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Dickens, Charles. CRICKET ON THE HEARTH.|THE. Limited Editions Club, New York, NY, 1933.

Price: US$42.00 + shipping

Description: tall 4to. bound in full yellow cloth with the Golden Cockerel Press emblem printed in green on the front cover, title on spine in green. (x), 70, (4) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 1500 numbered copies. (Bibliography no.51). Lacking the slipcase. Uneven fading to spine and edges of the boards. Minor discoloration to endpapers. Else a fine copy. Designed by Robert Gibbings and printed at the Golden Cockerel Press with seven posthumous water color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Introduction by Walter de la Mare. bound in full yellow cloth with the Golden Cockerel Press emblem printed in green on the front cover, title on spine in green

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Volumes I and II (2 volume set, complete) [SIGNED]. Limited Editions Club, Oxford. England, 1933.

Price: US$51.50 + shipping

Description: 2 volume set, complete. Limited, Numbered Edition, # 252 of 1500 copies, hand SIGNED by illustrator John Austen on rear colophon. Hard cover 4to in brown cloth w/ gold Mr. Pickwick dec. and titles. Books About Fine w/ bookplate front pastedown, else Fine and unmarked; Poor DJs heavily torn and chipped, Vol. I jacket in two pieces, taped inside. 759 total pages inc. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton; illustrated in b/w and full-page color plates, frontis. NO slipcase. Sorry, NO Priority or International.

Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home. Golden Cockerel Press, 1933.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardback with clear protective wrapper. 32.5cm x 22cm. 71pp. With 7 posthumous illustrations by Hugh Thomson. No. 214 of a limited edition of only 1500 copies. Slightest wear. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK.

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

DICKENS, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home. Limited Editions Club, England, 1933.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: With 7 color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 71 pages. Thin 4to, yellow cloth with GCP logo on cover, uncut edges, top edge blue. England: The Golden Cockerel Press for members of The Limited Editions Club, 1933. Some light spotting and darkening at edges of cloth, still a very good clean copy, lacking the slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies. Designed by Robert Gibbings and printed at The Golden Cockerel Press, with posthumous water color illustrations by Hugh Thomson.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles. THOMSON, Hugh (illus.). The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home.. The Golden Cockerel Press, Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club, New York, 1933.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Description: x, 70 [2] pp. Seven posthumous illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Folio, publisher's gold cloth in slipcase. First edition; No. 680 of 1500 copies. A very near fine unworn copy; contents fine. The slipcase is worn at the joints and missing several sections along the sides.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles.. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. With an Introduction by G.K. Chesterton and Illustrations by John Austen.. (Oxford University Press for the, 1933.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited Editions CLub January 1933 Binding: Hardcover

Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. London The Golden Cockerel Press1 1933., 1933.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: VG. Previous owner's bookplate on the front inside cover. Chemical stains on the front and rear inside boards and fly-leaves. The slipcase is rubbed at the extremities. ; This is number 1280 of 1500 copies designed by Robert Gibbings and printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at The Golden Cockerel Press with seven posthumous water-colour illustrations by Hugh Thomson. ; Color Illustrations; 4to.; 71 pages. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Limited Edition. Binding is Hardcover.

Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home. Golden Cockerel Press, England, 1933.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: This edition reprinted from the first edition published by Bradbury and Evans in 1846. Edition consists of 1500 copies designed by Robert Gibbings and printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Posthumous water-colour illustrations by Hugh Thomson. This is copy number 107. Bright copy with a fresh interior. No appreciable wear to cloth which is generally very clean and bright. No slipcase present. Spine a little darkened. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada

Dickens, Charles. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME; With seven posthumous illustrations by Hugh Thomson. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1933.

Price: US$83.00 + shipping

Description: "Printed for Members of the Limited Edition Club": Limited edition #996/1500. Folio, 12.5 in. x 8.75 in. Illustrated with seven watercolors by Hugh Thomson. Yellow-green cloth boards with proud cock stamped in green to front. Untrimmed fore- and bottome-edges. Green title to spine. Light soiling to boards. Custom newer decorative marbled slipcase. From the limited edition page: "This edition of The Cricket in the Hearth, reprinted from the first edition published by Bardbury and Evans in 1846, consists of fifteen hundred copies designed by Robert Gibbings." Very Good Plus / Near Fine (slipcase)

Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles.. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. (2 volumes).. The Limited Editions Club., Oxford., 1933.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Description: Signed by the artist on the colophon. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 9.3 lb. Very good, spine titles a little faded, in a good original slipcase with the top panel glue-repaired, no dust jackets. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Illustrated by John Austen. 30x19.5 cm. xxvi,374: x, 375-757 pp. Brown cloth, gilt titles,top edge stained blue, decorative endpapers. Limited edition, number 177 of 1500 copies.

Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club. The Limited Editions Club, 1933.

Price: US$99.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Handsome two volume set printed for The Limited Editions Club By The Oxford University Press. This limited, numbered edition is signed by illustrator John Austen. This is copy number 1439 of 1500. Bound in Winterbottom buckram with deckled outside edges, gilt titles and decoration on front cover, spine titles in gilt. Wonderful color illustrations by Austen. Some minor wear and soil, overall a very clean and crisp set lacking the slipcase.

Seller: Popeks Used and Rare Books, IOBA, Oneonta, NY, U.S.A.

DICKENS, CHARLES. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Volumes I and II (in dust jackets). Limited Editions Club, Oxford, 1933.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: #666 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Vol. 1: FINE BOOK, CLEAN AND TIGHT, IN VERY GOOD DUST JACKET WITH SLIGHTLY SUNNED SPINE, SLIGHT EDGE WEAR AT SPINE ENDS, AND QUARTER SIZE CHIP IN MIIDDLE OF SPINE. Vol. 2: FINE BOOK - CLEAN AND TIGHT - IN GOOD- DUST JACKET WITH LIGHT EDGEWEAR, SEVERAL LARGE PIECES MISSING FROM BOTTOM OF SPINE, AND TEAR ON REAR PANEL. BOOKPLATES. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Illustrations by John Austen.

Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens. The Cricket on the Hearth. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1933.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition, Printed in 1933 for the members of the Limited Editions Club. Restricted to a limited run of just 1500 copies, this is No. 725. The edition is tightly bound and quite clean with very rare foxing and slight sunning to spine, else Fine. The paper used throughout is lovely to the touch. Previous owner ex-libris label on front paste down page. The matching slip box is in Good- and displays missing sections of the cardboard, tape residue, splitting/chipping with the bottom portion coming unattached. The publisher issued label on the slipcase is still intact and clean. Printed and bound in England from the first 1846 edition published by Bradbury and Evans, with the posthumous water-color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A note about the publisher: Established in 1929 by George Macy, The Limited Editions Club specialized in the publication of fine books, featuring limited runs that were typically singed by the author or artist. With meticulous attention to detail, each edition was crafted with a commitment to quality, ensuring that the books retained their superb craftsmanship regardless of the number of libraries or hands they traversed. Easton Press is the successor in the publishing industry.

Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth, A Fairy Tale of Home. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1933.

Price: US$119.95 + shipping

Description: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1933. Near Fine condition in a Good original maroon board slipcase (intact, but with edges quite rubbed). Slipcase has a green printed paper spine label. Printed in England by The Golden Cockerel Press for members of the Limited Editions Club. The book itself would be FINE but for just a hint of spine soil and typical darkening to the endpapers (less than usual). NO foxing. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1933. Limited to 1500 numbered copies, this being #1363. Illustrated with 7 posthumous water-color paintings by Hugh Thomson "reproduced with colors laid in by hand." (per prospectus). Introduction by Walter de la Mare. Designed and printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press. Printed exclusively with Eric Gill's Golden Cockerel type and handset in type and printed by hand on all-rag handmade Milbourn paper -- (per prospectus). Color copy of prospectus is laid in. Bound in the original full yellow cloth with the Golden Cockerel Press emblem stamped in green on the front cover, with title stamped in green on the spine. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 13" tall. This large book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. Newman 51. . First Edition, Limited 1,500 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/in a Good slipcase. Illus. by Thomson, Hugh (water colours). 98pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Limited Editions Club, [England], 1933.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Small folio (8-1/2" x 12-3/4") bound in decorated yellow buckram. Copy #305 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press with seven posthumous color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Issued unsigned. A wonderful book set by hand and printed by hand on hand-made paper. Monthly Letter laid in. Foxing to covers, typical darkening to the endpapers, otherwise contents bright and fresh. Very Good in a Good slipcase, rubbed with some splitting

Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Dickens, Charles. Ill. Hugh Thomson. The Cricket on the Hearth; A Fairy Tale of Home by Charles Dickens and seven posthumous illustrations by Hugh Thomson. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1933.

Price: US$140.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 4to, 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (317 x 213 mm); with seven fine bright color illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Edition printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, this is copy 1460 of 1500. Full yellow cloth binding with the Golden Cockerel Press emblem printed in green on the front cover, title on spine in green, top edge stained green, rest uncut; rather worn slipcase with paper tag in fragile condition; the book is clean inside and out and in fine condition. Dickens began writing the book around 17 October 1845 and finished it by 1 December. Like all of Dickens's Christmas books, it was published in book form, not as a serial. Dickens described the novel as "quiet and domestic. innocent and pretty." It is subdivided into chapters called "Chirps."

Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. The Limited Editions Club, Oxford, England, 1933.

Price: US$144.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Two volume set in tan boards with gilt lettering and decoration to top boards and spine. Approx 24 illustrations. Signed by illustrator at end of Volume II. Limited edition of 1500, this is #233. Tight and square. Unmarked. Two faint drops on front board of Volume I, else fine. Handsome copy in quality paper of this classic novel. Oversize. Lacking slipcase. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Two Volumes. Limited Editions Club, Oxford, 1933.

Price: US$185.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Two large quarto volumes (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in rich brown Winterbottom buckram with the author and title in gilt on the spine and front cover as well as the figure of Pickwick and printed on pure rag paper. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Illustrated by John Austen with his typically masterful line drawings and color plates. Copy number 421 of 1500 signed by the illustratorJohn Austen on the colophon page. J with large chips in slip case.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens; G. K. Chesterton (introduction). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. The Limited Editions Club, Oxford, 1933.

Price: US$185.00 + shipping

Description: 30 x 20.5 cm. Quarto. 759 pages. Two volume brown cloth set in dust jackets and matching green slipcase. Limited to 1500 sets signed by the artist, John Austen, in volume 2 this being set number 31. Piece out of the dust jacket spine of vol. 1 and some light edgewear to the jackets. Slipcase is starting to seperate. Near Fine in Very Good dust jackets

Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles; Chesterton, G. K. [Introduction]; Austen, John [Illustrator]. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (in 2 Volumes). Oxford, 1933.

Price: US$190.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Two volume set in slipcase, issued by the Limited Editions Club in 1933. Signed by artist John Austen, and hand-numbered 1148 on rear endpaper of volume 2. This edition was limited to 1500 copies. Green paper boards of slipcase are heavily stained, and edges are rubbed and frayed. A split seam has been repaired with glue. Dust jackets are both heavily chipped on spines, with chunks missing from lower spine. Spines are toned, and there is lighter chipping around edges. Brown cloth boards and bindings of both volumes are good. Page edges are foxed. Pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. LO

Seller: Ed's Editions LLC, ABAA, West Columbia, SC, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (Two Volumes). Limited Editions Club, Oxford, 1933.

Price: US$199.99 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Two volume set in slipcase. Original oversized gilt-titled cloth. Signed to the colophon by artist John Austen; #840 of 1500 copies. Fine condition. The DJs are sunned to spine; volume 2 DJ has a closed tear mid spine. The slipcase is mildly toned/shelfworn. ; quarto; Signed by Author

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

[Austen, John. illus.] Dickens Charles. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB With an Introduction by G.K. Chesterton and Illustrations by John Austen.. Oxford Oxford University Press for The Limited Editions Club 1933, 1933.

Price: US$214.50 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes. First Edition issued by the Club and first with the Austen illustrations. Signed by the Artist and limited to 1500 copies only. Illustrated with 24 full-page colour plates by John Austen and many black and white illustrations throughout the text. Thick 4to, publisher’s original tan polished cloth lettered in gilt on the spines and upper cover, and with the fine gilt pictorial vignette on the upper cover, in the elusive original green, white and black printed and decorated dustjackets, decorated endleaves. xxvi, 374; x, 375-759, [3] pp. An excellent set in original dustjackets. Beautifully preserved, essentially as pristine, both books and dustjackest in fine condition. A FIRST EDITIO OF THIS FAVORITE ILLUSTRATED BOOK AND A FINE AND BRIGHT COPY. This fine gift edition of THE PICKWICK PAPERS, is handsomely illustrated by John Austen. On these colourful and energetic pages, the exploits and antics of Pickwick, Tupman, Winkle, and Snodgrass come to life. For Dickens lovers, PICKWICK is often the favorite, filled as it is with delightful humor and adventure. And surely, this illustrated edition will provide endless visual delight to its readers as they encounter the four members of the Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club in their many amusing escapades.

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

DICKENS, Charles; CHESTERTON, G. K.. the POSTHUMOUS PAPERS of the PICKWICK CLUB VOLume II; Artist Signed. Limited Edition #1,162 *. Limited Editions Club, Oxford University Press, Printed In Great Britain * * * * *, 1933.

Price: US$308.66 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: B00K: Near Fine/, $578.77 Reduced From. the POSTHUMOUS PAPERS of the PICKWICK CLUB VOLume II; Artist Signed. Limited Edition #1,162 * DICKENS, Charles; CHESTERTON, G. K. John AUSTIN, Illustrations by. Limited Editions Club, Oxford University Press Printed In Great Britain * * * * * 1933 Limited Edition #1,162 Tall Wide Thick D/j + H/c Sun Browning On A Brown Top With A Green Patterned Spine And Title In Black Letters, Dust Jacket: Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Corner Tear On Rear Top Of Spine. Hard Cover B00K: Near Fine/, Pages 376 To 759 Clean And Tight To The Spine Printed On 0ff~White/Tan Paper, Trace Browning From Aging On Edges, In Near Fine/ Condition, Clean And Tight To The Spine. Limited Edition And Artist’s Signature In Rear On Rear Limited Edition Page. Might Require Extra Shipping And Handling Due To Large Size And Weight Of 4 Pounds And 3 Ounces. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Remainder Or Other Marks. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X = To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described. Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*

Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles; CHESTERTON, G. K.. the POSTHUMOUS PAPERS of the PICKWICK CLUB VOLume I *. Limited Editions Club, Oxford University Press, Printed In Great Britain * * * * *, 1933.

Price: US$308.66 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: B00K: Fine/, $578.77 Reduced From. the POSTHUMOUS PAPERS of the PICKWICK CLUB VOLume I * DICKENS, Charles; CHESTERTON, G. K. John AUSTIN, Illustrations by. Limited Editions Club, Oxford University Press Printed In Great Britain * * * * * 1933 Limited Edition Tall Wide Thick H/c Sun Browning On A Brown Cloth Spine With Title In Polished Gold Letters, Hard Cover B00K: Fine/, Pages 1 To 374 Clean And Tight To The Spine Printed On 0ff~White/Tan Paper, Trace Browning From Aging On Edges, In Fine/ Condition, Clean And Tight To The Spine. Dust Jacket: None. Might Require Extra Shipping And Handling Due To Large Size And Weight Of 4 Pounds And 3 Ounces. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Remainder Or Other Marks. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X = To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described. Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*

Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.