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Condition: Very Good
Description: CHARLES DICKENSS WORKS (Illustrated) LIBRARY EDITION Vol. I THE PICKWICK PAPERS (in Two Volumes Complete), by Charles Dickens; With ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS- 1868- Ticknor and Fields, Boston- ORIGINAL 1868 EDITION (with same 1868 date on title page)- These are NOT an ex-library books and they are NOT reprint editions- BINDINGS are ORIGINAL decorative blind-stamped dark green cloth HARDCOVERS with titles in GOLD on spine (ALL GOLD is present and with LUSTER); bindings and texts are in the same generally neat, clean and solid, VG with NO extraneous writings (only neat, previous owner VINTAGE BOOKPLATE front free page). Just light wear and normal age-coloration. Overall, nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPIES of VOLUME I (of the 30 volume Library Edition) the UNCOMMON Ticknor and Fields 1868 LIBRARY EDITION of CHARLES DICKENSS WORKS (includes a second, FACSIMILE London: Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly TITLE PAGE with ILLUSTRATED FRONTISPIECE) which includes the 1867 CHARLES DICKENS EXPOSITORY on the COPYRIGHT PAGE: By a SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT made with ME and my ENGLISH PUBLISHERS, (partners with me in the copyright of my works,) Messrs. TICKNOR and FIELDS, of BOSTON, have become the ONLY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES in AMERICA of the WHOLE SERIES of my books CHARLES DICKENS; London, April, 1867 VOLUME I, 408 pages VOLUME II, 419 pages includes ALL ILLUSTRATIONS with tissue guarded FRONTISPIECES with DARK BROWN END-PAPERS The CROWDS that greeted CHARLES DICKENS in BOSTON on Nov. 19, 1867 suggested the city was ready for a message of CHRISTMAS HOPE and CHEER. His American publishers, WILLIAM TICKNOR and JAMES FIELDS, persuaded him to return for a two-year READING TOUR of a CHRISTMAS CAROL and other stories CHARLES DICKENS made BOSTON his home away from home during his stay in America Mr. DICKENS always regarded BOSTON as his AMERICAN HOME, wrote George Dolby, his agent. All his LITERARY FRIENDS lived there Publisher, JAMES FIELDS, greeted the author and whisked him in a carriage to the PARKER HOUSE, where a crowd gave him an ovation. CURIOSITY SEEKERS peeked at him through the half-open dining room door as he ate VOLUME I, 408 pages VOLUME II, 419 pages includes ALL ILLUSTRATIONS with tissue guarded FRONTISPIECES with DARK BROWN END-PAPERS BK18122129
Seller: The Maine Bookhouse, Oxford, ME, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Christmas Numbers of All the Year Round. Chapman and Hall [1868], London, 1868.
Price: US$416.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The collected edition of the Christmas Numbers from Dickens's periodical 'All the Year Round,' from 1859 to 1867. Containing nine Christmas numbers from Charles Dickens's weekly literary magazine 'All the Year Round' from 1859 to 1867. The collected edition with uniform title page, containing numbers: 'The Haunted House,' 'A Message from the sea,' 'Tom Tiddler's Ground', 'Somebody's Luggage,' 'Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings,' Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy,' 'Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions', 'Mugby Junction,' and 'No Thoroughfare' by Charles Dickens. In the original publisher's full cloth binding, gilt to edges. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting affecting first few leaves, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$512.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes bound as one. From parts 454 to 476 (pages 73 Jan 4th to June 6th 1868 (ending on page 620) and then new title page and 4 page index followed by parts 477 June 13th (with new pagination starting at page 1) to page 201 (part 485) ending the complete work "The Moonstone" followed by all the parts ending the volume 20 to page 596 and then the first parts of volume 21 (or part 1 of the NEW series beginning December 5th 1868 to page 96 December 26th, all printed double column, each week has a title page and 24 pages, some foxing to prelims up to page 4 and the last 3 leaves at the rear. small split noticed at gutter and some remains of the blue wrappers seen in the gutters also. all bound in a contemporary two-tone green cloth, gilt tiles and date on the spine. Other contributors having articles and stories but good if not great writers are all part of this series. NOTE on the main story here: T. S. Eliot called "The Moonstone". ".the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe". Dorothy Sayers said of it, "it is probably the very finest detective story ever written." First ever printing in this Charles Dickens edited magazine.
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Price: US$565.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume 19 is "good" with four raised bands, title in gilt to red leather spine label; Volume XX is "Very good minus" with five raised bands, gilt devices bright to spine, some fraying to head of spine. Volume 19 smells old, but not objectionably so. This pair of bound volumes -- half leather over Dutch-marbled, paper-covered boards -- have similar bindings, but are not an exact matched pair. Volume 19 has plain endpapers; Vol. XX has marbled endpapers to match its boards. Volume 19 includes Numbers 451-476, Volume XX Numbers 477-501 of the weekly journal, founded and edited by Charles Dickens. The first volume contains the first two-thirds (23 installments, Jan. 4 through June 6, 1868), and the second volume the final third of Wilkie Collins' "The Moonstone" in the numbers of June 13 through Aug. 8, 1868, this serialization comprising the first complete publication of this celebrated classic of detective/mystery fiction. These are the final two volumes in the "old series" of the weekly literary magazine before Dickens instituted his "New Series," the announcement for which appears on the final page of Volume XX. T. S. Eliot called "The Moonstone . . . the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe." Dorothy Sayers praised it as "probably the very finest detective story ever written." Franklin Blake, the gifted amateur, is an early example of the gentleman detective, while the novel has also been described as perhaps the earliest police procedural, due to the portrayal of the highly competent Sergeant Cuff, the London policeman called in from Scotland Yard (whom Collins based on the real-life Inspector Jonathan Whicher, who solved the Constance Kent murder.) "The Moonstone," representing Collins' only complete reprisal of the popular "multi-narration" method he'd previously utilized in "The Woman in White," was first published in book form later in 1868 by Tinsley Brothers, London, that triple-decker now frequently fetching $4,000. Some scattered foxing to preliminary and final pages. (Page edges of Vol. XX are marbled, while page edges of Vol. 19 are plain, with faded burgundy topstain. Dutch marbling to boards and endpapers, while bright and attractive, appears to be a printed pattern.) This pair of bound volumes of the magazine -- containing the first complete appearance in print of Wilkie Collins' pioneer mystery "The Moonstone" -- now reduced from $1,700.
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Two Volumes, 4to. Vol XIX, Issue #451-to #476, December 14, 1867 to June 6, 1868, iv,620pp; Volume XX, Issue #477 to #501, June13, 1868, to November 28, 1868, iv,596pp. Beautifully bound in quarter calf over charcoal cloth covered boards. Titles in gilt on spine with gild bordered compartments and raised bands. t.e.g. Both volumes are square, tight and clean throughout save a few scattered spots on prelims only and very light. Clean, supple pages. Light spotting to fore-edges. Mild rubbing to hinges, corners and surfaces. Very well-preserved. The first appearance of this iconic tale of a stolen precious jewel was serialized in this journal founded and edited by Charles Dickens. Arguably the true first mystery to feature a police detective. A very pretty collectable set at a great price. (Hubin, p.88; Gasson, p.106-107).
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$864.20 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes bound in one. Vol.19 comprises issues 454-476 (issues 451-453 not bound-in; vol.20 comprises issues 477-501. Contains all 32 parts of Collins' "The Moonstone", which starts in issue no.454 & runs through to issue 485. Bound in black half-calf leather, with charcoal cloth boards; gilt on spine & edges of leather; marbled end papers. Vol.19 - pp73-621; vol.20 - pp.1-596. Binding cracked at pp.592/3, but holding firm; all pages slightly browned; some page edges worn. Board edges & leather corners worn; wear to spine, with illegible title Used - Good. Good hardback in half-leather
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Pagination: Volume XIX, pp. iv, 73-620; volume XX, pp. [iv], 596; with a separate Table of Contents for each volume. Royal 8vo. Nicely bound in contemporary 3/4 leather over 'pebbled' cloth. The binding is rubbed at the extremities and across the spine. The front endpapers have separated but the binding is tight. Occasional marginal foxing but generally the contents are very clean. Overall, a tight copy in good, to good plus, condition. 'All the Year Round' was a British weekly literary magazine founded, owned and edited by Charles Dickens and, after the author's death in June, 1870, by his son Charles Dickens (Jr.). It continued publishing until 1895. Many famous novels were serialized in its pages, including Dicken's 'A Tale of Two Cities' and 'Great Expectations', and 'The Woman in White' and 'The Moonstone' by Wilkie Collins. Our offering is the last volume in the 'old series' (although it was not officially designated as such) before Dickens instituted a 'New Series', the announcement of which is contained on the last page of this volume. Also contained within this volume is the first appearance in print of what T. S. Eliot called 'the first and greatest of English detective novels', 'The Moonstone' by Wilkie Collins (See issue of January 4, 1868, for the first installment and the issue of August 8, 1868, for the last installment. It was first published in book form, later in the year, by Tinsley Brothers, London).
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada