The PAGEANT Of DICKENS.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1915. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). x, [2], 261, [9] pp. 7 page Index @ rear. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. More
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The TOUCHSTONE Of DICKENS.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1920. 1st edition. 182 pp. 8vo. Collection of misc. papers/essays written on various aspects of the Inimitable. J.W.T. Ley's copy, with his signature on the ffep, dtd April 17, 1920. More
EVERYONE In DICKENS. Volumes I - III.
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1995. 1st edition. 3 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Pictorial eps. No dust jacket. More
The SOUL Of DICKENS.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1916. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). xii, 254 pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering. More
The HUMOUR And PATHOS Of CHARLES DICKENS. With Illustrations of His Mastery of the Terrible and the Picturesque. Selected by Charles Kent.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1884. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 785). viii, 467, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). 4 page publisher advert tipped-in at rear. Frontispiece of Dickens, tissue guard. 8vo. Original publisher's green decorative cloth with gilt armorial lion [that used by Dickens] to front board. This a selection of... More
EVERYTHING In DICKENS. Ideas and Subjects Discussed by Charles Dickens in His Complete Works.
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996. 1st edition. lviii, [2], 1102, [4] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Pictorial eps. No dust jacket. More
The DICKENS CRITICS. Aspects of Novel Criticism Since 1836.
Ithaca: Cornell, 1962. 1st Edition. ix, [3], 417, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with silver title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Blue dust jacket with white title lettering printed to front panel and spine. A collection of essays on Dickens and his works as written over the past century. More
IN DICKENS STREET.
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1912. 1st edition (Gimbel H446; Miller, p. 108). 193, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Green cloth binding. TEG. Dust jacket. More
!['In Memoriam' [as published in] The CORNHILL MAGAZINE. Vol. IX. January to June, 1964. Charles . Trollope Dickens, William Makepeace - Subject, Anthony . Thackeray, 1812 - 1870, 1815 - 1882, 1811 - 1863.](/pictures/thumb/44472.jpg?v=1542149759)
'In Memoriam' [as published in] The CORNHILL MAGAZINE. Vol. IX. January to June, 1964.
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1864. 1st volume appearance (cf. Gimbel E42, for the monthly issue). The Dickens piece in the February issue, pp 129 - 132. Trollope's tribute follows, pp. 134 - 137. P. 132 with a wood engraving after the conclusion of Dickens' text, presumably depicting Thackeray's study... More
NO THOROUGHFARE. The Extra Christmas Number for 1867. EXTRA SATURDAY: A Journal of Choice Reading.
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. 1st US edition (Edgar & Vail, p. 28; Gimbel E60; McGuire Collection, 79; VanderPoel B459). 1 - 6, 42, 7 - 10 pp. Text double column. Adverts precede & follow the story. Royal 8vo. 10-1/2" x 7". Original brown wrappers printed in black. According to... More
CHARLES DICKENS A Critical Study.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1913. Reprint, first published in 1906. [8], 299, [1] pp. Crown 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. TEG. More
The OLD CURIOSITY SHOP.; With a Frontispiece.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1848. 1st 'Cheap' edition in book form (NCBEL III, 795). vii, [1 (blank)], 344 pp. Text double column. Frontis from a painting by George Cattermole; engraved by T. Williams. 8vo. 7-11/16" x 5". Original publisher's green cloth binding with elaborate gilt stamped spine and the boards... More
PICKWICK. The New Musical Comedy.; Based on Dickens' Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
New York: Artcraft Litho. & Ptg. Co., Inc., [1965]. Cf. Bolton 176. Unpaginated, though 12 pages, with the center leaves as fold-outs, forming a 4-page center spread. Laid-in, a printed b/w sheet, detailing 2 additonal actors, Roy Castle & Peter Bull, not found in the regular printed text. Photographic illustrations... More
On The ORIGIN Of SAM WELLER, and The Real Cause of the Success of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.; With a Facsimile Reprint of The Beauties of Pickwick, Collected and Arranged by Sam Weller.
London: J. W. Jarvis & Son, 1883. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 789). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy "With the compiler's compliments" inked at the top of the front wrapper. Pailthorpe etching of Sam Weller as frontis. 8vo. Original printed grey paper wrappers. Chemised, and housed in a custom slipcase. More
"OUR CHAUNCEY" After Dinner Rhymes.; Delivered at the Annual Dinner of the New York Yale Alumni Association, January 23, 1891.
New York: New York Printing Co. (The Republic Press) Publishers, (1891). 1st edition thus, Revised and Freshened with Notes by the Author. 45, [1] pp. Index at rear. Partially unopened. Frontis of Depew. Oblong format: 8" x 9-3/8". Original publisher's blue cloth spine over silver patterned paper covered boards with... More
LITERARY LANDMARKS Of LONDON.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. 1st printing of the Revised and Enlarged 8th Edition. xii, 367, [7] pp. 4 page Index at rear. Profusely illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & black decorative stamping to the front board. More
HUNTED DOWN; And Other Reprinted Pieces.
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). "People's Edition", ca early 1870s. Cf. Gimbel D26. [5] - 467, [1 (blank)] pp. Advert leaf tipped-in prior to t.p. 'Hunted Down' illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Publisher's original morocco-style brown cloth with gilt stamped spine &... More
CHARLES DICKENS. A Bibliography of His First American Editions. 1836 - 1870.
Calabasas: David Brass Rare Books, 2012. 1st edition. xxxvi, 420 pp. Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. Absolutlely essential reference to the collector of Dickens US editions. More
BLEAK HOUSE.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. 1st book edition. xvi, 624 pp. Frontis, engraved title & 38 inserted plates by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo. Modern full tan morocco, by Byzantium, with gilt decorated spine, gilt decorated boards & marbled eps & marbled eps. More
THE D CASE, or The Truth About the Mystery of Edwin Drood.; Translated from the Italian by Gregory Dowling.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992). 1st Edition in English. ix, [3], 587, [7 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth backed boards. Dust jacket. Lew Archer, Father Brown, Sherlock Holmes, et al all focus their considerable deductive powers on "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"…. More
![OLIVER TWIST [or The Parish Boy's Progress]. In Three Volumes. Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870.](/pictures/thumb/44033.jpg?v=1542149640)
OLIVER TWIST [or The Parish Boy's Progress]. In Three Volumes.
London: Richard Bentley, 1839 - 1840. New Edition [cf. Tillotson Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Fifth Series, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, June 1963; Smith, Notes 5d and 5e]. Three volumes: [2], 331, [1, blank], [4, ads] pp.; [2], 307, [1, blank] pp.; [2], 315, [1, blank] pp. 24 engraved plates... More
DICKENS' DOCTORS. Some of the Doctors Portrayed in the Works of Charles Dickens this being the 2nd volume.; Presented with the compliments of The Arlington Chemical Co., Yonkers N.Y., Liquid Peptonoids.
Yonkers NY: Arlington Chemical Co., (n. d.). Unpaginated, though 16 pages. Illustrated with 8 images, one of each featured character & of Dickens himself. 7-1/4" x 5-3/4". Printed wrappers, stapled. Featured are Drs Lumbey [Nicholas Nickleby], Jeddler [Battle of Life], Blimber [Dombey], Kutankumagen [Mudfog Papers], Professor Muff [Mudfog Papers], Dr... More
The DICKENS CIRCLE. A Narrative of the Novelist's Friendships.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1919). Later printing. xix, [3], 424, [6, blank] pp. Illustrated with b/w plates. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Red cloth lettered in gilt. More
The WORKS Of CHARLES DICKENS. Household Edition.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1872 - 1877. 16 volumes, complete. Text printed double column. Publisher's advertising insert to first volume. Illustrated by diverse artists, including the Americans Abbey, Frost, Nast, & Reinhart. 10" x 7". Original publisher's green highly decorative cloth with gilt stamped lettering & designs. This... More
CHARLES DICKENS.; From the "English Men of Letters" series.
New York: Harper & Bros. 1882. 1st US edition. 222 pp + 6 pp adverts at rear. Sm. 8vo. Black cloth binding with red lettering. More