San Francisco: John Howell, 1922. 1st edition thus. #121 / 350cc (Heller-Magee 40, who note that while the colophon states "350 cc printed" the actual print run was only 200cc). 18 pp. Printed by Edwin Grabhorn. Title page & decorations by Joseph Sinel. 8vo. Cloth spine with paper wrapped boards..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1897. 1st edition. Large Paper copy. ix, [3], 245, [3] pp (including Index). Frontis. Head- tailpieces. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's tan quarter leather binding over blue-grey cloth boards. Contains much background material on each title. More
London: Tullis Russell & Co Ltd. Printed by Print Publicity Ltd., [1962]. 1st Edition, with an unspecified limitation. 26, [2] pp + captioned paper gutter inserts. 8 color illustrations by "Kyd". 10" x 7-1/2". Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Pictorial eps. No dust jacket. An advertising vehicle for Russell..... More
Los Angeles: William Andrew Clark Memorial Library, 1971. 1st Edition. vi, [2], 99, [3] pp. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. Printed paper wrappers. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. 1st printing. xix, [3], 547, [1] pp. Frontis. Facsimiles. Map. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4". Red cloth binding. Pale yellow & red dust jacket. The most complete, scholarly edition of Dickens' letters, containing 706, of which 250 are previously unpublished. More
London: The Educational Book Co. Ltd., (n. d.). 1st edition, ca 1910. xvi, 607, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontis + 72 illustrations. 7-5/8" x 5-1/2". Blue cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering and design to spine and cover. TEG. More
London: Elliot Stock, 1900. 1st ed. 260 pp (including index), Sm. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Beveled boards. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1920. 1st ed. 182 pp, 8vo. Hardback. Collection of misc. papers/essays written on various aspects of the Inimitable. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. 1st edition. 239 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth spine with blue paper-wrapped boards. TEG. More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1964). 1st ed. 370 pp, 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. X-lib copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1978). 1st edition. 207 pp. B&W illustrations. 8vo. 25cm x 17.5cm. Brown cloth binding. Brown dust jacket. Excellent reference. Book mainly comprised of the artist's illustrations. More
San Francisco: 1887. A fill-in-the-blanks job-printed receipt for this California publisher, detailing layaway terms. Verso with blanks to record customer's payment record. 3-7/8" x 10". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. One Francis Cutting has deposited One Dollar, as of February 19, 1887, towards purchase of "1 Set Dickens"..... More
London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1902. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. Cf. NCBEL III, 829. xv, [1 (blank)], 504 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. 1st Edition. 2 volumes (xxii, 585, xlvii; viii, [586] - 1159, [9], lxix - cxcvii pp). Illustrated. 8vo. Grey cloth bindings. Maroon topstain. Grey dust jackets. Maroon publisher's box. The most scholarly biography to-date. Somewhat uncommon in the first edition, as the title was also..... More
Universtiy Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (1991). 1st edition. x, 218 pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. An attempt to identify the real people who served as models for Dickens' characters. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1908. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 850). xi, [1], 584 pp. 866 woodblock illustrations. 4to. 11-1/8" x 7-3/4". Original red cloth with gilt spine lettering & front board stamped in blind. This volume has every illustration that went into the Household edition; represented are such artists as..... More
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons. 1924. 1st edition, "Edition De Luxe", copy #338, SIGNED by Matz, Copping & the publisher. Gimbel D198. 146 pp. 30 color plates by Copping. 4 facsimiles. 4to. Publisher's brown leather binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & front board blind embossed. More
London: George Redway, 1899. 1st edition. xvi, 256 pp. Untrimmed. 69 inserted plates depicting 22 portraits & 70 original illustrations. Tissue guard, with caption, for each plate. 4to. Period three-quarter dark brown leather with marbled paper boards. TEG. More
[New York]: The New York Public Library, 1956. 1st printing (Gimbel B121). Limited to 500 cc. xvii, [1], 120, [2] pp. Frontis piece. Collotype facsimiles. Tall 8vo. Two-tone rough weave linen cloth binding. More
Manchester: Published by the Author at Albert Chambers, 1883. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 829). Issued only for subscribers. 250 pp. 75 illustrations. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and facsimile signature on front cover. More
New York: Clark Austin Maynard & Co., 3 Park Row. 1862. Later edition (Gimbel B-170 [fourth copy] & Wilkins, pp. 40 - 41, for the Redfield edition). 175, [3 (blank)] pp. Frontis, and engraved t.p. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's violet cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering &..... More
London: James Nisbet & Co, 1913. 1st Trade Edition. xiv, 320 pp including index. 39 plates. 10" x 7". Blue cloth binding with gilt and embossed face of Dickens face stamped to front board. Gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. TEG. Dust jacket. More
New York: James Turney, 1838. 1st book edition, second issue by this publisher (Smith AMERICAN 2, pp 67 - 73). xii, 609, [1] pp. 32 plates by Seymour, Phiz, & Crowquill. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine [Smith variant A], rebacked. Eps..... More
