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CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870
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Catalogue 244

CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870

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FRAMED ADVERTISEMENT FOR DICKENS MEMENTO

A framed & glazed advertisement for Dickens Memento, (DICKENS, Charles) A framed & glazed advertisement for Dickens Memento, a commemorative publication first published by Field & Tuer in 1884.
Field & Tuer, Leadenhall Press. [1884]
Single sheet advertisement, 20 x 28cm, printed in red & black on yellow paper; a little spotted. In a simple gilt frame by Highgate Framers.
Stock #92859 full description >>
£25


Charles Dickens:  An Acrostic. (DICKENS, Charles) ANONYMOUS. Charles Dickens: An Acrostic.
H.J. Bellingham,... Peckham. [1870]
Card, 5 x 9.5cm, printed on recto only. v.g.
Stock #92794 full description >>
£75


'WITH POWERFUL SITUATIONS'

Playbill.  (Our Mutual Friend.) (DICKENS, Charles) LONDON. Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells. Playbill. (Our Mutual Friend.) ... On Saturday next, June 16th, will be produced, a dramatic adaptation of Charles Dickens' latest work, "Our Mutual Friend", entitled The Golden Dustman. With new scenery and powerful situations.
Nassau Steam Press. 1866
Double-width playbill, uplettered along central margin 'Any charge made for this bill is fraudulent'. An exceptionally well-preserved clean example.
Stock #92716 full description >>
£850


DICKENS MEDAL

Commemorative medal, Charles Dickens. (DICKENS, Charles) MINTON, J.W. Commemorative medal, "Charles Dickens".
J.W. Minton. [1870]
2.5 inches (64mm) diameter. v.g.
Stock #68945 full description >>
£350


"... DISEMBODIED SPIRIT OF CHARLES DICKENS"

Spiritual Communications and the Comfort they bring; (DICKENS, Charles) 'MELBOURNE MEDIUM'. Spiritual Communications and the Comfort they bring; by the disembodied spirit of Charles Dickens, through a Melbourne Medium. (No. 1.)
Melbourne: Chas. Troedel. 1873
Orig. green wrappers; sl. split along spine otherwise v.g.
Stock #36339 full description >>
£75


MANUSCRIPT POEM.  A Prophet Indeed. (DICKENS, Charles) (WALFORD, Edward) MANUSCRIPT POEM. A Prophet Indeed.
n.p. 1870
46-line manuscript poem, written in black ink in a sloping hand on a single folded leaf, carefully reinforced prior to being written on. With a footnote and the final 12 lines of the poem written vertically. The poem is signed 'E. Walford', and is a draft of the poem that would later appear in the St. James's Magazine.
Stock #68953 full description >>
£350


SLAVERY: BEECHER STOWE PRAISED, DICKENS ADMONISHED

Uncle Toms Cabin, Bleak House, Slavery and the Slave Trade. (DICKENS, Charles) DENMAN, Thomas, 1st Baron. Uncle Tom's Cabin, Bleak House, Slavery and the Slave Trade. Seven articles... reprinted from the "Standard". With an article containing facts connected with slavery, by Sir George Stephens. 2nd edn.
Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans. 1853
60pp, sewn as issued into integral buff paper wrappers; a little dusted in places, edges chipped & sewing rather fragile.
Stock #92587 full description >>
£580


THE GRAVE

The Grave of Charles Dickens at Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey. (DICKENS, Charles) GRAPHIC. The Grave of Charles Dickens at Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. Engr. illus. on the front page of The Graphic, Vol. II, no. 31, July 2, 1870.
J. Mansfield. 1870
Illus. 2pp.
Stock #43914 full description >>
£10


OBITUARY OF DICKENS

In Memoriam. (DICKENS, Charles) HELPS, Arthur. In Memoriam. Article signed A.H. extracted from Macmillan's Magazine, July 1870, pp. 236-240.
1870
Disbound. 5pp.
Stock #45803 full description >>
£20


Dickens in Birmingham. (DICKENS, Charles) HUNT, Joe. Dickens in Birmingham.
n.p. [c.1980?]
Illus. titlepage, 22 pages of A4 typescript, printed on rectos only. Orig. plain grey wrappers with printed label on front. v.g.
Stock #92652 full description >>
£25


'THE READING EDITION', BOUND FOR READING

A Christmas Carol. DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Cheap and Uniform edn.
(Chapman & Hall.) 1858
Text extracted from a volume, arranged in single columns across 39pp of folio scrapbook, drab boards with blue cloth spine; a little rubbed.
Stock #92653 full description >>
£450


DICKENS REBUFFS A LADY NOVELIST

DICKENS, Charles. ALS to 'Dear Madam [Miss Emily Jolly]', on headed mourning paper, Gad's Hill Place, Saturday night, second January, 1864.
1864
15 lines on first side only of folded 8vo leaf; lightly folded for posting. v.g.
Stock #92811 full description >>
£2500


RESEARCHING THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN

Holsworth, DICKENS, Charles. ALS to 'Dear Mr [George] Holsworth', on headed mourning paper, Gad's Hill Place, Wednesday eighteenth January 1865.
1865
19 lines on first side only of folded 8vo leaf; v. sl. dusted, & with faint pink lines of unknown origin not affecting text. Lightly folded for posting.
Stock #92810 full description >>
£2800


A 'PAPER' FOR HOUSEHOLD WORDS

ALS to Dear Mrs Howitt, DICKENS, Charles. ALS to 'Dear Mrs Howitt', from Devonshire Terrace, Twenty Sixth April 1850.
1850
13 lines in blue ink on first side only of folded 8vo leaf, with integral blanks. Two light horizontal folds for posting. v.g.
Stock #92616 full description >>
£2250


FORGOING 'ALL SOCIAL PLEASURES'

DICKENS, Charles. ALS to 'Dear Sir [Captain Frederic Brine]', From 'Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, Friday Twentieth August, 1858'.
1858
21 lines in blue ink on first & third side of folded 8vo leaf; lightly folded for posting. Docketed on verso of 4th side in black ink, 'Letter from Charles Dickens to Capt Frederic Brine. v.g.
Stock #92812 full description >>
£2250


'NO HOUSE TO DINE IN'

ALS to My Dear Dr. Smith, DICKENS, Charles. ALS to 'My Dear Dr. Smith', from 9 Osnaburgh Terrace, New Road, twenty-eighth May, 1844.
1844
27 lines in blue ink on first & second side of folded 8vo leaf. Lightly folded into four for posting. v.g.
Stock #92809 full description >>
£2250


Edwin Drood. DICKENS, Charles. Edwin Drood. FIRST EDITION, b.f.t.p.
Chapman & Hall. 1870
Front. & engr. title, additional printed title, plates by S.L. Fildes. Contemp. full tan calf, spine gilt in compartments, boards with double-ruled gilt borders; spine sl. rubbed, the odd mark, but still an attractive clean copy, with the armorial bookplate of Lewis John Berger.
Stock #92283 full description >>
£350


The Battle of Life. DICKENS, Charles. The Battle of Life. FIRST EDITION, 4th issue.
Bradbury & Evans. 1846
Half title, front., engr. title, illus., final ad. leaf; one gathering a little proud. Orig. red horizontal-grained cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt. Monogram bookplate of Stephen Williams, & initials 'MLW 1926' on verso of leading f.e.p. a.e.g. A v.g. bright copy.
Stock #92345 full description >>
£350


LORD BATEMAN, FIRST ISSUE

The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. DICKENS, Charles. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. FIRST EDITION, first issue. 12mo.
Charles Tilt. 1839
Half title, front. & plates, 8pp ads. Orig. green cloth, lettered & pictorially blocked in gilt; sl. dulled. Trace of removed booklabel on leading pastedown. A good-plus copy of the scarce first issue, housed in a custom-made folding box imitating a bound volume, dark green morocco spine with green cloth sides; sl. rubbed, hinges chipped at head & tail. WITH: a well-executed hand-drawn & hand-coloured reproduction of the front cover illustration, probably done some time later in the 19thC, inserted as intended into the folding box.
Stock #92274 full description >>
£750


ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY EDITION: DARK BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO

Works. DICKENS, Charles. Works. Illustrated Library Edition. 30 vols.
Chapman & Hall. 1874-76
Half titles, fronts, plates & illus. Sl. later half dark blue crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines lettered in gilt & with gilt & scarlet devices; occasional rubbing to hinges. t.e.g. A v.g. attractive set.
Stock #91034 full description >>
£4500


OLIVER TWIST - EARLY SPANISH EDITION

Los Ladrones de Londres, DICKENS, Charles. [Oliver Twist] Los Ladrones de Londres, por Carlos Dickens, traduccion libre de J. J. y C.
Barcelona: Joaquin Bosch. 1857
Half title, vignette titlepage, illus. with eight engr. plates, index & list of plates at end. Contemp. full continental tree calf, spine dec. & lettered in gilt; spine sl. rubbed, sl. wear to corners, but overall a very good copy.
Stock #92701 full description >>
£320


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