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DICKENS, Charles. The Battle of Life. A Love Story. Bradbury and Evans, 1846.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1846 Charles Dickens 1ed Battle of Life Christmas Love Maclise Leech Doyle ART Beginning with ‘A Christmas Carol’ in 1843, Charles Dickens wrote and published five Christmas books for the holiday season. The fourth title in this series of novellas is ‘The Battle of Life.’ Curiously, this title is the sole non-religious title of the Christmas Book series. The story is one of strife, misguided perception, and the significance of both romantic and familial love. This work includes numerous charming illustrations throughout provided by the collective work of esteemed artists Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield. Item number: #40586 Price: $550 DICKENS, Charles The Battle of Life. A Love Story London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition. Details: • Collation: Complete o [8], 175, [1], [2 ads] o 13 illustrations • References: Eckel pg. 121; Smith II, 8 • Edition Notes: o Cupid carrying a scroll on the engraved title page vignette o Advertisements included at end o Final leaf of publisher's advertisements for “Dombey and Son.” • Language: English • Binding: Hardcover; secure o Publisher’s original red cloth • Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17cm x 11cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 40586 Photos available upon request.

Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles. The Battle of Life. A Love Story. Bradbury and Evans, 1846.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1846 Charles Dickens 1ed Battle of Life Christmas Love Maclise Leech Doyle Art Beginning with ‘A Christmas Carol’ in 1843, Charles Dickens wrote and published five Christmas books for the holiday season. The fourth title in this series of novellas is ‘The Battle of Life.’ Curiously, this title is the sole non-religious title of the Christmas Book series. The story is one of strife, misguided perception, and the significance of both romantic and familial love. This work includes numerous charming illustrations throughout provided by the collective work of esteemed artists Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, John Leech and Clarkson Stanfield. Item number: #40874 Price: $550 DICKENS, Charles The Battle of Life. A Love Story London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition. Details: • Collation: Complete o [4], 175, [3] o 13 illustrations • References: Eckel pg. 121; Smith II, 8 • Edition Notes: o Cupid carrying a scroll on the engraved title page vignette o Advertisements included at end o Final leaf of publisher's advertisements for “Dombey and Son.” • Language: English • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Publisher’s original red cloth • Size: ~6.75in X 4.25in (17cm x 11cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 40874 Photos available upon request.

Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

Dickens Charles. THE BATTLE OF LIFE. A Love Story. London Bradbury and Evans 1846, 1846.

Price: US$1485.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, with the vignette title page in the Todd E1 and Eckel 4 state, rare thus. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title pages. Illustrations by Richard Doyle, John Leech, and others throughout. Small 8vo, in a very handsome antique full dark-green crushed levant morocco binding, the spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, turnovers with richly gilt rolled borders surrounding gilt tooled inner borders, fine French derived marbled endleaves, a.e.g. 175, [1] ads. pp. A very handsome, finely executed binding in excellent and beautifully preserved condition both within and without, the spine panel mellowed slightly to honey as is usual. FIRST EDITION OF CHARLES DICKENS’ "CHRISTMAS BOOK", THE BATTLE OF LIFE. This was the fourth installment in Dickens’ series of Christmas Books, the first of which was the timeless and brilliant CHRISTMAS CAROL. Dickens managed to find the time to complete the THE BATTLE manuscript while working on DOMBEY AND SON in Switzerland and in December of 1846 the book was released, selling 23,000 copies in the first 24 hours. This edition was the only one published in Dickens’ lifetime, and it has become of special interest to bibliophiles and collectors due to the four variations of the vignette title. This title page is in accordance with Eckel’s state 4, the D in BRADBURY is unbroken and this copy has the publisher’s imprint.

Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles Illustrated by H. K. Browne. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation, Parts I-XX [1-20]. Published by Bradbury & Evans 1846-1848, London, 1846.

Price: US$1754.39 + shipping

Description: complete set of 20 numbered parts in 19 as issued, continue pagination of pages 1-624, plus the 'Dombey & Son Advertiser' in each part, 40 plates through the 20 parts (2 in each part), plus slip in adverts throughout including The Music Book and Rowland Bradshaw coloured ads in parts 1 & 2, small Punch add in parts 2 & 3, Richard's Daily Rememberance advert [4] with red text in part 3, small Man in the Moon advert in part 4, Cheap Editions of the works of Charles Dickens [4] in parts 6 & 7, Dankin and Company advert [2] with blue text in part 9, Maps, Guides, and Charts small advert in part 10, advert for Lett's Diary's in part 15 (with 12 of 18 parts), 2 small catalogues in part 17 etc. Parts 19 & 20 contain the title page and prelims at the rear [xvi] which would be used if binding all the parts together First Edition , Parts 1 & 2 with no rear cover, part 4 with no covers, part 11 with loss to one of the adverts at the front, cover lightly creased and some with small tears otherwise a nice clean set, books in good condition , Original blue paper wraps Octavo, 22.5 x 14 cm Paperback ISBN:

Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom

DICKENS, Charles.. Dombey and Son. With illustrations by H.K. Browne. XX original parts in XIX.. Bradbury & Evans. 1846-48, 1846.

Price: US$2144.25 + shipping

Description: Plates. Orig. pale blue printed wrappers; Part I very worn, but otherwise a very nice copy, retaining most of the original ads. Collated with Hatton & Cleaver. A nice attractive set, with ten of the nineteen parts complete as issued, retaining all plates, prelims, advertisements & slips. With the following omissions; other parts complete as issued. I. Front wrapper detached & very chipped & creased, following wrappers missing. Dombey & Son Advertiser lacks first leaf. III. Lacks 4pp following ad. for Richards's Daily Remembrancer. IV. Lacks following slip for The Man in the Moon & 2pp ad. for The Lady's Newspaper. VI. 4pp following ad., Introduction to Zoology, bound in twice. VII. Without initial 4pp slip. IX. First leaf of Dombey Advertise torn in corner with sl. loss. X. Lacks all following ads. XI. Lacks following slip for Lett & Son. XII. With additional following 4pp ad. for Worsdell's Pills, not mentioned in H&C. XIII. Lacks slip & Dombey Advertiser. XV. Lacks following slip for Twiddlethumb Town. XVI. Lacks initial slip for Forster's life of Goldsmith, but with additional following ads for Mechi (small format 24pp) & Knight's Shilling Volumes (12pp), both usually found in Part XVII. XIX/XX. Spine defective; with sl. differing following ads: Lea & Perrins is in 6pp; Chapman & Hall is in 4pp.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

DICKENS, Charles.. Dombey and Son.. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846-48, 1846.

Price: US$3248.86 + shipping

Description: First edition, in the original monthly parts published from September 1846 to March 1848, an attractive set of the novel "now recognized as one of the greatest of all his works. It is also the first one to have an explicitly contemporary setting" (ODNB). This set has the early state of the Dombey and Son Advertiser in part XIII ("October, 1847" unbroken on p. 1). The errata in part XIX & XX in the preferred two line state. All but one of the called for issue points are in their earliest states, with "capatin" in part XI at p. 324, as the "earliest issue"; for part XIV the word "if" on p. 426 is omitted also stated as the "earliest issue", although p. 431 is numbered correctly, whereas they call for it to be omitted in "earlier copies". The rear cover to part XVIII is a variant to that called for by Hatton and Cleaver with the header "Public Applause" in place of the called for"The Spring Season". As often there are a few trivial variations to the rear adverts as called for by Hatton & Cleaver: part III lacking rear ads (1), (3), and (4); part V with an uncalled for 2 pp. ad for The National Cyclopedia and lacking the errata slip; part X lacking rear ad (2); part XI lacking the rear slip; part XII the rear ad for Kaye's Worsdell's Pills is a variant with the header "Important Testimonials" in place of "Question! Question! Question!"; part XVI lacking Punch slip at front and rear ad; part XVII lacking the front slip and rear ad; part XIX lacking rear ads (3), (4), & (5), ad (2) only 4 pp. and ad (6) only 6 pp. Copies almost never conform exactly to Hatton & Cleaver's exhaustive collation. Eckel, pp. 74-76; Hatton and Cleaver, pp. 227-250. 20 numbers bound in 19 monthly parts as issued. Original green wrappers printed in black, the textual numbers with designs by Phiz. Housed in 2 custom straight-grain morocco-backed marbled paper board and cloth chemises. With 40 etched and lithographic plates by Phiz (Hatton and Cleaver noting there is no priority of issue between the etchings and lithographs); plate 35 being the first published example of a "dark plate". Morocco book label of one William Bunker to neatly repaired chemises. Neat ownership inscriptions to head of front wrappers of part IV, VI, VIII, IX, XVII. Wrappers slightly browned, creasing and nicks to extremities, overall a very good set. Plates browned in part VI, IX, XVII, small paper repair to part XIX & XX.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

Dickens, Charles. Dealings with the Firm of DOMBEY AND SON [20 parts in 19]. , 1846.

Price: US$3250.00 + shipping

Description: [a handsome set] Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. [In 20-in-19 monthly serial parts.] London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846-1848. Original light blue-green pictorial wrappers. First Edition, as issued in 20-in-19 monthly serial parts beginning in October 1846 and ending in April 1848. The serialization of this novel began upon the end of serialization of OLIVER TWIST (the scarcest of all "Dickens in parts," occurring eight years after its publication in book form); until OLIVER TWIST these monthly parts of Dickens's works were issued by Chapman & Hall, but were now being issued by Bradbury & Evans. Part XVIII of DOMBEY AND SON includes the first so-called "dark plate" (appropriately, "On the dark Road") to appear in a Dickens work -- possible due to a new process; there would be another in DAVID COPPERFIELD, followed by ten in BLEAK HOUSE and eight in LITTLE DORRIT. At the end of serialization, DOMBEY AND SON was published in book form -- the preliminary leaves for which are supplied at the end of the final monthly part. As for issue points (there are three), this set like most is mixed: it reads "Capatin" on p. 324 (the uncommon 1st state), "if" is absent on p. 426 (1st state), and "431" is present on that page (2nd state) -- curious, in that pages 426 and 431 are in the same part. (The word "Delight" on page 284 is a faux issue point, since all copies in parts have that error.) This is a very good-plus set -- fine in appearance, because all the wrappers (front and rear) are unusually clean; six of the front wrappers bear the small ink-stamp of "Webster & Co., 60 Piccadilly". Two of the rear wrappers (I and XVI) are "borrowed" from a different part, and all the delicate (plain) spines are expertly renewed. Notably, this set has ALL the advertisements and slips that are specified in the Hatton & Cleaver bibliography for a complete set. All the plates have varying degrees of darkening or foxing in the margins, but only Part II has plates that are significantly foxed. In all, an absolutely complete, clean set, with allowances for the "renewals." Hatton & Cleaver pp 225-250. Housed in a handsome clamshell case with morocco spine.

Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. Illustrations by H.K. Browne. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.. Bradbury & Evans 1846-48, London, 1846.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition in the scarce original parts of Dickens tale of the fortunes of the Dombey shipping firm with "delight" for "joy" on page 284. Octavo, original wrappers, with 40 etchings by Halbot Knight Brown, containing all advertisements as issued. In very good condition. Housed in a custom full morocco and chemise pull-off case. Scarce and desirable. Dombey and Son "was well received by its readers, and is considered to be the first novel that reflects Dickens's artistic maturity… Dickens told his first biographer, 'It was to do with Pride what its predecessor [Martin Chuzzlewit] has done with Selfishness" (Schlicke, 280). The work "has a sense of the numinous, is more profoundly touched by the sense of last things, than any of Dickens' previous novels. It is larger in conception, so that human life is seen in terms of its beginning and its end, so that grief and forgiveness become more powerful forces within it… Dickens is aware of its status as art and provides here a simulacrum of human life touched by majesty and purpose" (Ackroyd, 526). The original serials contain the first of Browne's "dark plates" ("On the dark Road," in part 18), created by the engraver's lining machine and roulettes that tint the etched plate, creating heightened contrast (Johannsen, Phiz, 309).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles.. Dombey and Son. With illustrations by H.K. Browne. XX original parts in XIX.. Bradbury & Evans. 1846-48, 1846.

Price: US$4002.60 + shipping

Description: Plates. Orig. pale blue printed wrappers. Overall a v.g. well-preserved set in a handsome red morocco & gilt slipcase. Collated with Hatton & Cleaver. A very attractive set, retaining all wrappers, plates and preliminary material, and most of the original advertisements & slips. Nine of the nineteen parts are complete as issued; the omissions in the other parts are as follows: 1. No Dombey and Son Advertiser preceding text. 2. No slip facing the D&S Advertiser. 5. No errata slip preceding plates; one leaf removed from following ads. With an additional 4pp ads at beginning for the 'National Cyclopaedia'. 6. No slip preceding the D&S Advertiser; no 1p. following ad. for a Portrait of a Horse. The 8pp following ad. for Educational Works is, unusually, printed on green paper. 10. Additional slip at front: Every Man His Own Gardener. No following ad. for Gilbert's Dictionary. 12. No following ads. Small neat repair in following wrapper. 14. No D&S Advertiser preceding text. 16. No slip to follow plates or 4pp following ads. Outer margin of front wrapper neatly reinforced. 17. Slip at front is for Punch, not the Life of Goldsmith. 19/20. No Jarrold ads; Lea & Perrins ad. in 4pp not 8pp; first leaf of D&S Advertiser sl. torn in outer margin.

Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom

Dickens, Charles. Dombey and Son. Bradbury and Evans, 1846.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition. An attractive set of the original 20 parts issued in 19 (#19 is a double issue) of the first edition Charles Dickens great work, DOMBEY AND SON, published in green printed wrappers by Bradbury and Evans in London from October, 1846, to April, 1848. This set includes 40 plates by H. K. Browne (Phiz), with the Dombey and Son Advertiser in each part. This is a near-fine set in with the spines intact and virtually no foxing. It is contained in a nice cloth presentation case. Overall, a lovely set in collector's condition. We buy Dickens First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

DICKENS Charles BROWNE Hablot Knight. Dombey and Son. , 1846.

Price: US$5500.00 + shipping

Description: "DICKENS, Charles. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846-48. Twenty parts in nineteen. Octavo, original green printed paper wrappers. Housed in custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. $5500.First edition, first issue in scarce original parts of Dickens' novel of "Pride," with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz"), including the famous first "dark plate." An excellent copy in the original parts, with all of the advertisements called for.For its inclusion of fairy-tale themes and the much discussed demise of Paul Dombey, Dombey and Son "has a sense of the numinous, is more profoundly touched by the sense of last things, than any of Dickens' previous novels. It is larger in conception, so that human life is seen in terms of its beginning and its end, so that grief and forgiveness become more powerful forces within it Dickens is aware of its status as art and provides here a simulacrum of human life touched by majesty and purpose" (Ackroyd, 526). Dombey and Son "was well received by its readers, and is considered to be the first novel that reflects Dickens's artistic maturity Dickens told his first biographer, 'It was to do with Pride what its predecessor [Martin Chuzzlewit] has done with Selfishness" (Schlicke, 280). Dombey and Son contains the first of Browne's so-called "dark plates" ("On the dark Road," in part 18), created by the engraver's lining machine and roulettes that tint the etched plate so as to heighten the contrast between black and white (Johannsen, Phiz, 309). First-issue text, with the following first-issue points: page 284 with "Toot's Delight" mentioned twice instead of "Toot's Joy"; page 324 with "Capatin" on the last line; page 426 with blank space at the beginning of line 9; and two-line errata slip in the preliminary pages at the rear of Part 19/20, rather than eight. Text, preliminaries, and illustrations are all present, as are all wrappers. All advertisements called for are present. Hatton and Cleaver, 227-250. Only mild foxing to several plates, text generally clean. Some neat and unobtrusive repairs to several spines, light edge-wear and creasing to fragile paper wrappers, less than often seen. An exceptional copy in parts in the original wrappers, quite scarce and desirable with all advertisements."

Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. Dombey and Son (20 Parts in 19). Bradbury and Evans, London, 1846.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing published in 20 parts issued in 19. A beautiful set published from October 1946 to April 1848 in the ORIGINAL wrappers. All the wrappers are present with minor repairs with all 40 plates by H. K. Browne. The pages are clean with some discoloration and wear along the edges. This lovely set was First published in England in these original parts and precedes the American Edition in parts. Overall, a wonderful set housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Dickens in the original parts.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. Dombey and Son (ORIGINAL 20 parts in 19). Bradbury and Evans, London, 1846.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, in the twenty original parts, bound in nineteen with the last number containing parts XIX-XX. All 20 original green printed wrappers are original and are correct. The Dombey & Son Advertiser is present in each part. This copy has the following early issue points. Part V has the important twelve line errata slip present. Part IX, page 284, 5th and 6th line up, with "Delight" for "Joy." Part XI, page 324, last line, "Captain" is misspelled "Capatin." Part XIII has the earliest state of the Advertiser, with the date "October, 1847" printed without error. Part XIX/XX the title page erroneously shows Captain Cuttle's hook on his left hand. Part XIX/XX is dated "April 1848" the earliest state according to Hatton and Cleaver. A fabulous set with minor repair housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Dickens in the original parts.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.