Old Lamps for New Ones, and Other Sketches and Essays Hitherto Uncollected by Dickens Charles 1812-1870 - 2013-01-28

New York: New Amsterdam Book Co, 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi + 342 + 10 pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth over boards with gilt decoration and titles. Frontispiece and adjoining page with facsimile letter from Dickens to Charles Kent loose and laid in, with edge chips and nicks, spine titles faded, front cover gilt bright, corners bumped, light edge wear to boards, interior age toned, clean, hinges and binding secure. Contents include Capital Punishment, Crime and Education, An American in Europe, Amusements of the People, Friend of the Lion, many others. Publishers ads at back.

New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1897 Hardcover. First edition. Edited with an introduction by Frederick G. Kitton. Original red cloth stamped in gold. Facsimile letter as frontis. Light marking to boards at fr ont foredge and some dulling to spine at lower extremities, else a very good or better copy. Podeschi D139.. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.