New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. [1849]. 1st US edition [Calinescu Catalogue 91; Edgar & Vail, p. 25; Gimbel A120; Vander Poel B426(2)]. Not in the McGuire Catalogue. 34, [2] pp. Text double column. Advert leaf with "Sterling Works for Libraries" to recto. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/8". Original publisher's printed..... More
Buffalo: State University of New York, [1970]. 1st Printing. [4], i, [1], 26 pp. 8vo. 8-7/16" x 5-3/8". Pale green & blue paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "This catalogue is issued in connection with the Dickens Centennary Exhibit in the Lockwood Library, State University of..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. 1st edition (Miller, p. 82). Not in Gimbel. 42 pp. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2". Pink printed wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1860s (?). Card verso with printed paper title label. No publisher imprint. 2 domed albumen photographs, 1/8" apart on a flat, brown mount, rounded corners. 3-1/4" x 6-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. An obscure card depicting a scene from The Old Curiosity..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974. 1st printing. xxv, [3], 692 pp (including Index). Frontis, a map & playbill reproductions. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4". Red cloth binding. Red & pale yellow dust jacket. The most complete edition of Dickens' letters (772 herein, with 264 first published). More
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New York: Gurney & Son, [1868]. Gurney imprint under Dickens image; verso with the Gurney device in center & his "Fifth Avenue, Cor. 16th St. N.Y." address printed at the base of the card. Image: 3-3/4" x 2-1/4. Mount: 4-3/16" x 2-1/2". Rounded corners. Now housed in an archival mylar..... More
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Brighton / London: Mayall 91, King's Road Brighton and 224, Regent Street, (n. d.). Ca 1860s (?). Photographer imprint to base of recto & to verso, with Marion & Co. publisher imprint at verso base. Photograph: 3-1/2" x 2-3/16" on stiff card stock, 4-1/16" x 2-7/16". Now housed in an..... More
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London: Herbert Watkins 215 Regent Street, (n. d.). Ca early 1860s (?). Photographer imprint to base of recto & verso, with blue oval stamp underneath: "Published by Marion & Co London" Photograph: 3-1/2" x 2-3/8" on stiff card stock, 3-1/2" x 2-7/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Bust..... More
London: Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 1st edition (Smith II, p. 48). Farr's Second issue (cf. Farr Catalogue 1, pp 15 - 18; ). [8], 270, [2] pp. Illustrations by Samuel Palmer. 8vo. 7" x 4-1/2". Original blue diaper cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering (primary..... More
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London: John & Charles Watkins, Photographer to the Queen 34, Parliament Street. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s / early 1870s. Watkins imprint under Dickens image; verso with the Watkins device in center & his address printed at the below. Image: 8.8 cm x 6 cm. Card: 10.7 cm x 6.2..... More
London: Hamlyn, 1973. 2nd Printing. 140 pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated with color & b/w images. 4to. Green cloth binding. Facsimile mss eps. White glossy paper dust jacket printed in color. Lovely pictorial account of Boz and his times. More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1841. "3rd edition" [Gimbel A31, "third copy"]. vi, [ix] - xii, 15 - 212 pp. Text double column. 24 inserted plates after Cruikshank's redrawn by Yeager. 9-5/8" x 6". Signed in both sixes & fours; sewn in 6s. Period black half-leather binding with black cloth boards..... More
[London]: 1840. SIGNED by Lover. Small bifolium. 12 lines, plus close & signature. With typed transcription. 4-3/8" x 3-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Samuel Lover, also known as "Ben Trovato" ("well invented"), was an Irish songwriter, composer, novelist, and a painter of portraits, perhaps best known today..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, 806 Chestnut Street, (1859). 1st US book edition, first issue, [possible] later state (?), cf Smith AMERICAN 12, especially note 5 where Smith notes their possible earlier release date than December 5th). [2], [19] - 211, [13] pp. Text double column. 2 pages of..... More
Avon CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. 1st edition thus. SIGNED / Limited edtion, #376 / 2000 cc. xv, [3], 272, [2] pp. Illustrated by Raymond Houlihan. 8vo. 10" x 6-7/8". Tan quarter leather binding with pictorial boards. Slipcase. More
[London]: Published by A. & F Pears Ltd, [1912]. Ca 1912 (cf. Gimbel B155 [Chimes]; B165 [Cricket]; B179 [Battle of Life]; B186 [Haunted Man]; Hearn, p. 178 for the set). 5 volumes (139, [1]; 147, [1]; 160; 144; 140 pp). Adverts begin & conclude each volume. 'Cricket' illustrated by L...... 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: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 1st US edition. 392 pp. Bound with UK sheets. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. Wright one of the first to look at Dickens' private life in a public forum. More
London: 1864. 1st edition. 48 pp. Inserted at front, a 4 page advert, printed on blue paper. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Blue printed wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dickens wrote Parts I & VII; see Oppenlander, p. 150, for specific contributions of the other authors... 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
Boston: Published by Redding & Co., 8 State Street, 1846. 1st US Edition thus, i.e., by this publsher (Smith 5, pp. 69-70). 39, [1] pp. Text double column. P. 40 an advert for other titles available from Redding & Co., with the rear wrapper advertising, with a woodcut, Eugene Sue's..... 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
London: Chapman & Hall, 1840 - 1841. 1st edition (Eckel, pp. 67- 70; Smith I, p. 47). 3 volumes (306; 306; 426 pp). Vol I with MHC (weekly numbers) publicaton prospectus tipped-in at front. Frontis in each volume & 195 intratextual woodcut illustrations [primarily] by Phiz and George Cattermole. Bound..... More
London: Chiswick Press, 1918. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 827). 31 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. 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
