Victorian Literature & History

First edition, first issue with 2pp adverts at end; 8vo (195 x 140 mm); two illustrations of 'The Sherd of Armenartas', a few spots to half-title and following blank leaf, otherwise very clean; publishers bevelled cloth, gilt, patterned endpapers, the front free one chipped along edges since this was loose, now professionally reattached, rear hinge also restored, otherwise a near-fine copy.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's dark green cloth, titles spine gilt, first issue binding with top edge gilt. An exceptionally nice copy and distinctly scarce thus.

First editions, first impressions; 2 vols, 8vo; illustrated throughout, scattered light foxing; publisher's blue cloth, devices to boards, and titles to spines gilt, all edges gilt, black coated endpapers, spines bumped, corners a little rubbed, overall a very good set; vi, [2], 212; [vi], 238, [2, ads]pp.

First edition, first issue; 8vo (196 x 142 mm, 7¾ x 5½ in); 20pp. publisher's advertisements bound in at end, ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and front free endpaper; publisher's dark grey cloth, spine and upper cover gilt-lettered with gilt life buoy design to upper cover, blindstamp to lower cover, leaves uncut, hinges starting to split, extremities slightly rubbed.

First edition in book form ('latter' for 'letter', p. 160; 'flys' for 'flies', p. 245; 'visiters' for 'visitors', p. 272); 8vo (234 x 154 mm, 12¾ x 6 in); half-title, engraved portrait of Dickens after Daniel Maclise, 39 engraved plates by H.K. Browne [Phiz], frontispiece and first four illustrations in first state with imprint of Chapman and Hall (cf. Smith I, 5, p. 42), some minor toning and a few spots to plates, portrait of Dickens spotted (as usual) with transfer onto title-page opposite, plate 37 ('The breaking up at Dotheby's Hall') bound out of sequence after p. 620, small closed tears to list of plates professionally repaired at outer margin, very small loss to upper corner of pp. 501-502 (not affecting text); publisher's dark olive green cloth, front and back covers stamped in blind, recased with new yellow endpapers, spine slightly sunned, small closed tear at foot, extremities slightly bumped, othewise very good.

First edition in book form. 8vo. Bound without the half title. With additional engraved title and engraved plates by H.K.Browne [Phiz]. Contemporary half green calf over marbled paper boards, brown endpapers. Foxing to the plates and attendant leaves, edges just a little rubbed. Dickens memorial sticker to front free endpaper. A pleasing copy in contemporary condition.

Limited edition, one of 200 copies on Japanese Ho-sho paper, from a total edition of 350; two parts in one volume; 8vo, (26.5 x 19 cm); text in French, 28 colour woodblock illustrations, including frontispieces, additional black illustrations throughout text, red velvet endpapers; publisher's red morocco, pictorial covers, top edge gilt, gilt lettering to spine, modern dustjacket in red half-morocco, modern red morocco bordered slipcase, overall an excellent copy.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; black-and-white illustrations by Sidney Paget, including frontispiece, scattered light foxing, otherwise unmarked internally, patterned endpapers; publisher's blue cloth, gilt and black text to upper board and spine, Strand Library device on upper board, all edges gilt, extremities rubbed, hinges cracked but holding, overall a very good copy; 279pp.

First edition, sole impression, one of 200 copies on 'small paper', from an overall limitation of 225; small 4to (220 x 170 mm); printed in black, green & sepia on Arnold's handmade paper, some with the Vale Press watermark, pictorial title-page and 9 full-page illustrations in sepia, decorative initials printed in green, all by Charles Ricketts, original vellum with gilt designs by Ricketts to covers and spine. Housed in a quarter morocco slipcase. Rockwell Kent designed bookplate to front paste down, very light spotting to some pages, boards a little bowed as usual, gilt to spine rather dull. Very good.

First edition, first impression, limited issue, being number 7 of only 110 copies; 8vo; portrait frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats, tissue-guard; publisher's red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, light browning to endpapers & bookplate removed from front pastedown, otherwise internally fine and sound, rare.