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Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Xiv, Errata, 624 + Plate At End. First Edition, Later State With L100 On Illustrated Title Page, 14 Line Errata Page, First Illustration Opposite Page 14, Etc. Green Cloth (Probably From A Later Edition), Re-Backed With Quarter Morocco And Marbled Paper Covered Boards. Worn But Binding Strong. Very Elaborate, Decorative Bookplate Of Historian Franklin H Chase, Signed By The Maker G. B., Depicting At Center A Renaissance Printing Press And Three Printers.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in 19th-century 3/4 brown calf, spine with raised bands, red morocco label, and gilt tooling, over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers Podeschi A72. Engraved illustrations by 'Phiz' (H.K. Browne).40 Engraved Plates.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, The. Chapman and Hall; London., 1844.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good-. Contemporaneous quarter calf and marbled boards. Joints cracked, spine sunned, average shelf and edge-wear. Upper board in danger of becoming detached. Small chip from leather of spine - lower right corner. Plates discoloured with chemicals used in the process as usual. Small chip missing from bottom corner of one of the plates. Unfortunately lacking the frontispiece and vignette title page.xiv prelims, + 14 line errata leaf) 624pp.
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Dark green half morocco boards. 38 illustration plates by Phiz all present. Page of Errata after illustration contents. Signpost on vignette £100 reward.Condition: Front board present but completely detatched. Gilt ruled lines and lettering to spine. Pastedowns and front and back end papers plain white (aged and torn) Ownership signature and date 1844 on fep. Very discoloured and foxed. Internal pages (624) still tightly bound, although also foxed and damp-stained.
Seller: The Real Book Shop, Portland, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman And Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$115.20 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Xv, 624 Pp. First Book Edition (Originally Published In Parts), First Issue With 100L And Seven Bolts On Trunk In Illustrated Title Page. 3/4 Polished Calf Over Marbled Boards, Matching Marbled Endpapers And Edges, But Spine Perished And Both Boards Detached But Present. No Marks, Pages Aged But Otherwise Clean, All Plates Heavily Foxed And With Offsetting From Facing Pages. With 1D 1912 Dickens Centenary Stamp (Great Britain) On Front Pastedown. Ready For Rebinding
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$115.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition, first issue of the Charles Dickens novel that the author himself described as being by 'a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories'. The first edition of this work, first issue, with '100£' to the engraved title, seven studs to the trunk, and an errata leaf to the rear listing 10 corrections. Issue points as stated by John C. Eckel in his 1913 publication 'The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens'.Retaining the original half title, and with the errata leaf to the rear.Illustrated with an engraved title page and and twenty-eight further plates. Collated, lacking the frontispiece and ten plates.Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, most often known by his pen name 'Phiz'. As Phiz, he illustrated many of Dickens' novels, including 'David Copperfield', 'Dombey and Son', and 'Bleak House', as well as illustrating for 'Punch' throughout his life."Martin Chuzzlewit" is about the eponymous Martin, who goes against his grandfather"s wishes and falls in love with an orphaned girl, intending to marry her. As a result, Martin is disinherited. In a half calf binding, with cloth covered boards. Significant rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints, with further rubbing to back strip at spine label. Lacking perimeters of spine label. Fading to perimeters of rear board. Front hinge strained and a touch tender, and partially repaired with tape. Rear hinge strained, and firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with the odd spot and handling mark. Significant spotting and instances of foxing to plates, most concentrated to perimeters. Tape reinforcement to gutter between page 234 and the plate that faces it. Lacking the engraved frontispiece. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Lover, Samuel. Songs and Ballads. Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: In fair condition. Front board detached. Moderate wear to extremities with dryness and red rot along hinges and corners. Spine discolored from sun exposure. Edges of boards toned. Gilt finishing remains bright and intact. Endbands crushed. Starry end papers free of ownership. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf to a Mrs. Riley with Kind Regards. Interiro lightly toned. Free of known markings. Binding intact. Please see photos. Born in Dublin, the multi-talented Samuel Lover excelled as a songwriter, painter, dramatist and novelist. He emigrated to London where he occupied a central place in artistic life, becoming a habitué of Lady Blessingtons salon, and workin in association with Charles Dickens in the founding of Bentleys Miscellany. ***** FORN-TUB0004 02/24HK
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, 1844.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Xiv, [i],624 pp. 1st edition early issue with the 14 line errata sheet. 36 of 39 plates. In what appears to be original 3/4 leather with marbled boards, paneled spine with gilt and black label, title gilt just legible, some chipping at spine top, normal wear and rubbing to boards and corners. Interior plates are quite foxed especially around the edges which is not unusual. Two of the plates have been hand coloured, one of them amateurishly, a number of the plates are in the wrong spot and a few have edges repaired not affecting the print. The vignette half title is also missing, Text is a bit browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. A not perfect copy but still handsome and readable. One of the plates illustrating Chuzzlewit's travels in America shows an enslaved young man. Quite scarce in the first edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 624 pages
Seller: Leaf and Stone Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in period brown polished calf over textured matching cloth, spine with black leather label and raised bands, spine and extremities rubbed, some nicking to spine tips; front cover detttached, rear hinge entirely split with board present but detached; slight occasional foxing; edges somewhat age-toned. xiv+[2]+624 pages+plates. First edition in book form; Podeschi A72. Engraved illustrations by 'Phiz' (H.K. Browne); first plate opposite page 16 (not 14). Period copy with text that is quite clean and unbrowned. PROVENANCE: Engraved copperplate bookplate of 'Mr. W. H. Jonas' (apparently the proninent Australian chess champion); binder's ticket of 'J. House, Binder, 36 Munster Street' (in Port Macquarie NSW, Australia).40 Engraved Plates.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 22.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 624pp. Bound into 3/4 black leather and marble boards.Brown spine label with gilt lettering. First edition first issue with £ symbol transposed on reward poster on title page vignette. With 38 illustrations and title page vignette by "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne). Front gutter foxing. Foxing to the plates. Eckel page 66. Smith - Dickens in Original Cloth #7.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition, rebound in clean maroon cloth with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; very bright and fresh; xiii, 624 pages. Lacking a date on the Title Page, Quercus believes this copy was possibly made up of serial parts: the Preface is dated June, 1844. Points noted: there are 38 plates plus the double Title Page by "Phiz" (Halbot Browne); the errata page has 14 lines; the pound-sign is not transposed (although Ahearn gives this no priority). Given these, this would not be the first issue. This is, nonetheless, a very sturdy copy, given the rebind. The front hinge is cracked but holding well, and there is a short tear to the first ten pages, probably from enthusiastic page-turning. . Later Printing. Buckram. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. Illus. by "Phiz" (Halbot Browne). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$153.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844 1st Edition. 8vo. 624pp. From the library of Augustus Keppel Stephenson (who was a Treasury Solicitor and the second person to hold the office of Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales. He was the father of Sir Guy Stephenson who was a British barrister, Assistant Treasury Solicitor and Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions and grandfather to Sir John Frederick Eustace Stephenson who was an English barrister and judge, a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1971 until his retirement in 1985 and a member of the Privy Council. As a Judge of the Court of Appeal he was known as Lord Justice Stephenson) with label on fpd. Plates by PHIZ. Hardcover with leather spine and corners. Front and rear boards detached with spine backstrip partially detached and small piece missing from top of spine, otherwise binding firm. Wear to leather. Plates heavily age toned. All wear commensurate with the age. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London Chapman & Hall 1844, 1844.
Price: US$166.82 + shipping
Description: First edition. 624 pages + frontispiece, vignette title page and all 38 illustrated plates present, though a couple are bound in at the wrong place. With the following issue points: "100£" and 7 studs to the vignette title page and the Errata page listing 10 corrections over 13 lines. The book is quite firmly bound having been recently sympathetically re-spined, retaining the earlier Victorian marbled boards and endpapers, the boards are quite bumped marked and rubbed. The text block is age browned, quite marked and foxed, the plates particularly browned, there are some dog-eared page corners, small chips and short closed tears to some page edges and the plate at page 138 has a longer closed tear which has been stabilised with a small piece of thin paper archival tape to the reverse. There is an ink inscription to the front endpaper indicating that the book once belonged to John Lyon of Liverpool, and the later bookplate of Eric Geoffrey Goldrein (1921-2022) to the front pastedown. The latter a WW2 hero who took part in the Normandy Landings and captured 60 German soldiers while wounded, subsequently conducting a successful career as a barrister and becoming Lord Mayor of Hale during his retirement. A reasonably presentable first edition with some interesting provenance.
Seller: Jonathan Frost Rare Books Limited, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$184.79 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. An attractive, finelybound edition of a classic. Freshly quarterbound in handsome light camel leather with unusual green and pink marbling to boards. Extensive gilt to spine with five raised bands and coloured inserts. Matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns. The new binding soon gives way to the original 1844 leaves richly illustrated and with handwritten titles. Replete with illustrations by Phiz. Original title pages and illustrations heavily discoloured though no damage and still clear. This is truly a fantastic rebind of Martin Chuzzlewit complete with with charming illustrations.
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Price: US$187.35 + shipping
Description: Halbleder mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, der Rücken einseitig bis zur Hälfte angeplatzt. 8°, XIV, 624 Seiten, mit Doppeltitel (mit der 100) und 38 Illustrationen (dieser stark gedunkelt-vor allem Rand- und teils fleckig) von Phiz, Errataseite eingebunden, Papier gebräunt, handschriftlicher Name im Vorsatz, Kanten teils durchrieben, mit marmoriertem Dreiseitenschnitt, Deckeln und Vorsätzen. Im Vortitel angebrochen. in englischer Sprache
Seller: Antiquariat am Flughafen, Berlin, Germany
Dickens, Charles. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, The. Chapman & Hall; London, 1844.
Price: US$187.36 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good+. Bound in contemporaneous green half-calf and marbled boards. Minor wear to binding, edges a little rubbed etc. Proffesionally rebacked (new spine) and new end papers. Engraved title page and facing frontispiece bear heavy chemical foxing; lighter foxing to all other plates. With second issue fourteen-line errata leaf, with all internal flaws according to Smith. Very sound, tight, copy. xvi + 624 pages.
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, second issue. With 38 plates, 17 of which has been partially coloured with pastel by a previous owner, all neatly done and of the ladies dresses only, some of the pastel has coloured the opposite pages, foxing to some of the plates. The last page has 4 closed tear which have been repaired with a strip of tissue along the margin, does not cover any text. Single closed tear to the final plate facing p622. Navy calf is rubbed at the hinges and extremities, front hinge cracked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.76 + shipping
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. 8vo. Contemporary patterned brown calf with gilt borders (edges rubbed). Spine with morocco titling label (top and bottom worn). All edges marbled. (xvi, 624pp.). With 38 b/w illusts. and repaired illust. title-page. Soiling of pages throughout. Top right corner of page 139-142 torn but not affecting text. Front hinge cracked. Lacks frontispiece, otherwise a very good copy of the 1st edition.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Dickens, Charles.. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.. Chapman & Hall: London, 1844.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Description: Illustr by Phiz, 8.5 x 5.5, half green leather, marbled boards, 624 pp, covers rubbed and worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, bookplate and ink name on front eps from former owners, pp toned (esp illustr) but still a decent, usable copy of the FIRST ED, Early State with most of Smith's First Issue points; but 576/20 reads "triumphant" and 567/9 is missing period. Bookplate is from Horsburgh with the horse's head and the motto: "Aegre de tramite recto"
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$256.65 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. SECOND ISSUE. 8vo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. xiv + [ii] + 624 pp. Half title not bound in. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine in compartments with blind stamped bands and contrasting maroon morocco title label, gilt. Some age wear to extremities and foxing of plates; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 40 engraved plates, including frontispiece and engraved vignette title. First edition possibly bound from the weekly parts as some stab holes are visible, with the plates foxed as usual. A second issue as the signpost on the vignette title has the error in the amount corrected to £100 (Eckel, First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens, p. 71-73; Smith, Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth, p. 63-67). ART / LITERATURE DICKENS LIT. FICTION 19TH CENTURY FIRST EDITION ART / LITERATURE
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles:. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.. London, Chapman and Hall,, 1844.
Price: US$264.50 + shipping
Description: XIV, 624 S. mit Illustrationen von Phiz. Einb. berieb. u. etw. fl., stellenw. etw. fl. u. leicht gebräunt. Ex Libris auf Vorsatz. Sprache: Englisch
Seller: Antiquariat Kunsthaus-Adlerstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/2"). xiv, [2], 624pp. Contemporary 3/4 burgundy calf over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Marbled paper edges. Engraved frontispiece and additional title. Originally serialized between 1842 and 1844, Charles Dickens' "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" is considered the last of his picaresque novels. Although Dickens thought it to be his best work, it turned out to be one of his least successful novels. Like nearly all of Charles Dickens' novels, "Martin Chuzzlewit" was released to the public in monthly instalments. Early sales of the monthly parts were disappointing, compared to previous works, so Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to America. This allowed the author to portray the United States (which he had visited in 1842) satirically as a near wilderness with pockets of civilization filled with deceptive and self-promoting hucksters. The main theme of the novel, according to a preface by Dickens, is selfishness, portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. The novel is also notable for two of Dickens' great villains, Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit. It is dedicated to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, a friend of Dickens. This work is splendidly illustrated throughout with forty steel-engravings including frontispiece and title-page vignette by Hablot K. Brown aka "Phiz." First edition in book form, with the following first state points: Engraved title leaf with "100£" on the sign-post, later corrected to £100; 13-line Errata (page xv), later expanded to 14 lines. For more information, see: Chapter I, page 7 of Walter E. Smith's "Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth: A Bibliographical Catalogue of His Writings in Book Form in England with Facsimiles of the Bindings and Title Pages"). Binding rubbed along edges. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on inside of front cover (Boyd, Alexander), with the motto: "Fidem serva." Heavy foxing to frontispiece and engraved title. Very minor and sporadic light foxing to text pages. The plates have light to moderate foxing which is mainly confined to the blank margins. Binding in overall good to good+, interior in good to very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.52 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Mit gest. Vortitel u. Frontispiz sowie 38 gest. Taf. von Phiz (H. K. Browne). XIV S., 1 Bl. Errata, 624 S. Hldr. d. Zeit m. goldgeprägt. Rückentitel. Erste Buchausgabe. - Titel mit dem Pfundzeichen nach der 100 auf dem Schild. - Einband etw. berieben u. bestoßen. Die Taf. sämtlich im Rande fleckig, gelegentlich auch in der Darstellung. gr.
Seller: Antiquariat Düwal, Berlin, Germany
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$283.25 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Mixed state with pound symbol on sign post 100 pound;, engraved frontispiece, vignette title page, regular title page, 624pp. illustrated by Phiz. Later state, half-title, frontispiece, engraved vignette title page (pound100), regular title page, 624pp., with the 14 line errata, illustrated by Phiz. "Martin Chuzzlewit is a rich old man who has hired a nurse to take care of him named Mary. Mary will only be paid as long as Martin is alive, while many others want Martin dead so they can inherit his money. Meanwhile, Martin's grandson, also named Martin, falls in love with Mary and wants to marry her. For a reason we don't yet understand, this infuriates Martin the elder, so he throws Martin the younger out." (Kaitlin Oglesby). Bound in a modern binding of 1/4 black leather over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge black, bound without half-title and errata, plates do have considerable foxing or darkening, light scattered foxing to text. A good copy.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. By Charles Dickens and printed in London by Chapman and Hall. Illustrations by Phiz. C. 1844, 624 pp, 8.75 x 5.75, 8vo, 3/4 leather hardcover. In overall good condition with minor rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Light loss to part of binding at head of spine. Appears to be light repair work to top of exterior front hinge. Minor cracking to hinges that does not impact overall readability. Text block remains bound well. Periodic black-and-white illustrations throughout. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce early state from Chapman and Hall, the original printers in London. No date present. Part of a larger series entitled Dickens Works. With illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882), known by his pen name of Phiz and an illustrator of many Dickens 1st editions. COLL1844FJKW-0923-aj0427
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, 3/4 gilt-ruled crimson crushed morocco over crimson linen, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between gilt-ruled raised bands, t.e.g. [iii]-xv, 624 pp. Etched frontispiece, vignette title-page (Smith's State 2-a), & 38 plates after designs by Hablot K. Browne. Top of spine and one upper forecorner rubbed, slight joint-wear; half-title lacking; some plates marginally darkened, with spots of foxing; but generally a handsome, clean copy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition in book form. Bound in contemporary straight-grain brown morocco ruled in gilt by Bayntun. Good binding and cover. Marbled end pages. Blue printed wrappers bound in. Engraved book plate of Wilhelmus Mynderse (of New York). Early signature of William B. Layton, 1845. xiv, [1], 624 pages frontispiece, 38 plates. Illustrations by "Phiz". Issued previously in 20 numbers from Jan. 1843 to July 1844. Cf. J.C. Eckel. The first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens (1913) p. 68. Smith I, 7 with title in Smith's state 1; Gimbel A74.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First issue with "L100" on signpost on vignette title page, half morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, 40 plates. VG frontispiece and vignette TP toned, some foxing to plates, text generally quite clean, covers rubbed, edge wear, 1912 English postage stamp of Dickens saying "A Tribute to Genius" affixed to front fly leaf, lacks half title. A very tight and solid copy.
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$307.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 'The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewith' by Charles Dickens. Chapman and Hall 1844 first edition. Early issue with '£100' to engraved title page, rather than '100£' in the first issue. Half leather with marbled boards. Some rubbing. Small bookplate. Spine sunned. Firm binding. Some foxing, mainly to plates as is normal. Good.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$314.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Bound from the parts. Half title present, so that the prelims run Half-title, frontis, engraved title page, printed title page, dedication, preface, contents list of plates, separate unnumbered errata leaf, followed by the text itself. Engraved plates by Phiz (H. K. Browne) as listed. The pound sign is correctly oriented on the engraved title page, there are thirteen lines to the errata leaf. Plates somewhat foxed as often, particularly the engraved title page and title page, text clean. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers retained, sometime rebacked with the original spine laid down. Early binders ticket Gooch & Son Yarmouth, binders stamp to flyleaf Sotheran Sackville Street London. Presumably therefore, Gooch and Son were the original binders, and the restoration was achieved by Sotherans, which is of good quality as one would expect of them.
Seller: Celsus Books, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles,:. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit,. London Chapman And Hall, 1844.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Second Issue: Hardback, fully bound in brown leather, cross-hatched patterned and edged with gold line, 5 raised spinal bands, gold titles on black labels, gold decs., 135 x 210 mm., 1kg. (extra postage), 624 pp., marbled eps. and page edges, illustrated frontis, half-title page and throughout with 38 full page Plates by Phiz, illustration on half-title vignette has the £ sign before the 100 on signpost, Errata page has 10 entries on 14 lines, previous owner's name on top edge of title-page (William Ballard), mild rubbing to joints, stitching tender with some sections proud of fore-edge, occasional marginal marking and darkening with blotting to upper edge of half-title and frontis, no dw., Good copy.
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
Price: US$330.62 + shipping
Description: In 8°, m. pelle coeva (dorso abilmente rifatto); pp. XVI, 624. Frontespizio inciso e 39 taavv. inc. in acciaio da Phiz (H. K. Browne) Qq. rifioritura dovuta alla qualità della carta. Prima edizione con l'indicazione "100£" nella tavola del frontespizio, che caratterizza la prima tiratura. Tra i capolavori satirici dell'autore, celebre anche per la feroce satira dei costumi e delle istituzioni degli Stati Uniti d'America, che correggerà oltre vent'anni più tardi in un "post scriptum" del 1868, dopo un pranzo in suo onore organizzato dallo Stato di New York.
Seller: Libreria Docet di Rabiti Loris, Bologna, BO, Italy
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London. Chapman & Hall. 1844, 1844.
Price: US$338.21 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 21cm, The First Edition in book form, second issue., xiv,[2] (Errata), 624p., with 40 plates by Hablot K. Browne ["Phiz"], including frontispiece and extra engraved title, some toning on the plates toward the margins, (as usual), 1 plate at p346 has a small hole, (c. 1cm), outside the illustrations, in a fine signed binding by Riviere, in half crushed niger crimson morocco, raised bands, gilt title and gilt decorations in the panels, match crimson marbled boards and endpapers, all edges gilt, a fine copy all consider with the 14-line errata sheet called for in the second issue.(cgc). Eckel p71. Gimbel A7, Sadleir 692. Smith I, 7. First published in parts serially in 1853-1854, this is the first edition in book form. An interesting work by Dickens that might be considered to be a transitional one, as it falls between Dickens' earlier, more amusing works and his later socially-conscious, somewhat sombre works.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
DICKENS Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall 1844, 1844.
Price: US$340.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: contemporary half-leather over marbled boards (lightly grazed), raised bands, decorated in gilt, leather label, minor rubbing, illustrated by Phiz (occasional spotting and off-setting to plates), errata, marbled edges, joints cracked, light shelf-wear, a nice copy. first edition; 624 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (iii) -xiv, (errata leaf), 624 pp. (without half title) Ilustrated by Phiz, with frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 38 other engraved plates. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4, later gilt bordered full green polished calf, spine gilt lettered and decorated, raised bands, all edges gilt. First edition in book form, second issue with the 14 line errata leaf after list of plates. Smith Vol. I, 7. Halton and Cleaver, pp 185-224. Spine faded, light wear to extremities, plates discolored, else very good.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$358.17 + shipping
Description: Copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn with some loss and loosening; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; (xiv, 624 p., [38] plates). Subjects; British United States ; Fiction. Grandfathers ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. Travelers ; Fiction. Avarice ; Fiction. English literature 19th century. Avarice. English fiction 19th century. United States Description and travel ; Fiction. England ; Fiction. England Social life and customs 19th century ; Fiction. Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1844, 1844 and 1842 double columns 3/4 leather with marbalized boards illustrated by Phiz. May be First edition or almost book is worn some of marbalized paper missing from front and rear becoming loose some of title still on spine
Seller: Hook's Book Nook, Pottstown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION. Octavo (8.6 x 5.6 inches). Engraved title page with the pound sign before the numbers. Walter Smith's bibliography of the works of Charles Dickens states "There is no first state or priority of the illustration as has often been cited in catalogues". Fourteen line errata list. Engraved frontispiece, extra title and 38 full page plates by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). Foxing to most of the plates, a few quite heavily. One volume bound into two in attractive early half black morocco leather bindings. Wide raised bands with gilt tooling. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Plain grey endpapers. Edges of boards rubbed and bumped. Overall a near to very good copy that looks good on the shelf.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. Fair Hardcover in 1/4 bound black leather in green cloth-covered boards, as issued. On the soiled title page, there is a illustration of a post where the pound sign is placed after the 100, instead of before it, indicating that this is the first issue of the first printing. Boards are soiled. Leather has some scuffs. Hinges cracking. First Edition. First Printing.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles.. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: xiv [1, Errata], 624 pp. With Illustrations by Phiz. 8vo, 19th c. 3/4 dark green morocco over marbled boards; a.e.g. First edition; first issue of the added engraved title page with pound symbol on signpost. Eckel p. 71. Some minor rubbing at the extremities of the binding; spine lightly and uniformly sunned; tight and sound. Contents fine. Lacks half-title; with 14-line errata (2nd issue).
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$417.06 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, lacking the errata leaf at close of prelims, without the frontispiece but with engraved title in its earliest state with the transposed reading '100£' on the signpost, a small spot to centre of this and the date at foot slightly trimmed, thereafter 38 etched plates by H.K. Browne, these generally browned, the List of Illustrations transposing those at pp. 386 & 387, pp. xiv, 624, 8vo, nineteenth-century half green morocco with marbled boards, backstrip lettered in gilt with three raised bands, lightly worn, marbled endpapers, the front wrapper for Vol. V in the original parts bound in at rear, this adhering a little to gutter of final text-page and removing a few letters, initial blank with later gift inscription, good. (Eckel pp.71-3: Gimbel A72)
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$417.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The early issue of one of Charles Dickens' popular novel, complete with the original illustrations by Phiz. The first edition, second issue engraved title with '£100' and five studs to the trunk. The tipped-in eratta lists ten corrections.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and thirty-nine plates. Collated, all plates are present.Bound without the half-title."Martin Chuzzlewit" is about the eponymous Martin, who goes against his grandfather"s wishes and falls in love with an orphaned girl, intending to marry her. As a result, Martin is disinherited.Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous authors of all time, with his Victorian novels being read world-wide by people of all ages. He begun life working as a journalist, before starting the serial publication of 'The Pickwick Papers', which earned him instant success.Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, most often known by his pen name 'Phiz'. As Phiz, he illustrated many of Dickens' novels, including 'David Copperfield', 'Dombey and Son', and 'Bleak House', as well as illustrating for 'Punch' throughout his life.Bookplate of D. B. Anderson to the front paste down. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing to the boards. Minor bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is a little strained. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with some spotting, heavier to the plates. The occasional ink and pencil note to the text. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$442.73 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Bound in two vols. Vol 1: Frontis, engraved title page, printed title page, dedication, preface, contents, list of plates, and errata leaf, followed by text pp [iii]-xiv [ii], 1-288. Vol 2 [i-ii], 289-624. Complete and correct. The half title is used as a part-title for Volume 2, and there are 400 plates by Phiz, as listed. In this example, the pound sign is correctly oriented on the engraved title page, and there are 14 lines to the errata leaf. Bound in contemporary half morocco, decorated bands, bands, contrasting labels, marbled boards, marbled edges, pale grey endpapers, later book label of David Graham. Slightly rubbed to binding and boards, some foxing as usual and not nearly as severe as often in Chuzzlewit. Overall an unusually attractive and original example in its contemporary state.
Seller: Celsus Books, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition, second impression, of Charles Dickens' popular novel about the eponymous Martin Chuzzlewit, illustrated with all thirty-eight plate present. The first edition of this work, being the first edition in book form. Second issue, with '£100' to the engraved title, rather than '100£' which was present in the first issue. Issue points as stated by John C. Eckel in his 1913 publication 'The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens'. Half-title discarded. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and thirty-eight plates. Collated, half-title isn't present, but otherwise work is complete. "Martin Chuzzlewit" is about the eponymous Martin, who goes against his grandfather"s wishes and falls in love with an orphaned girl, intending to marry her. As a result, Martin is disinherited. Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous authors of all time, with his Victorian novels being read world-wide by people of all ages. He begun life working as a journalist, before starting the serial publication of 'The Pickwick Papers', which earned him instant success. Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, most often known by his pen name 'Phiz'. As Phiz, he illustrated many of Dickens' novels, including 'David Copperfield', 'Dombey and Son', and 'Bleak House', as well as illustrating for 'Punch' throughout his life. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Fred. R. Johnstone, July 15th 1844'. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. A small amount of rubbing to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light surface cracks to the spine. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned, with some spots and marks, with spots and a little discolouration to the plates. Heavy ink mark to page 320. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xiv, (errata leaf), 624 pp (with half titles). Illustrated by Phiz, with frontispiece, additional pictoral title and 38 other engraved plates. Later gilt bordered full tan polished calf, very nicely done, spine gilt decorated, maroon morocco spine labels, raised bands, top edge gilt. First edition in book form, second issue. Spine slightly faded, very light wear to extremities, else very good or better.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ÒThe book shows Dickens at his highest power. Whether it has done much to enforce its intended moral, that selfishness is a bad thing, may be doubted. But the humour and the tragic power are undeniable. Pecksniff and Mrs. Gamp at once became recognised types of character, and the American scenes, revealing DickensÕs real impressions, are perhaps the most surprising proof of his unequalled power of seizing characteristics at a glanceÓ (Leslie Stephen in the D.N.B. article). Octavo. xiv, [2], 624 pp. Forty engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne, including frontispiece and title vignette. Contemporary black calf over marbled boards, gilt spine with burgundy morocco label. Boards and binding extremities a bit rubbed, plates a little brown at edges, but only occasional foxing and offsetting. Old rubberstamp on half-title, ownership signature dated 1874. A good, sound copy. First edition, the issue with the transposed pound sign on the engraved title, which is sometimes considered earlier, but with the second issue fourteen-line errata. Eckel, p. 71. Smith, I, #7.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London Chapman and Hall 1844, 1844.
Price: US$481.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition with illustrations by "Phiz", engraved frontispiece with '100£' and additional title page. Rebound by Paul Tronson with rebinding specification: "strip, restore leaves, new ends and flys, lining bands, hollowback. Half bound in marbled calf with hand marbled sides, gilt lines, centred poillets, gilt panelled spine, spine hand lettered, spine date, gilt line sides." Moderate foxing to plates and some spotting; otherwise good.
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, 1844.
Price: US$494.06 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Xiv; (Ii); 624 Pages. Vignette On The Title-Page,17 Plates. Attractive Dark Green Calf Extra Gilt Within Five Compartments Raised Bands Contrasting Red Morocco Title Label, Attractive Marbled Covers And Page Edges. With The Binder's Ticket Of King Of Brighton. 8Vo. Half Title Present. Eckel, 71 First In Book Form, With The £ Sign Transposed On The Sign Post Of The Vignette Engraving On The Title-Page. . Attractive Copy.
Seller: Roger Collicott Books, Widecombe in the Moor, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1844. First Edition, 2nd State with pound sign to the left of the '100' on illustrated title page and 14 line errata (with 10 corrections). Half-bound in green leather with raised bands and decorative gilt on spine; Marbled paper covered boards. Bound without the half title page. Illustrations by Phiz throughout.
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: From 1844, a remarkably great fine leather-bound first edition, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, as published by Chapman & Hall, London. Beautifully bound in fine full polished calf leather by a top British binder. 9x6 inches, 624 pages. Illustrated with the 39 fine prints by "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne). Near fine condition with a marbled page block. Beautifully gilt decorated on the spine, with a red leather spine label. We note copies of this book listed online at over $2000. Our copy has virtually no wear. A near fine example. Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to America. This allowed the author to portray the United States (which he had visited in 1842) satirically as a near wilderness with pockets of civilisation filled with deceptive and self-promoting hucksters. The main theme of the novel, according to a preface by Dickens, is selfishness, portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. The novel is also notable for two of Dickens' great villains, Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit. It is dedicated to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, a friend of Dickens.
Seller: oldprintbooks, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue with signpost with "100£" With forty engraved plates including the frontispiece and engraved title by Hablôt K. Browne "Phiz". No half-title. [i-vii], viii, [ix], x-xii, [xiii], xiv, [xv-xvi], [1]-624 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Eckel, pp. 66-70 Half green near contemporary green morocco and green cloth, marbled edges by Maclehose, Glasgow. Plates a little browned as usual With forty engraved plates including the frontispiece and engraved title by Hablôt K. Browne "Phiz". No half-title. [i-vii], viii, [ix], x-xii, [xiii], xiv, [xv-xvi], [1]-624 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, first issue with signpost with "100£".
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: On vignette title page the pound sign is after the 100 indicating first issue. Green cloth boards are rubbed with a few stains to rear. Leather sunned, scuffed and chipped. Front hinge cracked and rear hinge completely split causing spine to be detached from textblock. All plates including engraved title pages are heavily browned and foxed, some chipped to edges. Some foxing throughout. Bookplate to front pastedown and light smudged ink markings to ffep. Otherwise pages clean and bright, textblock sturdy. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$563.68 + shipping
Description: First edition. ("100L" variant on the engraved titlepage as opposed to "L100". The illustrated title has the artists error on the reward of placing the "L" (sterling) after the 100 instead of before, which he altered on discovering the error. This issue is much scarcer. Second issue with 14 lines of correction on the errata. Tall 8vo., cont. dark green half calf, cloth, raised bands, elaborate gilt compartments, leather spine label, (xvi), 624pp. There is considerable foxing and browning on the frontispiece, engraved title and several plates, but this is still a very good copy in a very nice binding.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
DICKENS Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. , 1844.
Price: US$606.35 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first issue. 38 plates and frontispiece by H. K. Browne. 8vo. Near-contemporary green morocco backed cloth, marbled edges. London, Chapman & Hall. With the title vignette '£100' appearing on the signpost which according to Eckel, it was later corrected to from '100£'. However, according to Hatton and Cleaver, these plates were both in use simultaneously and as such there is no first state or priority of the illustration contrary to what is often cited by cataloguers. (Smith). With the usual darkening of the plates. A pleasant, clean, unworn copy with the ownership inscription (dated 1870) and armorial bookplate of Evelyn L. Fanshawe, one of the four sons of Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe. Walter E. Smith, Charles Dickens in Original Cloth Part 1. 7. Hatton and Cleaver, A Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens, p. 185.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$609.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens. Illustrations by Phiz. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. First book edition. Martin Chuzzlewit was first published in 19 monthly installments, each comprising 32 pages of text and two illustrations by Hablot K. "Phiz" Browne. It was issued between 1842-1844, with the first compiled book edition published in 1844, as per this true first edition. First state with 100£ on the Reward sign on the engraved pictorial title page. A handsome copy in a later near fine full calf leather binding with title label and gilt to spine. Just minor rubbing. Marble endpapers with minor surface wear at first inner joint. Opening engravings spread is stained. Binding is sound and secure. Text pages are very good. Text is bright and clean with very few flaws. One closed tear to edge of p125 not affecting text. All plates are present as called for (checked and confirmed), but many do have some foxing and stain marks, but still add up to an attractive Dickens first edition which will look splendid on any library shelf. Text in English. Half title + Frontispiece + engraved title page + xiv + 624pp + 38 additional Plates (all as called for - 40 in total (including the engraved title page spread)). Weight approximately 932g (unpacked). Dimensions: Approximately 213mm high x 143mm wide x 50mm deep. More photos on request.
Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$618.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 624pp., Half-title, engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette title page, regular title page, illustrations by Phiz "Hablot K. Brown", signpost has the reverse "100 £", engraved vignette title page signed Phiz fecit, and 10 lines in the errata. The engraved frontispiece and title page have scattered foxing and darkening around the edges, all other plates have a bit of darkening to edges and a few minor spots of foxing. Bound in 3/4 polished calf over blue-green cloth, rebacked with the original gilt decorated spine laid down, (some loss of gilt), label with date lacking but date still visible, new spine label gilt, endpapers renewed. A very good copy with very clean text.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$641.63 + shipping
Description: First Edition, first issue, in book form of Dickens's sixth major novel. 8vo. xiv, (2), 624 pp. Bound in half calf over green cloth by Morrell of London, with the top edge of the page coated in gilt leaf; spine, with 5 gilt raised bands and gilt lettering, slightly chipped at head and tail, with foral hexagonal devices. Engraved frontispiece and vignette titlepage together with 38 additional plates all by H.K. Browne (Phiz). Bound without the half-title, but with the 14 line errata leaf and the transposed '100£' on the vignette titlepage plate, usually suggested as a first issue point. As usual, the plates are heavily foxed, though mainly around the margins of the central image in each case, thus presenting minimal obfuscation to the depicted scenes.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$641.63 + shipping
Description: First Edition, probably second issue, of Dickens's sixth major novel. Handsomely bound in bright red half calf over marbled boards, with note inside stating binding executed in 1890. Plates only slightly stained. With the Errata leaf listing ten corrections from the first issue.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$662.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp. xvi, 624. Engraved plates, pale foxing on title page, otherwise the plates are unusually clean. Original half red morocco. A very good, complete copy of the first edition, second issue with the £ sign before the 100 in the vignette.
Seller: Anah Dunsheath RareBooks ABA ANZAAB ILAB, Auckland, NZ, New Zealand
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall,, London:, 1844.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+ in elaborate full leather (calf) covered boards with gilt borders on the front and rear boards, five raised bands on the spine with red morocco, title labels with gilt text in two of the compartments with gilt tool work in the others. The end sheets are marbled with gilt inner dentelles that have offset to the edges of the first and last free end pages. The top edge of the text block is gilt. The binding is by Ramage of London as can be seen by that firm's gilt embossed line on the front paste down just above the dentelle. There is a small prior owner's book plate on the front pastedown, the same name with an address is stamped on the first free end page and the name appears again in ink on the second free end page. While the hinges are tight and sound the joints are rubbed; and have startied. An octavo measuring 8 3/16" tall by 5 1/4" containing 624 pages of text. Illustrated with 40 engraved plates by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). This is a mixed state first edition with the transposed pound sign on the sign-post on the vignette title page; but, with the second issue, fourteen-line errata page. (Gimbel/Podeschi, A72; Smith, 65-67; Eckel, p83)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1844 1st Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit English Literature Satire Illustrated If I was a painter, and was to paint the American Eagle, how should I do it? Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit This rare first edition, first issue, was believed by Dickens to be his best work, though it was the least popular of his works. Dickens originally released the story in 20 monthly parts; however, upon realizing its failing popularity, he changed the plot to send the title character, Chuzzlewit, to America. Dickens sought to elaborate on his own views of selfishness in America, and, in doing so, created popularity within a lesser-known character. Item number: #17202 Price: $750 DICKENS, Charles The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With illus. by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xiv, [2], 624 o 40 steel engraved plates Edition Note: o Smith's State 2 (no priority), with vignette title page signed "Phiz," "£100" on signpost, the first figure "1" blurred, and six studs on trunk (according to Smith, the vignette title page was etched in triplicate, but "there is no first state or priority of the illustration as has been often cited in catalogues."). References: Eckel, pp. 71-73; Smith I:7; Jupp, Dickens Collection of Books 308; Grolier, Dickens, 125. Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~8.75in X 5.75in (22.5cm x 14.5cm) Very rare and desirable Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 17202 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1844 1st Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit English Literature Satire Illustrated If I was a painter, and was to paint the American Eagle, how should I do it? Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit This rare first edition, first issue, was believed by Dickens to be his best work, though it was the least popular of his works. Dickens originally released the story in 20 monthly parts; however, upon realizing its failing popularity, he changed the plot to send the title character, Chuzzlewit, to America. Dickens sought to elaborate on his own views of selfishness in America, and, in doing so, created popularity within a lesser-known character. This first issue meets the expected edition points, found only in the earliest printings of this work. See below. Item number: #20022 Price: $750 DICKENS, Charles The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With illus. by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition. First printing Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xiv, [2], 624 o 40 steel engraved plates (including frontispiece and title page) Edition Note: o Vignette title 100£ sign Eckel: this was not altered until a number of copies had been printed. References: Eckel, pp. 71-73; Smith I:7; Jupp, Dickens Collection of Books 308; Grolier, Dickens, 125. Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (20.5cm x 13.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 20022 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles.. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.. Chapman and Hall, London,, 1844.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontis., illustrated title page, xiv, (2), list of 38 plates, errata page with 10 corrections, 624 pages. Bound by Bayntun of Bath in brown calf with gilt rules on boards, raised gilt bands, gilt decorated edges on interior of boards, marbled boards, edges trimmed and gilded. Interior and exterior clean clear, bright. Slight wear to edges, corners. Hinges fragile, carefully reinforced. Very attractive, with original ribbons. $750.00
Seller: Benemann Books and Maps, Ferndale, CA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles.. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 624 [10, ads] pp. With Illustrations by Phiz. 8vo, later full morocco, gilt-decorated; t.e.g., by Worefold; original blue printed wrappers bound in. First edition, presumed first state with the GBP symbol after "100" on the engraved title page. Tiny owner's book label on front pastedown; spine uniformly faded to tan; an attractive copy, handsomely bound. Half-title and errata leaf present.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3/4 TAN CALF OVER GREEN MARBLED BOARDS, GILT STAMPED SPINE WITH RAISED BANDS AND DECORATED COMPARTMENTS, GILT STAMPED RED AND GREEN MOROCCO SPINE LABELS, COVERS RULED IN GILT, T.E.G., MATCHING MARBLED ENDPAPERS; ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE, HALF-TITLE PAGE AND 38 ENGRAVED PLATED AFTER DRAWINGS BY "PHIZ" (HOBLOT KNIGHT BROWNE); FIRST BOOK PUBLICATION OF DICKEN'S FAMOUS "AMERICAN" NOVEL. WITH THE ORIGINAL UPPER WRAPPER AND 14 PAGES OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR PART XIV (FEBRUARY, 1844) BOUND IN FRONT; BOOKPLATE OF FREDERICK COWAN PRESENT; ECKEL, PP 71-73 (WITH THE ERROR ON HALF-TITLE VIGNETTE: "100L")/ FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue (with signpost with "100£"), bound from parts. With forty engraved plates including the frontispiece and engraved title by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". [i-vii], viii, [ix], x-xii, [xiii], xiv, [xv-xvi], [1]-624 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Eckel, pp. 66-70 Bound in contempoary calf and marbled boards, marbled edges, by J.G. Sutton & Son, Liverpool 2 Old Hall St., with thier small ticket on front pastedown. Joints cracked, plates a little browned as usual. Still a very good copy in contemporary binding With forty engraved plates including the frontispiece and engraved title by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz". [i-vii], viii, [ix], x-xii, [xiii], xiv, [xv-xvi], [1]-624 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, first issue (with signpost with "100£"), bound from parts.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First Edition [in book form; published serially by "Boz" from 1843 to 1844, then by Chapman in this form in 1844]. Half brown morocco and marbled boards, spine titled and decorated in gilt, marbled page edges. xiv, (errata sheet), 624 pp. Illustrated with 40 plates designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), including frontispiece & added title. Smith Vol. I, 7 - The vignette title with "£100" sign on signpost, the first numeral somewhat thickened ( Smith says all three states of the plate were simultaneous and used interchangeably). Binding a bit rubbed; hinges cracked but firmly bound; ownership inscription on flyleaf, "John Parris 1847.", inked, with creasing and sticker residue to same leaf, plates foxed and soiled, one plate remounted, light to moderate foxing to pages. Bright and handsome. Dickens' "adventure" classic and without doubt his most exciting novel, and one he loved well himself, in which the Ironic Wit sets forth a plot now beloved to novelists and moviemakers alike - the rich old dude who doesn't trust any of his money-grubbing kin, and must find a way to select the proper heir. Incomparably complemented by the Phiz illustrations. Handsome and strong copy of a classic, elegantly bound. L-31n
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Dickens Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. London Chapman and Hall 1844, 1844.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, issue with "£100" on the signpost in the engraved frontispiece and the 10 line errata. With frontispiece and 39 engravings after illustrations by 'Phiz'. 8vo, handsomely bound in fine 3/4 green period antique morocco over patterned boards, the spine with raised bands gilt decorated and ruled in blind, lettered in gilt on a red morocco label bordered in gilt, a.e.m. xiv, errata, 624 pp. A handsome and appealing copy in a fine state of preservation. The frontispiece and vignette title-page only lightly mellowed and some plates with a bit of the edge-spotting typically encountered, but a copy very clean and fresh otherwise and generally quite free of the great browning associated with the engravings in copies of Dickens first edition novels. FINE AND SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Some critics have stated that this novel is Dickens at his best, with the character Pecksniff being one of Dicken's most brilliant contributions to English literature. Critics generally agree that while MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT is somewhat roughly put together in its artistic structure, it more than makes up for it in its brilliant character development and descriptive prose that reveal Dickens talents at their finest. "In [the book] he displays the fulness of his preservative power, the ripeness of his humour, the richest flow of his satiric vivacity, and the culmination of his melodramatic vigour." Some declare that the character of Pecksniff to be one of Dickens' most brilliant contributions to English literature; Gissing calls him and Mrs. Gamp "masterpieces of genius in its happiest mood."
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles,:. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit,. London Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$834.12 + shipping
Description: First Issue of First Edition: Hardback, half-bound in brown leather, marbled bds., gold titles on black spinal label, 7 gold spinal bands, 140 x 220 mm., 1.1kg. (extra postage), illustrated throughout with full-page illustrations by Phiz, illustration on half-title page vignette has £ sign after the 100 on signpost, Errata page with 10 erratas, heavy foxing to half-title and frontis pages, browning and foxing to edges of illustrations, bookplate and coat of arms of Arthur Walford on pdfep., single score mark to top edge of front bd., light rubbing to bds. and leather, tight binding, no dw., Good+ copy.
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$939.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. First edition in book form, second issue. Half dark blue morocco, blue cloth boards, gilt compartments, brown calf spine label. Marbled edges and endpapers. xiv, [1 14-line errata leaf], 624 pp. [38] plates steel engravings by H.K. Browne, plus engraved title and frontis, bound without the half-title. Vignette on title-page with amount on sign post transposed to read "100£" and seven studs in the trunk. The 100£ reward sign on title is often referred to as a first issue point, though Hatton and Cleaver contend that there is no priority and that both plates were used in the monthly parts which preceded this first book edition. According to Smith "An earlier 13-line errata leaf exists with the same data that is found on the 14-line leaf; the setting was changed to 14-lines for a better balance." "A Tribute to Genius, Centenary Testimonial, 1812-1912" stamp with portrait of Dickens to ffep. Rubbing to extremities. Hinges cracked. Browning to plates as often, else quite clean to interior. Spot to plate facing p. 59. Short tear to tail of p. 463. Seems to have all points in "Dickens and Dickensiana" by John Podeschi except for wrappers. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit originally appeared in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts January 1843-July 1844 and first appeared in book format in July 1844. It was the last of Dickens's picaresque novels. Dickens thought it to be his best work - which the author himself described as by "a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories". The theme is "selfishness, portrayed in a satirical fashion" through the characters, against the backdrop of 19th century America. Dickens's biographer describes Martin Chuzzlewit as marking "a great change in Dickens's conception of moral characteristics. For the first time Dickens begins to explore the contradictions and difficulties of the contemporary human world; these are no longer figures defined by a single characteristic or animated by the willful principle of a 'humour', but ones who are seen to change with the changing world, to live and grow" (Ackroyd, p. 392). Smith I.7. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, 1990. Provenance: Bookplates of Joseph Beard of Alderley, Thomas H. Means, John Ruyle. Thomas H. Means (b. 1875, Virginia; d. 1965, Berkeley) was an agricultural engineer who worked in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Soils and later opened a private consulting firm in San Francisco. John Ruyle was a book collector and printer from Berkeley, but I'm not 100% sure it's the same guy because his pencil inscription on the flyleaf doesn't seem like it matches the handwriting of his other inscribed books.but Means dying in Berkeley in '65 around the time Ruyle was writing and collecting there strengthens the connection.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
CHARLES DICKENS. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. chapman and hall, 1844.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION BOUND IN RED MOROCCO WITH GILT DECORATIONS AND PORTRAIT OF DICKENS ON FRONT COVER FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE First Edition, First Printing with transposed "£" on engraved title-page.BEAUTIFULLY BOUND
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles,:. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit,. London Chapman And Hall, 1844.
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Issue: Hardback, half- bound in brown leather, marbled bds., 5 raised spinal bands, gold titles on black label, gold decs., 135 x 210 mm., 1kg. (extra postage), 624 pp., marbled eps. and page edges, illustrated frontis, half-title page and throughout with 38 full page Plates by Phiz, illustration on half-title vignette has the £ sign after the 100 on signpost, Errata page has 10 entries on 14 lines, crns. and edges rubbed with some leather loss, mild rubbing to bds., marginal foxing to Plates, Good+ copy.
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A rebound first edition, first issue, of this classic Charles Dickens novel, complete with Phiz's illustrations. The first edition of this work, bound from the parts. The first issue, with '100£' to the engraved title, seven studs to the trunk, and an errata listing 10 corrections. Issue points as stated by John C. Eckel in his 1913 publication 'The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and thirty-eight plates.Half-title is present.Collated, complete."Martin Chuzzlewit" is about the eponymous Martin, who goes against his grandfather"s wishes and falls in love with an orphaned girl, intending to marry her. As a result, Martin is disinherited.Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous authors of all time, with his Victorian novels being read world-wide by people of all ages. He begun life working as a journalist, before starting the serial publication of 'The Pickwick Papers', which earned him instant success.Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, most often known by his pen name 'Phiz'. As Phiz, he illustrated many of Dickens' novels, including 'David Copperfield', 'Dombey and Son', and 'Bleak House', as well as illustrating for 'Punch' throughout his life. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a few light marks to the boards. Cloth to the front board is a little cockled to the fore edge and tail of the board. Spine is lightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots, heavier to the plates. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. FIRST STATE with fourteen-line leaf of Dickens' errata [iv] - [xvi] + 624 pp. Half title not bound in. Bound in contemporary tan half leather over marbled boards, spine in compartments decorated gilt with gilt bands and gilt titles. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Some age wear to extremities and scattered foxing with the majority of plates being clean; hence a very good copy. Coloured armourial bookplate of Samuel Briggs (probably the merchant and consul in Egypt, 1776-1868). Illustrated by 40 engraved plates, including frontispiece and engraved title. First edition, first issue; the signpost on the vignette title has not yet had the error in the amount corrected from 100£ as depicted here to £100 (Eckel, First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens, p. 71-73; Smith, Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth, p. 63-67). The plates are noticeably clean in this copy, compared with their usual state. ART / LITERATURE DICKENS LIT. FICTION 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION ART / LITERATURE
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Description: First Edition in book form of Dickens's sixth major novel. 8vo. xiv, (2), 624 pp. Bound in maroon half calf over marbled boards with the top edge of the page coated in gilt leaf, five raised bands to spine, gilt, with gilt title lettering and floral devices. Engraved frontispiece (with browned tissue-guard) and vignette titlepage together with 38 additional plates all by H.K. Browne (Phiz) in unusually clean condition. Marbled endpapers. Half-title present. Heraldic bookplate of J.F. Schenck laid down to front pastedown. An unusually clean and bright example in a handsome binding.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$965.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1844. Chapman and Hall. Hardcover. GOOD First. Gilt titles, half leather binding. Marbled boards and paper edges. Illustrations by Phiz. Foxing to endpapers, binding tight. Previous owners name in neat hand writing.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, second state with the frontispiece engraving corrected. Bound by Nelson of Glasgow in half green morocco and green cloth. Ruled and titled, and all edges gilt. Spine slightly darkened, else a sound, near fine copy with clean plates with just the slightest of tanning.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1019.41 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First issue with £100 on the signpost of the engraved frontispiece. Later gilt-blocked green cloth binding. Minor wear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 4 p.l., [viii]-xiv, 624 pages. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). 19th century fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [7], viii, [1], x-xiv, [3], 2-624, [2] pp. Half bound in later dark green morocco over green cloth, spine with 5 gilt raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled edges and endpapers. Illustrated by an engraved frontispiece and vignette titlepage along with 38 additional plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Bound without the half-title, all else as called for in Smith (including the later state 14 line errata leaf). Smith I, 7; Gimbel A 72. A very attractive copy of Dickens' sixth novel. Some foxing, especially to the frontispiece and vignette titlepage, but most leaves and plates are quite clean.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1120.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First issue with £100 on the signpost of the engraved frontispiece. Later gilt-blocked green cloth binding. Minor wear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 4 p.l., [viii]-xiv, 624 pages. Subjects; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). 19th century fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1212.27 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: With illustrations by Phiz (H. K. Browne). Complet des 40 gravures incluant le titre gravé.Édition originale. London, Chapman and Hall - 1844 - xiv pp + 624 pp. Bradbury and Evans, Printers, whitefriars. Errata 10 lines.Reliure anglaise demi-veau à coins signé par J. Rowbotham. Dos à nerfs orné de filets doré, avec auteur et titre. Bord des gravures brunis. Rares rousseurs sur le texte. Bon état. Format in-8°(22x14). Edition originale
Seller: Livres et Collections, SEVRES, France
Price: US$1212.27 + shipping
Description: Issue point: '£100 reward' on the signpost of the half-title. Very good copy in contemporary 1/2 calf over marbled boards. Spine bands and panel edges worn. Front hinge starting. Gilt-blocked titles to spine with gilt-crossed raised bands. All edges marbled. Provenance: from the library of Walter Butler with his inked stamp. Some very light foxing around the engraved half-title and facing frontis (with tissue guard) - otherwise, text block is quite clean and sound. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 624 pages; Physical description: xiv, 624p. Illus. , plates, frontis. ; 22cm. Subjects: British - Travel - United States - Fiction. United States - Description and travel - Fiction. England - Social life and customs - 19th century - Fiction. Notes: Errata facing p. Xiv. Referenced by: Sterling Library, I, 262. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$1238.04 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue (with ten corrections to 14 line errata page), octavo, pp.xiv, (ii, blank), 624, b&w engraved fronts, vignette title leaf and thirty-eight plates full page steel engravings by Phiz (H.K. Browne), 'Bradbury and Evans, Printers' verso t.p., prev owner's inscr on half-title verso 'A. Jackson, Bramhope', contemporary inscr in pencil "altogether overdrawn" above plate 24, light foxing to plates, slightly heavier on fronts. and t.p., generally clean, finely rebound in full green morocco leather by Cottage Bindery, gilt borders, blind-tooling along edges and inner dentelles, raised bands and elaborately gilt decorated spine, marbled eps, top edge gilt. A handsomely bound copy in slip-case. Dickens published Martin Chuzzlewit in 1842, two years after his visit to America. This copy with the £100 on the reward notice of title plate, not transposed. The transposed plate is often referred to as a first issue point, though Hatton and Cleaver contend that there is no priority and that both plates were used in the monthly parts which precede the book edition and state that "It is merely one of the five cases in Chuzzlewit of triplicated steels, one of them reading '100'£ and the other two '£100', all three of them in use during the issue in parts." Hablot Knight Browne (1815-1882) was an English artist and illustrator, well-known by his pen name 'Phiz'.
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventure of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, first printiing 3/4 green calf with marbled boards. With the first state of the engraved title with the pound sign after 100. A specimen wrapper of part 7 bound in. All illustrations present but the margins of the engravings are discoloured throughout. One corned lightly bumped. A handsome and attractive octavo.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman & Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 40 plates, including the frontispiece & engraved title. Thick 8vo, early 20th century 3/4 red morocco, a.e.g., by Morrell. London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First Edition First issue of the engraved title page, with the pound sign improperly placed.The plates are browned at the edges, but free from foxing; the frontispiece & facing engraved title are more heavily, but evenly browned.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
DICKENS Charles. Martin Chuzzlewit (the life adventures of). Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: US$1267.38 + shipping
Description: - Chapman and Hall, London 1844, In-8 (14x21,5cm), 624pp., relié. - Edition originale de première émission illustrée par Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) de 40 figures dont un frontispice et un titre gravé avec vignette. Sur le frontispice, 100L sur le poteau télégraphique et 7 personnes dans la malle-poste. Errata avec 14 lignes de texte et un verso blanc. La planche en regard de la page 70 n'a malheureusement pas été insérée dans le volume. A l'instar de toutes ses éditions, Dickens a profondément travaillé avec l'illustrateur. Reliure en demi veau glacé havane à coins d'époque. Dos à nerfs richement orné, multiples roulettes. Pièce de titre de chagrin rouge, seconde pièce de titre de chagrin noir. Tranches peignées. Comme pour toutes les éditions de Dickens le texte est parfaitement frais et sans rousseurs, et toutes les illustrations avec des brunissures ou entièrement brunies (en raison des serpentes et de la différence dans l'acidité des papiers). Petites taches sombres sur le cuir des plats. Bel exemplaire, bien relié, condition assez rare pour une reliure d'époque d'un roman de Dickens. Selon l'auteur lui-même, son meilleur ouvrage, "a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories" (letter to John Forster, 2 November 1843). Sans doute, parmi tous les romans picaresques de l'auteur, son plus drôle et son plus satirique, dans une conception encore plus mature de la matière romanesque et de la complexité des personnages. Le roman contient également une part très sombre et tragique. Il fut jugé à sa réception comme anti-américain, Dickens ayant transposé dans cette oeuvre ses sentiments sur la société américaine. Il avait effectué un voyage aux Etats-Unis en 1842. La jeune nation y est en effet écrite comme arrogante et suffisante, entièrement dévoué à l'argent. Le roman fut adapté au cinéma muet en 1912 et 1914 et récemment poour la BBC sous forme de séries. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND] 624pp.
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France
Price: US$1330.00 + shipping
Description: Issue point: '£100 reward' on the signpost of the half-title. Very good copy in contemporary 1/2 calf over marbled boards. Spine bands and panel edges worn. Front hinge starting. Gilt-blocked titles to spine with gilt-crossed raised bands. All edges marbled. Provenance: from the library of Walter Butler with his inked stamp. Some very light foxing around the engraved half-title and facing frontis (with tissue guard) - otherwise, text block is quite clean and sound. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 624 pages; Physical description: xiv, 624p. Illus. , plates, frontis. ; 22cm. Subjects: British - Travel - United States - Fiction. United States - Description and travel - Fiction. England - Social life and customs - 19th century - Fiction. Notes: Errata facing p. Xiv. Referenced by: Sterling Library, I, 262. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1604.08 + shipping
Description: First edition, bound from the original monthly parts with all but one of the 19 original front wrappers bound in, wanting Part 10. The serial ran from December 1842 to July 1844. Dickens's biographer places Martin Chuzzlewit as marking "a great change in Dickens's conception of moral characteristics. For the first time Dickens begins to explore the contradictions and difficulties of the contemporary human world; these are no longer figures defined by a single characteristic or animated by the wilful principle of a 'humour', but ones who are seen to change with the changing world, to live and grow" (Ackroyd, p. 392). Dickens wrote to a contemporary that "I think Chuzzlewit is a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories" (letter to John Forster, 2 November 1843). Smith I.7. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, 1990. Octavo (216 x 136 mm). Near-contemporary half vellum, smooth spine divided in compartments with a gilt Greek key roll, dark red morocco labels in two compartments, small gilt centre tools in others, single gilt fillet trimming sides and corners, marbled sides and endpapers, top edge gilt. With 18 (of 19) front wrappers from the original parts bound-in at rear. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title page (£ sign transposed, no priority), 38 plates, by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). Bound with half-title. Bookplate of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest (b.1936) on front pastedown and of New York advertising executive Morton Freund (1898-1990) and his wife Elizabeth R. Freund (1894-1989) on front free endpaper verso. No. 13 wrapper cropped at foot with loss to date. Vellum a little soiled, rubbing at lower edges, small paper restoration to upper margin of p. 455, contents slightly foxed, faint splash mark at upper margin of a few plates, not affecting illustrations. A very good copy, attractively bound.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Dickens Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. London Chapman and Hall 1844, 1844.
Price: US$1644.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, with "100£" on the signpost in the engraved frontispiece. With frontispiece and 39 engravings after illustrations by 'Phiz'. 8vo, handsomely bound in fine 3/4 antique morocco over cloth boards, the spines with raised bands gilt ruled, lettered in gilt in two compartments bordered in blind, a.e.g., fine marbled endleaves. xiv, errata, 624. A very handsome and appealing copy in an unusually fine state of preservation. A few plates with the typical aging, but a copy generally free of the inevitable toning associated with the engravings in copies of Dickens first edition novels. FINE AND SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Some critics have stated that this novel is Dickens at his best, with the character Pecksniff being one of Dicken's most brilliant contributions to English literature. Critics generally agree that while MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT is somewhat roughly put together in its artistic structure, it more than makes up for it in its brilliant character development and descriptive prose that reveal Dickens talents at their finest. "In [the book] he displays the fulness of his preservative power, the ripeness of his humour, the richest flow of his satiric vivacity, and the culmination of his melodramatic vigour." Some declare that the character of Pecksniff to be one of Dickens' most brilliant contributions to English literature; Gissing calls him and Mrs. Gamp "masterpieces of genius in its happiest mood."
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles.. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.. Chapman & Hall: London, 1844.
Price: US$1725.00 + shipping
Description: "With illustrations by Phiz," 8.25 x 5.25, finely bound in full gilt-ruled golden crushed morocco; aeg, 624 pp, covers lightly rubbed, hinges a little loose, pp toned but still a very nice, handsomely bound copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with all the points listed in Smith: Heritage Bookshop; with one of the "L100" plates as engraved extra title. Binding by Bayntun-Riviere, though not noted as such.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$1802.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo. First issue with "all" the issue points of Smith and Hatton and Cleaver. Although, the present copy does have the pound sign before the £100. According to Hatton and Cleaver (p.86) the vignette title page was etched in triplicate, two of the etchings reading "£ 100" and one "100£". Since all these plates were contemporary and used simultaneously in the printing of the parts, there is no first state, or priority of the illustration as has been often cited in catalogs. A very handsome copy bound by Morrell in full tan polished calf triple ruled in gilt, raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated, red and brown morocco spine labels gilt, all edges gilt. Frontispiece does have some scattered foxing, but the other plates are clean with an occasional spot or spots of foxing. An exceptionally nice copy.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1924.90 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of the novel which the author himself described as by "a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories" (letter to John Forster, 2 November 1843), in a particularly handsome contemporary binding. Martin Chuzzlewit marked "a great change in Dickens's conception of moral characteristics. For the first time Dickens begins to explore the contradictions and difficulties of the contemporary human world; these are no longer figures defined by a single characteristic or animated by the wilful principle of a 'humour', but ones who are seen to change with the changing world, to live and grow" (Ackroyd, p. 392). The novel was first issued in monthly parts from January 1843 to July 1844 and published in book form on completion. Smith I.7. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, 1990. Octavo (213 x 134 mm). Contemporary red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, richly gilt in compartments, sides with gilt triple fillet border enclosing an ecclesiastical arch roll, gilt turn-ins, yellow endpapers, gilt edges. Engraved frontispiece, vignette title page (£ sign not transposed, no priority of issue), 38 engraved plates by H. K. Browne. Slight darkening to morocco, light oxidization to plates but cleaner than often; an excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Chapman and Hall: London, 1844.
Price: US$2012.50 + shipping
Description: Illus. by Phiz, 8.5 x 5.25", gilt-ruled straight-grained morocco; aeg, 624pp, front cover with some uneven color, extremities a little worn, small gouge on spine near author's name, minor spotting to frontis/engr. Title and some other illus. else a handsome copy; industrialist/art collector Samuel A. Courtauld's copy with his bookplate and ink signature (dated June 1918). FIRST BOOK EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with Walter Smith points; includes "100L" and seven studs on trunk on engraved title illus.). Beautiful copy.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2566.53 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, in the publisher's full morocco binding, the most deluxe of the three original binding options offered by the publisher, and very scarce. Martin Chuzzlewit was initially issued in monthly parts from December 1842 to July 1844, and in book form on completion. In an advertisement in the final monthly part, the publishers announced that it could be purchased in three formats: in cloth for £1 1s., in half morocco with marbled edges for £1 4s. 6d., and in full morocco with gilt edges for £1 6s. 6d. This full morocco binding is much scarcer than copies in the original cloth, which are themselves by no means common. This is the first copy of this novel in the full morocco binding that we have handled. The early owner of this copy, Howell Blood, whose signature, dated 1862, appears on a preliminary blank, was typical of the customer Chapman and Hall was targeting with their offer of deluxe, full morocco binding - the upwardly-mobile middle class, with pretensions to have the "best looking" copies of Britain's newest literary sensation. "The sons of small farmers, retail traders and small masters. were now benefiting from the reformed grammar schools and recently founded academies. A first generation Witham solicitor, Joseph Howell Blood, was clerk to the powerful attorney Jacob Howell Pattisson, related through his mother's side. By the 1840s, Blood had become clerk of the workhouse, clerk of the JP's bench and chairman of the Board of Guardians, the kind of post that would not have existed in the eighteenth century. By the 1850s he had set up his own legal practice in the town, later joined by his eldest son" (Davidoff & Hall, p. 265). The ownership signature may be that of either Joseph Howell (1806-1876), or his son, Howell (1837-1911), who was educated at Rugby and became a clergyman. Chapman and Hall continued to issue first edition sheets for many years after publication, binding up copies from their stock as required, including in this deluxe format. There are many variations between the morocco bindings of Dickens's novels, variations which have not yet been subject to a sustained bibliographical study identifying priority - the marbled endpapers and gilt turn-ins here are indicative of binding in the 1850s. Martin Chuzzlewit is placed by Dickens's biographer Peter Ackroyd as marking "a great change in Dickens's conception of moral characteristics. For the first time Dickens begins to explore the contradictions and difficulties of the contemporary human world; these are no longer figures defined by a single characteristic or animated by the wilful principle of a 'humour', but ones who are seen to change with the changing world, to live and grow" (Ackroyd, p. 392). Dickens wrote to John Forster on 2 November 1843 that "I think Chuzzlewit is a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories" (Pilgrim, Letters, III, pp. 590). Kremers pp. 79-82, 288; Smith I.7. Peter Ackroyd, Dickens, 1990; Leonore Davidoff & Catherine Hall, Family Fortunes Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780-1850, 2013. Octavo (211 x 132 mm). Original purple pebble-grain morocco, spine lettered in gilt, spine bands and covers ruled in blind, gilt floral turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title page (£ sign not transposed, no priority), 38 plates, by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). Bound without half-title. With ink ownership signature of "Howell Blood, Witham 1862" to initial binder's blank, and his pencil ownership signature to facing binder's blank (see note). Slight splits and wear at head of joints but holding firm, offsetting to preliminaries, plates browned as often, early gatherings and first plate somewhat soiled with a few peripheral nicks and chips, letterpress leaves afterwards clean, small patch of tape repair in gutter of p. 32, 6 cm closed tear affecting text without loss to pp. 461/2, 3 cm closed tear not affecting text to pp. 603/4. A good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3208.16 + shipping
Description: Seventh editions of A Christmas Carol and The Chimes, and first editions of the later three titles. A set in handsome mid-nineteenth century fine vellum bindings, elaborately decorated in gilt to the spines with green and red title labels, the boards are slightly bevelled and embellished in the centre of each front panel with the original owner's monogram in gilt, bordered in triple-gilt and red, the borders repeated without monogram to the rear board, gilt decoration to all edges of the boards, flowing into fleur-de-lis patterned gilt dentelles, the text blocks with all edges gilt and marbled endpapers. To the front pastedown of each volume is the handsome colour armorial bookplate of a member of the Wilson Clan, with their motto: "Semper Vigilans" [Always Watchful]. The boards are somewhat grubby and rubbed, with cracking at several hinges and small nicks to the leather, the hinges are still reasonably secure, the extremities are slightly bumped and rubbed. The text blocks are slightly foxed, marked and age toned, A Christmas Carol retains its colour frontispiece and the 3 colour plates, all in good order, The Chimes has some dog-eared page corners. The Cricket on the Hearth is bound without ads so presumed to be a later issue and The Battle of Life is in the most commonly found fourth state. A particularly attractive uniform set of early and first editions in contemporary fine bindings.
Seller: Jonathan Frost Rare Books Limited, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. , 1844.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: [in the original cloth] With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Original blind-stamped diagonally-ribbed blue cloth. First Edition in book form, published immediately at the conclusion of the 20-in-19 monthly serial parts (issued from January 1843 through July 1844). MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT marks Dickens's return to conventional serial parts, with separate plates, followed by a single octavo volume (as with NICHOLAS NICKLEBY in 1839); since then, he had tried weekly parts composed of a single illustrated folded sheet (MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, consisting of both THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP and BARNABY RUDGE, published all-together in book form in three oversized volumes). CHUZZLEWIT was the first of Dickens's novels to lose readers during serialization; when the publisher Hall accordingly suggested Dickens's fees should be reduced (though it never happened), it created a rift that was not bridged until Chapman and Hall published A TALE OF TWO CITIES in 1859. Included are the forty plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"), two of which had appeared in each part. This copy is in the primary cloth binding for MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, blind-stamped diagonally-ribbed blue cloth. The errata leaf is in the usual 14-line state; the vignette title page has "100£" printed thus and has seven studs along the top edge of the trunk (Smith's state "1" -- one of three states, without precedence). The volume's condition is very good-plus -- unusually attractive externally, with only the slightest of wear at the extremities. The pale yellow endpapers appear to be original (with no evidence of anything underneath the paste-downs), but in our opinion they are too clean, too intact, and perhaps a slightly variant hue of yellow -- so we believe they are later, in other words that the volume was deftly re-cased, but without any external evidence. The "Phiz" plates (and the text) are quite clean and free of foxing -- though there is a marginal corner repair to the frontispiece. In all, this is clearly a better-looking copy than most. All of the thick octavo-format Dickens novels (the six others being PICKWICK PAPERS, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, DOMBEY AND SON, DAVID COPPERFIELD, BLEAK HOUSE and LITTLE DORRIT) are difficult to obtain in presentable original condition, as the bulk of text and plates was too heavy for the simple cloth bindings and delicate endpapers; however, in our experience, MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT (incidentally the only one of the seven to be bound in blue rather than olive-green cloth) is one of the toughest. Housed in a handsome morocco-backed cloth clamshell case. Smith I pp 63-67.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: With 40 illustrations by Phiz, including the frontispiece and engraved title containing 100£ on signpost; with the 14-line errata page. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers; some of the plates are browned along the edges, the text is especially clean. From the library of William Law with his bookplate. First edition. Many critics have stated that this novel is Dickens at his best. Some further declare that the character of Pecksniff is one of Dickens' most brilliant contributions to English literature. The 100£ reward sign on title is often referred to as a first issue point, though Hatton and Cleaver contend that there is no priority and that both plates were used in the monthly parts which preceded this first book edition.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: "Selfishness Portrayed in a Satirical Fashion" First Edition of Martin Chuzzlewit in the Original Cloth DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, first issue following all points in Smith including vignette on title-page with amount on sign post transposed to read "100£" and seven studs in the trunk. Plates facing pp. 387 and 386 transposed as per Michael Sadleir's copy at UCLA, and all of the other thirty-four first issue points. According to Smith "An earlier 13-line errata leaf exists with the same data that is found on the 14-line leaf; the setting was changed to 14-lines for a better balance." Octavo (8 11/16 x 5 7/16 inches; 220 x 139 mm). xiv, [errata with 14 lines, verso blank], 624 pp. Forty etched plates including frontispiece and title-page vignette by Hablot K. Browne aka "Phiz." Publisher's primary binding of moderate blue diagonally-ribbed cloth. Covers stamped in blind, spine stamped in blind and lettered in gilt with "London 1844" at foot. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Armorial book-plate of "Sherwin" on front paste-down and ink signature of "J.Sherwin Sherwin" on half-title. The text-block has been expertly re-cased using the original yellow-coated end-papers. The original cloth is near fine with no fading and just the bare minimum of strengthening at the spine ends and slight wear to the lower corners. The gilt lettering is bright and fresh. The plates have light to moderate foxing which is mainly confined to the blank margins. There is a 3/8 inch diameter stain on the margin of the plate facing page 160 and a light marginal stain on the facing leaves. Closed tear on margin of O2 (pp. 195/6), corner (3/8 x 1/2 inch) torn away from FF4. Light foxing to end-papers and first and last leaves only. The text block remarkably clean and fresh. Overall this is an exceptional copy of a title rarely found in better condition. Housed in an early fleece-lined green cloth clamshell case. Martin Chuzzlewit is listed as number five in Michael Sadleir's list of Charles Dickens comparative scarcities. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit originally appeared in twenty numbers bound in nineteen monthly parts January 1843 - July 1844. This, the first edition in book form, appeared on July 16, 1844 at 21s. and was the last of Dickens's picaresque novels. Dickens thought it to be his best work - but his readers disagreed. In fact, Martin Chuzzlewit was the first of his novels to lose readers during serialization and the publisher Chapman and Hall suggested that Dickens's fees should be reduced. This never happened but it caused a rift that was not bridged until Chapman and Hall published A Tale of Two Cities in 1859. Dombey and Son (1848), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Hard Times (1854) and Little Dorrit (1857) were all published by Bradbury and Evans.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Charles Dickens Autograph Letter Signed.. , 1844.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: Rare autograph letter signed by great English novelist Charles Dickens. One page, octavo, folded, the letter reads, "Devonshire Terrace Eighteenth April 1844. My Dear Mitton, I am sorry to say that plan won't do. Because although Couttsâs were so prompt and polite last time, still they did say 'that it wasnât the kind of noteâ &c &c - as I wrote you at the time. Indeed, I remember to have often heard that they avoid discounting. I wish to Heaven you could think of any other way. I will come down today, between 2 and 3. I have not seen Thomson yet. He wrote that he was coming. Likewise that his house had not bedrooms enough. and talking wildly about Houses near Belgrave Square!! Faithfully Always / CD." The recipient, Thomas Mitton was a close friend and financial adviser of Dickens' to whom he wrote frequently, particularly concerning his frustrations with book deals and travel expenses. Debt was a primary motivating factor throughout Dickens' life despite his success as a novelist. In mid-1843, sales of Martin Chuzzlewit were falling off, and his wife, Catherine, was pregnant with their fifth child. Matters worsened when Chapman & Hall, his publishers, threatened to reduce his monthly income by £50 if sales dropped further. By the end of the year, Dickens saw a change in his fortunes with the publication of A Christmas Carol which sold out days after publication and was released in thirteen subsequent editions by the end of 1844. In near fine condition. An excellent association. English writer and social critic Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: Complete set of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books, comprising the first appearance of AÂChristmas Carol in red cloth, issued to match the others, and first editions of the remaining four. Octavo, 5 volumes, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panels, all edges gilt. A Christmas Carol is a tenth edition with 4 hand-colored plates, spine neatly repaired [1844]; First edition of The Chimes: A Goblin Story with the advertisement leaf for the above edition of AÂChristmas Carol, second state of vignette title-page, recased [1845]; first edition of The Cricket on the Hearth, second state of advertisement leaf [1846]; first edition of The Battle of Life with vignette title-page in fourth state without imprint (Todd's E1) [1846]; first edition of The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain with p.161 numeral intact, spine ends repaired [Bradbury & Evans, 1848]. In very good condition. A very nice example. A Christmas Carol "may readily be called the Bible of Christmas. It was issued about ten days before Christmas, 1843, and 6000 copies were sold on the first day"(Eckel, 110). "It was a work written at the height of Dickensâ great powers, which would add to his considerable fame, bring a new work to the English language, increase the festivities at Christmastime, and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor" (John Mortimer). "Suddenly conceived and written within a few weeks, [A Christmas Carol] was the first of Dickensâ Christmas books (a new literary genre thus created incidentally) it was an extraordinary achievementâ"the one great Christmas myth of modern literature."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.