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Dickens, Charles. The Uncommercial Traveller. Chapman and Hall, Picadilly, London, 1861.
Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Preface states that the series is for the time complete; but it is the Uncommercial Traveller's intention 'to take to the road again before another winter sets in.' It is dated: December, 1860. There is a list of seventeen stories (see image of contents page). Faded purple cloth boards with tooled patterning. At the head of spine (brown cloth, also faded) are the book's titles within a gilt patterned design. Each of the board's corners is bent/turning inwards. Some of the cloth along the spine is scuffed and/or torn; especially noticeable at the head (image). Stained (and uncut) top edge. The binding is tight for a book of this vintage. Internally, the pages are mildly to moderately tanned with occasional spotting; more evident on the preliminary and final ones. The front pastedown has an ink signature. Embossed seller's stamp on ffep (W.H. Smith & Son, 190, Strand, London). pp. 264/16mo. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request an additional payment to cover any extra shipping/postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2316.
Seller: Amnesty Bookshop - Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Uncommercial Traveller. Chapman and Hall, London, 1861.
Price: US$350.01 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 264 p. Original publisher's purple/lavender decoratively blind stamped cloth over boards with gilt to spine, now faded. General fading to covers. Old bookplate from personal library to inside front cover. Three name stamps to ffep and last black page. Signature and stamp of "Castle Court House Trowbridge" to half title page. Slight stress to rear inner hinge though binding holding well. Covers overall somewhat discoloured. Mildly cocked. Overall at not unattractive exemplar of the scarce second edition of Dicken's tale. The 17 papers/sketches in the book first appeared in All The Year Round in 1860. This second edition, lacking the 32 p. of publisher's ads of the first edition is oddly scarce with no copies listed on-line at the time of listing.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
DICKENS, Charles.. The Uncommercial Traveller. 2nd edn.. Chapman & Hall. 1861, 1861.
Price: US$354.27 + shipping
Description: Half title. Orig. mauve wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind; spine faded, a little dulled with marks on back board, sm. split at head of leading hinge. Pencil signature 'Sam Barker 61' on half title. A good sound copy.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles.. The Uncommercial Traveller. 2nd edn.. Chapman & Hall. 1861, 1861.
Price: US$425.13 + shipping
Description: Half title. Orig. mauve wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine with lettering reversed out of gilt; spine faded, two small marks on following board. Faint ownership inscription, 1861, on leading f.e.p. A good-plus copy as originally issued. First published in time for Christmas in December 1860, The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of travel essays which first appeared in All the Year Round, between January and October 1860. This second edition is bound identically to the first. Additional essays were added to subsequent editions.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
DICKENS, CHARLES. THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Chapman & Hall, London, 1861.
Price: US$452.44 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: pp: [x][1]2-264. FIRST EDITION. Full brown calf, raised bands and elaborate decoration on spine, marbled endpapers, no foxing to the text. No illustrations or ads. Rebound with the original spine laid down. The book consists of a collection of the first series of articles taken from 'All The Year Round'. It includes his introduction to the work. And the remainder comprise the original seventeen articles first appearing in 'All The Year Round' between January and October, 1860. The top board is detached.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Dickens, Charles. The Uncommercial Traveller. Chapman and Hall, [1860], 1861.
Price: US$1159.44 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Uncommercial Traveller, first edition, half-title, 32pp. of advertisements at the end dated December 1860, original purple cloth decorated in blind, gilt lettering to spine, spine sunned, contemporary bookplate to pastedown. [Smith II: 11; Eckel, p.132; Gimbel A145], Chapman and Hall, 1861
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. The Uncommercial Traveller.. Chapman and Hall, London, 1861.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form of Dickens' classic collection of personal vignettes. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Tout, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, all edges gilt. In near fine condition, bookplate to the pastedown. An attractive example. The literary sketches contained in The Uncommercial Traveller first appeared in serial form in Dickens' journal All the Year Round. The persona of the 'uncommerical traveller' echoed Dickens' personal sentiments as a writer who liked to travel, not only as a tourist, but also to research and report what he found visiting Europe, American, and cities and towns throughout Great Britain. Dickens did not seem content to rest late in his career when he had attained wealth and comfort and continued travelling locally, walking the streets of London in the mould of the flâneur, a "gentleman stroller of city streets". He often suffered from insomnia and his night-time wanderings gave him an insight into some of the hidden aspects of Victorian London, details of which he also incorporated into his novels.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Uncommercial Traveller. Chapman & Hall, London, 1861.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 264, [32] pp. Lavender cloth, gilt, blind stamped, spine sunned, good. (12019).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. The Uncommercial Traveller. Chapman and Hall, London, 1861.
Price: US$2351.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Chapman & Hall, London:, 1861. Contains 17 sketches of Dickens', which first appeared in his weekly periodical, All The Year Round. Reasonable extremity wear, with lower tips showing slight abrasion. Withal, a reasonable copy. 19th C. deep maroon full morocco binding by Reviere, with elaborate gilt decorated spine.
Seller: Morshead Books, Beaumaris, VIC, Australia
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens. First printing of the book edition in original publishers binding. Publisher: Chapman and Hall, London, 1861 (Received December 1860). 5 ½ x 7 ¾ inches. 264 pages with 32 page catalog of ads dated December 1860 in the rear. Publisher's purple cloth, decoratively blind-stamped boards, gilt-stamped spine, pale yellow endpapers. Binding faded, now appearing brown but in remarkably fine condition (several spot stains to front and back. Contents clean and bright. All internal flaws present per Smith bibliography. It is unusual to find all points present and in the scarce original cloth binding. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-123. Price: $2,500. Language: eng
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.