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Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second edition - fifty thousand. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling, black and gilt decorations. Fading to spine & upper cover colour. Previous ownership plate on f. paste down. 463 pages clean and tight. Size: 8vo
Seller: CHARLES BOSSOM, Ely, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Some fading and discolouration. Please see photos. Wear, fading and scuffing to cover but clean inside. Volume II only, 1857 to 1870.
Seller: Thomas, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.50 + 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. Re-bound by library. Octavo. Rebound in red cloth covers with gilt lettering on backstrips. Bubbles in the cloth binding of volume 1. Normal binding. Bumped corners. Water stained page edges of volume 1. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1850grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 9" X 6." Vol. 1 - 463 pages. Vol. 2 - 464 pages. Vol. 3 - 308 pages. Rebound in black boards with pasted cloth title on spine. A nice looking set for your shelf.
Seller: Zoar Books & Gallery, Rowe, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2nd edition. Volume One 1833-1856, volume two 1857-1870. Original cloth, gilt lettering and motifs. VG.
Seller: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, United Kingdom
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Description: Chipped / worn at ends. hinges broken. text clean / intact. Fair decorative maroon cloth with gilt worn with spine strips
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: edited by his sister-in-law and his eldest daughter, two volumes, original decorated cloth, spines bumped sunned and a trifle chipped, nick at base of lower hinge volume I, publisher's catalogue dated November 1879 volume II, a nice set. 463 and 464 pages including index; keywords: literary collections - letters;
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Letters of Charles Dickens. Chapman and Hall, 1880.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The second edition of the two volume collection of Dickens' letters. Volume one contains 464 pages and covers the period 1833 to 1856, and volume two, 462 pages and covers 1857 to 1870. Ads to the end of volume one. Bound in brick red cloth, lettered and stamped in black and gold. There is some wear to the spine ends ( moreso to volume one ) and to the tips. Front and rear panels of both volumes bright and unworn, spines of each just a bit toned. Title page denotes ' Second Edition - Fifth Thousand. '
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Letters of Charles Dickens (3 volumes). Chapman & Hall, London, 1880.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good/ some foxing, minor stains, sticker and writing inside books, slight fading more on the spine, bumped corners and spine-ends w/wear and rubbing the edges, loose and cracked hinges, spine of one of the books is torn up and frayed. This was edited by his sister-in-law and his eldest daughter. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$101.74 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1880. Second Edition. 463 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Volume I of II. Inscribed by Frank James Marshall, chess player, to front pastedown and dated 1890. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards are slightly coming away from text block. Boards have noticeable corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing and splitting to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Faint water staining overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$106.51 + shipping
Description: Half titles. Orig. maroon cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt & black; spines faded, inner hinges splitting. A good sound copy. The first two volumes as published, 1833-1856 & 1857-1870; a third was added in 1882. A well-read copy, with some loosely inserted notes by the literary historian Kathleen Tillotson.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$106.51 + shipping
Description: Bound without half titles. Contemp. half maroon roan, green cloth boards, spies ruled & directly lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing to heads & tails of spines, but overall a nice bright copy. Todd 1868, 1869 & 1870. Although this Tauchnitz edition is arranged over three volumes, it does not include the third volume of Additions, which was not published by Chapman & Hall until 1882.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.33 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Volumes 1 & 2,Second Edition - Fifth Thousand.Vol.3 , First Edition 1882.Ex-Library of CEO Power,circular stamp of CEO on fep's,only indication they are from a Library. Volume 1 - Brown boards,gilt lettering and design to sun-faded spine,lettering and design to front,top/tail of spine frayed,some marks,page edges browned,netting exposed on endpapers,creasing bottom right corner to first few pages,contents clean,463pp. Volume 2 - brown boards,gilt lettering and design to sun-faded spine, white stain on the front,page edges browned,contents clean,464pp. Volume 3 - Brown boards,gilt lettering to sun-faded spine,gilt lettering and design to front,page edges browned,contents clean,tear on spotted bep,308pp. Please note this is a heavy set - 2.75 Kg - and would require extra shipping if posted outside the UK.
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$186.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3 volumes, first 2 volumes published 1880, volume 3 1882. Vol. 1 covers 1833 - 1856, Vol. 2 covers 1857 - 1870. Vol. 3 covers 1836 - 1870. Vols 1 & 2 decorated cloth, gilt lettering, yellow endpapers; errata slips in both volumes; Vol. 1 463pp.Vol 2,464pp. Previous owner's signature on front endpapers of both volumes 'W.J. Boughton, 19th December 1947.' Spines sunned and worn at tops and tails, corners rubbed but pages clean and text bright. Vol.3 maroon cloth, gold lettering, brown endpapers, 308pp.final pages toned, otherwise good clean copy.
Seller: Celsus Books, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$195.41 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: pp: [i-vii]viii-ix [2][1]2-463; [ii] [1-3]4-464. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes, both first editions, rebound in attractive half brown leather over marbled boards, raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and lettering. New endpapers. Volume I contains a three-page preface (1879) by Dickens' two daughters, who edited the letters. Errata page bound in. Overall, a very good, to near fine, set.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Price: US$372.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smart copy of the fifth thousand of the second edition of the letters of Charles Dickens. The two volume second edition, fifth thousand, of the letters of Charles Dickens.Edited by Dickens's eldest daughter, and sister in law, these two volumes present a wealth of the author's personal correspondences.Volume I presents letters between 1833 and 1756, and volume II between 1857 and 1870. A third volume was later published.With the bookplate of Michael Scott to the front pastedown and verso of front free endpaper of each volume, and the inscription of J.A. Rutter to a front blank.Ink notations from a prior owner to rear blanks. In half calf bindings, with cloth covered boards. Fading to back strips, and head of front board. Rubbing to calf of rear boards. Front joint of volume II starting, but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns and versos of front free endpapers. Inscriptions to front blanks, with ink notations to rear blanks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Letters of Charles Dickens. Chapman and Hall, London, 1880.
Price: US$423.48 + shipping
Description: A collection of the letters of Charles Dickens, edited by his sister-in-law and his daughter. Second edition, fifth thousand. Volume I: 1833-1856 Volume II: 1857-1870 Complete in two volumes, though a third volume was published subsequently. Rebacked in morocco with original cloth boards preserved. Externally, smart, with just some slight rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd instance of foxing. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full-Leather. Complete three volume set. Very Good+/No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in full red crushed morocco, with raised bands, elaborately gilt inner dentelles, deep maroon endpapers, and top edges gilt. Original cloth front cover and backstrip mounted on blank prelims, original rear cover bound in at rear, each volume. Facsimile autograph each volume as half-title. Volume I 1833-1856; Volume II 1857-1870; supplemental Volume III, published in 1882, 1836-1870. Index present in Vol.II and Vol. III, 32 page publishers catalog appended Vol. III, and errata slips extant, as called for, in all three volumes. Very light rubbing to tips, raised bands and outer joints; rear joint on Vol. II cracked. All hinges solid and boards firmly attached. An attractive set in a quality fine binding. Podeschi D85
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$590.30 + shipping
Description: 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Sold from an institution with its small neat stamp on titles. The set comprises Vol. I: 1833-1856; Vol. II: 1857-1870.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$705.80 + shipping
Description: A smartly bound first edition set of Charles Dicken's letters. Edited by Mamie Dickens and Georgina Hogarth. Errata slip to volumes I, II and III. With the bookplate of one Herbert S Squance to the front pastedown. The London Gazette of 1935 lists Squance as a Lieutenant-Commander to Commander in the Royal Navy. Herbert Salisbury Squance was the son of British pathologist, antiquarian and naturalist Thomas Coke Squance. Herbert edited a selection of his father's writings. Complete in three volumes. The Third volume of this work was published two years after the first two. A very smart set of the correspondence of this important Victorian literary figure. In uniform half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with heavy rubbing to the joints. Very minor shelfwear to the extremities and light scattered spots to the cloth covered boards. Split to the rear joint of volume III. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Herbert S Squance. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are very bright with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Edited by his Sister-in-Law and his Eldest Daughter. 3 vols. 8vo, old 3/4 crushed green morocco (spines uniformly faded to tan); t.e.g. All volumes tight and sound; contents fine. With a cancelled check signed in blue ink by Charles Dickens, Thirteenth September 1859, tipped in at front of Vol. I.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: WITH DEDICATEE'S INSCRIPTION. 8vo, olive, crushed full-leather, gilt device and gilt single-ruled front cover , raised bands and gilt on spine, decorated dentelles, aeg. Volume I: 1833 - 1856; Volume II, 1857-1870. Dickens's eldest daughter, Mary Dickens, known as Mamie, and Dickens's sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth, who dedicated the work to Dickens' youngest surviving daughter (and apparently Dickens's favorite), artist Katherine Perugini, known as Kate. On the dedication page, Kate has inscribed the book: "To Mrs. Eaton With kind love, from Kate Perugini 6th Aug. 1880". Spines a wee browned, hinges showing some wear, internals quite nice. A solid copy, uncommonly found with Dicken's younger daughter's signature.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.