London: John Long, 1904. 1st edition (Miller, p. 231). 143, [1] pp. Printer's device to t.p. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. A compilation of daily quotations from Dickens' first novel, Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 790). 155, [5 (blank)] pp. 16mo. 5-7/8" x 4-1/4". Blue cloth binding with black & gilt stamping / lettering. Red edgestain. Brown floral patterned paper eps. Mainly London scenes & settings. More
London: S. T. Freemantle, 217 Piccadilly, 1899. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 849). xxviii, 174, [2 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated by Helen M. James. Sm 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Light blue decorative cloth with gilt stamped lettering/design. TEG. Pale blue pictorial eps. More
New York & London: George D. Sproul, 1908. "Autograph Edition". 1st edition thus (Gimbel D-148; NCBEL III, 784). SIGNED by Dowden. Limited to 250 cc. 2 volumes (xxxiii, [3], 373, [1 (blank)]; xvi, 407 pp [including Index]). Each volume with an original frontispiece by William Rainey, R.I., SIGNED by Rainey..... More
New York: Frederick Stokes, [1926]. 1st US edition. xvi, 350 pp (including Index). Frontis of Dickens. 8vo. Blue cloth binding lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. More
London: Rich & Cowan Ltd., 1932. 1st Edition. 317, [3] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
London: Cassell, 1953. 1st edition. [6], 270 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. A biography by one who wished to show all sides of the Inimitable. More
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1919). [8], 308, [4 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. More
New York: Random House, (1952). 1st edition. [8], 181, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Black cloth binding printed in red and white design and lettering. Yellow topstain. Red printed dj, designed by Armitage. More
New York: Schocken Books, 1984. 1st US edition. xiv, [2], 369, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1913. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). xi, [3], 319, [1] pp. Frontis of the author. Inserted plate [of Dickens] facing p. 160. 8vo. Red cloth with gold spine lettering. Crotch, a turn-of-the-century journalist, takes one of the first systematic looks at Dickens, the man with the..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1915. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). x, [2], 261, [9] pp. 7 page Index @ rear. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1920. 1st edition. 182 pp. 8vo. Collection of misc. papers/essays written on various aspects of the Inimitable. J.W.T. Ley's copy, with his signature on the ffep, dtd April 17, 1920. More
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1995. 1st edition. 3 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Pictorial eps. No dust jacket. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1916. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). xii, 254 pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering. More
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996. 1st edition. lviii, [2], 1102, [4] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Pictorial eps. No dust jacket. More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1912. 1st edition (Gimbel H446; Miller, p. 108). 193, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Green cloth binding. TEG. Dust jacket. More
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London: Smith Elder and Co., 1864. 1st volume appearance (cf. Gimbel E42, for the monthly issue). The Dickens piece in the February issue, pp 129 - 132. Trollope's tribute follows, pp. 134 - 137. P. 132 with a wood engraving after the conclusion of Dickens' text, presumably depicting Thackeray's study..... More
New York: Artcraft Litho. & Ptg. Co., Inc., [1965]. Cf. Bolton 176. Unpaginated, though 12 pages, with the center leaves as fold-outs, forming a 4-page center spread. Laid-in, a printed b/w sheet, detailing 2 additonal actors, Roy Castle & Peter Bull, not found in the regular printed text. Photographic illustrations..... More
New York: New York Printing Co. (The Republic Press) Publishers, (1891). 1st edition thus, Revised and Freshened with Notes by the Author. 45, [1] pp. Index at rear. Partially unopened. Frontis of Depew. Oblong format: 8" x 9-3/8". Original publisher's blue cloth spine over silver patterned paper covered boards with..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. 1st printing of the Revised and Enlarged 8th Edition. xii, 367, [7] pp. 4 page Index at rear. Profusely illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & black decorative stamping to the front board..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). "People's Edition", ca early 1870s. Cf. Gimbel D26. [5] - 467, [1 (blank)] pp. Advert leaf tipped-in prior to t.p. 'Hunted Down' illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Publisher's original morocco-style brown cloth with gilt stamped spine &..... More
Calabasas: David Brass Rare Books, 2012. 1st edition. xxxvi, 420 pp. Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. Absolutlely essential reference to the collector of Dickens US editions. 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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992). 1st Edition in English. ix, [3], 587, [7 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth backed boards. Dust jacket. Lew Archer, Father Brown, Sherlock Holmes, et al all focus their considerable deductive powers on "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"…. More
