Great Jones Street.
(London): Andre Deutsch, (1974). First UK edition, 8vo, (vi), 265, (1) pp. Faint browning to free endpapers. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, with faint rubbing to the foot of the spine, an excellent copy. More
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![De Elocutione. [Title repeated in Greek]. DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS.](/pictures/thumb/29228.JPG?v=1493913550)
De Elocutione. [Title repeated in Greek].
Florentiæ [Florence]: Apud Iuntas [Giunta], 1552. First separate edition. 8vo. (12), 96, (2) pp, bound without the final blank as often. Later, probably 18th century full calf, spine with raised bands, blindstamped decoration to the boards, the early ownership inscription of a Danto Maria di Franco del Besso to the... More
The Orations of... Pronounced to Excite the Athenians against Philip, King of Macedon. Translated by Thomas Leland.
London: Printed for J. Walker [et al], 1814. Two volumes, 8vo, (iv), xxxii, 386; (iv), 383, (1) pp, occasional light foxing, unopened in the original boards, upper hinge in volume I cracked, later cloth spines and paper labels, spines sunned. This translation was originally published in the mid-18th century "A... More
The Newtonian System of the World, the Best Model of Government: An Allegorical Poem. With a plain and intelligible Account of the System of the World, by Way of Annotations... To which is added, Cambria's Complaint Against the Intercalary Day in the Leap-Year.
Westminster: Printed by A. Campbell for J. Roberts, 1728. First edition, small 4to, (iv), 46 pp, lacking the 2 leaf dedication at the beginning and the final leaf (advertisement and errata), but with the text of the poem complete. 3 folding plates, one with an old repair, some light foxing... More
The Inheritance of Loss.
(London): Hamish Hamilton, (2006). First edition, 8vo, (x), 324 pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. Booker Prize winner 2006. More
The Adventures of Oliver Twist.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. First "cheap" edition. 8vo. xii, 294, (1) pp. Publisher's green ribbed cloth, gilt to the spine, blindstamped to the boards. Frontispiece by George Cruickshank. Fading to the spine, a few minor blemishes, an attractive copy. The first one volume edition appeared in 1846. This edition... More
![The Adventures of Oliver Twist. With... Illustrations by Cruikshank. [bound with] The Uncommercial Traveller. With... Illustrations by Harry Furniss. Charles DICKENS.](/pictures/thumb/31321.JPG?v=1524834976)
The Adventures of Oliver Twist. With... Illustrations by Cruikshank. [bound with] The Uncommercial Traveller. With... Illustrations by Harry Furniss.
London: Chapman & Hall... and Henry Frowde, [c.1908]. Two volumes in one, 8vo, 503, (1), 378 pp. Black and white illustrations, marginal browning throughout, inscription dated 1908 to fly leaf. Contemporary quarter vellum, t.e.g., gilt spine, some browning and light soiling. The Oxford India Paper Dickens. More
Barnaby Rudge. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne, G. Cattermole, Etc. Etc.
London: Chapman and Hall, [1870s]. 8vo. x, 613, (1) pp. Contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and decorated to others, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ownership inscription to the front flyleaf dated 1875. Frontispiece, 8 plates and numerous illustrations... More
Barnaby Rudge; A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1841. First separate edition, large 8vo, (vi), (229)-306, 420 pp. Engravings in the text, marbled endpapers and edges. Original blind stamped cloth, spine sunned, some minor marks, a very good copy. Smith I 6B. Originally published in volumes II and III of "Master Humphrey's Clock"; it... More
![Christmas Books. (A Christmas Carol. The Chimes. The Cricket on the Hearth. The Battle of Life. The Haunted Man.) [bound with] The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Charles DICKENS.](/pictures/thumb/32077.JPG?v=1534862987)
Christmas Books. (A Christmas Carol. The Chimes. The Cricket on the Hearth. The Battle of Life. The Haunted Man.) [bound with] The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. Two volumes bound in one, the first work a reprint, the second first edition. 8vo. (x), 465, (1); (viii), 190 pp. Contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and decorated to others, marbled endpapers, all... More
![[Christmas Books]. A Christmas Carol. The Chimes. The Cricket on the Hearth. The Battle of Life. The Haunted Man. Charles DICKENS.](/pictures/thumb/28638.JPG?v=1543325404)
[Christmas Books]. A Christmas Carol. The Chimes. The Cricket on the Hearth. The Battle of Life. The Haunted Man.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1886-87. Five volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces, engraved titles and black and white illustrations in the text, advertisements to endpapers in four volumes, upper hinge of "Christmas Carol" cracked but sound. Original gilt titled red cloth, spines faded, some mostly light fading and marks to boards, overall a.... More
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition. Small 8vo. (8), 166, (2) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered and decorated to the spine and upper board, yellow endpapers, recent red quarter morocco clamshell box. Four colour plates including the frontispiece plus three illustrations in the text. Wear to the spine... More
The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home.
London: Printed and Published for the Author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846 [but 1845]. First edition, small 8vo, (viii), 174 pp, bound without the advertisement leaf at the end. Frontispiece, engraved title and 12 vignette engravings. Later half morocco, t.e.g., marbled sides, a very good copy. Published on 20th December 1845. More
Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son. Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.
Leipzig: Berhn. Tauchnitz, 1847-8. First book edition, three volumes, small 8vo. Light foxing throughout, contemporary signature to half titles, armorial bookplates of J.J. Richardson, Kircassock. Contemporary full morocco, spines sunned, marbled edges. Partly preceding the London first edition of 1848, this set comprises the earliest issues of volumes I and... More
Dombey and Son.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition, early issue. 8vo. (iii)-xvi, (2 Errata), 624 pp. 19th century dark green half morocco over matching ribbed cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to one panel, gilt decorated to other compartments, gilt rules to sides, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Frontispiece... More
Dombey and Son. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall, [1870s]. 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and decorated to others, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ownership inscription to the front flyleaf dated 1875. Frontispiece, engraved second title and 38 plates... More
![The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by Madeline House, Graham Storey, Katherine Tillotson, K.J. Fielding, [et al]. Charles DICKENS.](/pictures/thumb/29826.JPG?v=1502536677)
The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by Madeline House, Graham Storey, Katherine Tillotson, K.J. Fielding, [et al].
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, (1965-2002). "The Pilgrim Edition". Twelve volumes. V and VI reprints "with corrections", the other volumes first printings. Publisher's red cloth, dust jackets, the attractive pictorial bookplate of Mary Assumpta College, Kensington to the front free endpaper of volume I. 12 frontispieces. A few old adhesions to... More
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.
London: Chapman and Hall, [c. 1866]. 8vo. xiv, (ii), 624 pp. Contemporary red half calf over matching boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and decorated to the others, endpapers and all edges marbled, armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Frontispiece, engraved title and 38 plates... More
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz.
London: Chapman and Hall, [1870s]. 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and decorated to others, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ownership inscription to the front flyleaf dated 1875. Portrait frontispiece and 39 plates. Very good. More
Little Dorrit. Copyright edition. With illustrations by H.K. Browne.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1856. Four volumes bound in two, small 8vo. 20 plates, some mild foxing. Contemporary gilt decorated quarter morocco, patterned paper sides, some mild rubbing to extremities. Todd & Bowden 350c. More
Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First edition, 8vo, xiv, 625, (1) pp. Engraved title and 39 plates with some mild foxing and a light damp stain to the lower corner, the text leaves clean, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary green half calf, gilt spine with a maroon label, slight... More
Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne.
London: Chapman and Hall, [1870s]. 8vo. xiv, 625, (1) pp. Contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and decorated to others, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ownership inscription to the front flyleaf dated 1875. Engraved title and 39 plates. Very good. More
Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illustrations by Phiz.
London: Chapman and Hall, [1870s]. 8vo. xvi, 624 pp. Contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and decorated to others, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ownership inscription to the front flyleaf dated 1875. Frontispiece, engraved second title and 38 plates. Very good. More
![Master Humphrey's Clock. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne ["Phiz"]. Charles DICKENS.](/pictures/thumb/31669.JPG?v=1530111364)
Master Humphrey's Clock. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne ["Phiz"].
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. First edition. Three volumes. Large 8vo. (iii-vi), 306; (iii)-vi, 306; (iii)-vi, 426 pp, bound without the half titles. Contemporary black half calf over marbled boards, spines with wide gilt decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel, blindstamped decoration to the others. Frontispieces plus... More