London: Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street, 1855. 13th Edition [stated]. [8], 166, [2] pp. Advert page follows text, last page blank. 4 hand-colored plates, and 4 intratextual b/w cuts, by John Leech. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Publisher's original red vertically-ribbed red cloth binding with gilt stamping. AEG. Pale yellow..... More
London: Francis Griffiths, 1907. 1st edition. [8], 162 pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. An early effort at indexing & summarizing Dickens' works & characters, etc., now superceded by Hardwick or Bentley, et al. More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca mid-1880s. Verso blank. Image: 4-7/8" x 3-7/8". Mount: 12" x 10-1/16". Mount with penciled note in lower right corner: "From painting by Alexander, Boston 1842". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "In 1827, Alexander moved to Boston where he soon became one of..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., (1932). 1st edition. xii, 204, [8] pp (including Index). Crown 8vo. Blue cloth binding with black stamped lettering. No dust jacket. "Burdett-Coutts spent the majority of her wealth on scholarships, endowments, and a wide range of philanthropic causes. One of her earliest..... More
London: A & C Black, 1911. 2nd edition. 235, [5] pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. 32 b&w illustrations from photographs. Crown 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-3/8". Light blue cloth binding with cameo photo of Dickens on front board. More
London: Elliot Stock, 1900. 1st edition (Large paper edition). xi, [1], 260 pp. Untrimmed edges. Sm. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Quarter bound with dark tan buckram cloth spine over paper wrapped boards; gilt stamped spine lettering. Bevelled edges. More
London: Dalau & Co., 1925. 1st edition. vii, [1], 180 pp. Crown 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Blue dust jacket. A collection of essays on divers literary & bookish topics, with the first 2 chapters on Dickens. More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca mid-1880s. Verso blank. Image: 5-5/8" x 4-1/8". Mount: 12" x 10". Mount with penciled note in lower right corner: "Mason & Co, London 1865". Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. This oft-published image of Dickens show him seated, in formal attire, hands clasped..... More
London: Published by the Author and Sold for the Benefit of the Dickens House Endowment Fund (Walter Dexter Memorial). 1951. 1st Separated edition, Reprinted from The Dickensian. 24, [4] pp. 2 genealogical charts at rear [1. Paternal Line; 2. Maternal Line]. Half-tone b/w photographic image of "Aunt Charlton" to p...... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Limited to 425 cc. xx, 139, [1] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
[London ?]: 1888. 1st printing (Gimbel D114; VanderPoel D147). Unpaginated, though 54 pp. Bazaar floor plan, p. 4. Other illustrations, from Dickens works, throughout. Flip book format: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2. Printed self-wrappers, stapled at top. AEG. P. 2 an advert for Dickens' works, as published by Chapman & Hall. Now..... More
London: Chas. Pearson & Son, Ltd., Printers, 21, Bury Street, 1905. 1st printing. Unpaginated bifolium, so 4 pages. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2. Printed self-wrappers, now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. The evening included scenes for David Copperfield, "The Gentleman in the Next House" adapted from Nickleby, and the Trial..... More
Rochester: Edwin Harris & Sons, Steam Printers, Eastgate, 1905. 1st printing. Unpaginated bifolium, so 4 pages. 8" x 5-1/8. Printed self-wrappers, now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. "Note -- This is the identical version used by Dickens himself in his famous public appearances in England and America." [p..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca mid-1880s. Verso blank. Image: 6-1/8" x 4-3/8". Mount: 12" x 10". Mount with penciled note in lower right corner: "Mason & Co. 1865" Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. This well-known 1865 image shows Charles Dicken 's family and friends on the porch..... More
Portsmouth: 1903. 1st printing. Unpaginated bifolium, so 4 pages. P. 1 with wood engraved image of Dickens birthplace; p. 4 with b/w half-tone image of Bryant's portrait of Dickens. Other cuts, head & tailpieces. 6-1/2" x 5-1/8". Printed self-wrappers, now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca mid-1880s. Verso blank. Image: 3-7/8" x 3". Mount: 12" x 10". Mount with penciled note in lower right corner: "From daguerreotype by Henri Claudet 1852" [obviously in error, as it was Antoine Claudet who was the photographer]. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve..... More
Boston: Christopher Publishing House, (1939). 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy to "Hal", SIGNED by the Author [in 1957]. Not in Gimbel, nor the NCBEL. 153, [7 (blank)] pp. Publisher prospectus / order blank laid in, as well as TLs from Neely [on his Omaha law office letterhead], to H. G...... More
New York: American Art Association, 1926. 1st edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-3/8". Original printed wrappers, red & black. 329 entries on Dickens material. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. 1st trade edition (BAL 18258; NCBEL III, 849). xvi, 127, [1] pp. Illustrated with 22 plates & 5 facsimiles. Royal 8vo. 10-1/2" x 7-1/4". White cloth spine with grey-green boards lettered in green. TEG. Onionskin wrapper. Publisher's box. More
Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard, 1837. 1st printing of this Part. [4 (adverts)], iv, [5] - 223, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Original paper wrapped boards with salmon colored cloth spine. Printed paper title label. Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. An odd volume from the..... More
Bradford: Printed in Great Britain by W. E. Berry, Ltd., [1958]. Cf. Bolton ATTC-115. An English “3-sheet” poster, in two overlapping sections, approximately 79” x 40". Stored folded, and housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Here offered a scarce poster advertising a 1958 b&w British film based on Dickens'..... More
New York: Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co., 3 Park Row. 1866. 190, [4] pp. Frontis & engraved t.p. by F. O. C. Darley. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-7/16". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & decorations. Pale yellow eps. A popular series, first issued by Redfield in..... More
New York: Wilson & Company, Publishers. 1842. "First American Edition." Though actually, the 2nd US Edition (cf. BSA Papers Vol 69, No 3; Edgar & Vail, pp 20 & 21; Gimbel A68). 47, [5] pp. Text double column. Last 4 pages blank. Last page with wood engraving of a town..... More
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. Now housed..... More
London: Cecil Palmer, 1922. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 809). A facsimile of the 1843 1st edition. xviii, [10], 166, [2] pp. 2 newspaper extracts, regarding Dickens & Christmas, accompany. Color reproductions of the original Leech illustrations, plus the 4 b/w intratextual drawings. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Brick red cloth..... More
