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Dickens, Charles. Barnaby Rudge. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1842.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: 323 pp. Binding is worn, with all edges frayed. Spine is loose and very worn. Foxing to end papers; some foxing and staining throughout. Binding is loose for first few pages. Tape repair to inside back cover. Most of binding is tight.

Seller: Eel River Books, McKinleyville, CA, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens, George Cattermole, Hablot Knight Browne, Thomas Sibson. Barnaby Rudge. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1842.

Price: US$37.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Bound in contemporary cloth. Hardcover. Head and tail chipped. Front gutter reinforced. iv, 9-323 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 23 cm. Frontispiece illustrations.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge. Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1842.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Later impression of the first American edition. (The chapter title is present on page 21. In the first impression, this chapter title was missing.) 323 pp. Frontispiece, title, and 14 other illustrations engraved on copper by Yaeger from designs by Sibson, Cattermole and Browne. 51 other wood engravings within the text. Pps. 320-323 contain the introduction from the original title published in England as "Master Humphrey's Clock" which included both "Barnaby Rudge" and "The Old Curiosity Shop." No ads present. Bound in an apparently contemporary plain vertical-ridge cloth in dark brown with the title on a black leather spine label with gold lettering. The textblock is clean and unmarked. The binding is tight. The cover and spine label are somewhat scuffed from wear with some spine wear at top and bottom. Overall, a good solid though not beautiful copy externally.

Seller: Alberta's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens (Boz.). Barnaby Rudge. Lea & Blanchard, 1842.

Price: US$49.99 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: Top part of spine is missing. Cover on this leather bound hardback is detached. Much foxing and discoloration of first pages. Has name plate of former owner on inside cover. Beautiful B/W frontispiece etching. Would make a fine valuable copy when rebound. D. Bidwell (Box 12)

Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles (Pseud. Boz):. Barnaby Rudge. With numerous illustrations by Cattermole, Browne, and Sibson.. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard 1842., 1842.

Price: US$63.36 + shipping

Description: Size-8 °. 12 pages publisher's advertisements, (4) pages print title and foreword, IV pages list of illustrations, pp. [9] -323 in two-column set (so complete!). With 23 illustrations on 12 copper plates including frontispiece and illustrated title, engraved by J. Yeager, as well as with 51 text woodcuts. Linen ribbon of the time with ornamented blind embossing on both covers. Without a back! Corners and edges slightly worn. Book block slightly warped, loose stitching of some layers. Due to the paper, the plates mostly only slightly, less markedly foxed, as well as some text sheets as well as front and rear endings, 1 flyleaf with strong folds. Wide-margined copy! -- Gr.-8°. 12 Seiten Verlagsanzeigen, (4) Seiten Drucktitel und Vorwort, IV Seiten Verzeichnis der Illustrationen, S. [9]-323 in zweispaltigem Satz (so komplett!). Mit 23 Illustrationen auf 12 Kupfertafeln inclusive Frontispiz und illustriertem Titel, gestochen von J. Yeager, sowie mit 51 Textholzschnitten. Lganzleinenband der Zeit mit ornamentierter Blindprägung auf beiden Deckeln. Ohne Rücken! Ecken und Kanten leicht abgenutzt. Buchblock mininal verzogen, Heftung einiger Lagen locker. Die Tafeln papierbedingt meist nur gering, weniger stärker stockfleckig, wie auch einige Textblätter sowie Vor- und Nachsätze, 1 Vorsatzblatt mit starker Faltspur. Breitrandiges Exemplar! Carr, Dickens Coll. Univ. of Texas, B 101: "First american edition." Slater, Suzannet Ch. Dickens Coll, S. 187, 62: "first american editions in book form." - Bemerkenswert sind die zahlreichen, kongenial komischen, teils auch grotesken Illustrationen. - Im Hinblick auf die Seltenheit dieser Ausgabe erscheinen die oben angegebenen Mängel nicht allzu schwerwiegend zu sein. Ein Vorzug unseres Exemplars ist sogar der (nicht der gesamten Aufl. beigegebene) 12seitige Verlagsprospekt, hier mit der Anzeige: "Dickens`works now complete."-- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! -- Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Bestellung! K00119

Seller: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, Germany

Dickens, Charles. Barnaby Rudge. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1842.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This is an attractive copy of the first separate American edition of Dickens' Barnaby Rudge published in Philadelphia by Lea and Blanchard in 1842. This copy has been professionaly repaired. It has been rehinged along with some cosmetic repairs to the corners, edges and spine of the full leather covers, along with a paper label with the title on the spine. The interior has a good bit of foxing and toning including light evidence of an old dampstain on the bottom right quadrant of a number of pages. Overall, a G to VG copy. This has the following points: no chapter title on p. 21 and a blank leaf after p. 246. Solid presentable copy. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 323 pages

Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. Barnaby Rudge. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1842.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing of the First American Edition (lacking the point of missing chapter title on p.21). Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and tips; gilt titling with rules on the spine. Clean text; iv, 323 pages; includes the exerpt from "Master Humphrey's Clock" at the end. Although there is occasional spotting and faint floodmarks, the text is generally rather bright and supple; easily read today. There is a small bookplate (contemporary) on the front paste-down, and a later signature on the free endpaper. Covers are rather extensively rubbed, corners bumped to a fray, and there are a large chips on the front and spine; the spine has been repaired with some sort of cello tape. While far from a Binding Copy, this would be a good candidate for a rebind; as it is, a good Reading Copy. First American Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles.. Barnaby Rudge.. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1842.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: 323 pp. 8vo, publisher's original boards with muslin spine and printed paper label. First American edition; later issue. Waterstain to lower right corner of some leaves and foxing throughout the text; corners of boards a little rounded; a little wear to the extremities of the spine and some darkening and rubbing to paper label. A very attractive copy; extremely unusual in the original binding.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge. Lea & Blanchard; Philadelphia PA, 1842.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition thus. "With numerous illustrations by Cattermole, Browne, and Sibson"; some slight offset fading or shadowing from illustrations; with 12 pages of adverts from publishers Lea and Blanchard; book slightly cocked; slight page separation at points on spine. Shipped bubble-wrapped in a box, not a padded envelope.

Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. Barnaby Rudge. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1842.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens. First American edition. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. [4], [9] - 323 pages. Binding re-cased with half-leather and marbled paper. Contents clean, edges toned. Owner’s signature at the top of the fly leaf. Also owner’s signature at the top of page 9. 6 x 9 inches. Double column text. In text black and white illustrations throughout. Tight copy. Inventory #C-384. Price: $450.

Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. BARNABY RUDGE; by Charles Dickens, ("Boz".); With Numerous Illustrations by Cattermole, Browne, and Sibson. Lea and Blanchard, New York, 1842.

Price: US$522.50 + shipping

Description: 12, [4], iv, [9] - 323 pp. Text double-column. Adverts 1st 12 pp. Frontispiece. Engraved t.p. Inserted plates engraved by Yaeger & 51 intratextual cuts. Tall 8vo. ~ 10-3/8" x 6-5/8" Published 20 December 1841, this copy with the 1841 ownership signature of Sarah Pickering Pratt to the ffep. Spine gilt dull. Slight lean. Modest shelf wear. Usual bit of foxing & staining to paper. A solid VG copy. Dark brown vertically ribbed cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind (professionally recased) 1st US edition in book form (Edgar & Vail, p. 20; Smith AMERICAN 5, pp. 184 - 185; Wilkins, p. 20. Cf. Gimbel A63).

Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.