New York: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. 1st US edition in book form (Edgar & Vail, p. 20; Smith AMERICAN 5, pp. 184 - 185; Wilkins, p. 20. Cf. Gimbel A63). 12, [4], iv, [9] - 323 pp. Text double-column. Adverts 1st 12 pp. Frontispiece. Engraved t.p. Inserted plates engraved by..... More
![Item #47646 The OLD CURIOSITY SHOP And Other Tales [with second t.p. of] MASTER HUMPHREY'S...](/pictures/thumb/47646.jpg?v=1571352490)
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. 1st US edition, cloth issue A (Smith 5). vi, [9] - 362 pp (double column). Frontis & intratextual illustrations by Cattermole & Brown. 8vo. Brown sand grain cloth binding with gilt stamped spine (professionally refurbished). More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855 - 57. 1st edition (Hatton & Cleaver, pp 307 - 330). 20 parts in 19. Adverts per Hatton & Cleaver, with the following variances: Part 7 has additional advert for Cassell's History; 12 lacks blue "English Cyclopedia" slip; 13 lacks "Ask Mamma" slip & "Wreck"..... More
![Item #47621 "Travelling Letters, Written on the Road - No. I." [as published in] The DAILY NEWS....](/pictures/thumb/47621.jpg?v=1566947828)
London: Printed and Published by William Bradbury, 1846 [1896]. Facsimile Reprint, ca 1896. 8 pages. Text in 6 columns. Elephant folio. 24-1/2" x 18-1/4". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. First appearance [in facsimile] of a newspaper initially edited by Charles Dickens, his resignation coming barely more..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1914. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 808). 79, [1 (blank)] pp. Reproduction of Part-issue wrapper graphics, p. 5. Royal 8vo. 9-7/8" x 7-1/4". Original blue printed paper covers. A mock trial heard in King's Hall, Covent Garden on Wednesday, 7 January 1914, with G. K. Chesterton presiding..... More
New York: Garland, 1975. 1st edition. xiv, 314 pp. 8vo. Red buckram cloth binding with black stamped lettering. More
Boston: Published by E. Littell & Company, 1850. 1st volume edition. [4], 619, [1] pp. Text double column. 8vo. Original publisher's vertically-ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. Peach colored eps. More
![Item #47483 CARTE De VISITE [CDV] PHOTOGRAPH [Albumen]. Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870](/pictures/thumb/47483.jpg?v=1565130749)
Boston: Joseph Ward, 125 Washington St. (n. d.). Ca 1870. Verso with logo, etc, for the publisher, who offers "Looking Glasses, Picture Frames, Photographs, Stereoscopes and Views." Image of a mature Dickens, from the late 1860s. 10 cm x 6 cm. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Nice contemporaneous..... More
London: Printed for the Publishers, 1855. 1st Edition thus, i.e., as this collection. Not found in Gimbel. Divers paginations. Some articles illustrated with cuts. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. Volume collects a number of issues of Household Words, No. 150 [February..... 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: Elliot Stock, 1900. 1st ed. 260 pp (including index), Sm. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Beveled boards. More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1964). 1st ed. 370 pp, 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. X-lib copy. 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
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
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
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
![Item #47036 A LIST Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS. [accompanied by] TNs from Parrish to...](/pictures/thumb/47036.jpg?v=1558135421)
[Philadelphia]: 1938. 1st printing (Gimble H356; Miller, p. 281). Unpaginated, though 18 pp (including wrappers). 7" x 4-3/4". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Housed in a custom maroon cloth chemise; gilt stamped black leather title label to spine. The catalogue provides a chronological list of Dickens' works, as found in the Parrish..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, No. 306 Chestnut Street, (1870). 1st edition (NCBEL III, 828). [15] - 484, 6, 14, [6] pp. The 6 page "Controversy" folows text, with 18 pages of adverts following. Last leaf blank. Frontispiece of Dickens. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's green cloth..... More
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870. 1st US book edition, Second Issue (Gimbel A156; Smith AMERICAN 15, pp 413 - 416). iv, [2], 210 pp [double column]. 2 page gap in pagination as detailed by Smith. DROOD illustrated with 12 b&w cuts after Luke Fildes' originals, and HOLIDAY ROMANCE illustrated..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1852. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher (Gimbel A107). 2 volumes: x, [2], 499, [1 (blank)]; [4], 468 pp. 39 [of 41] plates, with 2 plates being omitted from Vol II [frontispiece vignette & "On the Dark Road" (p. 348)]. 12mo. 7-5/8" x...... More
![Item #47002 HOLIDAY ROMANCE. In Four Parts. Part III. [as Published in] OUR YOUNG FOLKS. An...](/pictures/thumb/47002.jpg?v=1557605469)
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868. 1st appearance (Edgar & Vail, p. 30; NCBEL III, 825). [193] - 256, 4 pp. Dickens' story, pp. 193 - 200. Adverts last 4 pages. Frontis. Cuts throughout the issue. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Original printed orange wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
Boston: Bradbury and Guild, 12 School Street, 1848. 1st edition thus, and 3rd US book edition (Wilkins, p. 26; Gimbel A112; Smith AMERICAN, pp 260 - 270). vii, [1 (blank)], 624 pp. 36 plates by H. K. Browne, as reengraved by an unidentified American engraver. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Original..... More
