Hard Times
by Dickens, Charles
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 12mo, 292 pages; First American hardcover edition, preceeded by a soft cover edition. Publisher's green cloth stamped in blind and gilt; yellow end papers, off-setting from binder's glue. Owner name and location number at head of title page. Light fraying at spine ends. A very good copy.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with the Cork Ad]
by Dickens, Charles
London (April-Sept.) 1870: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. In the original monthly parts, in printed wrappers; with the famous "Cork Hats" ad in part II, printed on a very thin slice of genuine cork. Twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes and a portrait; [i-v]vi-vii, [1]2-190[192]. ALL wrappers are correct. Part VI has the first issue point of "Price Eighteenpence" pasted onto front wrap. This handsome set collates complete, and in accord with Hatton &... Read More
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LITTLE DORRIT
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First Edition. H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). First edition, first issue. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards by Grapel of Liverpool; raised bands and gilt lettering at spine. Marbled edges and marbled endpapers; bound from the parts. Octavo, 625 pages. Illustrations by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). Engraved frontispiece, title, and 38 engraved full page plates within text. Three line errata p. xiv. With BB2 signed B2. "Regaud" instead of "Blandois" pp. 469, 470, 472, 473. Internally... Read More
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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. 20 Parts in 19. Annotated By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton and from His Collection
by Dickens, Charles
London (January 1843-July 1844): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are present, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, with the following exceptions: part XI, lacking "The Pride of London" slip; part XII, lacking "The Winter Season" ad; part XVI, lacking "Temple of Fashion" ad (the rare "Foreign Travel" slip in part VII, which is known in only 6 copies is not present here). Annotated by Thomas Hatton in part... Read More
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Dombey and Son, in the Original Monthly Parts, First Issue of Text and Having ALL the Ads Called for
by Dickens, Charles
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 284, part IX; with "Capatin" in the last line of page 324, part XI; first state of Advertiser in part XIII, with "October 1847" in unbroken type on p.... Read More
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. In a Fine Binding and with Many First Issue Plates
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1937. First Edition. Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) & Seymour. two volumes, in a fine binding by Champs and bound from the original parts; with 91 leaves of ads, including the front wrapper of part XV, a few are mounted on thin paper.The plates in part III are by "Phiz" not Buss. Most of the remaining plates are first plates, most notably the quite scarce plate 24, "Mr. Pickwick Slides" (with 4 stakes in ice); plates... Read More
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Is She His Wife? Or, Something Singular. A Comic Burletta in One Act
by Dickens, Charles
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. First American Edition. 16mo, 80 pages; front inner hinge with discreet repair. Light wear at extremities; two small stains (1/4") on final leaf of text. Very good.
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The Ivy Green. A Ballad (Sheet Music)
by Dickens, Charles (Boz) & Russell, Henry
New York (1838): James L. Hewitt & Co. First Edition. Very Good. large folio, 8 pages of engraved sheet music. the words written by "Boz" - the music composed by Henry Russell. [Together with] Hullah, John Pyke. Autumn Leaves. Ballad, sung by Mr. F. Seguin. The Words by "Boz." Six pages of engraved sheet music. Originally issued as unbound sheets, these two ballads were extracted from a bound volume. Yale/Gimbel C6. Minor soiling and age toning. Housed in... Read More
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Bleak House
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition. Hard Cover. First issue, with uncorrected text (p. 19, line 6, with "elgble"; p. 209, line 23, with "chair"; p. 275, line 22, with "counsinship"); octavo, 624 pages, 5 line errata. Bound in contemporary 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, marbled edges; spine printed in gilt. Vignette title and 40 inserted plates (10 dark plates) by H. K. Browne; frontis with tissue guard; plates browned at edges, but images... Read More
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. A Prime Pickwick, in Original Parts
by Dickens, Charles
London [April 1836 - November 1837]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Charles Parkhurst Books presents a Prime Pickwick, The Parkhurst-Goranitis-Costas copy, exhibiting ALL eleven points enumerated in "Prime Pickwicks In Parts" by John C. Eckel (1928), as enumerated below. Remarkably, it contains the rare ad "Pigot's Coloured Views" in part XIII, known only in 5 copies (now 6). The present set is a publisher's presentation copy, signed "With The Publishers Compliments" on the inside front wrap of part III,... Read More
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Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce in One Act
by Dickens, Charles
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. First American Edition. 16mo, 96 pages; owner name stamp on title page and front pastedown; small loss at spine ends; discreet repair to inner hinges. About very good.
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The Lamplighter. A Farce. Now First Printed from a Manuscript in the Forster Collection at the South Kensington Museum
by Dickens, Charles
London, 1879. First Edtion. 12mo, 45 pages; publisher's original blue printed wrappers. Number 78 of 250 copies printed. A very near fine copy. Internally clean and bright.
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The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First Edition. 12mo, 174 pages, 2 pages of ads; publisher's pictorial red cloth, decorated in gilt; rebacked long ago, with original spine laid down; loss at spine ends and along rear hinge. All edges gilt; inner hinges cracked, bookseller ticket of The Old Curiosity Shop tipped-in to ffep. Near very good.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with the Cork Ad]
by Dickens, Charles
London (April-Sept.) 1870: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. In the original monthly parts, in printed wrappers; with the famous "Cork Hats" ad in part II, printed on a very thin slice of genuine cork. Twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes and a portrait; [i-v]vi-vii, [1]2-190[192]. ALL wrappers are correct. Part VI has the first issue point of "Price Eighteenpence" pasted onto front wrap. This exceptional set collates complete, save for the scarce (perhaps rare)... Read More
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - 20 Parts in 19 - with an Abundance of First and Second Issue Wrappers and Plates; ANNOTATED By Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton
by Dickens, Charles
London [April 1836 - November 1837]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. First edition in the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19, with 43 illustrations by Seymour, Phiz and Buss. A near prime copy, lacking just 3 of the 11 points required in Eckel's bibliography, "The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens." The three points lacking are #2, 3 and 8; all 11 of Eckel's points are enumerated below. Part numbers, which are complete and in accord... Read More
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Our Mutual Friend, in the Original Monthly Parts: FIRST ISSUE of the Wrappers and FIRST ISSUE of the Text
by Dickens, Charles
London [May 1864-November 1865]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present, except for the rare ad "The Economic Life Assurance Society" following the plates in parts 14 and 19/20 and "The Churchman's Family Magazine" in part 1. FIRST ISSUE of the wrappers, without the imprint at the foot... Read More
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Our Mutual Friend (In the Original Monthly Parts and with an Autograph Note By Thomas Hatton Laid Into Part 12: FIRST ISSUE of the Wrappers and FIRST ISSUE of the text)
by Dickens, Charles
London [May 1864-November 1865]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present, except for the rare ad "The Economic Life Assurance Society" following the plates in part 14 (known in only a few copies). FIRST ISSUE of the wrappers, without the imprint at the foot of... Read More
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The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition. 12mo, 188 pages; publisher's pictorial red cloth, printed in gilt; rebacked, with original spine laid down; yellow end papers; inner hinges professionally repaired. Internally clean and bright. Very good.
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Master Humphrey's Clock
by Dickens, Charles
London, 1840: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition in book form; three volumes in contemporary brown leather over marbled boards; marbled end papers; illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Black leather labels at spine, printed in gilt. Text includes The old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Board edges worn, small chip to head of spine of volume 3. A few finger smudges to text with very light occasional foxing In all, a very good set.... Read More
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Little Dorrit (20 Parts in 19) With Autograph Notes By Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton, Laid in
by Dickens, Charles
London (December 1855-June 1857): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. H. K. Browne. 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 of the text ("Rigaud" for "Blandois" in part XV). Plates are very good to fine; plates of parts IX, XV and XVI are lightly tanned at edges, not affecting... Read More
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Dame Durden Little Woman from Bleak House (From Dickens' Little Folks series)
by Dickens, Charles
New York: John R. Anderson. 12mo, 190 pages; publisher's green cloth decorated in black and gilt. Peach end papers. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Minor soiling to boards. A lovely copy, VG+.
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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. mixed issue of text, with page 123, line 17 corrected to "sister" and page 160, line 6 up with "latter" not corrected. Portrait frontispiece of Dickens, illustrated by Phiz, octavo, 624pp. Twentieth Century binding in full brown leather, spine printed in gilt, marbled end papers. Plates are tanned at edges, but images clean; light gutter stain, not affecting text, between pages 186 to 198. Very good.
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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (Publisher's Presentation Copy; Original parts). Annotated By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton and from His Collection
by Dickens, Charles
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 IV, in the same style as we have seen on other publisher presentation copies. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are present, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, (except for the rare "Foreign Travel" slip in part VII, which is known in only 6 copies). Annotated by Thomas Hatton in part... Read More
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The Chimes: A Goblin Story
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman & Hall, 1845. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo, 175 pages; publisher's pictorial red cloth, printed in gilt and blind; yellow end papers. Second issue, with publisher's imprint outside engraved area on vignette title page; light foxing on frontis and vignette title, but not in text; very light dampstain in gutter of frontis/vignette title, but not showing on other leaves. All edges gilt. Two owner's names on ffep. Slight darkening and light wear at head of spine.... Read More
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby [Extra-Illustrated and with a Note By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton]
by Dickens, Charles
London (April 1838 - October 1839): Chapman & Hall. Very Good+. FIRST EDITION in the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19. Octavo, [i-vii]viii-x[xi]xii-xiv[xv]xvi, [1]2-624, with 39 plates by Phiz and the frontis by Maclise. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with Proofs on heavy laid paper, .012" thick (plates in Dickens parts are on wove paper .008" thick), of plates 23 and 24, laid in. Original green printed wrappers; all wrappers are correct and all slips and Advertisers are present, as... Read More
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