London: Printed for the Author by The Bradley Press, 1937. 1st editon. Limited to 55 hardbound cc, this # 25. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, from the author to S. W. Meek, SIGNED in full. 30 pp. Fold-out matrix of Carol editions. With facsimile title leaves of the 1844 'Trial' Carols in... More
London: The Useful Knowledge Co. 1871. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 828; Gimbel D62). iv, 62 pp. Facsimile Dickens letter [folded] as frontispiece. 8vo. Original printed yellow paper wrappers. Housed in a custom red cloth chemise, in turn housed in a full red morocco pull-apart case, with gilt lettering & decorations... More
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
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street. (n. d.). Ca early 1870s, cf. Gimbel D26. [4], [19] - 523, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontis, vignette title & 10 inserted plates by John M'Lenan. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5". Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt stamped spine & publisher's medallion ("Uniform... More
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
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. 1st book edition. xvi, 624 pp. Frontis, engraved title & 38 inserted plates by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo. Modern full tan morocco, by Byzantium, with gilt decorated spine, gilt decorated boards & marbled eps & marbled eps. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 818). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from Wills to James Ballentine, dated February 1860. vi, 437, [1] pp. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4". Period blue half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Maroon leather title label in second spine compartment. Blue speckled edges. More
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
Goring-on-Thames: Elvendon Press, 1983. 3rd Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the t.p. 127, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Red dust jacket. More
London: 1865. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 813). 48 pp. "Our Mutual Friend" advert slip present prior to p. 1. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-1/2". Publisher's original blue printed wrappers, sewn. Dickens wrote Parts I & VIII; for the contributions of the other authors, see Oppenlander, pp 165 - 166. More
London: 1866. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 813). 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-3/8". Original blue printed wrappers, sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1867. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 813; Parrish, pp. 66-67). 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. Blue printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A collaborative effort by the two authors [cf. Oppenlander, p. 196, for a distribution of same]. More
![OLIVER TWIST [or The Parish Boy's Progress]. In Three Volumes. Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870.](/pictures/thumb/44033.jpg?v=1491932480)
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
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
London: The Waverly Book Co., Ltd. (n. d.). 1st printing. Ca 1900. Divers paginations. Illustrated with sample plates. 8vo. Green cloth binding, with sample binding styles in front & rear. A sample book for this subscriber edition of Dickens' works... "Taken as a whole, the Special Authorized Edition offers to... More
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
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
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, 1982/83. 1st edition. 2 volumes (120; 95 pp). Illustrated with photographs of bindings. 4to. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. Absolutlely essential reference to the collector of Dickens in original cloth. More
London: Chapman & Hall, (n. d.). The 'Charles Dickens' edition, ca 1880s. 522, [4 (Postscript)] pp. 8 illustrations. 8vo. Original red publishers' cloth with gilt facsimile Dickens' signature on front board. 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: Harper & Bros. 1882. 1st US edition. 222 pp + 6 pp adverts at rear. Sm. 8vo. Black cloth binding with red lettering. More
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1870. 1st edition thus (Cox 133 ["Not seen"]; Smith, AMERICAN 15, p. 418; VanderPoel B280). Not in Edgar & Vail, Gimbel, nor the McGuire Collection Catalogue. [2], 103, [3] pp. Text double column. 2 pages of adverts at rear. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5". Original... More
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
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
Philadelphia: T. P. Peterson & Bros. (n. d.). Circa mid-to-late 1860s. 109 pp (double column) + 3 pp adverts at rear. 8vo. Original lt pink printed wrappers with woodcut vignette. From 'Peterson's Cheap Edition for the Millions' Series. This title not in the Gimbel collection (See Gimbel D40). More
