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Dickens, Charles; With Original Illustrations. THE PICKWICK PAPERS (Two Volumes Complete). Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: CHARLES DICKENS’S WORKS (Illustrated) LIBRARY EDITION Vol. I THE PICKWICK PAPERS (in Two Volumes Complete), by Charles Dickens; With ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS- 1868- Ticknor and Fields, Boston- ORIGINAL 1868 EDITION (with same 1868 date on title page)- These are NOT an ex-library books and they are NOT reprint editions- BINDINGS are ORIGINAL decorative blind-stamped dark green cloth HARDCOVERS with titles in GOLD on spine (ALL GOLD is present and with LUSTER); bindings and texts are in the same generally neat, clean and solid, VG with NO extraneous writings (only neat, previous owner VINTAGE BOOKPLATE front free page). Just light wear and normal ‘age-coloration’. Overall, nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPIES of VOLUME I (of the 30 volume ‘Library Edition’) the UNCOMMON ‘Ticknor and Fields’ 1868 ’LIBRARY EDITION’ of CHARLES DICKENS’S WORKS (includes a second, FACSIMILE ‘London: Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly’ TITLE PAGE with ILLUSTRATED FRONTISPIECE) which includes the 1867 CHARLES DICKENS EXPOSITORY on the COPYRIGHT PAGE: ‘By a SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT made with ME and my ENGLISH PUBLISHERS, (partners with me in the copyright of my works,) Messrs. TICKNOR and FIELDS, of BOSTON, have become the ONLY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES in AMERICA of the WHOLE SERIES of my books CHARLES DICKENS; London, April, 1867’ VOLUME I, 408 pages VOLUME II, 419 pages includes ALL ILLUSTRATIONS with tissue guarded FRONTISPIECES with DARK BROWN END-PAPERS The CROWDS that greeted CHARLES DICKENS in BOSTON on Nov. 19, 1867 suggested the city was ready for a message of CHRISTMAS HOPE and CHEER. His American publishers, WILLIAM TICKNOR and JAMES FIELDS, persuaded him to return for a two-year READING TOUR of a ‘CHRISTMAS CAROL’ and other stories CHARLES DICKENS made BOSTON his home away from home during his stay in America ’Mr. DICKENS always regarded BOSTON as his AMERICAN HOME,’ wrote George Dolby, his agent. ‘All his LITERARY FRIENDS lived there ’ Publisher, JAMES FIELDS, greeted the author and whisked him in a carriage to the PARKER HOUSE, where a crowd gave him an ovation. CURIOSITY SEEKERS peeked at him through the half-open dining room door as he ate ’ VOLUME I, 408 pages VOLUME II, 419 pages includes ALL ILLUSTRATIONS with tissue guarded FRONTISPIECES with DARK BROWN END-PAPERS BK18122129

Seller: The Maine Bookhouse, Oxford, ME, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Readings of Mr. Charles Dickens, as Condensed by Himself: The Story of Little Dombey and The Trial from Pickwick. Ticknor and Fields, 1868.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Blue wraps, chipped with loss on edges and spine. Name on top edge, rubbed spot. Corner creased, toned on edges. Sewn binding. Little Dombey is 45 pages, The Trial from Pickwick is 23. Frontis before each section.

Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.

Editors of Ticknor & Fields; Charles Reade; Dion Boucicault; Norman MacLeod; James Hannay; Jean Ingelow. Every Saturday / Volume V, No.105, January 4, 1868 / original Wraps. Foul Play; Billy Buttons; Family Ghosts; An Old Wife's Song. Ticknor & Fields, Boston, 1868.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Boston:Ticknor & Fields, 1868. The January 4, 1868 issue (Vol. V, No. 105) of Every Saturday. 10 1/2" x 7", newsprint wraps, 32 pp. + 8 pp ads. Very Good; moderate edge wear (see scans), standard modest amount of age toning. Sturdy and supple. An extraordinarily scarce original wraps copy of Every Saturday, a literary journal which is found, when it is found, almost always as six-monthly hardbound aggregations. Every Saturday was the weekly offering of Fields & Osgood after Ticknor & Fields; each of which offered, in the publisher's words, "choice reading selected from current foreign literature" - i.e., usually reprints from similar overseas journals, generally English ones, but often as well from advance sheets, and even the reprints were often pre-publication of the novel from which they were taken. This issue includes the typical variety of topics; please see cover-listed contents on scan. Most Every Saturday entries were reprinted from foreign journals, and occasionally became the first American appearance of works of some famous (or to-become-famous) authors, such as Jules Verne and Charles Dickens. Herein, pre-publication, are the first two chapters of "Foul Play", by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault; also pre-publication, the first three chapters of Norman MacLeod's "Billy Buttons"; James Hannay's "Family Ghost"; Jean Ingelow's poem, "An Old Wife's Song"; and a number of other literary diversions (see scanned image of the contents), as well as eight pages of quaint ads, four at the beginning and four at the end. A small piece of publishing history. L-ES1

Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. The Readings of Mr. Charles Dickens as condensed by himself Nicholas Nickleby and Boots At the Holly-Tree Inn. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1868.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Scarce copy. Good. Good / original printed paper covers lightly aged at edges / edgewear / taped spine edge. text clean / intact.

Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens. The Readings of Mr. Charles Dickens Nicholas Nickleby and Mr. Bob Sawyer's Party. Ticknor and Fields, 1868.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First softcover edition. A very good copy with general light wear . See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #26

Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles.. The Readings of Mr. Charles Dickens, As Condensed by Himself. A Christmas Carol and The Trial From Pickwick. Illustrated Copywright Edition.. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868, 1868.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Description: First edition, printed with a note from the author that this is "the only correct and authorized edition of my readings". It was issued in an 11-part series to accompany Dickens's last tour of the US, during which his reading of A Christmas Carol, usually with an extract from The Pickwick Papers, "held pride of place" (Fitzsimons, p. 124). The condensed version of A Christmas Carol is the author's most theatrical adaptation of his work, reflecting the particularly dramatic nature of his performances to the American audiences. Each pamphlet in the series included two illustrations from Sol Eytinge, "he whom Charles Dickens declared to have made the best illustrations for his novels" (Winter, p. 66). Wilkins pp. 32-3. Not in Smith. Raymund Fitzsimons, The Charles Dickens: An Account of His Public Readings, 1858-1870, 1970. William Winter, Old Friends, 1971. Octavo. Original blue paper wrappers, lettered in black. Housed in a custom blue cloth chemise and slipcase. With 2 wood-engraved frontispieces by Sol Eytinge. Ownership inscription dated November 1867 to front cover. Partial loss to spine and one corner, wrappers lightly marked, contents clean: a very good copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

(du Maurier, George). Reade, Charles; Boucicault, Dion.. FOUL PLAY" First American Edition, First Issue of the novel by Charles Reade as serialized in "EVERY SATURDAY: A Journal of Choice Reading Selected from Foreign Current Literature". Volume 5, consisting of 26 issues from January 4 through June 27, 1868. [COMPLETE with 4 George du Maurier plates].. Boston, MA: Ticknor & Fields, 1868., 1868.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: - Large octavo, 10-3/4 inches high by 7 inches wide. Softcovers, twenty-six issues each bound in the original pictorial buff wraps, each illustrated with a vignette of a globe beneath the banner title held by 2 cherubs and with an illustration of an "Atlantic and Pacific R.R. Co.", train labeled "For Home & Travel" below. The covers are creased and several are stained with some chipping to the edges of the wrappers. The wrappers on 5 issues are detached. Each issue has a small subscriber's label on the front wrap. Approximately 40 pages per issue, including the covers and pictorial ads and a total of 4 plates by George du Maurier. Each of the issues has light to moderate dampstaining to approximately the top 1/3 of the pages. The overlapping edges of many pages are slightly chipped and there are ink stains on pages 303-304. A complete run of the issues which contained the full text of Charles Reade's novel. RARE in serial form. The contents are as follows: Volume 5, No. 105. Consisting of pages (1-4), 1-32, & (5-8) containing the text to "Foul Play" Part 1; Volume 5, No. 106. Pages (1-4), 33-64, & (5-8). The wrappers are detached. "Foul Play" Part 2; Volume 5, No. 107. (1-4), 65-96, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 3; Volume 5, No. 108. (1-4), 97-128, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 4; Volume 5, No. 109. (1-4), 129-160, (5-8) pages. The wrappers are detached, "Foul Play" Part 5. Also in this issue: Matthew Arnold: "Anarchy and Authority", Richard A. Proctor: "Colored Suns", Algernon Charles Swinburne "Ave Atque Vale: In Memory of Charles Baudelaire" and Tennyson "On a Spiteful Letter". Volume 5, No. 110. (1-4), 161-192, (5-8) pages. This issue does not publish a chapter of "Foul Play". However, laid into this issue is du Maurier's plate "The Arrest". The edges of the plate are chipped with staining in the margins. Volume 5, No. 111. (1-4), 193-224, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 6. Also in this issue: Tennyson "Wages" from Advance Sheets of Macmillan's Magazine. Volume 5, No. 112. (1-4), 225-256, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 7. Laid into this issue is the du Maurier plate "On Shipboard". The right half of the plate is dampstained. Also in this issue: Fanny Kemble "Lady Macbeth" from Advance Sheets, Robert Buchanan "A London Lyric" from Advance Sheets and Tennyson "1865-1866" from Advance Sheets. Volume 5, No. 113. (1-4), 257-288, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 8. Also in this issue: Matthew Arnold "Anarchy and Authority" (Second Paper) and Arminius Vambery "Days and Nights in Persia". Volume 5, No. 114. (1-4), 289-320, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 9; Volume 5, No. 115. (1-4), 321-352, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 10. Also in this issue: "Some Curious Facts About Playing-Cards" translated from the French. Volume 5, No. 116. (1-4), 353-384, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 11. Laid into this issue is the du Maurier plate "On Board the Cutter". There is light dampstaining to the plate. Volume 5, No. 117. (1-4), 385-416, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 12. There is a long tear to the front wrapper, without loss, and the wrappers are detached. Volume 5, No. 118. (1-4), 417-448, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 13. Also in this issue is "Diary in Libby Prison" by Lieutenant-Colonel Szabad. Volume 5, No. 119. (1-4), 449-480, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 14. Also in this issue "A Liberal Education and Where to Find It" by Professor Huxley. Volume 5, No. 120. (1-4), 481-512, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 15. There is a textual illustration of stones, the outline of which "resembled a great fish wanting the tail". Also in this issue: "Billiards and Billiard Players" from Advance Sheets of London Society and "Memorial Literature of the American War" by G.O. Trevelyan from Advance Sheets of Macmillan's Magazine. Volume 5, No. 121. (1-4), 513-544, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 16. The wrappers are detached. Volume 5, No. 122. (1-4), 545-576, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 17. There is a half-page textual diagram, a circle illustrating a "Round Robin". Also in this issue: Tennyson "Lucretius" from Advance Sheets. Volume 5, No. 123. (1-4), 577-608, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 18. There is a textual diagram featuring 2 arrows indicating courses of a ship. Volume 5, No. 124. (1-4), 609-640, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 19. Also in this issue: Christina G. Rossetti "Two Poems" and "A Mahomedan Version of Bible History". Volume 5, No. 125. (1-4), 641-672, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 20. Also in this issue: James Greenwood "The Soul Trap". Volume 5, No. 126. (1-4), 673-704, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 21. Laid into this issue is the du Maurier plate "Helen Rolleston and Arthur Wardlaw". The plate has a corner crease. Volume 5, No. 127. (1-4), 705-736, (5-8) pages; "Foul Play" Part 22. Also in this issue George Eliot "Lyrics from 'The Spanish Gypsy'". Volume 5, No. 128. (1-4), 737-768, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Part 23. Volume 5, No. 129. (1-4), 769-800, (5-8) pages, "Foul Play" Concluded. Also in this issue "The White Camellia: A London Story". Volume 5, No. 130. (1-4), 801-828, (5-8) pages. The wrappers are detached. Bound into this issue is the overall title page and the table of contents for Volume 5, January-June, 1868. Also in this issue is Matthew Arnold "Anarchy and Authority" (Third Paper) and Charles Dickens "A Debt of Honor" from All the Year Round. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE as serialized in "Every Saturday". FOUL PLAY is a novel concerned with the issue of unseaworthy ships. In this instance, these were ships that were overloaded and heavily insured by their owners, many of whom were members of Parliament. The novel and the stage play that derived from it aspired to create public support for safety measures such as those proposed by Samuel Plimsoll in the 1870's. Public pressure eventually swayed Parliament to pass The Merchant Shipping Act of 1876. The novelist and dramatist Charles Reade (1814-1884) is best known for his novel "The Cloister and the Hearth". Dion Boucicault (1820-1890) was a

Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles. READINGS OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS: As Condensed by Himself/The Diamond Edition of the Complete Works of Charles Dickens. Ticknor and Fields, Boston, MA, 1868.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Original dark green cloth covers w/ brown coated endpapers. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit darkened. Early owner's signature and date of March 29, 1868, on front endpaper. The book has a primary title page w/ each story having its own pagination and separate title pages (with the exception of the last story, Mrs. Gamp, which does not have a title page). Binding has been expertly restored to correct weakness in spine and wear to spine tips. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Collection of ten stories condensed by Dickens. These "Readings" were performed by Dickens live on stage during his second American tour in 1867-1868, his last visit to America.

Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.