London: W. Marshall, 24, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, [1838]. 1st printing (presumed). 12, [36] pp. Publisher advert p. 4, advising all that "Marshall's Pocket-Book Business is Removed from 1, Holborn Bars." Contains 11 additional sketches: The Dilemma [anonymous, 2 pp], A Day at Epping [anonymous, 2 pp], We Must Go..... More

New York: Wilson & Company, Publishers. 1842. "First American Edition." Though actually, the 2nd US Edition, 2nd issue (cf. BSA Papers Vol 69, No 3; Edgar & Vail, pp 20 & 21; Gimbel A68). 47, [1] pp. Text double column. Untrimmed. Last page with wood engraving of a town setting..... More

London. Ca 1883. Volume accompanied by the original 1884 / 1885 sales receipt for the sketches & binding thereof. Each drawing, ~ 5" x 3", all signed, tastefully mounted & displayed via custom matted window with the character's name & relevant descriptive text, from the novel, below. 12 characters are..... More

London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by M. Jones, 1, Paternoster-Row; and May be Had of All Booksellers in Town or Country, 1807. 1st, and only, edition published for the author. [4], 89, [1 (errata)] pp. Textblock trimmed. 8vo. 8" x 4-7/8". Bound in later stiff marbled paper wrappers..... 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

(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

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

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

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

[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

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

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

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