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Price: US$231.84 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo, 208 pp., original boards with cloth spine and paper spine label; binding rubbed and faded with label darkened and chipped, front free endpaper clipped at tip, age spotting and staining, early owner's name on front pastedown; Edgar and Vail (New York Public Library) p. 17 All but the first essay by other hands. Second American edition, - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
[Dickens, Charles]. The Tuggs's at Ramsgate." In: THE TUGGS'S AT RAMSGATE, by "Boz.". , 1837.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Together with Other Tales, by Distinguished Writers. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837. Original light grey-green boards with red cloth spine and printed label. First American Edition (being a volume in the "Library of Fiction"), limited to 1,000 copies issued in January 1837. The volume consists of the title tale by Dickens followed by nine other tales by other writers. This is the only one of "Boz"'s tales that, having appeared in a British periodical, did not then appear in one of the two book series of SKETCHES BY BOZ (see Smith I, p. 15, note 2). Instead it appeared in the British "Library of Fiction" in April 1836, and was not included in SKETCHES BY BOZ until that title was issued in monthly parts (Nov 1837 through June 1839). In America, Carey Lea & Blanchard published SKETCHES BY BOZ [second series] a month or two after this -- not including "Tuggs's" -- and then combined "Tuggs's" into a reprint of that volume in June of the same year. This is a good-plus copy (general soil and edge-wear notably to the rear joint, label rubbed but still legible, half of rear free endpaper missing). This is acceptable condition for a book that is so scarce in its original binding -- as these 1830s Philadelphia volumes were bound up using extremely delicate, cheap materials. Podeschi (Yale) B1; Wilkins p. 11 (reference to the "Select Library of Fiction"). Housed in a clamshell case with leather label.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: The first appearance of Oliver Twist in America. The first two chapters of Oliver Twist were published in Bentley's Miscellany in February 1837. By April of the same year the American publisher Carey, Lea and Blanchard, eager for new Dickens material, published a selection of extracts from Bentleys, with pride of place going to the first two chapters of Oliver Twist. Podeschi records that 2000 copies were printed in April of 1837 (B45, p.161). The worn original binding is in poor condition, with the front board and spine coming loose, exposing the gatherings entirely. Mild foxing throughout. See photos. 186 pp., followed by two pages of new publications, including Carey, Lea and Blanchard's edition of Pickwick Papers. A scarce work, and a significant record of the early printing and reception of Dickens' works.
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Original paper over boards, cloth spine, paper label at spine. Gimbel B44. One of Dickens's first appearances in book form in America. The volume contains other stories from Bentley's, including James Fennimore Cooper, and Samuel Lover. Exceedingly scarce. A Good copy, with block needing reglueing to spine, abrasions to paper over boards, corners worn, cloth at spine faded, ink number at spine label.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$494.06 + shipping
Description: Series title; text block a little browned. Contemp. plain pigskin, pale green boards; a little rubbed & stained. Gimbel B1. Smith USA I, 1. One of the earliest examples of Dickens in book form in the U.S., reprinted from The Library of Fiction or Family Story-Teller. Nine other tales appear in this 204-page volume, including G.P.R. James' The Rival Houses, Miss Mitford's Jesse Cliffe, and T.K. Hervey's The Alchymist.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. Tuggs of Ramsgate. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1837.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tuggs of Ramsgate by Charles Dickens. Publisher: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1837. viii,[9]-204pp. Recased with original boards. Boards worn, label slightly eroded but quite legible. Foxing through the first 61 pages very light thereafter. Chapman & Hall's monthly fiction periodical "The Library of Fiction" began in April 1836, starting right off in that issue with the sketch "The Tuggs's at Ramsgate" by a writer using the pseudonym "Boz." First separate U.S. edition thus, reprinting the second series of SKETCHES (published in February in the U.S appearance, and adding the last from its periodical appearance in the UK. Gimbel asserts that one thousand copies were printed in June. GIMBEL A10. 4 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches. A scarce Dickens item. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-082. Price: $550. Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
[Dickens, Charles]. Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble, once Mayor of Mudfog.. , 1837.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: By Boz. With Other Tales and Sketches [by other authors], from Bentley's Miscellany and The Library of Fiction. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837. Original drab boards with rose cloth spine and printed label. First Edition of this early collection of tales by various authors -- which constitutes one of Dickens's earliest American appearances in book form. According to Podeschi, 2,000 copies were printed in April 1837. This Dickens tale was not collected in an all-Dickens volume until ten years after his death -- in THE MUDFOG PAPERS (1880). Also included in this volume is "An Evening of Visits" by "J. Fennimore Cooper Esq. [sic]". This volume is in very good-plus condition (closed tear in front free endpaper, rose cloth faded as always, slight rubbing of the spine label); one cannot encounter these Philadelphia volumes from the 1830s in much better condition. Podeschi (Yale) B44; Carr (U of Texas) B551.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a scarce, very early Charles Dickens book that was published when he was only 25 years old. "PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE, ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG" by Boz ("Boz" was the pen name of Dickens). 1837; Carey, Lea and Blanchard; Philadelphia. The book contains "Other Tales and Sketches, from Bentley's Miscellany, and the Library of Fiction" including a story by James Fenimore (spelled "Fennimore" on the contents page) Cooper titled "An Evening of Visits." There are 11 stories in all - please see the photos for the complete list of contents. This is one of the first stories by Dickens published in book form in the United States. Condition: Worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed); 1/2" cloth tears at the top edge of the spine, small cloth tears at the bottom edge. The front board bows at the center just a bit. There is a crack at the front hinge between the end papers. The pages are in good condition with only some occasional light foxing (heaviest on the title page - see photo) and staining. There are a few characters written in pencil on the front pastedown and a name written in pen on a front end paper. Some fading of the spine label with a tear at the top edge and along the center. The front end paper has 1" tears at the inner and bottom edges.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 208 pages. Quarter cloth; paper over boards. Professionally rebacked with hollow; spine repaired with bookcloth; label infilled - roughly 70% of label remains. Binding is sound; leaves toned; former owner's signature to front free endpaper.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Full Description: [DICKENS, Charles]. Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By Boz. With Other Tales and Sketches, from Bentley's Miscellany, and the Library of Fiction. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837. First appearance of any part of Oliver Twist in America. The first two chapters of Oliver Twist, followed by twelve other pieces including Handy Andy, The Spectre of Tappington, The Wide Aware Club, The Abbess and the Duchess, Edward Saville, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Richie Barter, Authors and Actors, Plunder Creek, Recollections of Childhood. One of 2,000 copies. Small octavo (7 1/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 182 x 110 mm). [1]-186, [2, advertisements] pp. This is volume one of a presumed 2 volume set. According to Smith "The first two chapters of Oliver Twist, which is the only piece in the volume by Dickens, runs from pp (5)-22. This two-volume edition of 2,000 copies. was published on April 15, 1837." (Smith, page 87). Publisher's original quarter red cloth over drab paper boards. Printed paper spine label. Cloth is sunned. Paper spine label is chipped beyond legibility. Boards are rubbed and soiled. Some foxing and toning throughout. Final two leaves dampstained. Still a very good copy of a scarce item. Gimbel. Hatton and Cleaver, Smith, Dickens, Pg. 87. HBS 68945. $750.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3208.16 + shipping
Description: First US edition of the second series of Sketches by Boz, the exceptional Self-Starling copy. Dickens's Sketches was published in two series, together comprising his first book, republishing short stories which had previously appeared in periodicals with new additions. The Sketches cemented his growing reputation, soon to be catapulted to stardom with the publication of The Pickwick Papers. The first series was published in the UK in 1836, and the second series in 1837. The American publishers Carey, Lea & Blanchard published the first series in 1836 under the title Watkins Tottle, and Other Sketches. Their publication of this second series used the Sketches by Boz title. It was published in March 1837 in an edition of 1,250 copies, following the UK edition of a few months earlier. Kenyon Starling and William Self were two of the great Dickens collectors of the late 20th and early 21st century, the former bequeathing his collection to the latter. The combined collection was sold at Christie's 2008, and was one of the most significant Dickens collections to be sold this century, highly esteemed for the remarkable condition of the books, and the presence of numerous rarities. Gimbel A9; Smith, Dickens First American Editions, pp. 5-6. John C. Eckel, Bibliography of Charles Dickens, 1932. Octavo. Original pink quarter cloth, printed paper label, grey paper-covered sides. Housed in a 20th-century brown quarter morocco slipcase and brown cloth chemise. 20th-century book labels to front pastedown of George Abbot James, Kenyon Starling, and William Self; recent bookplate of Peter Russell to chemise. Spine very lightly sunned with label rubbed, contents a little foxed as always.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom