Sketches By Boz

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cruikshank, George. Marbled paper lined boards; pp. viii, 526; complete with all plates; vignette/illustrated title page; advertisement p v. Title vignette and first plate ('The Parish Engine') foxed; second plate ('The Election for Beadle') trimmed and tipped onto replaced page;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837. In original paper covered boards, a Good copy, spine label rubbed yet still legible, red cloth at spine faded, boards rubbed, interior stains first ten pages front and rear not affecting readability, prior owner name in ink front end page. Binding solid, most pages clean and bright. . First American Edition. Paper Covered Boards.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Macrone [from 1836], 1837. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine+. Second series" of this collection of short pieces of literary journalism that marked the launch of the young author's meteoric career. Crown 8vo (194 x 120mm): [4],viii,377,[1],]pp, with 10 steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece and vignette title page dated 1836) by George Cruikshank. Complete with catalogue of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publisher: P F Collier, 1900. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket, as issued. Frontis tissue guarded: A pickpocket in custody, by Boz. Red lettering on verso of tissue guard. Dark red full cloth with blind debossed portrait… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard,, 1837. From one of the great Dickens collections First US edition of the second series of Sketches by Boz, the exceptional Self-Starling copy. Dickens's Sketches was published in two series, together comprising his first book, republishing short stories which had previously appeared in periodicals with new additions. The Sketches cemented his growing reputation, soon… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Macrone, 1837. Hardcover. Fair. First edition, second issue. 12mo. [4], vi, 377, [20]pp., engraved frontispiece, engraved title, and eight additional plates. Complete with the ten etched plates by George Cruikshank, and the final catalogue of Macrone's publications dated December 1836. Page vi is mis-numbered "viii"; the list of illustrations gives "Vauxhall Gardens by Day" twice by… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Macrone, 1837. 3/4 leather. Very Good. Along with the "First Series" of "Sketches by Boz", this, the "Second Series" (here offered by itself), constitutes Dickens' first published book. The 1st issue of the 1837 1st edition, with the 20-page publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at the rear. Tight and VG in its custom 3/4 dark morocco… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Chapman & Hall [from 1837], 1863. First Edition thus. Decorative Cloth. Fine. Later printing, in original cloth, of the so-called First Collected Edition (the first issue of series one and series two appeared in three volumes) of Dickens's first book, introducing a introducing a major literary talent to Victorian England. Demy 8vo (220 x 135mm): viii,526pp, with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1885. Title page dated 1885. Dickens classic illustrated with engravings, two titles in one binding. Bright green Victorian cloth binding gilt lettering and elaborate gilt decoration on spine, cover decoration stamped in blind, about 8" tall. Very good condition with very light external rubbing, gilt bright and clear, good hinges, sound text block, very lightly… Saber más sobre este artículo

1869. Volume 1. New York / Cambridge, Hurd and Houghton / Riverside Press, 1869. 12 cm x 17 cm. VIII, 338 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with some clear signs of wear. Contains inscription and plate by pre-owner. Includes for example the following essays: The Beadle. The Parish Engine. The Schoolmaster / The Curate. The Old Lady. The… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Chapman & Hall, 1880. Hardcover. Good. Two volume set! Red cloth boards, octavos, 393pp. and 420pp., illustrated in b&w. Books have sun to spines, bindings tight, texts have some off-setting to endpapers, toning throughout, and some erasable pencil marginalia and underlining. No DJs.

Early American edition of "Sketches by Boz'" - Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People by CHARLES DICKENS. Circa 1850's (there is no date of publication stated); T.B. Peterson and Brothers "Uniform Edition of Charles Dickens' Works"; Philadelphia. The book features 21 wonderful full-page illustrations by George Cruikshank. Affixed to the front pastedown is a Charles Dickens "Tribute to Genius"… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Gresham Publishing Company,, 1902. The Imperial Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dj cover as issued. GC plus. The Gresham Publishing Company, 1902. The Imperial Edition. Red hardback (gilt illustration and lettering on the front cover and spine, some marks, nicks, dents and scratches on the cover and spine) in GC plus, no Dj cover as issued. Illustrated with b/w… Saber más sobre este artículo

UK: Collins, 1920. New Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good ++. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. T H Robinson. New Edition Circa 1920. Full leather binding. Gilt to all page edges. Nice quality. Undated. Includes eight plates by T H Robinson. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. More images can be taken… Saber más sobre este artículo

Phoenix, 1996. First paperback edition. Paperback. Very good. VGC plus. Phoenix, 1996.First paperback edition. Paperback (small mark, some nicks and creases on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC plus. Illustrated with b/w drawings, map. Illustrations by George Gruikshank. Nice and clean pages with two stain marks and small ink marks on the outer edges, some… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Chapman & Hall, 1874. 8vo, pp. xiv, 577; engraved frontispiece and half-title and 38 engraved plates, all by George Cruikshank; a wacky, home-made binding of full brown morocco, rear cover with blindstamped geometrical pattern, front cover with similar geometric design but with alligator (?) interwoven into the borders and the central design, and with 7 alligator (?) onlays;… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd Book. Illus. by George Cruikshank and Phiz. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and 1836 under the pen-name 'Boz' and re-issued in book form 1836. Undated edition circa 1930-35, printed from one corrected… Saber más sobre este artículo

Condition: Good; edge-wear to the boards, no DJ. The spine has a slight lean. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name. The front and last pages are age-tannned. Gilt page edges.Gilt text on the spine. Illustrations.

Chapman and Hall, , 1890. . Hardcover. good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: George Cruickshank. Book Cheap edition. Maroon cloth with gilt titles and ivy design to front. 8 gravure plates. All present . Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 479 pages. Item Type: Book. Spine working loose but still intact. Slightly… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Chapman and Hall ca. 1870. Large 8vo.Illustrated. viii, 240 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and lettering and decoration to front cover. With full page and in text b&w illustrations throughout. Wear to extremities. Slight marking to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown and minor foxing throughout. The Works of Charles Dickens Household Edition. . Good. Decorative Cloth.… Saber más sobre este artículo