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Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: - Large octavo, black calf backed gray cloth with corners bound in black calf; t.e.g. The leather is heavily rubbed & scuffed. xvi & 272 pp. Pastedowns and endpapers darkened. Illustrated with frontispiece & facsimiles. Internally very nice. Revised and enlarged edition. No. 41 of 250 copies signed by Eckel.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$98.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xvi, 272p., There are bookseller sticker and writings on end paper.
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Price: US$143.46 + shipping
Description: Limited edition of 750 copies, signed and numbered by the author. Imitation leather, 8vo, top edge gilt, xvi, 272, [6] pp, frontispiece and 28 plates. Approximately 100 entries. A revised and enlarged edition of Eckel's 1913 work "The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and their Values. A Bibliography". Eckel provides a great deal of bibliographic detail for identification of true first editions. DeVries: "Eckel's work still stands, despite criticism of its writing style and its errors, as the standard modern bibliography of Dickens's writings, though one directed more toward collectors than scholars.One can easily see why the volume is both praised and criticized. On the one hand, it provides far more information about the works it considers than any previous bibliography had, and it covers the entire range of Dickens's works, from the major novels to the smallest contribution to Household Words, wim information on advertisements in the monthly parts of all the serialized novels and a collation of the advertisements and information on the inside and outside of the back wrappers. On the other hand, the information provided a not always full, not always accurate, and not alwaysconsistent from one work to the next. "Arranged in the folowing chapters: Dickens' First Efforts, The Important Novels, The Secondary Books, Books in which Dickens had only a Limited Interest, Plays, Contributions to Newspapers and Periodicals, Wrongly Ascribed Writings, Miscellaneous and Unclassified, Unusual and Costly Dickensana, Association Books, Speeches, Collations of Back Wrappers. Indexed. Thjis copy not numbered or signed. A Very Good copy in the dustwrapper, which is lightly sunned on the spine, a little worn at the head of the spine, and with one chip to the top edge on the rear panel. The original plain salmon coloured slipcase slaipcase is present but has lost a 2 inch piece from its top panel.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$157.58 + shipping
Description: Original publisher's black leather spine & corners, gilt lettering spine, light-blue cloth-covered boards, dark-blue dustjacket with dark-blue lettering spine, revised & enlarged edition [1913], glassine dustjacket, top edge gilt, small 4to: frontispiece, xviij, 272pp., [6]pp., illustrations, 28 other illustrations, list illustrations, addenda, index. Untrimmed. Very fine copy. Printed in 250 numbered & signed copies. This is nr 75 signed by Eckel.
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Price: US$165.42 + shipping
Description: Their points and values. A Bibliography. Revised and enlarged. With illustrations and facsimiles. Pp. xviii+272+[6](for notes), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 28 plates (6 coloured or tinted), addenda, index; med. 8vo; burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges lightly rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small tears, the backstrip lightly faded and slightly damp stained; endpapers lightly offset, a couple of pencilled annotations, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Maurice Inman, Inc./Maggs Bros Ltd, New York and London, 1932. Second edition, being one of 750 numbered copies thus. *Lacking the slipcase. Originally published in 1913.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Description: New York/London: Maurice Inman/Maggs Bros., 1932. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. #9 of 750 copies printed on Strathmore Emissary paper. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket and Good original slipcase. The jacket would also be FINE but for just a little uniform sunning to its spine. It has been long protected by a Brodart clear plastic sleeve so it has NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Gilt lettering is still bright and shiny as new. The original slipcase is made from light brown paper-covered boards. The slipcase is Good, with light to moderate wear at the edges. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean, and unmarked - probably never read. Top edge gilt. NO owner's name or bookplate. First printing of the 1932 revised and enlarged edition. Illustrated with 29 reproductions of title page facsimiles, suppressed plates, rare dust jackets (including the earliest known from The Mystery of Edwin Drood), etc. 5 are printed on colored paper and 2 in color. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Still an essential bibliography as it contains detailed descriptions of Dickens' writings, publication histories and background data that are not readily available elsewhere. Laid in this copy is a printed sheet, "A Message from the Author" concerning possible future updates. From limitation page: "This Edition is Limited to 750 copies, numbered from 1 to 750. It is printed on Strathmore Emissary paper. The type has been distributed. Number 9." Bound in the original pebble-grain maroon cloth (imitation leather). Complete with dust jacket and original slipcase. Revised and Enlarged, Lmtd 750 numbered. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine jacket/Good slipcase. 8vo. xvi, 272pp. + 29 plates . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Number 434 of a limitation of 750; clean interior; minor closed tear to the top left corner of the DJ front; very presentable copy; TEG bright and clean.
Seller: Wiggins Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, SNEAB, Shelburne Falls, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$204.94 + shipping
Description: Limited edition of 250 copies, signed and numbered by the author. Half-leather and boards, 8vo, xvi, 272, [6] pp, frontispiece and 28 plates. Approximately 100 entries. A revised and enlarged edition of Eckel's 1913 work "The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and their Values. A Bibliography". Eckel provides a great deal of bibliographic detail for identification of true first editions. DeVries: "Eckel's work still stands, despite criticism of its writing style and its errors, as the standard modern bibliography of Dickens's writings, though one directed more toward collectors than scholars.One can easily see why the volume is both praised and criticized. On the one hand, it provides far more information about the works it considers than any previous bibliography had, and it covers the entire range of Dickens's works, from the major novels to the smallest contribution to Household Words, wim information on advertisements in the monthly parts of all the serialized novels and a collation of the advertisements and information on the inside and outside of the back wrappers. On the other hand, the information provided a not always full, not always accurate, and not alwaysconsistent from one work to the next. "Arranged in the folowing chapters: Dickens' First Efforts, The Important Novels, The Secondary Books, Books in which Dickens had only a Limited Interest, Plays, Contributions to Newspapers and Periodicals, Wrongly Ascribed Writings, Miscellaneous and Unclassified, Unusual and Costly Dickensana, Association Books, Speeches, Collations of Back Wrappers. Indexed. Head and tail of spine rubbed, otherwise a Very Good copy in a dustwrapper which is worn at the head and tail of the spine with slight loss, and lightly discoloured where it covers the leather binding, but otherwise Good.
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 750 copies limited edition of this revised and enlarged edition. This copy is unnumbered. It is a beautiful copy in maroon pebbled boards with gilt in a fine dust jacket and housed in fine slipcase. Hard pressed to find a better copy.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$231.25 + shipping
Description: Revised and enlarged edition (first published London, 1913) limited to 750 copies, large 8vo, pp. xvi, [2], 272; photographic frontispiece and 28 plates and facsimiles (some printed on colored paper); very good in original maroon morocco-grained cloth with light wear to spine ends, t.e.g., dust jacket with faded spine panel chipped at ends and a 1" tear at bottom edge, and with publisher's slipcase rather worn and cracked along joints. Laid in are two printed notes from the author, one with attached order form present. A detailed and indispensable reference for Dickensians, much reprinted.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Description: Revised and enlarged edition, number 42 of 750 copies only. Octavo. Original reddish-brown morocco-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Rubbed, hinges a little tender. A good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Revised and enlarged edition. One of 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. Large octavo. xvi, 272, [6, blank pages with 'Notes' printed on the top] pp. Illustrated. Publisher's half blue morocco over blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt. Original blue printed dust jacket (with a piece missing from the top and with the loss of some lettering). Some rubbing to spine, else a very clean and attractive copy.Still an essential bibliography and much expanded from Eckel's first edition of 1913.
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. xvi, [2], 272, [2] pp. Half navy leather over blue cloth boards, gilt spine. Spine ends rubbed, front hinge cracking, but sound. A very good copy in very good dust jacket. Jacket is faded at spine, and has some light chipping around the edges. In very good slipcase, with some chipping and soiling. Second edition, revised. One of 250 copies, pinted on Worthy Aurelian all-rag Ðpaper, signed by the author.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$307.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An excellent limited edition of the second edition of John C. Eckel's detailed bibliography of Charles Dickens first editions. With Charles Dickens's bookplate, printed from the original copper plate, loosely inserted. The limited edition of the revised and enlarged second edition of this work, first published in 1913. Number one hundred and six of seven hundred and fifty hand numbered copies produced.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-eight plates, illustrations and facsimile title pages. Collated, complete.Loosely inserted is Charles Dickens's bookplate, printed from the original copper-plate, which was acquired by Henry Southeran following Dickens's death, and produces by the Piccadilly Fountain Press. This bookplate was produced to appear inside the subscriber edition of the Lombard Street Edition of Dickens's novel, and retains the publisher's envelope.An excellent copy of this detailed bibliographical study. In the publisher's original morocco-grained cloth binding. Rubbing to joints and back strip head and tail, resulting in small losses to the leather. Otherwise, externally very smart. Front hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Second edition, revised and enlarged edition. One of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author. This copy 238. Original three-quarter blue morocco and buckram gilt, top edge gilt. Fine in fine dustwrapper in lightly sunned at the spine, in near fine cloth and paper over board slipcase slightly toned. A beautiful copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: New York/London: Maurice Inman/Maggs Bros., 1932. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. #174 of 250 large paper copies printed on all rag paper, specially bound, numbered, and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket and Very Good original slipcase. The book itself is gorgeous with NO fading. It is beautifully bound in three quarter dark blue (almost black) leather over pale blue cloth. The leather is extremely well preseved - perfect but for a tiny bit of light rubbing at the foot of the spine. Gilt lettering is still bright and shiny as new. Hinges are perfect. Sharp corners. The dust jacket is Near Fine, mildly sunned at the spine. It has been long protected by a clear plastic sleeve so there are NO chips. NO tears. The original slipcase is bound in matching cloth with paper-covered board sides. The slipcase is Very Good, lightly rubbed with moderate finger soil on its paper sides. Top edge gilt. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean, and unmarked - probably never read. NO owner's name or bookplate. First printing of the 1932 revised and enlarged edition. Illustrated with 29 reproductions of title page facsimiles, suppressed plates, rare dust jackets (including the earliest known from The Mystery of Edwin Drood), etc. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Still an essential bibliography as it contains detailed descriptions of Dickens' writings, publication histories and background data that are not readily available elsewhere. From limitation page: "Printed on Worthy Aurelian all-rag paper. The type has been distributed. Number 174 (signed) John C. Eckel.". Revised and Enlarged, Lmtd 250 numbered. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine jacket/VG slipcase. 8vo. xvi, 272pp. + 29 plates . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.