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Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1875. These early works date to 1839. This is a Very Good copy of a later printing, the "Household Edition." Green decorative cloth binding, stamped in black and gilt; gilt titling on the spine. The same format/binding was used in the American version published by Harper Brothers; this English issue, however, is smaller. Clean text; viii, 240 pages. Thirty-four illustrations by F. Barnard. Light rubbing to the margins; some scattered spotting throughout. There is no publication date, but circa 1875. Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by F. Barnard. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$57.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ; Green cloth cover with gilt stamped title and illustrations is frayed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and overall in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Front end sheet has multiple chips and tears. Frontispiece protected by tissue. Pages are toned but clean and in very good condition. Illustrated in B&W. ; 383 pages
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1875.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Works of Charles Dickens - Household Edition. Bright Gilt lettering & front cover gilt & black ornate black cover decoration on green cloth covered boards. 4to, 158 pages plus ads. Attractive. Coat-of-Arms bookplate of Thomas Goddard Kent on the inside of the front cover. Spine ends & corners lightly worn. Occasional small foxing spots.
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Barnaby Rudge. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1875.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is the Household Edition of Dickens' great work, Barnaby Rudge. Green cloth 263 pp., plus a 7 page catalog of novels published by Harper. The text block is tight and complete. Gold leaf decorations on the front cover are bright and untarnished. Corners are very slightly bumped. A beautiful copy.
Seller: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1875.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Works of Charles Dickens - Household Edition. Bright Gilt lettering & front cover gilt & black ornate black cover decoration on green cloth covered boards. 4to, 347 pages plus ads. Attractive. Coat-of-Arms bookplate of Thomas Goddard Kent on the inside of the front cover. Spine ends & corners lightly worn. Occasional small foxing spots.
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Harper & Bros, 1875. "Household Edition" in the publisher's original green cloth binding; gilt lettering, with black and gilt decorations. Dark brown endpapers; 263 pages and 8 pages listing Harper novels of the time. Illustrated by J. Barnard. An extremely handsome edition, and this copy in close to Fine condition. Pages are bright and supple; very light tan to the edges, with an occasional bit of foxing. Slight rub to spine and corners; tiny puncture on spine, else Fine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by J. Barnard.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. OUR MUTUAL FRIEND The Works of Charles Dickens. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1875.
Price: US$522.45 + shipping
Description: Good+ in boards. Both hinges crakced. Frontispiece detached. Rubbing along panel edges and spine. Corners bumped. Chipping at spine crown/heel. Illustrations by J. Mahoney.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. BARNABY RUDGE The Works of Charles Dickens. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1875.
Price: US$522.45 + shipping
Description: Good in boards. Both hinges cracked. Stain on rear panel. Bump on bottom text block edge. Rubbing along panel edges and spine. Corners bumped. Chipping at spine crown/heel. Illustrations by F. Bernard.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: The Harper & Brothers editions of most of the major works of Charles Dickens, from the Pickwick Papers to A Tale of Two Cities. Issued with 70 parts in 38 fascicles by the New York Book Concern. Bound in the original New York Book Concern's blue paper wrappers. Conditions of publication, from rear panel: "The work will be issued in Semi-monthly Parts. Each 25 cents. Part will contain 48 pages of double column letter-press, profusely illustrated. The 50 cent Parts will contain 96 pages, with double the number of illustrations. No subscriber's name will be taken for less than the entire work." A couple of fascicles have covers which have been gingerly reattached and several have wear at the spine; in general they are in Very Good or Good condition. A nice and scarce item for the Dickens collector.~~The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with fifty-two illustrations by Thomas Nast (pt. 1 - 7/8); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, with fifty-two illustrations by C. S. Reinhart (pt. 7/8 - 15/16); Dombey and Son, with fifty-two illustrations by W. L. Sheppard (pt. 15/16 - 21/22); The Old Curiosity Shop, illustrated by Thomas Worth (pt. 21/22 - 27/28); The Personal History of David Copperfield, with a Portrait of the Author and Sixty-one illustrations by J. Barnard (pt. 27/28 - 35/36); The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, with Fifty-nine illustrations by J. Barnard (pt. 35/36 - 41/42); Little Dorrit, with fifty-eight illustrations by J. Mahoney (pt. 41/42 - 49/50); Bleak House, with sixty-one illustrations by F. Barnard (pt. 49/50 - 57/58); The Adventures of Oliver Twist, with Twenty-eight illustrations by J. Mahoney (pt. 57/58 - 61/62); Barnaby Rudge, with Forty-four illustrations by J. Barnard (pt. 61/62 - 67/68); A Tale of Two Cities, with over Forty illustrations by American and English Artists (pt. 67/68 - 69/70). Very Good binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.