FRAMED 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.
(DICKENS, Charles) ANONYMOUS. Charles Dickens: An Acrostic. H.J. Bellingham,... Peckham. [1870]
Card, 5 x 9.5cm, printed on recto only. v.g.
'WITH POWERFUL SITUATIONS'
(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.
DICKENS MEDAL
(DICKENS, Charles) MINTON, J.W. Commemorative medal, "Charles Dickens". J.W. Minton. [1870]
2.5 inches (64mm) diameter. v.g.
"... DISEMBODIED SPIRIT OF CHARLES DICKENS"
(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.
(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.
SLAVERY: BEECHER STOWE PRAISED, DICKENS ADMONISHED
(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.
THE GRAVE
(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.
OBITUARY OF DICKENS
(DICKENS, Charles) HELPS, Arthur. In Memoriam. Article signed A.H. extracted from Macmillan's Magazine, July 1870, pp. 236-240. 1870
Disbound. 5pp.
(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.
'THE READING EDITION', BOUND FOR READING
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.
DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. Chapman & Hall. 1859
Front. & engr. title, additional printed title, plates by H.K. Browne. Contemp. full tan calf, boards attractively dec. with triple-ruled borders in gilt & further ruled panelling in blind, spine gilt in compartments, maroon leather label; sl. rubbing to extremities. Marbled edges & e.ps. Bookplate of Stephen Williamson. A v.g. attractive copy.
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.
RESEARCHING THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN
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.
A 'PAPER' FOR HOUSEHOLD WORDS
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.
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.
'NO HOUSE TO DINE IN'
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.
FULL VELLUM WITH GILT DECORATION
DICKENS, Charles. Christmas Books. With illustrations by C.E. Brock. J.M. Dent & Co. 1905-07
Half titles, col. fronts & col. plates, titles printed in red & black, illus. in b&w; some light browning in e.ps. Untrimmed in orig. full vellum, front boards & spines lettered & attractively dec. in gilt. t.e.g. A v.g. handsome set.
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.
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.
LORD BATEMAN, FIRST ISSUE
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.
ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY EDITION: DARK BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO
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.
OLIVER TWIST - EARLY SPANISH EDITION
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.
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
