The DROOD CASE.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 809). x, 218 pp (including Index). Frontispiece. 5 internal plates [with 16 images]. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. One author's explanation of the mystery. More
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The CRICKET On The HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. Early US edition [Edgar & Vail, p. 23; Gimbel A93; VanderPoel B403(2)]. 32 pp (double column) + 16 pp 'Catalogue of Books' at rear, 8vo. Printed brown wrappers. Uncut edges. Often called the 1st US edition, priority cannot be established with absolute certainty, so... More
The PICKWICK EXHIBITION. Held at the New Dudley Gallery From July 22nd to August 28th, 1907.
London: The Dickens Fellowship, [1907]. 1st printing (NCBEL III, 787). 116 pp. 10 illustrations. 8vo. Green printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Exhibition held to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Completion of the 'Pickwick Papers'. More
The DICKENSIAN. Lot of 5 issues.
London: The Dickens House, 1925 - 1928. 1st printing thus. ~ 48 pages. Some adverts. 8vo. Green printed wrappers. More
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The NONESUCH DICKENS. Sample Pages [plus ephemera].
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1938 - 1939. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Includes laid-in leaflet with a blurb from Mitchell Kennerley extolling the virtues of the set. 2 illustrations, plus facsimile title page illustrated with a cut. 8vo. 10" x 6-1/8". Saddle-stitched sage-colored paper wrappers printed in black. More
The UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. 1st edition thus (Smith II, 11n9; cf. Flake/Draper 2830, citing a later edition). Issue with Pinwell credited on the t.p.; no priority established. viii, 204 pp (double column). Frontispiece by G. J. Pinwell. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Publisher's original green cloth binding with elaborate gilt... More
DOMBEY And SON. Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition.
New York: Sheldon and Company. 1862. 1st printing of this edition (cf. Gimbel D38). 4 volumes (322; 312; 306; 336 pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volumes I, II & IV; by John Gilbert in Volume II. Small 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. More
PICKWICK PAPERS An Annotated Bibliography. The Garland Dickens Bibliographies (Vol. 7).
New York: Garland, 1990. 1st edition. 345 pp. 8vo. Green cloth. Issued without dust jacket. More
The COMEDY Of CHARLES DICKENS. A Book of Chapters and Extracts Taken from the Writers Novels. By His Daughter Kate (Mrs Perugini). First Series.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1906. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 785). xii, 542 pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & dark green stamped lettering to front board. More
CHARLES DICKENS His Tragedy and Triumph.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. 1st Edition. 2 volume set. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardbacks. Dust jackets. The most scholarly biography to-date. Uncommon in the first edition, as was also issued by the BOMC. More
PHIZ And DICKENS. As They Appeared to Edgar Browne. With Original Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne.
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. More
CATALOGUE Of The DICKENS COLLECTION At The UNIVERSITY Of TEXAS.
Austin: University of Texas, 1961. 1st edition. #361/500cc. ix, [1], 195, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. UT has one of the better Dickens' collections found in any institution, though it should be noted that this edition, while useful, is primarily for the Dickens completist (i.e., having... More
In DICKENS'S LONDON.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Reprint of the 1914 edition. xvi, 127, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with plates & facsimiles by the author. Royal 8vo. Green vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamped lettering. More
The CHARITY Of CHARLES DICKENS. His Interest in the Home for Fallen Women and a History of the Strange Case of Caroline Maynard Thompson.
Boston: Printed Privately for Charles E. Goodspeed, 1929. 1st edition thus. [4], 100, [8 (blank)] pp. T.p. printed in red & black. B/w intratextual illustrations / photographic images. 9-1/4" x 6-1/2". Beige paper wrapped boards, white printed title label to spine. No slipcase. More
The DICKENS ORIGINALS.
London: T. N. Foulis, 1913. 2nd printing. [10], 347, [1 (blank)] pp (including index). Frontispiece. Inserted plates. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & black lettering to front board. Blue topstain. A look at those that, perhaps, occasioned the characters that populate Dickens' novels. More
CHARLES DICKENS In AMERICA.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1911. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 831). xii, 318, [2] pp. 41 illustrations. 8vo. Purple cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. More
A DICKENS DICTIONARY.
New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Reprint of the revised & enlarged 1928 2nd edition. xxii, 375, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontis of Dickens. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. More
A CYCLOPEDIA Of The BEST THOUGHTS of CHARLES DICKENS.
New York: E. J. Hale, 1873. Early printing of the volume edition (Gimbel D67). 564 pp. Royal 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with elaborate black & gilt stamping. Bevelled edges. More
ABOUT ENGLAND With DICKENS.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1899. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 848). ix, [1 (blank)], 307, [1] pp (including Index). 58 woodcut illustrations. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & a graphic in black to front board. More
The DICKENS COUNTRY.
London: A & C Black, 1905. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 849). xiv, 235, [5] pp (including Index). 4 pages of advert conclude volume. Illustrated with 50 full-page illustrations, mostly from photographs by T. W. Tyrrell. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. More
LITTLE NELL. Retold for Children by Alice F. Jackson.
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, (n. d.). Circa 1917. 183 pp. 8 inserted color plates by F. M. B. Blaikie. 8vo (6" x 8"). Brown paper wrapped boards with color printed paper onlay to front board. More
GARISH LIGHTS. The Public Reading Tours of Charles Dickens.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1970). 192 pp, illustrated, Sm 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. A look at Dickens' public readings. More
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1864-65. 1st edition (Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 345 - 370). 20 parts in 19. Some advert variances (+/-) from that found listed in Hatton & Cleaver; specific collation supplied on request. Illustrated with 40 plates by Marcus Stone. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Original green printed wrappers... More
GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
New York: James G. Gregory, 1861. 1st edition thus, e.g., 1st 2-volume edition, and 2nd US edition (Gimbel D38; Smith AMERICAN, 13 [pp. 379 - 380]). 2 volumes (336; 334 pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volume I; by John Gilbert in Volume II. 12mo. Original publisher's green... More
HOUSEHOLD WORDS. A Weekly Journal. Volume II.
London: 1851. 1st volume edition (NCBEL III, 818). iv, 620 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind. Imprint of "McElrath and Barker" at base of spine. Pale yellow eps. Light blue bookseller... More