London - Paris - New York: 1868. 1st edition thus (Gimbel B295), i.e., with the lithographic plate reproducing Dicken's letter. This copy SIGNED by Dickens, in blue ink, on the original ffep, "Faithfully yours / Charles Dickens [flourish]". We posit it was signed by Dickens during his 1868 tour of..... More
[London]: Thomas McLean, Haymarket. Circa 1872. Engraving: 20" x 15". Frame: 33" x 27". Housed in a period wooden frame. Firth a long-time friend of Dickens, who Dickens commissioned in 1842 to paint a portrait of Kate Nickleby. This portrait of Dickens Frith completed in 1859, shows the author at..... More
Paris: Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Librairie Gallimard, 1956. xx, 1352, [2] pp. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8". Flexible pebbled green boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. In white dust jacket with red lettering, mylar cover, and plain tan cardboard slipcase. French language text. "Dombey & Son" translated by Georges Connes;..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1877. 80 pp. 2 prefatory woodcut vignettes. 16mo. Green decorative cloth w/ gilt lettering on front board/decorations stamped inblack. 'Vest Pocket Series' red advert eps. 3rd edition (Eckel, p. 159; Gimbel B62; VanderPoel B530[1]). Not in Welsh, though see #2371, MR NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY, also..... More
New York: J. Winchester, New World Press. [1844]. 1st US book edition (Calinescu Collection, Part I, 59; Gimbel A77; Smith American 6.3). Not in the McGuire Collection catalogue, the VanderPoel catalogue, nor Wilkins. [4], 150, [2 (blank)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 7-1/2". Later black leather spine, with printed..... More
New York: MacMillan, 1919. 1st US edition. xii, [2], 397, [5] pp. 4 pages of adverts conclude volume. Crown 8vo. Black cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. No dust jacket. Novel peopled with characters that are descendants of characters in Dickens' novel, Dombey And Son (1848), and thereby attempting..... More
New York: Greenberg, 1924. 1st edition. Limited to 1500cc. [6], 165, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Gissing. 8vo. Dark brown cloth spine with lt brown paper wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Dust jacket. A collection of essays originally written as introductions to the Rochester..... More
Dundee, Edinburgh, London: Valentine & Sons, (n. d.). 1st edition thus. 128 pp. Color frontis & 4 inserted color plates. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & front board. TEG. Patterned paper eps. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1872 - 1874. 1st edition. 3 volumes. 8vo. Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco bindings, by Root & Sons, with green cloth boards. Gilt decorated spine, with 5 raised bands. TEG. Grey marbled paper eps. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1912. 1st US edition. 280 pp (including Index). Illustrated. Thick 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. As most know, Forster was Dickens' closest confidant. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1981). 1st edition. x, 131, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Tan cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine. Orange pictorial DJ. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. Each volume ~ 400 to 500 pages. Illlustrated with reproductions of the original illustrations by Cruikshank, Phiz, et al. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" Publisher's original morocco-style pebbled green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt-stamped Dickens' bust to..... More
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1847. 1st US edition (Gimbel A104; Edgar & Vail, p. 24; Smith AMERICAN, 7; VanderPoel B197(1); Wilkins, p. 25). Pp 249 - 294, [2 (blank)] [= 48 pages]. Illustrated with 2 plates ["Profound cogitation of Captain Cuttle" & "Paul goes home for the holidays."] after..... More
London: Associated Newspapers, 1934. 1st trade edition (Smith II, 940). [1], 128, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Dickens. Royal 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering. Maroon topstain. Grey dust jacket with dark blue lettering. More
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop Inc, (n. d.). 1st printing. [2], 62 pp. A few photographic images. 9" x 5-3/4". Colored papered wrappers with black title lettering printed to front cover. More
New York: G. P. Putnams Sons, 1927. 1st edition (Bolton, PP 129). 246 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering (done in the style of the Christmas Books). Dust jacket. First produced 2/15/27 in Washington DC. Reports are that the production enjoyed quite a bit of success, eventually making..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. 1st edition thus. Not in Gimbel. 16 volumes, complete. Frontispiece. 16mo. 6" x 4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with black & gilt stamping to spine, front board blocked in black & rear board in blind. Original publisher's green cloth box with gilt stamping to..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). 208 pp. Illustrations from the original adverts. 8vo. Blue printed cloth boards. Dust jacket. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep. vii, [5], 233, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Blue dust jacket. More
London: New Century Press, 1899. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 790). 114 pp + adverts. Sq 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Green patterned-paper eps. More
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1847. 1st US edition (Gimbel A104; Edgar & Vail, p. 24; Smith AMERICAN, 7; VanderPoel B197(1); Wilkins, p. 25). Pp 677 - 724 [= 48]. Illustrated with 2 plates ["Florence parts from a very old friend" & "Mr Dombey and his confidential agent"] after Hablot..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (n. d.). Circa 1877. [4], [21] - 532 [= 516] pp. Crown 8vo. Publisher's original morocco-style pebbled green cloth with gilt stamped spine & gilt-stamped Dickens' bust to front board. Bevelled edges. Brown clay-paper eps. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1993. 1st edition. 236 pp (including Index). 8vo. Green cloth binding. No dust jacket, as issued. More
New York: Garland, 1990. 1st edition. 290 pp (including index). 8vo. Green cloth binding. Issued without dust jacket. More
San Francisco: Privately Printed for Perry Epsten, 1921. 1st edition thus. Unpaginated. Decorations by W. F. Rauschnabel. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6-1/8". Stiff paper covers. With pasted on dust jacket (seam attachment at paste-downs). Printed by Haywood H. Hunt. Republication of Dickens' "A Poor Relations Story", which was first published in..... More
