Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1968). 1st edition. 2 volumes (xx, 359; xii, 361 - 716 pp [including index]). 132 annotated illustrations. 8vo. Blue cloth bindings. Blue dust jackets. More
London: A & C Black, 1905. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 849). xiv, 235, [5] pp (including Index). 4 pages of advert conclude volume. Illustrated with 50 full-page illustrations, mostly from photographs by T. W. Tyrrell. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. More
![CARTE De VISITE [CDV] PHOTOGRAPH [Albumen]. Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870](/pictures/thumb/49757.jpg?v=1626218714)
Portland, Me. Geo. Stinson & Co., Publishers, (n. d.). Ca mid-to-late 1870s. "Charles Dickens" imprinted under the photograph. Publisher imprint to verso: "All kinds of Engravings, Lithographs, Chromos, Photographs, &c., constantly on hand. Copies of this Photograph can be had at any time either of the agent, or the publishers."..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1952. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED in full by Nisbet on the ffep. xvi, [2], 89 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-5/8". Pink cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, No. 102 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). 1st edition thus, i.e., in this set, early-to-mid 1850s. Cf. Gimbel D25. Each volume ~ 300 to 350 pages. Text double column. Each volume with a frontispiece, engraved title, and illustrated with b/w plates / cuts [in BR..... 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: Printed for Tegg & Castleman, at the Marvelous & Eccentric Book Warehouse, 122, St. John-Street, West Smithfield, and Sold by Champante & Whitrow, Aldgate; ... [1803]. 1st Edition. 36 pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/8". Period full brown tree calf binding with later respining to style. Later eps. Bentley..... 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
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Limited to 425 cc. xx, 139, [1] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. 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
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
![CARTE - De - VISITE [CDV] ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. Sir Bulwer-Lytton, dward. 1803 - 1873](/pictures/thumb/49269.jpg?v=1611103199)
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
![CARTE - De - VISITE [CDV] ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 - 1863](/pictures/thumb/49268.jpg?v=1611103198)
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
![CARTE De VISITE [CDV] PHOTOGRAPH [Albumen]. Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870](/pictures/thumb/46061.1.JPG?v=1606869309)
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 the 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
