MR. PICKWICK'S PILGRIMAGES.
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1926. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 791). xvi, 224 pp. Illustrated with plates & from b/w photographs. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
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The SELECTED LETTERS Of CHARLES DICKENS.; Edited, with an Introduction, by F. W. Dupee. From The Great Letters Series.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc., 1960. 1st edition. xxiv, 293, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Yellow dust jacket. More
LETTERS Of CHARLES DICKENS to The BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS.; With a Biographical Introduction.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., (1932). 1st edition. xii, 204, [8] pp (including Index). 8vo. Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. "Burdett-Coutts spent the majority of her wealth on scholarships, endowments, and a wide range of philanthropic causes. One of her earliest philanthropic acts..... More
CHARLES DICKENS. How To Know HIm.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1919). Early, if not a first, printing. [8], 308 pp (including Index). Frontis of Dickens. Crown 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Buff printed dust jacket, with image of Gad's Hill Place to front panel. Uncommon in jacket. More
DIALOGUES From DICKENS. Second Series. Dialogues and Dramas.
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
RAMBLES With An AMERICAN.
New York: Duffield & Company, 1910. 1st US edition (bound with Scottish sheets). 376 pp. Frontis of Dickens (Maclise portrait) + 20 additional illustrations, 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering/decorations. An American visits England at the beginning of the 20th c., and records his thoughts..... More
The LIFE And WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS.
Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1882. 1st edtion thus, i.e., by this publisher. [2], 401, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Original publisher's light tan cloth binding with brown & gilt decorative stamping. More
The PERSONAL HISTORY Of DAVID COPPERFIELD.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. 1st appearance. Original 20 Parts, in 19, as issued. Parts III & X with replaced rear wrappers [Part II on III; Part XI on X]. As is usually the case, some parts with advert variances/lacks from Hatton & Cleaver, though this set with the complete..... More
HARD TIMES For These Times. REPRINTED PIECES. Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition.
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. 1st edition thus (cf. Gimbel D38). 2 volumes (vi, [7] - 333, [5 (blank)]; vi, [7] - 338, [4 (blank)] pp). 'RP' in Volume II. Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in each volume. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth with gilt..... More
DOMBEY And SON.
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. 1st edition thus. Cf Smith, pp. 250 - 251. viii, [9] - 320 pp. Novel text in double column. Illustrated with a dual frontis, title page vignette & 6 inserted engravings, per Smith p. 251. 8vo. Modern brown quarter calf binding with complementary marble paper..... More
CHARLES DICKENS. His Life, Writings, and Personality.
London: The Caxton Publishing Co., (n. d.). 1st edition thus. 504 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Published in 1902 as part of the "London" edition of Charles Dickens' works (also issued in a 2 volume edition). More
CHARLES DICKENS And His FRIENDS.
London: Cassel, 1909. 1st edition. viii, 323, [1] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding lettered in gilt. More
DICKENS And PHIZ.
Bloomington & London: Indiana University Press, (1978). 1st edition. x, 340 pp. Many b/w intratextual illustrations and photographic images. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Purple cloth binding, silver stamped lettering to spine. Dark purple printed DJ. More
SOME ROGUES And VAGABONDS Of DICKENS.
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
The POSTHUMOUS PAPERS Of The PICKWICK CLUB.
London: Chapman and Hall, (n. d.). Later edition, ca mid-19th C. xiv, [2], 609, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 43 plates by Seymour & Phiz. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding (rebacked, with 95% of original spine laid down). Yellow eps. More
DICKENS' LONDON. A Lantern Lecture.
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
The PAGEANT Of DICKENS.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1915. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). INSCRIBED. x, [2], 261, [9] pp. 7 page Index @ rear. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Inscribed from Crotch to a Mrs Dale, on the half-title page. More
The DICKENS COMPANION. A Book of Anecdote and Reference. With 72 Illustrations and a Frontispiece by Harry Furniss. The Charles Dickens Library No. 18: The Testimonial Edition.
London: The Educational Book Co. Ltd., (n. d.). 1st edition, ca 1910. xvi, 607, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontis + 72 illustrations. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Blue cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering and design to spine and cover. Blue topstain. More
DICKENS The DRAMATIST. On Stage, Screen and Radio.
London: W. H. Allen, 1952. 1st edition. xiii, [1], 278 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
The HISTORY Of PICKWICK. An Account of its Characters, Localities, Allusions and Illustrations.; With a Bibliography.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1891. 1st edition (Gimbel H180). Special Edition, with all the original plates in suite following p. 356. viii, 375, [1] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Quite uncommon. More
A READER'S GUIDE To CHARLES DICKENS.
London: Thames and Hudson, (1972). 1st edition. 318 pp (including Index). 8vo. Original publisher's gold cloth binding with gilt stamping. Dust jacket. A critical survey of Dickens' major works. More
The DICKENS CONCORDANCE Being a Compendium of Names and Characters and principal places mentioned in all the Works of Charles Dickens.
London: Francis Griffiths, 1907. 1st edition. [8], 162 pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. An early effort at indexing & summarizing Dickens' works & characters, etc., now superceded by Hardwick or Bentley, et al. More
A PICKWICK PORTRAIT GALLERY.
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1936. 1st edition. 243, [1] pp. Last page blank. Publisher announcement leaflet laid-in. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Orange cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Dust jacket. A collection of essays by divers Pickwickians (including Alfred Noyes, J. W. T. Ley, Bransby Williams, Alec Waugh, Walter Dexter..... More
A CHRISTMAS CAROL. In Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
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
DICKENS And His READERS. Aspects of Novel Criticism Since 1836.
Princeton: Published for the University of Cincinnati by Princeton University Press, 1955. 1st edition. xvii. [1 (blank)], 318 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Pale green cloth binding. Pale green dust jacket. Now a classic of Dickensian Literary Criticism, as Professor Ford traces the shifts of reception received by Dickens' writings..... More