A HANDBOOK To PICKWICK PAPERS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. 1st edition. x, 156 pp. 25 illustrations; 2 maps. 8vo. Orange cloth spine with grey paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
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POSTHUMOUS PAPERS Of The PICKWICK CLUB.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1887. 1st edition thus. The Victoria Edition. 2 volumes. Illustrated in photogauvre after the originals. Royal 8vo. Blue-green cloth with gilt stamping. Issued to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Victoria's reign. Incorporates all illustrations and the many prefaces written by Dickens for the various editions during..... More
DAILY PICKINGS From PICKWICK.
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
A PICKWICKIAN PILGRIMAGE.
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
RAMBLES IN DICKENS' LAND.; Introduction by Gerald Brenan.
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
DOMBEY And SON. Part I. Part II. The Complete Works of Charles Dickens. Volume XIII. Volume XIV.; Introduction by Edward Dowden. Edited with Annotations, Bibliography, and Topography by Frederic G. Kitton.
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
SOME DICKENS WOMEN.; Foreword by G. K. Chesterton.
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
SOME DICKENS MEN.; With a Foreword by Philip Gibbs.
London: Rich & Cowan Ltd., 1932. 1st Edition. 317, [3] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
CHARLES DICKENS. A Sentimental Journey in Search of An Unvarnished Portrait.
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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CHARLES DICKENS. How to Know Him. [cover title].
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
MR. PICKWICK. A Comedy Freely Drawn from Charles DIckens' The Pickwick Papers.
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
A DICKENS COMPANION.
New York: Schocken Books, 1984. 1st US edition. xiv, [2], 369, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
CHARLES DICKENS Social Reformer.
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
The TOUCHSTONE Of DICKENS.
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
EVERYONE In DICKENS. Volumes I - III.
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1995. 1st edition. 3 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Pictorial eps. No dust jacket. More
The SOUL Of DICKENS.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1916. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). xii, 254 pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering. More
EVERYTHING In DICKENS. Ideas and Subjects Discussed by Charles Dickens in His Complete Works.
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
IN DICKENS STREET.
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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'In Memoriam' [as published in] The CORNHILL MAGAZINE. Vol. IX. January to June, 1964.
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
PICKWICK. The New Musical Comedy.; Based on Dickens' Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
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
"OUR CHAUNCEY" After Dinner Rhymes.; Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the New York Yale Alumni Association, January 23, 1891.
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
LITERARY LANDMARKS Of LONDON.
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
HUNTED DOWN; And Other Reprinted Pieces.
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
CHARLES DICKENS. A Bibliography of His First American Editions. 1836 - 1870.
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
THE D CASE, or The Truth About the Mystery of Edwin Drood.; Translated from the Italian by Gregory Dowling.
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