Search Results: the posthumous papers of the pickwick by dickens charles illustrated

New York: Heritage Club, 1938. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo, 764 pp., color plates, line illus. Light wear to head of spine and corners of boards, light dustsoiling to page edges, previous owner name. In slipcase, which is a bit handled and sunned.

London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1912. Published 1912. The Works of Charles Dickens, Standard Edition, Volume II. Attractively bound in half warm brown leather over tan cloth, color frontis, many additional black and white plates printed on a parchment colored background, 8.25" tall. Some expected edgewear and rubbing, some light chipping to spine head, some finger smudging to the cover cloth, good hinges, sound text block, foxing to half-title, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hodder and Stoughton. Trade Paperback. Very Good/None. All illustrations present

Chapman & Hall. London. 1910. Chapman & Hall. 1910. First edition set. In two volumes. Large 4to. Original tan cloth, boards slightly soiled. Prelims and some pages foxed and browned. The gorgeous full colour plates with tissue guards are all present. Generally a very clean and sound set.

London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1910. Hardcover, cloth spine over boards. First edition thus of this two volume edition of The Pickwick Papers. Bound in gray cloth spines over light gray boards. Illustrated with 24 colored plates by Cecil Aldin. Spines moderately darkened and slight split to cloth at upper joint of volume I. General light wear to covers. One tissue guard loose but present. A very good copy of the first trade edition, complete with Aldin's magnificent color illustrations. Podeschi B25 A large, heavy set, Priority and International orders will require additional postage. . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston: G. W. Simmons & Co.,, 1887. The RARE G. W. Simmons & Co.'s New Five-Cent Library; Edition; OCLC locates 6 copies, all in US libraries. 208 pages : 20 illustrations and numerous illustrated advertisements. Very Good Plus, small chip top corner front wrapper, 11/2" loss of paper at both spine ends, the green wrappers starting to brown at edges. "Text in double columns./ Running title: The Pickwick Papers./ The Simmons Company was a dry-goods store; this edition carries their advertisements. Podeschi, J.B. Dickens & Dickensiana,; B17" (WorldCat) A Rare survivor in such lovely condition. . New Five Cent Library Edition . Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Victoria edition. Royal 8vo. Limited to 500 copies with proofs on India Paper [of a total edition of 2,000]. An extra illustrated set containing, besides the unpublished plates by Buss, "Phiz" and Leech, issued with the work, the following illustrations: A complete set of duplicate etchings (proof without letters) from the original plates; two additional plates after unpublished drawings by R.W. Buss. Of the two additional Buss plates only 50 copies of each were struck off before the plates were destroyed. Original green cloth covers and spine for both volumes bound in each respectively. Original spines read "Proof" above the words "Victoria Edition" at lower edge of backstrip. Contemporary review, circa 1888, laid-down on two blank prelim pages as prefatory note. Rebound in full red crushed morocco with five raised bands, elaborate inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1930. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed) in full polished red calf, the back with black morocco labels and decorated in gilt, triple gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers, gilt turn ins, all edges gilt. With great full color illustrations by C.E. Brock. Near Fine, small sspot near bottom of spine, tiny rubs at the corners. A quite lovely copy with the desirable Brock illustrations. . First Edition Thus. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chapman and Hall. 1837. First edition, early issue. First edition, early issue. Contemporary full green morocco, possibly a presentation or publisher's 'super deluxe' binding, decorated in gilt to the upper and lower boards. Four wide gilt ruled raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. Gilt decorated board edges and inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Bound from the parts. Engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 41 plates [43 in total, as called for]. First state of engraved title page (Veller) and the two suppressed plates by R. W. Buss present (facing pages 69 and 74). All 7 Seymour plates are present as called for and the Phiz plates are in the earliest state (page numbers, without publisher's imprint). A very good copy indeed, the binding square and firm with minor wear to the extremities, small nick (without loss) to the upper left corner of the front board. Tiny retailer's label 'G. Simms, Manchester' to the upper left corner… Read More