Leipzig: Frederick Fleischer, 1839 - 1840. 1st Collected Edition of Dickens' works. Not in Gimbel. 6 volumes [Pickwick, 2v; OT; Nickleby, 2v, Sketches]. Each volume [except Vol I, Pickwick] with a 'Works' t.p. as well as an individual t.p. Vol I with frontis, the Macready portrait. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/8"..... More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. Later edition. 124 pp. Engraved t.p. Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 5-7/8" x 4-1/8". Green publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering. Red edgestain. "Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was..... More

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1862. 1st edition thus (cf. Gimbel D38). 3 volumes (x, [11] - 315, [3 (blank)]; 315, [3 (blank)]; 310, [4 (blank)] pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in each volume. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale..... More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1867. Cheap edition. First published in this format in 1864 (cf. Caldwell. GREAT EXPECTATIONS, p. lxv; NCBEL III, 805 [incorrecting listing 1863]). Not in Gimbel, though see D5, for other titles in issued in the 'Cheap Edition' format. [2], 268 pp. Text double column. Frontispiece after..... More

London: 1867. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 813; Parrish, pp. 66-67). 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/2". Blue printed paper wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A collaborative effort by these two pre-eminent Victorian authors [cf. Oppenlander, p. 196, for a distribution of same]... More

London: 1862. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 813). 48 pp. 8vo. Original printed paper self-wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1859 - 1868. 1st volume edition. 20 volumes, complete. ~600 pages per volume. Text double column. Christmas Stories included: Vol 2 with "The Haunted House," Vol 6 has "Tom Tiddler's Ground," Vol 8 has "Somebody's Luggage," & Vol 10 has "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings" (Vol 4 lacks..... More

New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street, 1845. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher (Edgar & Vail, p. 22; Gimbel A87 [second copy]; VanderPoel B389(1) [stating the Harper as the 2nd US edition]; Wilkins, p. 38). 31, [1 (blank)] pp (text double column). T.p. state w/o..... More

London: All The Year Round, 1868 - 1869. 1st appearance. 1st published in book form in 1869. Not in Sadleir, nor Wolff. Divers paginations. Masthead engraving to each issue. 8vo. Bespoke blue quarter leather binding over blue pebbled cloth boards. Maroon leather title label to spine. Pale yellow eps. Yates'..... More

(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1870s. Recto with Dickens name printed under the photograph. Verso blank. 10 cm x 6 cm. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More

Boston: Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856. 1st edition (Wright 2516). vi, [7] - 310, [4 (blank)] pp. 4 page publisher advert tipped-in to rear eps. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. A epistolary novel. More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. 1st book edition, bftp (Smith I, 15). 2 volumes (xi, [1 (blank)], 320; vii, [1], 309, [1] pp). 40 plates by Marcus Stone. 8vo. Period purple half-morocco bindings, gilt stamped spine lettering, complementary purple pebbled cloth-covered boards. Red speckled edges. More