Bloomington & London: Indiana University Press, (1968). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 376 pages. Third printing. Critique of Scott's Waverly, Austen's Mansfield Park, Dickens' Oliver Twist,Thackeray's Pendennis, Bronte's Villette and Eliot's Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch. READ MORE about FICTION WITH A PURPOSE, MAJOR AND MINOR NINETEENTH-CENTURY NOVELS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 36162
New York: The Macmillian Company, 1922. 8vo. cloth. vii, 319 pages. Later edition. Essays on Richardson, Austen, Dickens, Carlyle, Twain, Marlowe, Herrick and others. Dust jacket chipped along edges with some loss, else fine condition. READ MORE about ESSAYS ON BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 36156
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 8.125 x 10.75 inches. Hardback with dust jacket. 160 pages. "This meticulously researched volume untangles the complicated and confusing history of American first editions of Dickens. It will be of interest to all students of Dickens, and invaluable for specialists. ... Highly recommended." - J. D. Vann, Choice This bibliography traces the history of Charles Dickens's Christmas books and other works published in America during his lifetime. Meticulously..... READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS AND SELECTED...
Price: $64.00 Order nr. 133475
Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner, (1974). 8vo. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Prospectus announcing publication of Charles Dickens, A Full and Faithful Report of the Memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick, extracted from The Pickwick Papers. Two specimen pages included with specimen of an illustration by Wolfgang Lederer. Order form laid in. READ MORE about Prospectus for A FULL AND FAITHFUL REPORT OF THE MEMORABLE TRIAL OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132729
London: Constable & Co., (1938). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 52 pages. First edition; part of the Aspects of Book Collecting series. (Brenni No. 869). A continuation of Carter's BINDING VARIANTS IN ENGLISH PUBLISHING, 1820-1900, published as part of the Bibliographia Series. Scarce pamphlet, with descriptions of bindings on many books by such authors as Charles Dickens. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about MORE BINDING VARIANTS. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY MICHAEL SADLEIR
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 123324
New York, NY: Caliban Press, 2017. 4to. limp paper-covered boards, leather stamped spine, paper-covered slipcase, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (x), 107, (3) pages. Limited to 110 numbered copies, signed by printer Mark McMurray on colphon. Paper cutout illustrations by Guy Berard, Greg LAgo, Melissa Schulenberg, and Gregory McMurray using various media including pochoir, collage, wood engraving, and relief blocks. Printed on a variety of handmade and mould-made papers. Text based on the original..... READ MORE about A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS BEING A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Price: $700.00 Order nr. 134439
Philadelphia: Samuel Dalton, 1963-1968. 8vo. cloth, some with slipcases. various pagination. Run of the Christmas Books issued by Samuel Dalton of Philadelphia. 8vo., cloth or cloth-backed boards, slipcases. All relate to Dalton's favorite subject, Charles Dickens. Includes n.d. THE HOLLY TREE. (limited to 900 copies) (SOLD) 1955 THE HAUNTED MAN. (limited to 1000 copies) (SOLD) 1960 DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS. ((SOLD) 1964. AN ACCOUNT OF A WEEDING. 1965 MR PICKWICK'S JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH. (2) 1966 EXCERPTS..... READ MORE about RUN OF THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS ISSUED BY SAMUEL DALTON
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1495
With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1913. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxvi, 230 pages. With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz. Asaf Hand list 73. Five illustrations. Covers chipped around edges and hinges, discolored. Binding fragile. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 41643
With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1913. 8vo. paper covered boards, leather spine label. xxvi, 230 pages. With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz. First edition, limited to 300 copies (Asaf 59). Five illustrations. Spine covering mostly lacking. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 46587
With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1913. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxvi, 230 pages. With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz. Asaf Hand list 73. Five illustrations. Covers worn with tape on spine. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 116198
New York: The Grolier Club, 1913. 8vo. boards, leather spine label, slipcase. xxvi, 230 pages. First edition, limited to 300 copies (Asaf 59). Five illustrations. Fine copy in slipcase with wear along edges. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS With an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 2327
London: Sotheby & Co., 1971. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 121 pages. Illustrated. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND FIRST EDITIONS OF CHARLES...
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 15871
London: Sotheby & Co., 1971. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 121 pages. No illustrations. Prices realized tipped-in. Library label and number. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS AND LETTERS ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND FIRST EDITIONS OF CHARLES...
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 109220
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1953. 8vo. paper wrappers. (vi), 55 pages. Very good copy. The Lewis A. Hird collection. READ MORE about FIRST EDITIONS, AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPTS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY AND RELATING TO CHARLES...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 16942
London: Chapman and Hall, (1880). 12mo. publisher's cloth with stiff paper wrappers bound. (viii), 105, (19) pages. A study of the collections of Alexander Dyce and John Forster, at the South Kensington Museum in London. Includes biographical sketches of Dyce and Forster, descriptive information about paintings, drawings, sketches, and autographs included in the collections. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations. List of illustrations, three appendices. Boards rubbed and bent at edges. Hinges cracked. READ MORE about HANDBOOK OF THE DYCE AND FORSTER COLLECTIONS IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 115582
Austin: Humanities Research Center, 1961. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. x, 195, (3) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Includes books, manuscripts and letters. Illustrated. Jacket soiled. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE DICKENS COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 24424
New York: The Grolier Club, 2006. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 112 pages. This catalogue is a collection of autograph letters, portraits, illustrations, and other material relating to the life and literary work of Charles Dickens. Visually appealing ephemeral material and material specially connected with the Grolier Club are included. The book accompanied the exhibition held at the Grolier Club from January 26 to March 10, 2006. The Extraordinary Life of Charles Dickens..... READ MORE about THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 106664
New York: New York University Libraries, 1965. 8vo. paper wrappers. 44 pages. With an introduction by Charles F. Gosnell. With reproductions of two letters, an unpublished portrait and a poem. READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS IN THE FALES LIBRARY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 22821
New York: Haskell House Publishers, 1971. 8vo. cloth. xxxii, 510, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition of 1886. Ink ownership inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about DICKENSIANA, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITERATURE RELATING TO CHARLES DICKENS AND HIS WRITINGS
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 41021
Part I: The Novels, with Sketches by Boz
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, 1982. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xx, 120, (3) pages. Part I: The Novels, with Sketches by Boz. First edition. Printed at the Castle Press, this bibliography gives comprehensive new details on the bindings and textual data of Dickens' first editions. With facsimiles of title pages and primary bindings. READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF THE FIRST APPEARENCE OF HIS...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 2332
Part II: The Christmas Books and selected Secondary Works
Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, 1983. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 96 pages. Part II: The Christmas Books and selected Secondary Works. First edition. The second volume of this two volume set. READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF THE FIRST APPEARENCE OF HIS...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 2333
Calabasas: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., 2012. 8 x 10.75 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 456 pages. "This volume shows how much the skills of the bibliographer can contribute to our critical and biographical understanding of his subject.... Dickens enthusiasts have much cause to be grateful for the meticulousness with which Walter Smith has completed his work on Dickens on both sides of the Atlantic and added to our understanding of Dickens`s relationship with his American..... READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS 1836 - 1870
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 110013
Calabasas: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., 2012. 8 x 10.75 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 456 pages. A SIGNED COPY BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY BOOK This significant work identifies the first and early American editions of Charles Dickens's novels and Sketches by Boz and traces their publishing history, including various impressions and sub-editions, from 1836 to 1870, the year of Dickens's death. Each of the entries provides detailed textual data and binding descriptions and..... READ MORE about CHARLES DICKENS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS 1836 - 1870
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 133468
Cedar Rapids: Privately printed at The Torch Press, 1910. tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 51 pages. First edition, limited to 200 copies. With a number of full page illustrations showing title pages of Dickens's American editions. Presentation on free endpaper "Dr. Dudley Tenney, with compliments of William Glyde Wilkins, July 23/10." Also with T.L.s. from Wilkins to Tenney dated the same date and meant to accompany this copy tipped-in. This copy has the usual illustrations but..... READ MORE about FIRST AND EARLY AMERICAN EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 119419
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 435 copies. Printed by Richard Ellis for Mr. and Mrs. George Ellis, a Christmas greeting. Includes a facsimile of Dickens's work. READ MORE about THREE PASSAGES FROM THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES DICKENS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 133631
