London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First Edition. Original Cloth. 12mo. Fourth issue of the vignette title page. Original red cloth, decorated in gilt. 175 pages, 2 pages of ads at rear. The bibliographer's copy, the binding of which is shown on page 59 of "Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition. Full-Leather. Small Octavo. 4th issue, 175pp., (2)pp. ads at rear, illustrated, bound in full polished calf by Riviere with original front cloth cover bound in at rear; boards triple ruled in gilt, raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated, red and black morocco..... More
London (March 1852-September 1853): Bradbury and Evans. H. K. Browne (Phiz). First Edition. First edition in the monthly parts, 20 parts in 19, in the original green printed wrappers. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. An outstanding set, with parts VII..... More
London (1852, 1853, 1854): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 12mo. Three volumes in original reddish-brown cloth; first issue of all three volumes, with first state ads in volumes I, II and III, as well as the textual points called for by Walter Smith in his bibliography. Marbled edges and marbled..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Hard Cover. 12mo. First state with "New Edition" ad at rear. Bound in original red cloth decorated in gilt. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with his signature on ffep. This book was used to illustrate "Original Cloth Binding of The Cricket on the Hearth"..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). First Edition. Half Leather. Octavo. A very good copy bound in contemporary brown half leather and green pebbled cloth with raised bands spine, gilt lettering on leather spine label. Illustrated by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). Engraved frontispiece and title. Bound with..... More
London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19, original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver, except for the scarce Letts, Son & Steer ad in parts X and XI, and..... More
London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19, original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver. First issue of text, with the word "Delight" instead of "Joy" mentioned twice on page..... More
Philadelphia (1861): T. B. Peterson and Brothers. Hard Cover. Peterson's Uniform Duodecimo Edition, 523 pages, illustrated, with 34 illustrations by John McLenan; complete in one volume. Original brown cloth binding, stamped in gilt and blind. Light general foxing; cloth worn through at corners, small loss at spine ends; yellow coated..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First issue binding and first issue text. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with his signature, and the very copy which is shown in 2 black and white illustrations, in his bibliography. Original publisher's olive green moire cloth binding, blocked..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First Edition. Full-Leather. Octavo. early issue, 624pp., errata, engraved frontispiece and title, reg. title, illustrated by Piz. Bound in full green polished calf, all edges marbled with matching endpapers, decorative gilt turn-ins, expertly rebacked with old spine laid down, red morocco spine label gilt; illustrations..... More
London (January 1843-July 1844): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Publisher's Presentation Copy, with "With The Publisher's Compliments" stamped onto front wrapper of part V. ALL wrappers are correct. Substantially all ads and slips are present, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, with the following exceptions: the rare..... More
London (April 1838 - October 1839): Chapman & Hall. Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). First Edition. In the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19. From the famed Hatton & Cleaver collection, and annotated by Thomas Hatton, who has written in pencil on the rear wrapper of part VI: "No. 920..... More
London: Associated Newspapers LTD, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Tall Octavo. Leather de luxe edition bound in original blue leather with gilt lettering spine and front cover. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with his signature. This book is shown as "Leather De Luxe Edition Binding of the Life of..... More
London (December 1855-June 1857): Bradbury and Evans. H. K. Browne. First Edition. Original Wraps. First edition in the original parts; 20 parts in 19. Bound in the original blue/green printed wrappers - all wrappers are correct and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. First issue..... More
London, 1840-41: Chapman & Hall. Hard Cover. First edition in book form; three volumes in two; illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Volume I: (frontispiece), iv[306]+1-228; volume II; vi[229]-306+ [1]-420. Quarto. Both volumes bound in contemporary 3/4 brown morocco over marbled covered boards, spines renewed in 20th century and..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1841. George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. First Edition. Hard Cover. Large Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. Complete Set. Bound in original brown cloth with first issue variant gilt design on front cover. This is a floral design, not the clock design. Dicken's bibliographer Walter E. Smith's copy with..... More
London (April 1840-November 1841): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Twenty monthly parts, in the original blue-green wrappers; a COMPLETE set, having ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver, including the scarce Tyas ad in part 1; ALL wrappers are correct. Large octavo in sixes, [i-viii], [1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-306;..... More
London (1840-41, i. e. 4 Apr. 1840 - 2 Nov. 1841): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto. First issue, large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; [i-viii],[1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole, 2 frontispieces, 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece..... More
London (1840-41, i. e. 4 Apr. 1840 - 2 Nov. 1841): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto. First issue, large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; [i-viii],[1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole, 2 frontispieces, 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1877. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 16mo. 96pp., bound in original green cloth decorated in black, lettering gilt. According to Eckel, there are only 3 known copies of the original edition (privately printed in 1851), which Dickens wrote with Mark Lemon, the editor of..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1880. FIRST Collected Edition. Hard Cover. Leisure Hour Series, 249pp., (6)pp. ads at rear, bound in white cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in black, spine lettering black, endpapers printed in red; bookplate of Clayton Douglas; light stain along the front edge of upper board..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition in Book Form. Hard Cover. Octavo. In first issue binding. [i-v]vi-vii[viii], [1]2-190, (2)pp. list of Dickens' works., 32pp. publisher's catalog, bound in publisher's first issue green cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt, yellow endpapers, thirteen plates by Fildes, including the vignette..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. S. L. Fildes. First Edition. Half Leather. Octavo. A very good- copy bound in contemporary half leather and marbled boards with raised bands spine, gilt lettering black leather spine label. Engraved portrait and title page. Scuffing to leather, minimal foxing, owner ink inscription ffep. Bound..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. S. L. Fildes. First Edition. Octavo [i-v]vi-vii[viii], [1]2-190, (2) pp. list of Dickens' works; bound in is a compelling 7 page article tipped-in, entitled "How Edwin Drood Was Illustrated" explaining how Dickens inadvertently passed information to the illustrator, S. L. Fildes, which enabled him to..... More