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. Bleak House Vol. 1 (Works of Charles Dickens Volum. Chapman and Hall, 1890.
Price: US$7.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume 1 only. 1897 Gadshill Edition. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
. Bleak House Vol. 1 (Works of Charles Dickens Volum. Chapman and Hall, 1890.
Price: US$7.22 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: B002QW1LMG Wear to exterior, interior, spine. Mostly clean text. Well used but fully functional and legible.
Seller: Blindpig Books, salt lake city, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$26.57 + shipping
Description: 2 Bände Original Leinen, 8°, 477/487 Seiten. The cenetary Edition of The Work of Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Phiz. Eintrag auf Vorsatz, Einbände berieben, leicht fleckig, angestaubt und bestossen.
Seller: Antiquariat Hans Hammerstein OHG, München, Germany
Price: US$96.57 + shipping
Description: [Literature] LEATHER BINDING, library edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; xiv; 475; [1], blank. Tan half calf with marbled paper over boards. Raised bands with gilt embellishment to spine, as well as gilt titles to blue and red labels. Speckled edges. Illustrative frontispiece, black and white illustrated plates by George Cruikshank. Some ink transference from plates, warping to boards, wear to edges, some leather chipped to spine and corners. Very good. 'Sketches by Boz' is a collection of short writings by Charles Dickens. These pieces were originally published in newspapers and periodicals between 1833-1836. This one volume edition of these works is a library edition, elegantly bound with decorative marbled boards.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.89 + shipping
Description: A smart illustrated edition of Dickens' early sketches of London, a charming work illustrated by George Cruikshank. A reprint of 'Sketches By Boz'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title,Undated, dated from the date that Chapman and Hall set up quarters in Henrietta Street.'Sketches By Boz' is a selection of short pieces Dickens published in various newspapers and periodicals between 1833 and 1836.The sketches comprise of fifty-six entertaining looks at London scenes and people, divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales".This was one of Dickens' early works, published before any of his major novels.Illustrated by George Cruikshank. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. A few small marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes. 8vos, 8.25 x 5.75", quarter blue morocco leather binding with marbled boards and new endpapers added, gilt spine lettering, spines in six compartments, 436 pp and 438 pp, illustrated. Library edition of the works of Charles Dickens. Antique edition in a wonderful fine binding. In very good condition wtih mild wear and sunning to leather, spotting to spine of volume 2.
Seller: Caroliniana, Aiken, SC, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. Dickens works leather christmas books Two cities etc.. Chapman & Hall, 1890.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The three books on the left have been strenghtened with a black tape inside. All the books has writing on front-free endpage. And a small stitched marking. Binding is good! Holds well!
Seller: Great and rare books, Uppsala, UPPLA, Sweden
Price: US$257.53 + shipping
Description: A very attractively bound late-Victorian edition of this pleasingly illustrated Dickens classic. First published from 1846 to 1848, the novel is "now recognized as one of the greatest of all his works. It is also the first one to have an explicitly contemporary setting" (ODNB). Octavo (212 x 134 mm). Contemporary half calf for James Bell of Nottingham, twin green spine labels, compartments richly decorated in gilt, dark green cloth sides, sides and corners ruled with single gilt fillet and blind dotted roll, marbled endpapers and edges. Etched frontispiece and vignette title page, and 38 plates, by H. K. Browne. Contemporary ownership inscription of one George Sparrow on front free endpaper. Binding bright with a little rubbing and occasional minor wear, folds to lower outer corners of pp. 75-87, contents clean. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. Works of Charles Dickens. Chapman and Hall, W. R. Howell & Co., London, 1890.
Price: US$283.28 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A lovely five volume set of the works of Charles Dickens, illustrated throughout by H. K. Browne. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an extremely celebrated Victorian writer known for his works which document the social conditions of the time, and his works are still immensely popular today. 'Martin Chuzzlewit' is a picaresque novel, portraying the Chuzzlewit family and their selfishness satirically. 'Dombey and Son' is a novel following Paul Dombey, a wealthy shipping company owner, who is distressed by his lack of a male heir and rejects his daughter; this carries Dickensian themes of child cruelty, deceit and social classes. 'Bleak House' tells the tale of Esther Summerson, with a legal case at its centre. 'Nicholas Nickleby' is a novel centring on the eponymous character who must care for his family after the death of his father.These five volumes comprise Martin Chuzzlewit, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, Pickwick Papers and Bleak House.Profusely illustrated by H. K. Browne. In a half straight grain morocco binding. Externally a trifle rubbed in particular to extremities and the head and tails of all volumes, with a little loss to the leather. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean bar the occasional spot. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
DICKENS, CHARLES. WORKS. 17 TITLES BOUND AS 8.. Chapman & Hall, London, 1890.
Price: US$289.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 volume set. containing 17 titles - The Adventures of Oliver Twist / Tale of Two Cities / The Life of Nicholas Nickleby / Great Expectations / Hard Times / Uncommercial Traveller / Christmas Books/ Barnaby Rudge/ Our mutual friend / The Old Curiosity Shop / Sketches by Boz / Dombey and Son / David Copperfield / Bleak House / Little Dorrit / Pickwick papers/ Martin Chuzzlewit. Published by Chapman & Hall - similar to the Household Edition, but not stated as this. No date of publication given, but c1890. Copiously illustrated by F Barnard, J Mahoney, C Green and A Fraser, with the number of illustrations stated on the title page of each volume. Uniformly bound in half calf, spines with raised bands & gilt lettering and decoration, all edges sprinkled, all the volumes are very good and sound. Obviously this is a heavy set - please enquire for postage costs.
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$289.72 + shipping
Description: A very attractively bound late-Victorian edition of this pleasingly illustrated Dickens classic, first published from 1852 to 1853. "The satire of Bleak House focuses on the obfuscations and delays of the court of chancery which result in widespread human misery and suffering, but the novel's complicated plot and centripetal organization bring into the picture a great cross-section of contemporary English society. Writing at the height of his powers, Dickens adopts a virtuoso form of double narration, and the novel has since the middle of the twentieth century been widely acclaimed as his greatest work" (ODNB). Octavo (212 x 134 mm). Contemporary half calf for James Bell of Nottingham, twin green spine labels, compartments richly decorated in gilt, dark green cloth sides, sides and corners ruled with single gilt fillet and blind dotted roll, marbled endpapers and edges. Etched frontispiece and vignette title page, with tissue guard, and 38 plates, by H. K. Browne. Contemporary ownership inscription of one George Sparrow on front free endpaper. Binding bright with couple of bumps and tiny spots of wear, superficial splits to front inner hinge, contents firm and clean. A very good copy indeed.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$373.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The original six divisions of Archer's charmingly illustrated biographies Originally supplied to subscribers only. "Written in a spirited and attractive style.The characters which Charles Dickens has created are living, moving personalities in the minds and imaginations of the large majority of English men and women. To portray these characters in a manner which shall satisfy the aspirations of the countless multitudes of the author's admirers is a success of which any artist may feel justly proud." With six of the original eighteen photogravures, described as "absolutely unrivalled as masterpieces of their particular kind." As well as numerous wood-cut vignettes. Illustrated by Victorian illustrator, caricaturist, genre painter, and well known Dickens' illustrator, Frederick (Fred) Barnard. Barnard undertook an enormous task when he was commissioned in 1871 by Chapman and Hall to illustrate nine volumes of the Household Edition of Dickens's works. Included would be Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Sketches by Boz, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, Dombey and Son and Martin Chuzzlewit. He followed in the footsteps of the respected Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") who had worked with Dickens himself. For his prodigious output of some 450 illustrations over an eight-year period, Barnard could lay just claim to the title of "The Charles Dickens among black-and-white artists". Frederick Barnard brought an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Dickens novels to bear on his work. A young man when he started on his mammoth task, Barnard decided that he would concentrate on scenes other than those that Browne and Dickens had chosen to portray. Whereas 'Phiz' was inclined to create dramatic group scenes for his prints, Barnard was more interested in showing the relationships between pairs of characters. While Phiz had to produce illustrations for the monthly serials as Dickens wrote them, Barnard had the advantage of being able to read the complete work repeatedly before starting on his drawings. At the same time Barnard had to seamlessly blend the characters as visualised by 'Phiz' with his own style, not daring to deviate too much from their established appearance. Written and edited by Thomas Archer. Author of "Fifty Years of Social and Political Progress", "Decisive Events in History", "Vanishing London", and "Pictures, Royal Portraits". In original quarter cloth bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, some light marks to the boards and wear to the extremities. Division one has some heavier sunning to the boards. Internally, all divisions are generally firmly bound, although lacking twelve of the original plates. Some light scattered spotting and handling marks, although generally bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$676.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The complete set of Archer's charmingly illustrated biography of Charles Dickens, containing facts and anecdotes about the author. Written and edited by Thomas Archer. Author of "Fifty Years of Social and Political Progress", "Decisive Events in History", "Vanishing London", and "Pictures, Royal Portraits". Complete in six divisions. Originally supplied to subscribers only. Collated complete with a total of eighteen photogravures, and numerous wood-cut vignettes. Illustrated by Victorian illustrator, caricaturist, genre painter, and well known Dickens' illustrator, Frederick (Fred) Barnard. Barnard was commissioned in 1871 by Chapman and Hall to illustrate nine volumes of the Household Edition of Dickens's works, including 'Bleak House', 'A Tale of Two Cities', 'Sketches by Boz', 'Nicholas Nickleby', 'Barnaby Rudge', 'Dombey and Son' and 'Martin Chuzzlewit'. He followed in the footsteps of the respected Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") who had worked with Dickens himself. Barnard decided that he would concentrate on scenes other than those that Browne and Dickens had chosen to portray. Whereas 'Phiz' was inclined to create dramatic group scenes for his prints, Barnard was more interested in showing the relationships between pairs of characters. While Phiz had to produce illustrations for the monthly serials as Dickens wrote them, Barnard had the advantage of being able to read the complete work repeatedly before starting on his drawings. At the same time Barnard had to seamlessly blend the characters as visualised by 'Phiz' with his own style, not daring to deviate too much from their established appearance. It was this dangerous, but ultimately successful balancing act that earned Barnard many admirers, and established him as a notable illustrator and artist. In original quarter cloth bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, sound, with some light marks to the boards. Division one has some heavier sunning to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the occasional light scattered spotting and handling marks. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. The Works of Charles Dickens. Chapman and Hall, London, 1890.
Price: US$708.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifteen uniformly bound volumes of the Charles Dickens edition of his works, featuring illustrations throughout, A collection of the works of Charles Dickens in fifteen uniform volumes. The Charles Dickens edition by Chapman and Hall, dated from Jisc. In uniform half calf bindings over marbled boards and edges, new marbled endpapers. Illustrated with plates throughout. Collated, complete with all illustrations and half titles.The Charles Dickens Edition was drawn from the last edition corrected by the author, featuring Dicken's personal amendments to all his major works with the exception of 'Edwin Drood' and 'Christmas Stories.'The present collection is comprised of the following titles:Bleak House, with eight illustrations.Barnaby Rudge, with eight illustrations.Dumbey and son, with eight illustrations.Martin Chuzzlewit, with eight illustrations.Little Dorrit, with eight illustrations.David Copperfield, with eight illustrations.Oliver Twist, with eight illustrations; withChristmas Books, with eight illustrations.Nickolas Nickleby, with eight illustrations.Hard TimesandPictures from Italy with eight illustrations; withGreat Expectations with eight illustrations.The Pickwick Clubwith eight illustrations.A Tale of Two Cities with Sketches by Boz, with sixteen illustrations.The Old Curiosity Shop, with eight illustrations.Our Mutual Friend, with eight illustrations.A Child's History of England, with four illustrations.American NotesandReprinted Pieces, with eight illustrations; withThe Uncommercial Traveller, with four illustrations. In the original half calf bindings over marbled boards and edges, new marbled endpapers. Externally sound with some shelf wear and general light rubbing, particularly to the spine. Minor chipping to the head and tail of the spine of the odd volume. Gentle fading to the spine. Undated previous ownership inscription to the verso front free endpaper. Front hinges of 'Nicholas Nickleby' 'David Copperfield' and 'Little Dorrit' slightly strained, holding firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Light spotting to the edges, only lightly scattered to the odd leaf, although the pages appear generally very clean throughout with some age toning or light browning to the occasional volume, as usual due to the type of paper used. Illustrated with numerous plates. Collated, complete. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$740.39 + shipping
Description: Nineteen volumes. 8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary red half morocco over green cloth boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, the other compartments with a gilt flower device, marbled endpapers. Numerous plates and illustrations in the text throughout by the likes of Cruikshank, Phiz etc., as per earlier editions. Uneven fading and marking to spines plus some general rubbing. An undated edition, likely stereotyped from previous editions, the bindings would appear to be from the either the 1880s and 1890s. Forster's Life and Pierce's Dictionary were both first published in 1872.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$1223.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1890 to 1895. Later Editions. Twenty-two works, complete, of Charles Dickens including the Life of Dickens by Forster bound in 10 volumes. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt decorated spine, raised bands, gilt titles on black labels, marbled boards (chipped and worn), marbled page edges and endpapers. Gently worn to the spines, worn to the boards with marks, scratches and loss to the marbled paper. The Personal History of David Copperfield. vi, 437pp, with sixty-one illustrations by J Barnard. Sketches by Boz. viii, 240pp; with thirty-four illustrations by F Barnard. Bleak House. xii, 440pp; with sixty-one illustrations by F Barnard. A Tale of Two Cities. [iv], 176pp; with twenty-five illustrations by F Barnard. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. xii, 420pp; with fifty-nine illustrations by F Barnard. The Adventures of Oliver Twist. iv, 204pp; with twenty-eight illustrations by J Mahoney. Little Dorrit. viii, 423pp, with fifty-eight illustrations by J Mahoney. Hard Times. [iv], 134pp, with twenty illustrations by H French. The Uncommercial Traveller. [iv], 174pp; with twenty-six illustrations by E G Dalziel. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. xii, 400pp; with fifty-seven illustrations by Phiz. Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of the Eighty. x, 322pp, with forty-six illustrations by F Barnard. Dombey and Son. x, 449pp; with sixty-two illustrations by F Barnard. Great Expectations. [ii]], 225pp, with thirty illustrations by F A Fraser. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. vi, [ii], 423pp; with fifty-nine illustrations by F Barnard. Christmas Books. [vi], 200pp; with twenty-eight illustrations by F Barnard. Our Mutual Friend. viii, 419pp, Postscript, [i], with fifty-eight illustrations by J Mahoney. The Old Curiosity Shop. vi, 274pp; with thirty-nine illustrations by C Green. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Reprinted Pieces, and Other Stories. [ii], 348pp; with thirty illustrations by L. Fildes, E.G. Dalziel and F Barnard. A Child's History of England. x, 190pp; with fifteen illustrations by J. McL. Ralston. American Notes and Pictures from Italy. [iv], 210pp; with fifteen illustrations by A.B. Frost and Gordon Thomson. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster. xviii, 449pp, with forty illustrations. Christmas Stories from Household Words and All the Year Round. [iv], 277pp; with twenty-three illustrations by E G Dalziel Complete. A nice set. Illustrated throughout. A handsomely bound set. Provenance: no inscriptions or book plates. Approximately 10 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition nice contemporary binding, some rubbing and wear spines, gilt titles and decoration. Joints good condition worn, solid. Corners good condition worn and bumped. Boards good condition marbled, minor marks and scratches to the leather, some chipping to the edges of the marbled paper, worn with some tears and loss to the marbled paper. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all marbled, some pages standing proud but firmly attached. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition strong and secure to all. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled. Title good condition gently foxed, tanned with minor marks. Pages good condition some foxing, tanned with minor marks. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1890-95 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Price: US$1545.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1890-1891. Later Editions. 24 works bound in 17 volumes. Contemporary half brown morocco leather, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt titles, marbled paper covered boards, marbled edges, and endpapers. Sketches by Boz. 1890, viii, 376pp; with forty illustrations. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. 1890, xii, 640pp; with forty-three illustrations. The Adventures of Oliver Twist. BOUND WITH A Tale of Two Cities. 1890, [iv], 624pp, with forty illustrations (continuous pagination). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. 1890, xii, 666pp; with forty illustrations. The Old Curiosity Shop. 1890, viii, 460pp; with seventy-five illustrations. Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of the Eighty. 1890, x, 531pp, with seventy-six illustrations. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. 1890, x, 676pp; with forty illustrations. Christmas Books. BOUND WITH Hard Times. viii, 566pp, with sixty-seven (continuous pagination). Dombey and Son. 1890, viii, 704pp; with forty illustrations. The Personal History of David Copperfield. 1890, viii, 695pp, with forty illustrations. Bleak House. 1890, x, 705pp; with forty illustrations. Little Dorrit. 1891, viii, 680pp, with forty illustrations. Great Expectations. BOUND WITH The Uncommercial Traveller. 1891, [ii], 639pp, with sixteen illustrations (continuous pagination). Our Mutual Friend. 1891, vi, 683pp, with Postscript, with forty illustrations. Edwin Drood. BOUND WITH Reprinted Pieces; 1891, [iv], 413pp; with sixteen illustrations. American Notes BOUND WITH Pictures From Italy BOUND WITH A Child's History of England. 1891, [iv], 658pp, with sixteen illustrations by J McL Ralston. Christmas Stories. BOUND WITH Master Humphreys Clock. 1891, [vi], 637pp; with twenty-four illustrations. Illustrated throughout. A handsomely bound set. Provenance: bookplate for Dina Brassey to the front paste down. Approximately 8 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition nice contemporary binding, some rubbing, scratching and marks, gilt titles and decoration. Joints good condition gently worn, solid. Corners good condition worn and bumped. Boards good condition marbled paper covered, scratched, marked and rubbed, leather spines and quarters. Page edges good condition top edge faded, marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled. Title good condition tanned with minor marks. Pages good condition tanned and with minor marks. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1890-91 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
DICKENS, CHARLES 1812-1870.. THE WORKS.. London. Chapman and Hall. 1890-1891, 1890.
Price: US$2253.37 + shipping
Description: 17 volumes octavo 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches, VERY HANDSOMELY LEATHER BOUND - in period half, creamy light calf gilt, with contrasting red and green leather lettering labels. Marbled boards and endpapers. The complete works- engraved frontispieces, title vignettes and plates by Phiz et al (occasional spotting as usual). Binding handsome and in good solid condition. A very good illustrated Victorian classic set.
Seller: Charles Russell, ABA, ILAB, est 1978, cirencester, United Kingdom