BOZ {CHARLES DICKENS}. THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN : A COMIC BURLETTA, IN TWO ACTS. CHAPMAN & HALL, LONDON {1871}, 1871.

Price: US$160.41 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: THE FIRST FACSIMILE EDITION FROM 1871 OF THE SCARCE 1837 EDITION, SOFT BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPS, FRONTIS, MEASURES APPROX 7.5 x 5 INCHES WITH 4 + 46 PAGES. STAINING TO FRONT COVER, SMALL TEAR TO TOP OF REAR OUTER HINGE WITH COVER HOLDING FIRM, MINOR LOSS TO PAPER AT TOP OF SPINE, AN UNREAD COPY WITH A NUMBER OF PAGES STILL UNCUT [EASY FIX WITH A SHARP BLADE]. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.

Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom

Boz [ Dickens, Charles ]. The Strange Gentleman; A Comic Burletta, in two acts, by "Boz'.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1871.

Price: US$220.41 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Facsimile reprint of the rare 1837 edition, 8vo, [4], 46 pp. Finely bound in contemporary half calf with richly decorated spine, some light rubbing to the extremities of the binding, but near fine overall.

Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. By "Boz". The STRANGE GENTLEMAN. A Comic Burletta, in Two Acts. First Performed at the St. James's Theatre, on Thursday, September 29, 1836. Chapman & Hall, London, 1871.

Price: US$247.50 + shipping

Description: 46, [2 (blank)] pp. Unopened. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5" One of the scarcest Dickens' titles in the original printing. Age-toning to paper. Wear to spine paper, with loss. 3/4" vertical tear to front wrapper lower edge. An About VG copy. 1st printing of the Facsimile edition (See Eckel, p 154).

Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

DICKENS, Charles.. The Strange Gentleman; a Comic Burletta, in two acts. By "Boz". First performed at the St. James's Theatre on Thursday, September 29, 1836.. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 [i.e. 1871], 1871.

Price: US$320.82 + shipping

Description: Facsimile of the 1837 first edition of the first of Dickens's plays to be performed, in its original "the scarcest and costliest of all Dickens pamphlets" (Eckel). Eckel p. 154 (mentioning this facsimile edition). Octavo (190 x 127 mm). Early 20th-century brown morocco by Tout, spine lettered in gilt, marbled sides and endpapers, gilt edges. Frontispiece drawn and engraved by Pailthorpe (present in duplicate in this copy, one hand-coloured). Lightly rubbed. A very good copy.

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

Dickens, Charles. The Strange Gentleman; A Comic Burletta, in two acts, by "Boz'. First performed at the St. James Theatre, on Thursday, September 29, 1836; first published 1837. Chapman & Hall, London, 1871.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: Facsimile reprint. [4], 46 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Eckel, pg 154 Printed wrappers, fine uncut and unopened. In red cloth box

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.