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Dickens, Charles ; Collins, Wilkie. No Thoroughfare: being The Extra Christmas Number of All The Year Round, conducted by Charles Dickens, for Christmas, 1867. Chapman & Hall, London, 1867.

Price: US$62.50 + shipping

Description: First edition. String sewn, 48 pp. in blue wrappers printed in black (as issued); outer side edges of the front wrap advertise "The Moonstone" by Collins as wll as the "Charles Dickens" edition of Mr. Dickens's Works. . Edges uncut. The wrappers are present but detached and have chipping about the edges. Interior is complete and lightly embrowned otherwise at least VG.

Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.

Dickens (Charles).. Works. Chapman and Hall, 1867-1869 and no date, 1867.

Price: US$614.34 + shipping

Description: Frontispieces, plates Eleven volumes Very nice copies; armorial bookplate of Geo. Lucas Esq. Comprises Our Mutual Friend; Dombey and Son; David Copperfield; Pickwick Papers; Old Curiosity Shop; Little Dorritt; Nicholas Nickleby; Bleak House; Sketches by Boz and Christmas Books; American Notes and Reprinted Pieces and The Uncommercial Traveller; A Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist. Green half calf, marbled boards, spine in compartments with raised bands decorated and lettered in gilt and with red leather label lettered in gilt, silk bookmarks

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

Dickens, Charles ("BOZ"). Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Chapman and Hall, London, 1867.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. "New Edition", Complete (in one volume). 8vo. Brown cloth binding, 526 pp. Published in 1867 as part of the "Charles Dickens Edition" or "Original Edition" set, Bleak House is in its original fine brown sandcloth (also called "diapercloth") binding, with a blindstamped rule around the edges. "SKETCHES BY BOZ." (short swollen rule), "CHARLES DICKENS." (all caps), "ILLUSTRATED", ORIGINAL EDITION" (all caps) appear on the spine in gilt. Original chocolate brown endpapers. 9" tall x 5.5" wide. Blank endpaper. Half title. Engraved frontispiece entitled "The Election for Beadle", protective tissue, engraved title vignette, title, blank verso. Advertisement dated London, May 15, 1839, blank verso. Contents (vii-viii), "Seven Sketches from Our Parish" title. 526 pp., blank endpaper, colored endpaper. 38 engraved plates, plus frontispiece and vignette, 40 illustrations in total. Dickens re-edited his works for this edition with the intention of developing an authoritative version of his works. When Oxford University Press decided to print a set of Dickens' works, this was the edition that was chosen. Light scuffing, bright and solid textblock, all tissue guards and illustrations present. In exceptional, near fine condition.

Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.

Charles Dickens. Complete Christmas Numbers of Both Household Words & All the Year Round. Bradbury and Evans , Chapman and Hall, London, 1867.

Price: US$953.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Household Words was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s It took its name from the line in Shakespeareâ₠s Henry V: â₠Familiar in his mouth as household wordsâ₠It was published every Saturday from March 1850 to May 1859 Each number cost a mere tuppence, thereby ensuring a wide readership The publicationâ₠s first edition carried a section covering the paperâ₠s principles, entitled â₠A Preliminary Wordâ₠:â₠We aspire to live in the Household affections, and to be numbered among the Household thoughts, of our readers We hope to be the comrade and friend of many thousands of people, of both sexes, and of all ages and conditions, on whose faces we may never look We seek to bring to innumerable homes, from the stirring world around us, the knowledge of many social wonders, good and evil, that are not calculated to render any of us less ardently persevering in ourselves, less faithful in the progress of mankind, less thankful for the privilege of living in this summerâ₠dawn of timeâ₠â₠"â₠ÅCharles Dickens Theoretically, the paper championed the cause of the poor and working classes, but in fact it addressed itself almost exclusively to the middle class Only the name of Dickens, the journalâ₠s â₠conductorâ₠, appeared; articles were unsigned (although authors of serialized novels were identified) and, in spite of its regularly featuring an â₠advertiserâ₠, the paper was unâ₠illustrated In 1859, Dickens had a dispute with Bradbury and Evans, the publisher of Household Words, which led him to realize that he was at the publisher's whim, and to decide that he would create a new weekly magazine that he would own and control entirely So, in 1859, Dickens founded All the Year Round, Both magazines produced a special Christmas number each year Nine were published with each of the two magazines, 18 in all These volumes have collected the complete run of Christmas numers for both Household Words 1850â₠1858, and All the Year Round 1859-1867 The latter has some of the original wrappers boundâ₠in, as well as an interesting little catalog There were no wrappers used for Household Words [Eckel] These are in very good condition, with some age/wear indications, including shelfwear and rubbing, with minor loss to high points and spines The bindings and text blocks are sound Text is clear and legible through mild/moderate age toning/foxing There are small stamped or written numbers to the title pages Provenance: These volumes are from a private estate library and are uniformlyâ₠bound in fancy threeâ₠quarter crimson leather with deep red marbled paper for endpapers and over the balance of the boards The materials used for the bindings date the binding work to around 1890, and a bookplate is present on the front pastedowns, belonging to Julius Franke (1868â₠1936) Franke was a prominent New York architect, whose design work included the Wurlitzer Building It seems likely that he commissioned these bindings.

Seller: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.

Dickens, Charles, Wilkie [William] Collins, and Others. THE CHRISTMAS NUMBERS FROM ALL THE YEAR ROUND (1859; 1862-1867). Chapman and Hall, London, 1867.

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Description: Octavo, seven numbers, all with their original self wrappers or blue printed wrappers, sewn, as issued. First editions. Seven of the nine issues -- those for 1859; 1862-1867 -- of ALL THE YEAR ROUND (1859-1867). The issues present include THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1859), SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE (1862), MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS (1863), MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY (1864), DOCTOR MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS (1965), MUGBY JUNCTION (1866), and NO THOROUGHFARE (1867). Dickens and Wilkie Collins were the major contributors to these issues. Others include Amelia B. Edwards and Jane Gaskell. For aficionados of the ghost story the highlight here is the first appearance in print of Dickens's classic "No. 1 Branch Line, The Signalman," which is part of the "Mugby Junction" cycle written by Dickens, Andrew Halliday, Charles Collins, Hesba Stretton and Amelia B. Edwards. Also present is "The Haunted House" (1859), a collaborative work by various authors, including Wilkie Collins and Mrs. Gaskell, combined with material by Dickens to create a supernatural story. The Dickens contributions to this work are the chapters "The Mortals in the House" and "The Ghost in Master B.'s Room." Wilkie Collins' story, "The Ghost in the Cupboard Room," is the original version of his classic non-supernatural nautical suspense story which Collins revised and published in 1873 as "Blow Up With the Brig." Bound with the original wrappers (when so issued) in calf-backed cloth, front cover detached. The advertising matter is present in the 1864 issue, including the OUR MUTUAL FRIEND slip. The issues for 1859 and 1862 are very good, 1863, 1864 and 1865 are fine, 1866 has a 40 mm horizontal closed tear in the fore-edge of the rear wrapper, but is otherwise fine, 1867 has a tiny spot on the front wrapper and a tiny hole in the rear wrapper, but is otherwise fine. A gathering of superior copies. Although large editions were printed, the Christmas numbers rarely survive in such admirable state. (#164477)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.