A BIBLIOGRAPHY Of DICKENSIAN CRITICISM 1836 - 1975.; Garland Reference Library of the Humanities (Vol. 12).
New York: Garland, 1975. 1st edition. xiv, 314 pp. 8vo. Red buckram cloth binding with black stamped lettering. More
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LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. Vol. XXVI. July, August, September, 1850.
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
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CARTE De VISITE [CDV] PHOTOGRAPH [Albumen].
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
CHOICE SELECTIONS From The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS,; Consisting of Humorous Sketches, Instructive Essays, Amusing Stories, Gems of Wit, Humor, &c., &c.
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
The NOVELS Of CHARLES DICKENS. A Bibliography and Sketch. The Book-Lovers Library.
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
CHARLES DICKENS 1812 - 1962.; A Biography, with Examples of the Work of His Finest Illustrators.
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
The MINOR WRITINGS of CHARLES DICKENS.
London: Elliot Stock, 1900. 1st ed. 260 pp (including index), Sm. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Beveled boards. More
The TOUCHSTONE Of DICKENS.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1920. 1st ed. 182 pp, 8vo. Hardback. Collection of misc. papers/essays written on various aspects of the Inimitable. More
The DICKENS THEATRICAL READER.
Boston: Little, Brown, (1964). 1st ed. 370 pp, 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. X-lib copy. More
LAYAWAY PURCHASE RECEIPT. P. F. Collier, Publisher, 14 Dupont Street, San Francisco. 2. 19 . 1887.
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
CREATING CHARACTERS With CHARLES DICKENS.
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
SCENES And CHARACTERS From The WORKS Of CHARLES DICKENS. Being Eight Hundred and Sixty-Six Drawings ... Printed from the Original Wood Blocks Engraved for "The Household Edition".
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
CHARACTER SKETCHES From DICKENS.; With An Introduction by Kate Perugini.
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
MRS. GAMP by Charles Dickens. A Facsimile of the Author's Prompt Copy.; Foreword by Monica Dickens. Introduction and Notes by John D. Gordan.
[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
LITTLE PAUL From The DOMBEY And SON Of CHARLES DICKENS.
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
The POSTHUMOUS PAPERS Of The PICKWICK CLUB.
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
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A LIST Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS. [accompanied by] TNs from Parrish to W[illiam] Miller.; Compiled from the Collection at Dormy House, Pine Vally, New Jersey. Exhibition at The LIBRARY COMPANY Of PHILADELPHIA February 17 to March 10, 1938.
[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
LIFE Of CHARLES DICKENS.; With Personal Recollections and Anecdotes; - Letters by 'Boz,' Never Before Published; - And Uncollected Papers in Prose and Verse.
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
The MYSTERY Of EDWIN DROOD And Some Uncollected Pieces.
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
DEALINGS With The FIRM Of DOMBEY And SON, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.
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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HOLIDAY ROMANCE. In Four Parts. Part III. [as Published in] OUR YOUNG FOLKS. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. April. Number 40.
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
DOMBEY And SON.
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
The CRICKET On The HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home.; Wiley and Putnam's Library of Choice Reading. No. LV.
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
The CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In.
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