SOME DICKENS WOMEN.; Foreword by G. K. Chesterton.
New York: Frederick Stokes, [1926]. 1st US edition. xvi, 350 pp (including Index). Frontis of Dickens. 8vo. Blue cloth binding lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. More
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SOME DICKENS MEN.; With a Foreword by Philip Gibbs.
London: Rich & Cowan Ltd., 1932. 1st Edition. 317, [3] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
CHARLES DICKENS. A Sentimental Journey in Search of An Unvarnished Portrait.
London: Cassell, 1953. 1st edition. [6], 270 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. A biography by one who wished to show all sides of the Inimitable. More
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CHARLES DICKENS. How to Know Him. [cover title].
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1919). [8], 308, [4 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. More
MR. PICKWICK. A Comedy Freely Drawn from Charles DIckens' The Pickwick Papers.
New York: Random House, (1952). 1st edition. [8], 181, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Black cloth binding printed in red and white design and lettering. Yellow topstain. Red printed dj, designed by Armitage. More
A DICKENS COMPANION.
New York: Schocken Books, 1984. 1st US edition. xiv, [2], 369, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
CHARLES DICKENS Social Reformer.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1913. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 840). xi, [3], 319, [1] pp. Frontis of the author. Inserted plate [of Dickens] facing p. 160. 8vo. Red cloth with gold spine lettering. Crotch, a turn-of-the-century journalist, takes one of the first systematic looks at Dickens, the man with the..... More
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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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
LITTLE DORRIT. Illustrated Edition. Two Volumes Complete in One.; From 'Peterson's Uniform Edition of Charles Dickens' Works'.
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, No. 306 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). Ca 1857. 1st US one-volume edition (cf. Edgar & Vail, p. 27). Cf. Gimbel D25, "tenth set" 376 pp. Text double column, and per Edgar & Vail, derived from the Harper serial publication. 8 pp of adverts at rear [with..... More
The IDENTITY Of MR SLUM. Charles Dickens and the Blacking Laureate.
London: Printed for Private Circulation Only, 1937. 1st edition. #27/35 cc. 14 pp. 'Times' article [9 June 1938] mounted & bound-in at rear. 8vo. Custom bound in brown qtr calf with blue silk moire boards. "Mr Slum", described by Partington as a "pathetic and whimsical person" [from The Old Curiosity..... More
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS And MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. 'Peterson's Cheap Edition for the Million'.
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Bros. (n. d.). Early US printing (ca. 1868). Cf. VanderPoel B451. [17] - 107, [5] pp. 5 pages of adverts at rear. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's salmon-colored printed paper wrappers with woodcut vignette. More
The FIRST EDITIONS Of The WRITINGS Of CHARLES DICKENS And Their Values. A Bibliography.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1913. 1st edition. No. 437 of an edition limited to 750. xviii, 296 pp (including Index). Frontis portrait of Dickens; 36 illustrations & facsimiles, including a four-panel fold-out showing the title page variations of the first edition of The Battle of Life. 8vo. Brown cloth binding..... More