Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 128pp., front board has damp damage to one corner and other wear, DJ extensively chipped around edges, but otherwise good; inside pages clean and undamaged, not affected by the water event that damaged the front cover and DJ; gift inscription to previous owner. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Quickhatch Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth has some discoloration.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth covered boards with black title block on spine and gold titles; minimal wear; jacket is worn and discolored, a few very small chips and tears at edges; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; book advertisement pasted to free front endpaper; pages toning, interior is unmarked; 124 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Shows minor wear.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st **FG 3112L**
Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 128 pages, frontis of Dickens, star decorated endpapers; 12mo, green cloth. Very good+, paper slightly toned; no dust jacket
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord. Simon & Schuster, 1934.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition. In green cloth. Chipping to jacket at top of spine.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.15 + shipping
Description: In englischer Sprache. Leinen mit Goldprägung, schwarzer Buchschnitt, illustrierte Vorsätze, Fadenheftung, 128 Seiten, mit einem Porträt auf dem Frontispiz illustriert. Einband etwas fleckig und etwas lichtrandig, Besitzeretikett im Vorsatzdeckel. Gewicht: 300
Seller: Antiquariat Matthias Wagner, Berlin, Germany
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Description: Very good condition, small stain on verso of t.p.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo, pp. 128. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. Rear hinge beginning tender, cover slightly scuffed and worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: (1st) Slightly smaller, thinner book, fine green cloth, beveled edges, gilt facsimile signature with flourish bright on front, gilt lettering on red background at spine top badly rubbed and dulled, back badly faded and stained light green, tiny gold star design inside covers and adjacent end papers, 128 lightly browned pages, frontispiece of Dickens chosen by his son, Sir Henry Dickens, facsimile of first page of manuscript between pp. 12 and 13. Fair.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two half inch chips in jacket. Nice and tight.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light shelf wear to the book, more to the jacket whih is edgeworn with a large chip to the front panel; previous owner's name to first blank page, otherwise unmarked. The first American trade edition after a limited edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. First edition / printing stated, same dates no others noted. An account of the life of Jesus Christ written in 1849 by Dickens for his children. While Dickens' did not wish it to see print the novelist's oldest son saw no reason not to publish it after his own death if the majority of the family agreed to do so. They did and the manuscript was first published in 1934 becoming the last of Charles Dickens' works to see publication. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!
Seller: The Book Shed, Benson, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This edition was printed in 1934 and was specially designed by D.B. Updike and is limited to 2387 numbered copies of which this is copy number 15. Cream colored covers with blind stamped design on front cover and gold gilt lettering on spine. Lettering on spine is bright. Light soiling on covers and spine with a 1" brown stain on top front hinge. Gold gilt top page ends in fine condition. Light foxing on other page ends. Light foxing on inside front and back covers. Text is clean and unmarked. Hinges tight. Slipcase shows heavy wear but is still solid. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.
Seller: Great Matter Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a near fine hardcover first edition copy, green cloth binding, gold lettering, alas, no DJ. A tiny one word name on the front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. The manuscript was not intended to be published, but Dickens provided by will that his descendents could by a majority, decide otherwise. In 1934 they decided.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 128pp [dust jacket internally tape-reinforced at the edges] Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord. Simon & Schuster, 1934.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition. In green cloth. Tiny chip to jacket. Previous owner name.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition thus. 12mo. volume. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens. Condition: minor nicking & toning to DJ; cloth binding shows minor sun-fading; else very good in good DJ. 128 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of the Lord. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Dust jacket with a few tiny edge tears.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine dard. ; 12mo; 128p., illustrated.
Seller: Janet & Henry Hurley, Westmoreland, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 128 pp. Frontis, decorated end papers, green cloth blind-stamped border cover. Paper tanning, page 21 three words underlines, good+; dust jacket priced back flap edge, chipped, sunned, short tears, one with clear tape, small piece missing back, brodart, good-.
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo, pp. 128. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. Rear hinge beginning tender, cover slightly scuffed and worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Description: 128 p. + Portrait frontis and a plate. 12 mo. 20 cm. Original full cloth binding. Printed bookplate of Elizabeth H. Thomas. A biography of Christ, with "Two prayers, written by Charles Dickens for his young children." First Edition. Would make a nice gift. W68 0.0
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1934.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First AmericanEdition, First Printing; dj w/lite chipping, 128 clean, unmarke pages Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord.. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1934.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1934. Moderate general wear. 128 pages. 6317
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord. SIMON AND SCHUSTER, NY, 1934.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: General wear: Slipcase is badly foxed and has potential liquid stains, Foxed spine and cover, foxing throughout, uncut fore edges, some pages cannot be viewed without tearing/cutting No . 1605 of 2387 Written by the author for his children and includes prayers credited to his children DATE PUBLISHED: 1934 EDITION: LIMITED ED 129
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$26.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: GOOD+. FIRST EDITION, green cloth, no jacket, bagged for protection, approx. 4-1/2'' x 7-1/2'', small chips to covers and spine near top spine ends, slightly rubbed corners, tight binding, no loose or missing pages, clean text, yellowing paper. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.
Seller: Once Read Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
DICKENS.CHARLES. THE LIFE OF OUR LORD.. SIMON AND SCHUSTER,NEW YORK.1934., 1934.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: LIMITED EDITION(1083/2387)WRITTEN DURING THE YEARS 1846-1849 BY DICKENS FOR HIS CHILDREN.FIRST EDITION,THIS EDITION PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE FIRST TRADE EDITION.CREAM EMBOSSED COVER,TOP EDGE GILT.INTERNALLY FINE AND CLEAN EXCEPT FOR STAINING IN THE GUTTERS OF THE FFEPS.WITH ORIGINAL SLIP-CASE WHICH HAS PAPER LABEL ON THE SPINE AND WHICH IS ALSO NF.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 128 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine and edges sunned. DJ spine sunned. Two significant pieces missing from top edge of front cover and small pieces missing from top edge of rear cover. Lightly soiled.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles.. THE LIFE OF OUR LORD.. Simon and Schuster,, 1934.
Price: US$29.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No. 631 of 2385 copies in a slipcase. The spine of the book is darkened; inscription on FFEP, dated 1934. The slipcase is worn, but still has the book label on the spine.
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
DICKENS.CHARLES. THE LIFE OF OUR LORD.. SIMON&SCHUSTER., NEW YORK., 1934.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE.BOOK IS NO. 909 OF 2387 NUMBERED COPIES.SLIPCASE IS NO.771.SPINE LABEL ON SLIPCASE CHIPPED AT EDGE,NOT AFFECTING LETTERING.A NEAT GIFT INSCRIPTION ON FFEP.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: previous owner's signature and date on front end pages
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life of Our Lord. Simon & Schuster, 1934.
Price: US$37.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Written for his children during the years 1846 to 1849. Book is very good inside and out with light perimeter wear to boards. Jacket very good and protected in mylar. See pictures for further details, description.
Seller: Dean's Books, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$39.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dickens wrote this for his own children. He set it down in his own hand, for their eyes--and their eyes alone--at about the time he was completing David Copperfield. For 85 years the resulting manuscript was sacredly guarded as a precious family secret. After his sister-in-law, Georginia Hogarth, died, it fell to Dicken's youngest child, Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, with the admonition that it should not be published while any child of Dickens lived. Scarce in dustjacket. Very Good in chipped dj, overall VG in Good dj. PRESCOTT, AZ.
Seller: Five Quail Books, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition stated 1934, stated on the title page " Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849 and now first published". Published by Simon & Schuster. Hardcover in light green cloth, no DJ. Condition fine inside, square, tight and clean book, very slight wear at corners and spine edges, spine slightly sunned, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 12mo, 128 pages, frontispiece portrait. ASIN:B00085GHQ8
Seller: monobooks, Livingston, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. 128pp. Neat gift inscription, near fine in a slightly spine-tanned about very good dust jacket with light soil and a few small chips and tears that have been tape repaired on the verso. Dickens' narrative of the life of Christ, published by his family only after his youngest son died in 1933.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$42.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: White embossed covers show only the slightest wear with light tanning to top spine. The 128 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. THIS IS COPY #483/2387. The paper covered slipcase is split at top edge and worn on other edges.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$43.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition stated 1934, matching dates on title and copyright pages, no additional printings listed. Not an ex-library book. Hardcover in full green cloth with DJ, all edges black. Condition near fine, square and very tight book, no internal markings, no names, no underlinings no highlights no bent page corners, no foxing. DJ very good, tears at the bottom edge, tears and chips at top edge, small hole on the spine, not clipped. tears and chips alo12mo, 128 pages, endpapers with small gold starts. Uncommon first edition
Seller: monobooks, Livingston, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord during the years 1846-1849, just about the time he was completing David Copperfield. In this charming, simple retelling of the life of Jesus Christ, adapted from the Gospel of St. Luke, Dickens hoped to teach his young children about religion and faith. He wrote it by hand, exclusively for their eyes alone. He strongly expressed his desire that the manuscript remain in the family and he would not have it published in his lifetime. After, his death, he requested it not be published during the lifetimes of his children. For 85 years, his family followed his wishes. When his youngest son, Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, died in 1933, he did not impose any restriction on the publication of the manuscript, except that proceeds from publication be shared among the family. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812?1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. To have a new publication 85 years after his death made for a remarkable 1st edition. Book designed by Ernst Reichl. Hardcover has green cloth boards, gold lettering and designs on front and spine, but no dust jacket. Spine has brown shadowbox and front cover displays a faux Charles Dickens' signature. A piece of the spine has torn/worn away at head. Page-edges tinted black. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. Seldom, if ever, read. No marks of any kind. Copyright 1934. Stated First Edition with 1934 date on title page. True 1st implied. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR.
Seller: Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Description: small 8vo. cloth. 128 pages. Podeschi no.199. This copy is unnumbered and lacks the slipcase. Spine age darkened. Gutters browned. Bookplate of George T. Bailey on upper front pastedown. With a frontispiece portrait of Dickens. Designed by D.B. Updike. This story was not published until 1934 because of Dickens' restrictions on the manuscripts.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord.. Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1934.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1934. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. Light general wear. 128 pages. 6340
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is copy #2078 of 2387 copies; toning to covers and pages, edges of covers have several tiny tears and tiny chips, bookstore address stamped inside front cover, tiny bit of light soiling, bottom corners of covers lightly bumped; 128 pages
Seller: Books of Paradise, Magalia, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life of Our Lord. Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1934.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rubbing to DJ. Wear to DJ edges, small tears, some repaired with tape. Book is in Very Good overall condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings. ; 124 pages
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of our Lord. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st ed. The life of Jesus Christ, written by Dickens for his children and not published until this edition, after the death of his youngest child. Closes with two prayers by Dickens. Green cloth boards with gold and black. Frontispeice of Dickens and a page with facsimile of the manuscript. 8.9 oz
Seller: Clio and Erato Books, Tarrytown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1st) Frontispiece pen and ink of Dickens, very slight wear to front tips, tiny light spot at top front edge and middle front, spotting on spine. Near Very Good copy.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life of Our Lord. Simon and Schuster, 1934.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York, 1934.FINE- hardcover book in FINE- mylar-protected dust-jacket.Dickens wrote this for his young children between 1846 and 1849, though it was not published until 1934. A previous owner's signature on front free end paper, otherwise fine. First US Edition, First Printing.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original cloth, fine. First edition. In very good minus dust jacket with the original price intact on the rear flap, small chip front bottom of front panel, wear to spine and corners.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 128 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. DJ spine sunned. Lightly soiled. Contents very nice.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition in a good plus / very good dust jacket. Green cloth boards with facsimile Dickens signature in gilt on cover. Black title stamping on spine. All edges painted black. Loss to bottom edge of dust jacket (see photo). 128 pp. 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches tall, 16mo. The Life of Our Lord is a book about the life of Jesus of Nazareth written by English novelist Charles Dickens, for his young children, between 1846 and 1849, at about the time that he was writing David Copperfield. The Life of Our Lord was published in 1934, 64 years after Dickens' death. -- wikipedia
Seller: Uncommon Works, Gridley, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord // FIRST EDITION //. Simon & Schuster, NY, 1934.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: STATED FIRST Edition with same date on both title page and copyright page. A Fine volume bound in GREEN cloth with publishers dark 'stain' to all closed page edges. Decorative end-papers (stars). Two front free end-papers have a shallow short diagonal crease and two pages have micro bent tips at top. Does not detract. Clean and tight, no markings. Original Dust jacket is NEAR VERY GOOD and though corner clipped it has original price on its rear lower jacket panel ($1.75). Jacket has creases and edge chips and a repaired (on inside) approx. 3" closed tear to rear panel with archival professional tape. Still a lovely copy. Mylar protected jacket.
Seller: Margins13 Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. THE LIFE OF OUR LORD. Simon & Schuster, 1934.
Price: US$55.68 + shipping
Description: THE LIFE OF OUR LORD, S & S, 1934, first edition, fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. A story written between 1846 & 1849 expressly for the authors children and not published until 85 years later.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good ; Good Jacket ; Very Good Slipcase. 1934 Simon and Schuster. Limited Edition of 2387 copies designed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, hand numbered. This is copy number 698. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has cream paper-covered boards. Front cover has blind-stamped Chi-Rho cross in circle and other circular and floral border designs in central panel. Top page edges are gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Gilt spine lettering. One black and white plate, a facsimile of the first page of the manuscript. Only one of the joined pages has been opened, the rest are still uncut. Includes glassine dust cover, slightly wrinkled with a few small tears at edges. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Book is in excellent condition with only a light stain at the base of the spine. There are a few tiny spots on the spine and two very small holes in the outer spine gutter. Pages clean and unmarked. 128 pages. Beige linen-covered slipcase, with paper label bearing the title and the number of the limited edition, has moderate wear, mild sunning to the closed end, and chipping around the edges of the label. Slipcase also has some spots on one side and a few dents on the other. This limited edition was issued at the same time as the first trade edition. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
Seller: SmarterRat Books, Chagrin Falls, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Simon and Schuster; New York, 1934. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Book is limited to 2,387 numbered copies. This book is number 1,658. A Very Good, light tan binding with blind stamped ornate design on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, TEG with some blemishes, deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge, some scattered foxing to boards/front and back matters and text block edges, bit of age toning to pages, rub mark bottom spine, bit of crimping to spine edges, some age toning to pages, without Dust wrapper. In a Very Good, sturdy, tan cloth, some handling/scuffing, fading to margins and spine, paper label on spine, small abrasions to corners, Slipcase. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 128pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Written by Charles Dickens for his Children. xi, 128 [1] pp. 12mo, publisher's blind-embossed boards, t.e.g., in slipcase. No. 782 of 2387 copies designed by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press. A few spots of foxing visible at the fore-edge but not to the text; a few slight marks to boards; fresh and unworn in a slipcase slightly rubbed at the joints.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$67.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo, pp. 128. Frontis portrait. A nice copy in chipped dj.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. Life of Our Lord. Simon and Schuster, USA, 1934.
Price: US$70.75 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition 1934. Limited Edition of 2387 this being number 23. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Page edges lightly foxed. Card slip case good with odd marks. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18408
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$72.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 128pp/illus. Sage green cloth with gilt facs. signature front cvrs. & gilt titling on dark brown printed ground on bkstrip., gilt & cream `star' spangled eps. The manuscript, written for Dickens's children and here first published in book form, was secretly kept in the Dickens family for 85 years. Rare first edition.
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, CHARLES.. The Life of Our Lord. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934, 1934.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; limited issue; one of 2387 numbered copies. Fine in the publisher's slipcase (a little worn). All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NODJ, green cloth gold gilt, PC,1934, ,stated 1st edition, 128 pgs, VG+/VG+, AS-IS, NODJ
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life of Our Lord. Simon and Schuster, 1934.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Elegant gift inscription written in French on flyleaf. Covers are clean, bright and green, with clean gold gilt lettering and design . DJ is not price clipped, showing a price of $ 1.75 on the lower rear flap. DJ has minor chipping at the spine crown and to top tips. In mylar jacket.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, CHARLES. The life of our Lord.. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$81.25 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, designed by Ernest Reichl, 12mo, 128; frontis. portrait, title-page printed within rules; a fine copy in the dust jacket with slightly browned spine. Published simultaneously with the limited edition designed and printed at the Merrymount Press, though bearing no graphic similarities to that work. See Smith 763.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Life of Our Lord. Simon and Schuster, 1934.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice condition copy of "The Life of Our Lord" by CHARLES DICKENS with its original dust jacket. (The jacket is un-clipped with the original $1.75 price intact on the back flap.) 1934 1st edition (stated); Simon and Schuster; New York. With a facsimile of the first page of the original manuscript, decorative end papers, black stained page edges on all sides, and a frontispiece portrait of Dickens. From the dust jacket: "Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord for his own children. He set it down in his own hand, for their eyes - and their eyes alone - during the years from 1846 to 1849, at about the time he was completing David Copperfield. When The Life of Our Lord was finished, Dickens had eight children, the oldest, Charles Jr., having been born in 1837, and the youngest, Henry Fielding, in January 1849, Sydney was two years old, but the others, ranging from twelve to four, were definitely in the articulate and inquisitive age, and to answer their questions about religion and faith, he decided to set down this simple narrative of the life of Christ. For eighty-five years the resulting manuscript was sacredly guarded as a precious family secret. After his sister-in-law, Georgina Hogarth, died, it fell to Dickens' youngest child, Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, with the admonition that it should not be published while any child of Dickens lived. Just before the 1933 Christmas holidays Sir Henry died in London. Sir Henry's widow and children, through a majority decision, assumed the right to permit its publication, and The Life of Our Lord, by Charles Dickens is thus given to the world." Condition: The book is in terrific condition - clean both inside and out. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The inside of the book is clean and appears unread with no issues found. The dust is jacket is un-clipped with the original $1.75 price intact on the rear flap; there is a thin, 3/4" stain line on the back cover; small pieces missing at the top of the spine and front cover; small stains along the perimeter. (The dust jacket comes with a clear protective sleeve - not shown.) Overall a very nice copy.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of Our Lord. Simon and Schuster, NY, 1934.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover, stated "FIRST EDITION" on the copyright page. Book looks very nice, with a previous owner's inked name on a free front page. Covers are not soiled, bright and green, with clean gold gilt lettering and design . DustJacket is not price clipped, showing a price of $ 1.75 on the lower rear flap. Dustjacket is a little worn and has minor chipping on edges & folds, and has some minor soiling.
Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: HBDJ, green cloth gold gilt, PC,1934, ,stated 1st edition,minor rub & small chips DJ extremities, Interior nice, tight clean with slight yellowing age, NF/VG, AS-IS
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Life of our Lord. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: 128 pp, Green hardbound copy in Near Fine condition (some gilt worn the letter L of Lord), otherwise clean, tight binding
Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 128p octavo A fine copy in white boards simulating vellum, gilt title, top edge gilt. Limited edition 1/2387 numbered copies this copy #2201. Enclosed in a very good publisher's slipcase with paper label and numbered 2201.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Life of Our Lord.. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, impression of 2,387 copies, published simultaneously with first American trade edition. Small octavo. [i-iv]v-x[xi-xii], [1-2]3-128[129-132]. Original white mock-vellum over boards, stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. White endpapers, top edge gilt. Title-page printed in red and black. Red borders at top of each page of text. Unopened. Near fine. In the publisher's cloth slipcase with numbered spine-label (some edge wear and label with a small chip). Dickens wrote this account of the life of Jesus for his children in 1846-1849, but never published it in his lifetime. Although he expressed deep religious feelings in private, Dickens felt a strong dislike for proselytizing and believed that any publication of his text would be ill-advised. It was first published long after his death, in 1934. "This edition is specially designed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston, and is limited to 2,387 numbered copies, which are published simultaneously with the regular trade edition." Gimbel B198.
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles. The Life of Our Lord.. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, impression of 2,387 copies, published simultaneously with first American trade edition. Small octavo. [i-iv]v-x[xi-xii], [1-2]3-128[129-132]. Original white mock-vellum over boards, stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. White endpapers, top edge gilt. Title-page printed in red and black. Red borders at top of each page of text. Unopened. Near fine. In the publisher's cloth slipcase with numbered spine-label (some edge wear to case). Dickens wrote this account of the life of Jesus for his children in 1846-1849, but never published it in his lifetime. Although he expressed deep religious feelings in private, Dickens felt a strong dislike for proselytizing and believed that any publication of his text would be ill-advised. It was first published long after his death, in 1934. "This edition is specially designed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston, and is limited to 2,387 numbered copies, which are published simultaneously with the regular trade edition." Gimbel B198.
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, No. 1840 of 2387 copies, designed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press. Facsimile of the first page of the manuscript. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. The manuscript, written for Dickens's children and here first published in book form, was secretly kept in the Dickens family for 85 years. Podeschi, Gimbel Dickens Collection, B198 Original white imitation vellum boards, blind and gilt stamped, t.e.g., others uncut, fine in original lettered board slipcase Facsimile of the first page of the manuscript. 1 vols. Sm 8vo First edition, No. 1840 of 2387 copies, designed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: bookstore sticker inside of back cover, d/j top rear is chipped, original price of $1.75 inside of back rear flap, contents are clean
Seller: Redbrick Books, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. THE LIFE OF OUR LORD. Simon & Schuster, 1934.
Price: US$116.00 + shipping
Description: THE LIFE OF OUR LORD, S & S, 1934, lst ed., just about fine in vg slip-case. 1/2387 copies of this, the special edition. A story written between 1846 & 1849 expressly for the authors children and not published until 85 years later. Authors photo laid in.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$143.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 128 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with black and white plate: Sir Henry Dickens favorite portrait of his father, Charles Dickens. Illustrated with one plate, a facsimile of the first page of the manuscript of this book. Pages clean, v/g condition. Endpapers illlustrated with gold stars. Green cloth, maroon label with gilt title on spine. Gilt embossed design and signature on upper cover. Edges very lightly worn. Beige dust jacket with gold stars and illustrated with b/w plate on upper cover. DJ shows light wear. VG+/VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8 ½ X 11 thick card covers with cloth-covered spine, string-bound. 80 leaves, 75 numbered pages, rectos only, beginning about ten pages into the scrapbook. Newspaper clippings pasted on both rectos and versos through page 30 and rectos only thereafter through page 74. Page 75 is blank. Two 1936 clippings from the Sunday New York Herald Tribune Books section are laid in between blank leaves near the end of the scrapbook, as are pressed flowers between preceding leaves. A number of the articles are serial installments, some are book reviews. Miss Trosper (1912-1944), daughter of an Oklahoma pioneering family, attended the University of Oklahoma and appears to have been a recent graduate living in New York at the time she assembled this scrapbook. She noted on her bookplate (1934 / New York), indicating she spent at least part of the year in New York collecting articles from New York newspapers, January through May of 1934. Two from that time range were collected from the Sunday World Herald of Omaha, Nebraska. Outside that date range are two 1936 articles from the New York Herald Tribune, Sunday Books section laid in near the end of the scrapbook. The scrapbook begins with reviews of the first publication of Dickens' "The Life of Our Lord," (Simon & Schuster, 1934), written for his children during the years 1846 to 1949, followed by a few pages of headlines and images referring to the end of his marriage. After these introductory nine page, Miss Trosper started numbering the pages in the upper corners (rectos only) 1, 2, 3, etc. Page 1 contains the first installment of a series of love letters Dickens wrote to his boyhood sweetheart, Maria Beadknell, who eventually broke up with him. The serialized articles introduced by by H.H. Harper begin Sunday, April 22, 1934, (the page numbered 1 in the scrapbook) and conclude Sunday, May 6, 1934. The installments are interspersed with other articles until page 26, from where they are presented sequentially through page 71. Shelf and corner wear, moisture staining evident along the lower front-cover at the spine. Bookplate of compiler, Elizabeth Jane Trosper, affixed inside the front cover, her name written above it, as well as on the bookplate with the year (1934) and place (New York). Interior pages in very good condition and the newspaper clippings have browned, but still firmly pasted to the leaves.
Seller: Whiting Books, Fulshear, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$164.79 + shipping
Description: M. Frontisp. 128 S. OLwd. m. OU. (OU m. kl. Läsuren u. etw. bestoßen). Erste Ausgabe. Erst nach 85 Jahren wurde der Text f. Dickens Kinder,hier erstmals veröffentlicht.
Seller: Antiquariat Seidel & Richter, Fürstenberg Havel, Germany
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 128p. An ivory hardcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Pages uncut. LIMITED EDITION: no. 774 of 2,387 copies. This copy is from the library of cartoonist Milton Caniff and contains his ownership stamp.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$302.50 + shipping
Description: First limited and numbered edition, specially designed by D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press, Boston, and limited to 2387 numbered copies, which are published simultaneously with the regular first trade edition. With a facsimile manuscript reproduction, and red initials and rules throughout. 8vo, publishers white cloth, lettered on the spine in gilt, decorated in blind on the covers, t.e.g. 128, colophon, pp. An essentially pristine copy, the binding only a very slight bit toned at the spine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION DESIGNED BY D.B. UPDIKE of the last work published by Charles Dickens. This posthumous work was originally written in 1849 for his own children, Dickens had no intention of having it published. After his death the manuscript was in the possession of his sister-in-law, Georgina Hogarth. On her death it came into the possession of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, the eighth of Dickens ten children.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$321.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [Written Expressly for His Children and Never to be Published] - [His Family Did Publish This Book & It Was the Last Work of Charles Dickens Ever To Be Published] - Lady Dickens is reported to have said about this publication: This book, the last work of Charles Dickens to be published, has an individual interest and purpose that separate it completely from everything else that Dickens wrote. Quite apart from its Divine Subject, the manuscript is peculiarly personal to the novelist, and is not so much a revelation of his mind as a tribute to his heart and humanity, and also, of course, his deep devotion to Our Lord. It was written in 1849, twenty-one years before his death, expressly for his children. The simple manuscript is entirely handwritten and is in no sense a fair copy but a spontaneous draft. In order to preserve its personality, the manuscript has been followed faithfully in every detail. This accounts for the varying use of capital letters, and other peculiarities. Charles Dickens frequently told his children the Gospel Story, and made mention of the Divine Example in his letters to them. This Life of Our Lord was written without thought of publication, in order that his family might have a permanent record of their fathers thoughts. After his death, this manuscript remained in the possession of his sister-in law, Miss Georgina Hogarth. On her death in 1917 it came into the possession of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens. Charles Dickens had made it clear that he had written 'The Life of Our Lord' in a form which he thought best suited to his children, and not for publication. His son, Sir Henry, was averse to publishing the work in his own lifetime, but saw no reason why publication should be withheld after his death. Sir Henrys Will provided that, if the majority of his family were in favour of publication, 'The Life of Our Lord' should be given to the world. It was first published, in serial form, in March 1934. - Marie Dickens - April 1934 - CONDITION & DESCRIPTION: The original dustjacket houses this book. Browned round the edges. There were a lot of chips and closed edge tears along the top edge of the front panel and these have been repaired with colour like paper to the rear. The dustjacket is darker in colour on the spine and around the extremities. It is now housed in a removable plastic sleeve for future protection. - Green cloth boards, with the title of the book and the author's name on the front board in gold leaf. Fading to the colour around the extremities. Very good clean condition. - Front and rear beautifully decorated endpages are in a beautiful clean condition as are the rest of the pages. There is also a 'facsimile of the first page of the manuscript of this book in Charles Dickens' own handwriting. It's nice to see. - E N D - Thanks for looking and hope you want to buy. - Rapid dispatch [same day if possible, or as soon as].
Seller: Modern_First_Printings, EAST SUSSEX, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 2 volumes. Written for Dickens children in 1849. Not intended to be published. Family later sold the rights. This is the prepublication copy sent to the newspapers, with the publication guidelines and warnings. It is the true First American Edition. 1934. Bump to lower right corner, else Very Good condition. United Features Syndicate. Some foxing to endpaper. Gustave Dore illustrations. 2nd volume is the 1934 Simon and Schuster First Trade Edition. Bookplate on endpaper, else Very Good Plus condition. Dust Jacket has some chipping, else Very Good. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
Seller: Book Gallery // Mike Riley, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. THE LIFE OF OUR LORD. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1934.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains. Owner bookplate, name on FEP. Top corner of title page dogearred. Stated First Edition.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.