DICKENS, Charles. A Pottery Story. Jones, McDuffee and Stratton, 1878.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 14pp thin gray 12mo staplebound paperback. page toning, last 2 pp cut. pencil markings at edges, but text readable throughout.
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. A Pottery Story. Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, Boston, 1878.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This hand sewn pamphlet has light grey paper covers, black lettering and decoration of the front cover and highly detailed company logo center of the back. Both covers have some wear and 'dirt'. Very small stains and dis-colorations. Front corner of the front cover is creased. Paper covering spine has parted slightly at the bottom for a distance of about 1 inch. No ownership or other markings. Interior text has quite yellowed with age, clean and tight in hand sewn binding. Verso of the Title page contains a publisher's explanation of event which inspired the story. Which was originally published in "Household Words". This work was published posthumously. 14 pages of text followed by another publisher's note about their company. Verso of this is an offer for a statuette of "John A. Andrew" with illustration plate. Inside back cover is a catalogue of the company's othe offerings. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. A Pottery Story. Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, Boston, 1878.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition 16mo. 16pp. Tipped-in plate following final page of text, as issued. Gray printed wrappers. Very light overall wear on the fragile wrappers, last printed page of text has slight offsetting from the illustration, else near fine. Written by Charles Dickens for *Household Words*, following his visit in 1852 to the Copeland Pottery Works in Staffordshire, and first published separately in Boston in 1878. Not published in England until 1930. Podeschi B221.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. A POTTERY STORY. Jones McDuffee & Stratton, Boston, 1878.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: 14, [2] pp. Terminalplate of a Parian statuette of John A. Andrews. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" Somewhat abridged version of Dickens' "A Plated Article", originally published in Household Words [1852], in which Dickens relates his visit to the Copeland Pottery works at Stoke-upon-Trent, in Staffordshire. Modest wear & soiling. A VG copy. Light grey printed wrappers, stapled 1st separate edition (Brussel EAST To WEST, p. 85; Gimbel B221). Not in the NCBEL.
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.