [13] - 224; [4], [13] - 216, 4 pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts conclude Vol II, dated January 1st, 1843, including..... 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
London: MacMillan, 1892. 1st edition thus. 604 pp. B&W illustrations after the originals. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. The introduction by Charles Jr. contains some interesting bibliographical information. More
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Fitzroy: W. Burman, Exhibition Portrait Rooms, 94 Gertrude St. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s / early 1870s. Image a portrait view of Dickens, ca late 1860s. Verso with elaborate artist / photographer imprint. Image: 3-5/8" x 2-5/16". Mount: 4" x 2-1/2". Now housed in a stiff mylar sleeve. A quite..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, (1861). 3rd edition, illustrated issue. Published the same year as the first (cf Smith AMERICAN 13, pp 377 - 378). [17] - 523, [5 (blank)] pp. 34 illustrations from original designs by John McLenan 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5" Original publisher's black..... More
New York: Greenberg, 1924. 1st edition. Limited to 1500cc. This copy unnumbered. [6], 165, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Gissing. 8vo. Dark brown cloth spine with lt brown paper wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Dust jacket. A collection of essays originally written as introductions..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co., 1839. 1st US book edition (Smith AMERICAN 4, pp. ). viii, 13 - 404 pp, double column of text. 12 page publisher catalogue inserted after text. Illustrated with two inserted plates designed by Phiz, reengraved by Joseph Yeager. 10" x 6-1/4"..... More
New York: William H. Colyer, No. 5 Hague-Street, 1842. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher (Edgar & Vail, p. 20; Smith AMERICAN 5, pp. 193 - 194; Wilkins, p. 20. Cf. Gimbel A64). 2 volumes: [11] - 215, [3 (blank)]; [11] - 243, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x...... More
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1861. 1st book edition (Todd & Bowden 547a; Gimbel D34, for a later printing). 2 volumes in 1: [4], 323, [1]; [4], 323, [1] pp. 16mo, in 8s. 6-1/8" x 4-1/2". Half linen binding with pebbled purple cloth boards, presumably by the publisher (cf. Bowden p. 951..... More
New York: Gilberton Company, 1968. 47, [1] pp. Profusley illustrated with comic illustrations. 10" x 7". Color illustrated paper wrappers, stapled, with black title lettering to front wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. Later printing of the Cheap edition (in volume form). 524 pp. Text double column. Frontispiece by H. K. Browne. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5". Original publisher's green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt-decorated spine. Boards with blind-stamped emblem: "The Works of Charles Dickens. Cheap Editions". Pale grey..... More
San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1953. 1st edition. xi, [1], 445 pp (including Index). 8vo. Marooon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. Fields & Dickens were close friends; Chap 21 on Dickens. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1920. 1st edition. 182 pp. 8vo. Publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Collection of misc. papers/essays written on various aspects of the Inimitable. More
New York: McBride Nast & Co., 1914. 1st US edition thus, i.e. one volume edition. Cf. Cox 549, for the 1st UK of this edition. xi, [5], 302 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. Initially published in 3 volumes..... More
London: Robson & Kerslaker, 1882. 1st edition (Gimbel H1137; Grego, PICTORIAL PICKWICKIANA II, pp. 449 - 455; House, p. 407; NCBEL III, 788; VanderPoel B47[1-4]). A suite of 24 [loose] color illustrations to Dickens' PICKWICK PAPERS, including engraved title, as drawn by Pailthorpe. 10-15/16" x 7-9/16". Original publisher's green printed..... More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. 1st US edition. Cf. NCBEL III, 830. 459, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Orange cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1947. 1st edition (Gimbel D217). 22 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 8-3/16" x 5-1/8". Green wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dickens wrote a preface for Overs' literary effort, EVENINGS Of A WORKING MAN [London: 1844]. More
London: Cecil Palmer, 1927. 1st edition. 284 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Light blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Blue topstain. Printed pale yellow dust jacket. More
