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Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 609p + Address. Octavo, illustrated with frontispiece, title page and 41 illustrations, First edition in book form bound in full brown morocco bordered in gilt, spine with raised bands and titled in gilt. Marbled edges. Mixed issue as is typical with many first issue points including 5 line footnote page 9, dot between 'r' and'u' in 'rum' in the last line of page 10, with the signature 'E' present on page 25 and 27, without the parenthesis in lines 14 and 15 from the bottom on page 34, with the quotation mark indistinct before "Sir" in the ninth line of page 244; page 261 correctly signed 'x2'; with the second '3' in the page number present to page 303;'Pickwick' to the running title of page 375;'this friends' on page 400, line 21; and with incomplete 'F' in headline of page 32;Majority of plates with page number and not titled. The plates are VERY foxed. Bookplate and collector's plate in rear rear cover upside down.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 609p octavo, First edition bound from the parts with blue printed wrap bound in the rear. Author/Poet Eugene Field's Copy with eritten statement from hisson and from Julia S Field his wife. His son has written " This book comes from yje library of my father, Eugene Field, and was one of his choicest items. Eugene Field 2nd Oct 14 1923" Then it was signed and notarized by Julia Field in 1929. This copy sold at auction in 1937. A very good copy in full calf, old restoration along the gutters, top edge gilt . Old antiquarian bookseller's (Trebizond Rare Books)note circa 1950's laid in.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman & Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$1650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [5], vi-xiv, [3], 2-609, [1] pp. Bound in recent brown calf, spine with red morocco label and 4 raised bands with gilt ruling and gilt lettering, patterned endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, and with 43 plates by Robert Seymour (first 7 plates following the vignette titlepage), Robert William Buss (2 plates following those of Seymour), and H. K. Browne ("Phiz") (frontispiece, vignette titlepage, and final 32 plates). First edition bound from the parts. Bound without the half-title, mixed issue but many earlier points present (both Buss plates are included, sign in vignette titlepage reads "Veller" and plate is signed "Phiz fecit", pp. 341 and 342 are Hatton & Cleaver variant A, early plates lack captions but have page numbers, later plates lack both). Smith I 3, Eckel, pp. 17-58; Gimbel A-15; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 3-88. A pleasing, attractively bound copy of Dickens' first novel. Modern binding is close to Fine, scattered mild darkening and foxing to some leaves and plates, tiny tears to pages 237 and 273 (not affecting the text).
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1932.71 + shipping
Description: First edition in book-form variant deluxe publisher's binding in original half burgundy morocco, green moirë watermarked satin cloth covered sides, black and gilt title lettering label and elaborate tools to the spine, marble end papers and text block edges, original silk tie. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¾''. Variant deluxe publisher's bindings are known, including states in green moirë and half morocco (as here) and full morocco. Academics seem to have dismissed the variant bindings altogether, and as so little is known about the existence of these, a precedence has not been set. Being generally a mixed issue as described below, etched plates by Robert Seymour, H. K. Browne ('Phiz'), including 1 (of 2) suppressed plates by Robert William Buss, page 69 not present, page 74 present, stab marks present. A notoriously difficult book bibliographically. Several first issue points present: 'Weller' rather than 'Veller' on the inn sign but with first issue point with Phiz peut on the engraved title page. This copy with Directions to the Binder leaf with 6 line errata on verso; pages 25-26 a single inset leaf; that and the following leaf both bearing the signature mark 'E'; frontispiece stool has four stripes, a middle shield and signed Phiz Fecit (later there were five stripes); engraved title page reads 'Weller' (second plate) instead of 'Veller'; page 260 line 29, 'hodling' for 'holding'; page 261, line 6 'Picvick' for 'Pickwick'; page 267 '7' in page number slightly raised; pages 282 and 299 both with 'Chapters XXVIII'; page 303 lacking last '3'; page 341, line 1 has correct 'inde-licate'; page 341-2 is in an early state (Hatton & Cleaver, variant C C 2); page 342, line 5, uncorrected 'S. Veller'; page 432, the 'F' in headline is imperfect; page 553, 9 lines up 'Considdring for Considering'. Contains frontispiece, engraved title page, [xiv], 2, 609 printed pages of text with 41 illustrations throughout. Additional leaf bound after the third front free end paper with hand written notes concerning this being a first edition in original binding, below which a press clipping has been pasted with the title 'Dickens and Pickwick in Court'. Joints professionally repaired, some toning and foxing to plates as usual. Member of the P.B.F.A. DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 212 x 130 mm). [4], xvi, 609 pp. Including the half title. With forty-three inserted plates by Seymour, Buss and 'Phiz'. With the Seymour and Buss plates, and with the 'Phiz' plates from early steels. Frontispiece and engraved title in the first state. None of the illustrations are captioned but all are signed. With all of Smith's first issue points except for page 341-342 in variant "B" with the misspellings but with "S.Veller". Bound by Morrell in full 20th-century red morocco. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Edges ruled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. A small spot on front board. Top of spine with a sliver of leather missing. Some plates with some toning, mainly along outer margins. Overall a very nice copy. "From a literary standpoint the supremacy of this book has been. firmly established. It was written by Dickens when he was twenty-four and its publication placed the author on a solid foundation from which he never was removed. It is quite probable that only Shakespeare's Works, the Bible and perhaps the English Prayer Book, exceed "Pickwick Papers" in circulation" (Eckel, 17). "Never was a book received with more rapturous enthusiasm than that which greeted the Pickwick Papers!" (Allibone I:500). Pickwick would be the first volume in which Dickens was acknowledged as the author, rather than using his pen name, "Boz." Gimbel A15. Hatton and Cleaver. Smith, Dickens, I, 3. HBS 68603. $2,000.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Chapman and Hall, London, 1837.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition mixed issue, with the half-title. 43 plates without the two "Buss" plates. 609pp. 1 vols. 8vo. WITH 1837 PROVENANCE FROM SIR ROBERT BARRIE. Inscribed: "G.S. Atkinson from Sir Robt. Barrie 1837." on half-title Sir Robert Barrie KCB, KCH was a British officer of the Royal Navy noted for his service in the War of 1812. He was helped early in his naval career by the patronage of his uncle, Sir Alan Gardner, who arranged for him to take part in the Vancouver Expedition. Smith I 3 Bound in full publisher's purple morocco, a.e.g. Plates toned, else very good 43 plates without the two "Buss" plates. 609pp. 1 vols. 8vo First Edition mixed issue, with the half-title.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$5750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With forty-three illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. MDCCCXXXVII [1837] XIV + 609 pages. Bound in full leather (dark red) with raised cords on the spine, by Riviere and Son. Gold borders on the boards.Gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Page edges heavily gilt. Some weakness to the leather at the hinges requires careful handling, but both boards remain entirely attached (but someday this will be the weakness). Marbled endpapers. Binding good and tight. Text block clean and tight and square. Engraved title page dated 1837 detached but present in the correct location. Printed title page also dated 1837. 41 engraved plates, extra illustrated with 22 more plates. All First-Issue Points present except signature E is present on page 25. This is a famously complicated first edition to identify. This copy has a note from a previous bookseller (likely close to 100 years ago), The Halle Bros. Co, detailing 42 textual variants, typos, etc. This copy sold by Halle Bros in the last century and again through Hindman Auctions in 2021. Original handwritten letter from Dickens, with envelope. The envelope is taped to the blank side of the front endpaper. It is addressed in Dickens hand and postmarked Feb 1870, with stamp. The original letter is a folded sheet of stationery with Dickens Gads Hill Place address printed on it. Power blue paper, folded in thirds. 27 lines in Dickens hand, plus bold signature and dates, etc. There are 3 strips of tape, yellowed, at the top and bottom of both the envelope and stationery page. 5 Hyde Park Place Saturday Night, February 1870 Dear Miss Huffam, I was more amazed than displeased, I beg to assure you, by finding that your friends has used my name without my knowledge. I received a letter from [?] Hurt and Rockwell of Bond Street, in- forming me that they had had the pleasure of voting for my case. I [ ? ] replied, that could not be, for I had no case. They then gave me your name. Not having the faintest idea that you were a candidate, I supposed them where fuller [?] [?] [?] touching your elder sister; and said so. Upon which they explained in detail. I was very careful to tell [next page] them immediately that there could be no question of the merits of your case, and that I knew it was a meritorious one. I mentioned this in a general way to my sister, but would on no account have done so with the least intention of making you unhappy. Faithfully yours Charles Dickens Miss Loretta Huffam Charles Dickens middle name was Huffam, so it seems likely that there is a family connection here. A gorgeous copy of Dickens first novel, with signed letter. Please email with questions or to request photos. Extra shipping will be required to pack it securely and ship safely by expedited method. [located in bottom right of vault]
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.