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Dickens, C; Shepherd, R. H.. The Plays and Poems of Charles Dickens (Volumes 1,2). W.H. Allen, 1885.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volumes 1,2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo, blue cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, shelf and age wear, red speckled end pages, pages internally clean and text is clear Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1800grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Description: 1885, London, W. H. Allen & Co., 4to, two volumes, number 148 of 150 copies, pp420, pp406; green cloth, paper labels. Inner hinges weak, labels rubbed, bindings worn.
Seller: Graham York Rare Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom
Price: US$122.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vols. 8vo. Pp 406; vi, 420. Original cloth. Foxing to prelims and edges. A nice copy.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Description: Two volumes, octavo (23 x 15.5cm). Vol I, pp. [1-7],9-406; Vol. II, pp. viii,420. A couple of inserted small illustrations, a portait of Dickens on the free endpaper & a scene from Sketches of Young Couples inserted on fly-title to that section, both from late Victorian magazine publications. Bound in contemporary half morocco, gilt, teg, rubbed, head of spines slighty chipped, but quite sound. Some occasional light foxing. Vg. [CBEL IV, 1243; VanderPoel B539(2)]
Seller: Colin Page Books, Storrington, United Kingdom
Price: US$255.08 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. 2 vols. Half titles. Orig. royal blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt; spines darkened & rather worn at heads & tails. Labels of the Constitutional Club library. Externally poor, but internally clean & fresh. The second issue, omitting No Thoroughfare, which had appeared in the first issue without copyright clearance. With an 'introductory monograph' by Shepherd, 'Charles Dickens as a dramatist, actor and poet'.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original Cloth. Two volumes edited, prefaced, and annotated by Richard H. Shepard and bound in original blue cloth with gold lettering on spines. L ight rubbing to tips. Pale yellow endpapers. Occassional incidental age spotting throughout. A very fine set of the the first unsurpressed collected edition, preceded by the 1882 edition which was withdrawn over copyright problems with "No Thoroughfare." Podeschi lists only the 1882 edition {D96}.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes, demy 8vo, (8 3/4" x 5 1/8"), pp. (1-7), 8-406; (i-v), vi, (vii-viii), (1-5), 6-420, index. Original gilt lettered blue cloth. Very good with some wear to edges, extremities & bumped corners. Book plate on front paste down endpapers. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H9756 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. 2 vols. Half titles sl. browned. Orig. royal blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt; front board sl. marked vol. II, spines sl. darkened. Armorial bookplates of W.H.B. Fletcher. v.g. The second issue, omitting No Thoroughfare, which had appeared in the first issue without copyright clearance. With an 'introductory monograph' by Shepherd, 'Charles Dickens as a dramatist, actor and poet'.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1375.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, one of only 150 large paper numbered copies, and the first issue other than the immediately suppressed issue of 1882. Each page of text printed within a lovely frame with elaborate corners. Large Paper 8vo [26.6 x 18.5 cm], handsomely bound in navy blue morocco over cloth covered boards, the spine with double-gilt ruled bands trimmed in blind and gilt lettering, back strip gilt ruled. 406; 420 pp. A fine copy, internally very fresh and clean, with only the lightest hint of mellowing at the far edges, the bindings pristine and beautifully preserved. A LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE SCARCEST ISSUE OF DICKENS' COLLECTED PLAYS AND POEMS, ONE OF ONLY 150 NUMBERED COPIES. The only earlier edition was the issue of 1882, which was immediately withdrawn from the trade and suppressed. The suppression was due to 'No Thoroughfare', which was co-authored by Wilkie Collins, being included without proper copyright permission. In spite of the suppression, that issue is still more commonly found in antiquarian markets than this, the preferred Large-Paper limited issue.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.