London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908. 1st Edition. [2 ads] [255] 256-280, [2 ads] pp. B/w illustrations in text and one full-page plate. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Sewn blue wrappers. We have many issues in stock. More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908. 1st Edition. [2 ads] [227] 228-252, [2 ads] pp. B/w illustrations in text and one full-page plate. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Sewn blue wrappers. We have many issues in stock. More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908. 1st Edition. [2 ads] [199] 200-224, [2 ads] pp. B/w illustrations in text and one full-page plate. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Sewn blue wrappers. We have many issues in stock. More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908. 1st Edition. [2 ads] [171] 172-196, [2 ads] pp. B/w illustrations in text and one full-page plate. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Sewn blue wrappers. We have many issues in stock. More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908. 1st Edition. [2 ads] [143] 144-168, [2 ads] pp. B/w illustrations in text and one full-page plate. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Sewn blue wrappers. We have many issues in stock. More
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1908. 1st Edition. [2 ads] [59] 60-84, [2 ads] pp. B/w illustrations in text and one full-page plate. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Sewn blue wrappers. We have many issues in stock. More
[Boston?]: 1871. 1st printing (presumed), ca 1870. Single sheet folded once to form four pages. Engraved borderds and illustrations in text. Folded: 10-1/4" x 6-9/16" Self wrappers. A playbill for a production of "No Thoroughfare" at the Boston Theatre, with Charles Fechter playing the role of Jules Obenreizer, and Carlotta..... More
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Boston: Boston Job Print, Alden Street, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1880. Not found in Bolton. Single sheet broadside, 10-1/4" x 4-3/8", 17 lines of text. A playbill advertising LeMoyne & "His Celebrated Company", with "the entire Company in both Pieces." as appearing at Bangor Maine's famed Norembega Hall..... More
San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1953. 1st edition. xi, [1], 445 pp (including index). 8vo. Marooon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. Fields & Dickens close friends; Chap 21 on Dickens. More
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
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
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
London: The Dickens House, 1925 - 1928. 1st printing thus. ~ 48 pages. Some adverts. 8vo. Green printed wrappers. More
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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
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
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..... More
New York: Garland, 1990. 1st edition. 345 pp. 8vo. Green cloth. Issued without dust jacket. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. 1st Edition. 2 volumes (xxii, 585, xlvii; viii, [586] - 1159, [9], lxix - cxcvii pp). Illustrated. 8vo. Hardbacks. Dust jackets. The most scholarly biography to-date. Uncommon in the first edition, as the title was also issued by the BOMC. 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. More
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
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
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'..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1911. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 831). xii, 318, [2] pp. 41 illustrations. 8vo. Purple cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. More
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
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
