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Price: US$70.51 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: DICKENS, Charles: The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs Gamp (1858). First Edition: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. Bound (second in volume) with: MAUREL, Jules: The Duke of Wellington; His Character, His Actions and His Writings. With an Introduction by Lord Ellesmere (1853). Third Edition, Enlarged: John Murray, 1853 & WALLACE, Robert: The History of the Steam-Engine, from the Second Century Before the Christian Era to the Time of the Great Exhibition (1852). First Edition: John Cassell, 1852. Three volumes bound as one in late C19th red leather over marbled boards; raised bands and gilt lettering on spine, marbled endpapers. Leatherwork a little scuffed, boards grazed, undated inscription on verso of front free endpaper. good.Dickens's title -- a short miscellany, published for the Christmas market -- was originally issued in green paper wrappers. The three titles in this volume seem curiously unconnected with each other.
Seller: Richard Beaton, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition thus, published as part of the series of ?Cheap and Uniform Editions of Mr. Dickens?s Christmas Books? by Bradbury & Evans. Sixteenmo. 114, [1, ads], [1, blank] pp. Original printed green wrappers bound in at rear. Full crushed green morocco by Riviere with triple gilt rule borders, gilt spine and turns-ins, burgundy endpapers. Front joint split but still holding. A clean and attractive copy.?Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn? was a Christmas story written for a special issue of Dickens?s Household Words, and ?Mrs. Gamp? is an excerpt from Martin Chuzzlewit. Gimbel D31.
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$253.83 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Final ad. leaf. Orig. green printed wrappers; sl. mottling to wrappers, but overall v.g. Gimbel D31. The 'Reading edition'.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First "reading" edition. Small octavo. 114,(1)pp. Original green wrappers, printed in black. Wrappers quite soiled, some erosion to the extremities of the spine, a fair only copy. An edition of these works prepared for bookstores and on the occasions of Dickens's public readings.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$288.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 114, [2, Ads] Pp. 6 25/32" Tall. Full Green Crushed Morocco With Gilt Edge Ruling And Lettering With Multiple Ruled Compartments, All Compartments Ornately Gilt, Ornate Gilt Designs On Dentelles, Finely Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, Bound By Riviere With Their Stamp On Inside Of Front Cover. Original Green Wrappers Bound In At Rear. Covers And Spine Bright, Clean, Unfaded, No Staining, Light Wear At Corners, But Front Board Neatly Detached (Can Be Repaired With New Cords). 2" X 1 1/2" White Paper On Front Pastedown, Remains Of Old Bookplate, With No Damage To Marbled Endpapers.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition thus. 6 1/2" x 4 1/8". Original green wrappers stamped in black with one shilling price on front cover (spine chipped; joints cracking). Old bookseller blind stamp in back cover and small stain. Enclosed in a green 1/2 morocco slipcase. Good. 114 pages + 1 page ads. Gimbel D 31. Ann Hobson's copy with her contemporary signature on front cover.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition thus. 114, [2, ads] pp. 12mo. Gimbel D31 Original printed green wrappers, with minor edgewear, spine reinforced,else fine. In quarter morocco slipcase with tape repairs
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The first reading edition of these three tales by Charles Dickens, charming festive tales by the eminent author. The first "reading edition" of this work, the rarest of Dickens's five reading editions.Containing three charming festive tales by Charles Dickens.'Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn' had previously appeared in Dickens's 'Household Works', while 'Mrs. Gamp' is an excerpt from 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.The 'reading editions', edited by Dickens and sold in uniform green wrappers, were sold at bookshops and in large numbers at Dickens' popular public readings, with with he toured Britain and the States.With one page of publisher's advertisement to the rear.Collated, lacking the title page. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, wraps are detached but present. Edge wear to the wraps, with larger chips to the extremities of the front wrap, and a smaller chip to the head of the rear wrap. Large tide mark to the head of the rear wrap. A few smaller marks to the wraps. Internally, binding is weak, gatherings B and C are detached, other gatherings may detach from one another even with careful handling, pages 111 to the end are detached but present. Pages are lightly age-toned with a few spots. Ink inscription to the head of page 3. Fair
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$497.66 + shipping
Description: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. 16mo. Orig. printed wrappers (rebacked). Preserved in green cloth folding case with ties. 1st editions. NOTE: Dickens undertook private readings and accordingly published abridged texts to correspond with these popular reading tours. First read in London on 10 June 1858, The Story of Little Dombey, proved so popular that it remained in his repertoire throughout his reading career.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Price: US$506.38 + shipping
Description: The first reading edition of Charles Dickens's christmas tale, bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. The first "reading edition" of this work, the rarest of Dickens's five reading editions.'Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn' had previously appeared in Dickens's 'Household Works', while 'Mrs. Gamp' is an excerpt from 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.The 'reading editions', edited by Dickens and sold in uniform green wrappers, were sold at bookshops and in large numbers at Dickens' popular public readings.With a publisher's advertisement to the rear.A charming collection of festive tales from Charles Dickens. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Significant losses of paper to back strip from a spill burn. Light discolouration to perimeters of front wrap. Scorch mark to head of rear wrap, with fairly significant loss. Faint pencil inscriptions to verso of front wrap. Internally, binding slightly tender. Pages clean and bright, but with scorch mark visible from head of page 89 to head of final leaf. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$897.39 + shipping
Description: First reading edition, the rarest of the five reading editions. The reading editions, edited by Dickens and sold in uniform green wrappers, were sold at bookshops and in large numbers at Dickens' public readings."The scarcity of these books have caused fairly high prices to prevail." (Eckel). With the bookplate to the inner box of Oliver Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher (1881-1963), son of the governor of Windsor Castle. Eckel p. 215; Gimbel D31. Octavo. Original green wrappers, printed in black. Housed in a custom brown solander box. Spine a little chipped, slight soiling to wrappers. A very good copy in the original wrappers.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Superb full green crushed morocco with gilt edge ruling and lettering with multiple ruled compatments, more ornate gilt designs on dentelles by Zaehnsdorf [signed, "Bound by Zaehnsdorf 1896" in publisher's stamped letters, bottom verso of front endsheet]. Original bright green printed wrappers bound in place, i.e. entire book bound together as a unit. A superb early Zaehnsdorf binding in near fine condition; contents near fine.
Seller: Nudelman Rare Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.