New York: Artcraft Litho. & Ptg. Co., Inc. [1965]. Cf. Bolton 176. Unpaginated, though 12 pages, with the center leaves as fold-outs, forming a 4-page center spread. Laid-in, a printed b/w sheet, detailing 2 additonal actors, Roy Castle & Peter Bull, not found in the regular printed text. Photographic illustrations... More
[New York]: [1986]. Ca late 1985 [based on the title]. Unpaginated, though 12 pages, with the center leaves as fold-outs, forming a 4-page center spread. Laid-in, a printed b/w sheet, detailing 3 actors, presumed to be understudies. Photographic illustrations of all major actors. Full color drawings by Paul Davis. 11-7/8"... More
London: Published by the Wyndham Theatre, Ltd. Printed by John Waddinton Ltd. [1960]. 1st printing (presumed). Unpaginated, though 12 pages. 7-1/4" x 5". White paper wrappers printed in black, blue & yellow, stapled. More
London: Chapman and Hall, Strand. 1841. 1st separate edition (Smith 6B). vi, [v] - x, [2 (half-title)], [229] - 306, 420, 1 - 36, 49 - 72, 421 - 426 pp. Text from Master Humphrey's Clock, adding the title page and advertisement. Illustrated with intratextual wood engravings by Hablot K.... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1837 [1871]. 1st printing of the Facsimile edition (See Eckel, p 154). 46 pp. Binder's blanks at rear. Frontis. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-7/8". Bound in later full red leather with marbled paper eps. Original front wrapper bound-in. One of the scarcest Dickens' titles in the original printing. More
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co, (n. d.). 1st edition thus, ca 1924. US edition, bound with the UK sheets. Cf. Hearn CHRISTMAS CAROL, p. 176; NCBEL III, 809. xviii, [10], 166, [2] pp. Facsimiles of Dickens mss, as well as color reproductions of the original Leech illustrations. 12mo. Cinnamon-colored cloth... More
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Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1938 - 1939. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Includes laid-in leaflet with a blurb from Mitchell Kennerley extolling the virtues of the set. 2 illustrations, plus facsimile title page illustrated with a cut. 8vo. 10" x 6-1/8". Saddle-stitched sage-colored paper wrappers printed in black. More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. Later edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 573, [3 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Green cloth binding, with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. From a set of Dickens, with "Dickens's Works" gilt stamped above title. More
London: J. W. Jarvis & Son, 1883. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 789). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy "With the compiler's compliments" inked at the top of the front wrapper. Pailthorpe etching of Sam Weller as frontis. 8vo. Original printed grey paper wrappers. Chemised, and housed in a custom slipcase. More
New York: New York Printing Co. (The Republic Press) Publishers, (1891). 1st edition thus, Revised and Freshened with Notes by the Author. 45, [1] pp. Index at rear. Partially unopened. Frontis of Depew. Oblong format: 8" x 9-3/8". Original publisher's blue cloth spine over silver patterned paper covered boards with... More
New York: New York Printing Co. (The Republic Press) Publishers, 1891). 1st edition thus, Revised and Freshened with Notes by the Author. xii, [2], 581, [3] pp. Index at rear. Partially unopened. Frontis of Depew. Oblong format: Original publisher's blue cloth spine over silver patterned paper covered boards with gilt... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1896. 1st Edition. xii, [2], 581, [3] pp. Index at rear. Partially unopened. Profusely illustrated, including folding-map prior to Index. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's tan rough-weave cloth binding with gilt & black stamping. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. 1st printing of the Revised and Enlarged 8th Edition. xii, 367, [7] pp. 4 page Index at rear. Profusely illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & black decorative stamping to the front board. More
London: Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 1st edition, 1st issue (Farr Catalogue 1, pp 15 - 18; Smith II, p. 48). [8], 270, [2] pp. 2 pages of adverts @ rear. 4 illustrations by Samuel Palmer. 8vo. Original blue diaper cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering... More
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
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
