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
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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. 1st edition, limited to 550 sets. This #205. 2 volumes. Frontis & t.p. vignette in each volume. 12mo. Blue paper-wrapped boards. TEG. Original box with paper spine label. More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. 1st printing of this "Cheap and Uniform Edition" (Eckel, p. 215; Gimbel A97; NCBEL III, 811). [4], 108 pp. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Original green printed wrappers with vignette of a snarling dog to front cover, and rear cover with advert for 2 titles in..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. 1st printing of this "Cheap and Uniform Edition" (Eckel, p. 215; Gimbel B171; NCBEL III, 798). [4], 119, [3] pp. A one-page advert at rear. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Original green printed wrappers with oval vignette of Little Paul to front cover, and rear cover..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858 [1861]. Later issue [ca 1861], with C&H wrappers. Not in Gimbel (though cf D31, Sixth copy, for a C&H imprint, with Charles Dickens & Evans printer slug). 114, [2] pp. Advert penultimate page, listing GE as available. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Publisher's original green printed..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. 1st printing, 1st issue of the Reading edition (Eckel, p. 215; Gimbel A91; NCBEL III, 810). [4], 105, [3] pp. A one-page advert at rear. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/4". Original green printed wrappers with woodcut vignette to front cover. Advert rear wrapper, listing "Carol" &..... More
Stamford: Printed at the Overbrook Press as an insert for the Colophon, 1939. 1st separate edition. #3 / 10 cc. Not in Gimbel. Unpaginated, though 30 pages. Binder's blanks at front & rear. Illustrated, including facsimiles. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Brown cloth binding with title gilt stamped to front board..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, (1861). 3rd edition, illustrated issue. Published the same year as the first (cf Smith AMERICAN 13, pp 377 - 378). [15] - 523, [3 (blank)] pp. With 34 Illustrations from Original Designs by John McLenan. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's..... More
London: E. Grattan, 51, Pasternoster Row. 1837. 1st book edition (Kitton, Dickens and His Illustrators, pp. 234). The volume edition not in Gimbel, nor the NCBEL, though see H1120 & NCBEL III, 788 for the Parts issue. 32 plates by Onwhyn, complete. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's brown printed..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 1872. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 814). vii, [3], 271, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" Period full brown morocco binding, gilt dentelles, marbled eps, TEG. Original cloth covers bound-in at rear. A personal memorial from one intimately familiar with Dickens' readings... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1911. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). xxx, 243, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. A collection of Chesterton's introductions used in the Everyman publications of Dickens' works. More
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[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
Manchester & London: Abel Heywood & Son, (n. d.). 1st editon thus, i.e., by this publisher, ca 1880s. Cf. Bolton 70 [surmising a date of 1890]. 15, [1] pp. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Original pale yellow printed wrappers, bound in later blue stiff-stock covers with paper title label to spine..... 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
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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
New York: Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway. 1846. 1st edition thus, and 2nd US edition (Smith AMERICAN, pp 66 - 69. [6], 97, 1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's reddish brown printed paper covers. Custom red cloth chemise in deep maroon quarter leather slipcase with red cloth..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1853. 1st US book edition (Smith AMERICAN, p. 315). Not in Gimbel, nor VanderPoel. 2 volumes: xvi, 480; [2], 481 - 936, 4 pp. 4 page publisher catalogue concludes volume II [variance from that noted by Smith]. Illustrated with a frontis of Dickens &..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. 1st edition thus (Smith AMERICAN, p. 55). 96 pp. Binder's blanks at front & rear. With 12 illustrations after the originals. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". White linen cloth binding stamped in gilt to front board & spine, design after that of the UK edition. Pale..... More
