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, 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
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
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
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
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
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London: Richard Bentley, 1839 - 1840. New Edition [cf. Tillotson Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Fifth Series, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, June 1963; Smith, Notes 5d and 5e]. Three volumes: [2], 331, [1, blank], [4, ads] pp.; [2], 307, [1, blank] pp.; [2], 315, [1, blank] pp. 24 engraved plates..... More
Yonkers NY: Arlington Chemical Co., (n. d.). Unpaginated, though 16 pages. Illustrated with 8 images, one of each featured character & of Dickens himself. 7-1/4" x 5-3/4". Printed wrappers, stapled. Featured are Drs Lumbey [Nicholas Nickleby], Jeddler [Battle of Life], Blimber [Dombey], Kutankumagen [Mudfog Papers], Professor Muff [Mudfog Papers], Dr..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1919). Later printing. xix, [3], 424, [6, blank] pp. Illustrated with b/w plates. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Red cloth lettered in gilt. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1872 - 1877. 16 volumes, complete. Text printed double column. Publisher's advertising insert to first volume. Illustrated by diverse artists, including the Americans Abbey, Frost, Nast, & Reinhart. 10" x 7". Original publisher's green highly decorative cloth with gilt stamped lettering & designs. This..... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1882. 1st US edition. 222 pp + 6 pp adverts at rear. Sm. 8vo. Black cloth binding with red lettering. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, No. 306 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). Ca 1857. 1st US one-volume edition (cf. Edgar & Vail, p. 27). Cf. Gimbel D25, "tenth set" 376 pp. Text double column, and per Edgar & Vail, derived from the Harper serial publication. 8 pp of adverts at rear [with..... More
London: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1937. 1st edition. #27/35 cc. 14 pp. 'Times' article [9 June 1938] mounted & bound-in at rear. 8vo. Custom bound in brown qtr calf with blue silk moire boards. "Mr Slum", described by Partington as a "pathetic and whimsical person" [from The Old Curiosity..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Bros. (n. d.). Early US printing (ca. 1868). Cf. VanderPoel B451. [17] - 107, [5] pp. 5 pages of adverts at rear. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's salmon-colored printed paper wrappers with woodcut vignette. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1913. 1st edition. No. 437 of an edition limited to 750. xviii, 296 pp (including Index). Frontis portrait of Dickens; 36 illustrations & facsimiles, including a four-panel fold-out showing the title page variations of the first edition of The Battle of Life. 8vo. Brown cloth binding..... More
London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1921. 1st edition thus. Limited to 275 cc. 59 pp (including a 1 pg advert at rear), frontis, 8vo. Grey paper-wrapped boards with paper spine label. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. Early US edition [Edgar & Vail, pg 23; Gimbel A93; VanderPoel B403(2)]. 32 pp (double column) + 16 pp 'Catalogue of Books' at rear, 8vo. Printed brown wrappers. Uncut edges. Often called the 1st US edition, priority cannot be established with absolute certainty, so..... More
London: George Redway, 1885. 1st editon (NCBEL III, 780). 56, [4] pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts at rear [dated 1885]. Sm 8vo. Full faux vellum with gilt stamped title lettering, beveled edges. More
London: George Redway, 1885. 1st editon (NCBEL III, 780). 56 pp + publisher adverts at rear. Sm 8vo. Full faux vellum with gilt lettering. More
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 780). 378 pp (including index) + 32 pp Oct 1883 publisher advert at rear, 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First book edition, 2nd issue (Smith I, 7). NB. Despite the assertion by some booksellers that the £ placement on the frontis constitutes an edition issue point, let me assure you it does not (cf. Smith I, p. 67). xiv, [2], 624 pp. 40 illustrations..... More
