New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1865. 1st US edition, later issue. Ca 1879. 48 pp. Text double column. Untrimmed. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4". Original publisher's printed salmon paper wrappers, sewn. Dickens wrote Parts I & VII; for the contributions of the other authors, see Oppenlander, pp 150. Harper reissued..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1865. 1st US edition (Gimbel B289). 48 pp (including wrappers). Text double column. Untrimmed. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4". Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dickens wrote Parts I & VII; for the contributions of the other..... More
Boston: Jones McDuffee & Stratton, 1878. 1st separate edition (Brussel EAST To WEST, p. 85; Gimbel B221). Not in the NCBEL. 14, [2] pp. Terminalplate of a Parian statuette of John A. Andrews. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4". Light grey printed wrappers, stapled. Somewhat abridged version of Dickens' "A Plated Article"..... More
London: Printed by Buck and Wootton, (n. d.). 1st printing (Gimbel D59). Ca 1870?. Not in Eckel, nor Kitton's DICKENSIANA. 15, [1 (blank)] pp. Pagination includes wrappers. 8vo. 7-3/16" x 4-7/8". Printed self-wrappers, sewn. Collects accounts of 5 Dickens' speeches, of which the first relates Dickens speaking at the 10..... More
London: Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange. 1855. 1st edition (Eckel, p. 235; Fielding, SPEECHES, pp 197 - 208; Gimbel B-237). Not in Kitton's DICKENSIANA. 11, [1] pp. Pagination includes wrappers. Printed by M. S. Rickerby, London. 12mo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Original printed self-wrappers, sewn. "Price Twopence." The British populace exhibited..... More
London: 1879. 1st edition (Eckel, p. 162; Gimbel B-80; VanderPoel B532). Limited to 250 cc, this No. 78. 45, [1] pp. 8vo. 7" x 4-5/8". Original grey printed wrappers. A play written for Dickens' good friend Macready circa 1838, though not performed at the time, with the story eventually being..... More
Otley: Printed by William Walker, (n. d.). Ca early 1840s. Cf. Engel 229 & Miller, p. 243 for a similar work, "Pickwick Treasury of Wit, or, Joe Miller's Jest Book" [1845]. 12 pp. Woodcut vignette to front wrapper, as well as typographical border/decorations. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's printed..... More
New - York: Stringer & Townsend, 1853. 1st edition thus (Edgar & Vail, p. 26; Gimbel B225). 47, [1] pp. Text double column. Last page blank. 8vo. Original publisher's buff paper wrappers, printed in black. " 'The Poor Relation's Story', pp. 3 - 8, and 'The Child's Story', pp 8..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. 1st thus (NCBEL III, 798; VanderPoel B206). 4 steel engravings, each on a separate sheet. 9" x 6". Housed in a printed, pale green portfolio-style paper-wrappers. "Price One Schilling." More
[London]: [St. Luke's Hospital], [1860]. 1st separate edition, second issue (Eckel, pp. 188-191; Gimbel B-216; VanderPoel B-465). 19, [1] pp. 7" x 4-3/4". Original pale pink printed wrappers, sewn. Typographical border surrounding title lettering on front wrapper. This short piece by Dickens, on St. Luke's Hospital, originally published in the..... More
Philadelphia: The Philobiblon Club, 1905. 1st edition (Gimbel H118; Miller, p. 100). Limited to 150 cc. 53, [1] pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Last page blank. Tall 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/4". Grey printed wrappers. Not in the NCBEL. More
Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1844. 2nd edition (American Imprints 44-1238; NCBEL III, 822; Cf. Sabin 11217 for the 1st & 3rd editions). iv, [5] - 60 pp. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Original printed blue wrappers. Front wrapper title: 'LETTER To A LADY In FRANCE, In ANSWER To ENQUIRIES CONCERNING The..... More
Boston: William White & H. P. Lewis, 1842. 1st edition (American Imprints 42-2784; Gimbel H-277; VanderPoel B486; Wright I, 1571). Not in Kitton's DICKENSIANA or Wilkins. 68 pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-1/4". Original printed pale-yellow wrappers. A scarce parody published, no doubt, to take advantage of the Boz mania that..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1837 [1871]. 1st printing of the Facsimile edition (See Eckel, p 154). 46, [2 (blank)] pp. Unopened. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5". Printed self-wrappers. One of the scarcest Dickens' titles in the original printing. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1848. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 798; VanderPoel B206). 4 plates. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Pale green printed wrappers. Not in Gimbel, though see H1002 & H1003, which is a similar such set for OCS & BR. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1870. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 828). viii, [9] - 147 pp (double column). 8vo. Printed wrappers. Issued shortly after Dickens' demise, and expands on a 10 June piece from the Daily Telegraph. Quite uncommon. More
