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
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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
On The ORIGIN Of SAM WELLER, and The Real Cause of the Success of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.; With a Facsimile Reprint of The Beauties of Pickwick, Collected and Arranged by Sam Weller.
London: J. W. Jarvis & Son, 1883. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 789). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy "With the compiler's compliments" inked at the top of the front wrapper. Pailthorpe etching of Sam Weller as frontis. 8vo. Original printed grey paper wrappers. Chemised, and housed in a custom slipcase. 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
BLEAK HOUSE.
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
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
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OLIVER TWIST [or The Parish Boy's Progress]. In Three Volumes.
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
DICKENS' DOCTORS. Some of the Doctors Portrayed in the Works of Charles Dickens this being the 2nd volume.; Presented with the compliments of The Arlington Chemical Co., Yonkers N.Y., Liquid Peptonoids.
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
The DICKENS CIRCLE. A Narrative of the Novelist's Friendships.
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
The WORKS Of CHARLES DICKENS. Household Edition.
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
CHARLES DICKENS.; From the "English Men of Letters" series.
New York: Harper & Bros. 1882. 1st US edition. 222 pp + 6 pp adverts at rear. Sm. 8vo. Black cloth binding with red lettering. More
LITTLE DORRIT. Illustrated Edition. Two Volumes Complete in One.; From 'Peterson's Uniform Edition of Charles Dickens' Works'.
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
The IDENTITY Of MR SLUM. Charles Dickens and the Blacking Laureate.
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
MUGBY JUNCTION And DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS.
Philadelphia: T. P. Peterson & Bros. (n. d.). Circa mid-to-late 1860s. 109 pp (double column) + 3 pp adverts at rear. 8vo. Original lt pink printed wrappers with woodcut vignette. From 'Peterson's Cheap Edition for the Millions' Series. This title not in the Gimbel collection (See Gimbel D40). More
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS And MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. 'Peterson's Cheap Edition for the Million'.
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
The FIRST EDITIONS Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS And Their Values. A Bibliography.
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, gilt..... More
SIKES And NANCY. A Reading.; With an Introduction, and General Bibliography of the Reading Editions, by John Harrison Stonehouse.
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
The CRICKET On The HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home.
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
HINTS To COLLECTORS Of ORIGINAL EDITIONS Of The WORKS Of CHARLES DICKENS.
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