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Price: US$57.64 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo, 92 pp. Black and white illustrations. Gilt decorated cloth, slightly dusty, d.w. browned with some loss to the top edge. The wrapper reads "Here is your surprise gift", the book being included with the Daily Herald's set of Dickens' works.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: B Glass 1EW, This the reproduction, facsimile, of the English edition, with repro of Leech s illustration in color. this copy in burgundy red cloth, gilt stamped title on cover and spine, all edges gilt. A near fine, beautiful copy, Red spine, gilt title.
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$213.77 + shipping
Description: UNIFORMLY BOUND collection of classic 19th century fiction in 14 volumes. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Minor foxing scattered throughout and to prelims. Some pen inscribed by previous owner. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Publication date is suggested. Physical description: 14 volumes of uniformly bound classic 19th century fiction. Texts: Robinson Crusoe / Defoe. The Pickwick Papers / Dickens. Vanity Fair / Thackerary. The Three Musketeers / Dumas. Sketches by Boz and Hard Times / Dickens. A Christmas Carol / Dickens.Westward Ho! / Kingsley. East Lynne / Wood. Ivanhoe / Scott. Barnaby Rudge and Edwin Drood / Dickens. Lorna Doone / Blackmore. Uncle Tom's Cabin / Stowe. Dombey and Son / Dickens.The Cloister and the Hearth / Reade. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$244.00 + shipping
Description: UNIFORMLY BOUND collection of classic 19th century fiction in 14 volumes. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Minor foxing scattered throughout and to prelims. Some pen inscribed by previous owner. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Publication date is suggested. Physical description: 14 volumes of uniformly bound classic 19th century fiction. Texts: Robinson Crusoe / Defoe. The Pickwick Papers / Dickens. Vanity Fair / Thackerary. The Three Musketeers / Dumas. Sketches by Boz and Hard Times / Dickens. A Christmas Carol / Dickens.Westward Ho! / Kingsley. East Lynne / Wood. Ivanhoe / Scott. Barnaby Rudge and Edwin Drood / Dickens. Lorna Doone / Blackmore. Uncle Tom's Cabin / Stowe. Dombey and Son / Dickens.The Cloister and the Hearth / Reade. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$249.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The original dustjacket houses this book. States on the front: HERE IS YOUR SURPRISE GIFT - the idea of which was the inspiration of Sir John Martin-Harvey ! - It is an entirely new Edition of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. - specially prepared for children and illustrated by that brilliant artist, Gilbert Wilkinson. etc.etc.etc. - There was only ever this one printing - First Edition & First Printing - CONDITION: The original dustjacket houses this book. States on the front: HERE IS YOUR SURPRISE GIFT - the idea of which was the inspiration of Sir John Martin-Harvey ! - It is an entirely new Edition of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, specially prepared for children and illustrated by that brilliant artist, Gilbert Wilkinson. - The dustjacket had small nibbles to the top edge and these have been repaired to the rear with colour like paper. - Now housed in an archival sleeve for protection. - Blue cloth boards with gold/gilt lettering and decoration to the front board, lightly faded with few soil marks. Small cameo of Charles Dickens with gilt holly round the edge of the board. Boards are in a wonderful condition and are firmly attached to the page block. - The decorative end pages to the front and rear are lightly foxed and browned, and minimally throughout the 92 pages. Other than this, all pages are clean and tightly bound throughout. The illustrations are great fun!! - END - Postage includes full insurance and will offer a signed for service within the UK and Signed and Tracked where possible abroad [outside the UK]. - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. - Thanks for your interest and I hope you like the book enough to buy it.
Seller: Modern_First_Printings, EAST SUSSEX, United Kingdom
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 16mo. Pp. 4-118; 121-246. Vol. I frontis. author portrait engraving with tissue guard. Full red morocco, gilt decorations front and back, gilt titles in panels on the spines, gilt tops. Title and section initial caps in red. Chipboard slipcase covered in dark green paper. Colophon: "By special arrangement Linotype original Baskerville was used in this book for the first time. Printed on Worthy rag paper by William Edwin Rudge at Mt. Vernon, N. Y. December 1930. Typography and binding by Frederic Warde." Spines minimally soiled and ends rubbed. Case rubbed and scarred. A handsome set from master printer Rudge II (1876-1931) during his golden era with designers Warde and Bruce Rogers. This was the final title in his series of Christmas books first issued in 1920. The Linotype Baskerville revival was cut by George W. Jones in 1923.
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition #124 of 250 copies of which the first 200 reserved for private distribution; Folio; green cloth covered boards with vellum spine and sides, hardcover; 79 pages with deckled edges and top edge gilt; some foxing on endpaper else a very good clean tight copy in edge-rubbed board with spine label missing and vellum wrinkled and torn pictures available upon request.
Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very interesting copy of the 1930 re-issue by the Press of the Wooly Whale of New York. Re-bound in a full chocolate-brown leather, with bright git-titling along the spine and the W.A. Dwiggins-designed door-knocker from the title page gilded ono the front panel. Unsigned but possibly a one-of-a-kind or a Presentation binding by Melbert B. Cary, Jr. of the Press of the Woolly Whale. The book is well-preserved and VG+, with crisp, bright-white pages. Other than a small inscription on the front free endpaper, the book is clean as could be, with no writing or markings to speak of. The 5 initial chapter letters and the title page door-knocker are all designed in a rich red by the great W.A. Dwiggins. The leather binding is clean and VG+ to Near Fine, with just a touch of wear along its flap-folds. Folio, gilt top-edge, deckled fore and bottom edges. #207 of only 250 copies issued. This title represents "the first folio and first prose volume from the Press of the Woolly Whale"
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 10 in. x 13 7/8 in. Title page, printed in red and black, has a note regarding the W. A. Dwiggins door knocker. Introduction by Melbert B. Cary, Jr. [6] 1-[79] + numbered colophon bearing the number 48 inside of the Dwiggins door knocker design. Printed on Dutch Lutetia type of J. van Krimpen, and printed damp upon Tarazona paper. Marleys door knocker and the five initial letters have been designed and drawn for this work by W. A. Dwiggins. Marginalia and initial letters printed in red. Vellum spine and sides with a red leather title label with gilt titling and a small gilt-embossed design on the front lower vellum side. Green cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Other edges rough-cut. The leather title label shows some wear; small bumps to the lower cover corners, and light wear and rubbing to the cover corners, some age-related tanning to the rough cut fore-edge of the book. Vellum shows some age-related mellowing. Bookplate of James L. Thielman on the front inner paste-down. A near fine copy. Weight is 2.5 lbs.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.