Nicely bound set of Dickens' works, complete in 20 volumes. Containing of course: David Copperfield; Nicholas Nickelby; Bleak House; Pickwick Papers; Little Dorrit; Our Mutual Friend, Martin Chuzzlewit; Oliver Twist & Hard Times; Sketches by Boz & The Christ [more...]
Generously illustrated edition of Dickens' short story, with colour plates plus smaller b/w illustrations within the text done by J. C. Beard. 4to. Pictorial covers. Backstrip missing. Heavy rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to half-title. Occasiona [more...]
Splendid edition of Dickens' enduring classic, published under the Folio Society's special Folio Press imprint. Featuring a facsimile of Dickens own (and the only) manuscript of the text, written in his hand and showing his alterations, printed on the recto. [more...]
Handsomely rebound Oxford Illustrated edition of Dickens' novel that satirises the british class system and its institutions such as the debtors prisons. Complete with the 40 b/w illustrations by Phiz, From the Oxford New Illustrated Dickens series. Half red [more...]
Limited edition, of which this is no. 286 of 300 copies. A selection of Fairy Chess problems by a variety of authors. Fairy Chess is a variation of Chess propagated primarily by Thomas Dawson in the early 20th century. With numerous b/w illustrations. Card [more...]
Collection of 16 colour caricatures of various characters from Dickens' works, by J. Clayton Clark (Kyd). Each with a title card featuring an extract from the relevant work. Blue leather like cloth with gilt titling to cover. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. [more...]
No date but c. 1890. The first volume of Kyd's popular sketches of Dickens' characters, originally done as watercolours. Including Bill, Sykes, The Artful Dodge, Sam Weller, Mr. Micawber. 23 in total (presumably of 24), each with description/quote pages. D [more...]
Analysis of Dickens' moral and political philsophy and it was evinced by his work. Which is dealt with piece by piece, showing the evolution of his thought, alongside more general commentary on his novels. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Foxing to fore-e [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Pleasant little volume featuring six colour illustrations of characters from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick club, together with relevant extracts from the book. Bound with cord. small 8vo. Some rubbing and toning to edges. Cont [more...]
Scarce novel by the inventor and philanthropist William Ford Robinson Stanley. Purporting to be the memoirs of one Bill Smith who worked on his Uncle Joe's traveling waxworks show in the mid-19th century. Despite being a fictionalized account, it contains a w [more...]
Pleasant edition of Dickens' Christmas books including the classic Christmas/Ghost story A Christmas Carol plus The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man and The Battle of Life. A facsimile of Dickens' favoured 1876 edition. Bound with quarter [more...]
Splendid Folio Society edition of some of the greatest English, American and Russian short stories by its most celebrated practitioners, including D. H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Irving Washington, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twai [more...]
Issues no. 304 to 329 plus christmas issue. Half leather with marbled boards. Rubbing and wear to leather with portion missing from top of spine. Tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Red leather india paper edition of Dickens' novel. With b/w illustrations by Phiz. No date but c, 1900. Top edge gilt. Some toning to covers and spine. Rubbing to edges with some loss from top of spine. Contents clean and tight. Good [more...]
Pleasant decorated green cloth edition of Dickens' novel. With b/w illustrations done for the Household edition. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, especially top and tail of spines. Light marking to cover. Occasional mild spotting within. Good. [more...]
Second Printing. Study of the practice of Law during the Victorian era, using Dickens as a guide as to how it functioned in reality. Quarter cloth. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Mild rubbing to edges, tanning to page edges, else clean and tight. V [more...]
Fascinating exploration of a mysterious time of Charles Dickens' life where he appeared to have had a relationship with the young actor Ellen Ternan. Some toning to DJ. Contents and volume bright and clean. Very good. [more...]
'Being a Collection of stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult, Doom and Destiny'. Sixth printing of Summers' popular anthology. With numerous short stories by C [more...]
Nice quarter cloth rebinding with marbled boards. With b/w illustrations by Phiz (Knight Hablot Browne). Rubbing and bumping to covers. Sunning to spine. Bindings sound and contents clean. Good. [more...]
Nice red leather edition of Dickens' great novel. Top edge gilt. Light marks to fore-edge. Some marking to front cover. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good. [more...]
