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Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition, hardcover, signed by Bixby and limited no. 239/250, has light rubbing to boards, a touch of shelfwear to edges, and slight sunning to spine, otherwise a solid VG+ copy lacking slipcase.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
(Dickens, Charles). CHARLES DICKENS AND MARIA BEADNELL. , 1908.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Private Correspondence. Edited by George Pierce Baker. Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1908. Original grey paper boards with parchment spine and corners, in original two-piece slipcase with spine label. First Edition, limited to 493 copies for Bibliophile Society members only (preceding the so-called "Bixby Edition" of the same year). Maria Beadnell, the first love of the young Charles Dickens during the years 1830-1833 (her father prevented the match), became the model for Dora in DAVID COPPERFIELD; in 1855 she contacted him and they secretly met without their spouses, but Dickens, surprised at how much she had changed, subsequently based the less-than-flattering Flora Finching of LITTLE DORRIT upon her. This is an as-new copy, in the original two-part slipcase (which has some wear at one corner). Podeschi D164.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Second edition, new intro, 250 copies printed. Inscribed on ffep by W. K. Bixby, who supplied the manuscript to the publisher, dated St. Louis May 19th 1914. "Private correspondence between Charles Dickens and Mrs. Henry Winter (nee Maria Beadnell), the original of Dora Spenlow in 'David Copperfield' and Flora Finching in 'Little Dorrit'". Hardcover in double slipcase. Near fine in two very good slipcases. Outer slipcase has light soil and title label on spine is darkened.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Privately printed "Second Edition," Bixby having allowed the Bibliophile Society to print their edition for their members and then producing 250 copies for presentation to his friends. 18 plates (2 coloured) with lettered tissue guards, some with extra loose tissue guards, 4 folding facsimiles, plus double page facsimile. 1 vols. 4to. Additional portraits. The originals were in Bixby's extensive collection. Bixby's "Privately Printed Books" p. 9 which notes "Contents similar to Bibliophile Society edition of 493 copies but containing reproductions of many hitherto unpublished portraits of Dickens and his wife, and many othr portraits not contained in the Bibliophile edition" Original half parchment, original glassine wrap (tear) and original light blue box. Some discoloration of label on the box, minor spotting to fore-edge of text, else a fine copy 18 plates (2 coloured) with lettered tissue guards, some with extra loose tissue guards, 4 folding facsimiles, plus double page facsimile. 1 vols. 4to Privately printed "Second Edition," Bixby having allowed the Bibliophile Society to print their edition for their members and then producing 250 copies for presentation to his friends.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$173.00 + shipping
Description: 152p., plus plates. One of 250 copies printed by the Bibliphile Society for William K. Bixby the owner of the letters, after 493 copies were printed for members of the Society Presented by Bixby to Edward M. Shepard. An A.L.S. from Bixby to Shepard giving him several books. Very good condition, in worn slipcase
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition thus , first printing ,St. Louis, 1908. A fine bright book in the original tan boards in full gilt on the vellum spine. The tips of the binding corners also in vellum. This is the Bixby edition after the Bibliophiles edition. The book is in very fine condition and is in the Original slipcase. With the sleeve which holds the book and has protected this copy beautifully. Scarce in the case and in this condition.
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.