GABRIELLE D'ESTREES. A Volume in The Royal Library Historical Series
by DESCLOZEAUX, Adrien
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Full Leather. Near Fine. Octavo. Signed fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London England for Marshall Field and Company. Bound in full blue leather with raised bands spine, gilt decoration spine, gilt lettering on red leather spine labels, gilt floral interdentales, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon bookmark, laid... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story
by Dibdin, Michael
New York (1978): Pantheon Books. First American Edition. Fine/Fine. octavo, 192 pages; original black cloth, printed in silver, pictorial dust jacket, with price of $7.95 on front flap. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Author's first book. First American edition, stated.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics;
by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
London: W. Dwyer, Hanwell & Parker & Cooke; Deighton & Barrett, 1804. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. xx [lxxiii] 571(1) errata; frontis is a facsimile of the Complutensian Polyglot text. Bound in early 20th century cloth, with paper label on spine. A very good, tight copy, with some small marginal spots of mildew.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Is She His Wife? Or, Something Singular. A Comic Burletta in One Act
by Dickens, Charles
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. First American Edition. 16mo, 80 pages; front inner hinge with discreet repair. Light wear at extremities; two small stains (1/4") on final leaf of text. Very good.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce in One Act
by Dickens, Charles
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. First American Edition. 16mo, 96 pages; owner name stamp on title page and front pastedown; small loss at spine ends; discreet repair to inner hinges. About very good.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
THE MYSTERY OF EDWN DROOD
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. Hard Cover. Very Good-. S. L. Fildes. Octavo. First edition in second issue binding. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering and black design spine and front cover. Two thin black ruled borders front cover. Yellow endpapers. Engraved portrait and title page and 12 full page plates by S. L. Fildes. Mild... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Lamplighter. A Farce. Now First Printed from a Manuscript in the Forster Collection at the South Kensington Museum
by Dickens, Charles
London, 1879. First Edtion. 12mo, 45 pages; publisher's original blue printed wrappers. Number 78 of 250 copies printed. A very near fine copy. Internally clean and bright.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Hard Times
by Dickens, Charles
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 12mo, 292 pages; First American hardcover edition, preceeded by a soft cover edition. Publisher's green cloth stamped in blind and gilt; yellow end papers, off-setting from binder's glue. Owner name and location number at head of title page. Light fraying at spine ends. A very good copy.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Bleak House
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition. Hard Cover. First issue, with uncorrected text (p. 19, line 6, with "elgble"; p. 209, line 23, with "chair"; p. 275, line 22, with "counsinship"); octavo, 624 pages, 5 line errata. Bound in contemporary 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, marbled edges; spine printed in gilt. Vignette title and... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
LITTLE DORRIT
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First Edition. H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). First edition, first issue. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards by Grapel of Liverpool; raised bands and gilt lettering at spine. Marbled edges and marbled endpapers; bound from the parts. Octavo, 625 pages. Illustrations by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). Engraved frontispiece, title, and 38 engraved full page plates within... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. In a Fine Binding and with Many First Issue Plates
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1937. First Edition. Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) & Seymour. two volumes, in a fine binding by Champs and bound from the original parts; with 91 leaves of ads, including the front wrapper of part XV, a few are mounted on thin paper.The plates in part III are by "Phiz" not Buss. Most of the remaining... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Dombey and Son, in the Original Monthly Parts, First Issue of Text and Having ALL the Ads Called for
by Dickens, Charles
London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19, original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver. First issue of text, with the word "Delight" instead of "Joy" mentioned twice on page 284, part IX; with "Capatin" in the last line... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Ivy Green. A Ballad (Sheet Music)
by Dickens, Charles (Boz) & Russell, Henry
New York (1838): James L. Hewitt & Co. First Edition. Very Good. large folio, 8 pages of engraved sheet music. the words written by "Boz" - the music composed by Henry Russell. [Together with] Hullah, John Pyke. Autumn Leaves. Ballad, sung by Mr. F. Seguin. The Words by "Boz." Six pages of engraved sheet music. Originally issued as... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal....Volume I from April 30, 1859 to October 22, 1859...No 1 to No. 26 (A Tale of Two Cities)
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. octavo, 624 pages, ex-library, in a maroon cloth binding. Marbled edges; the first publication of "A Tale of Two Cities" being the first 26 instalments from April 30, 1859 to October 22, 1859 (the last 5 instalments of "A Tale of Two Cities" are in volume 2 of All the Year Round). Very good.... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. mixed issue of text, with page 123, line 17 corrected to "sister" and page 160, line 6 up with "latter" not corrected. Portrait frontispiece of Dickens, illustrated by Phiz, octavo, 624pp. Twentieth Century binding in full brown leather, spine printed in gilt, marbled end papers. Plates are tanned at edges, but images... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Our Mutual Friend (In the Original Monthly Parts and with an Autograph Note By Thomas Hatton Laid Into Part 12: FIRST ISSUE of the Wrappers and FIRST ISSUE of the text)
by Dickens, Charles
London [May 1864-November 1865]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present, except for the rare ad "The Economic Life Assurance Society" following the plates in... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Bleak House (In the Original Monthly Parts) Annotated By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton
by Dickens, Charles
London (March 1852-September 1853): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. H. K. Browne (Phiz). In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19, in the original green printed wrappers. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. FIRST ISSUE OF THE TEXT, uncorrected thus: in part I, page 19, line... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
![The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with the Cork Ad]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/516/637/1275637516.0.m.jpg)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with the Cork Ad]
by Dickens, Charles
London (April-Sept.) 1870: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. In the original monthly parts, in printed wrappers; with the famous "Cork Hats" ad in part II. Twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes and a portrait; [i-v]vi-vii, [1]2-190[192]. ALL wrappers are correct. Part VI has the first issue point of "Price Eighteenpence" pasted onto front wrap.... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - 20 Parts in 19 - with an Abundance of First and Second Issue Wrappers and Plates; ANNOTATED By Dickens Bibliographer Thomas Hatton
by Dickens, Charles
London [April 1836 - November 1837]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. First edition in the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19, with 43 illustrations by Seymour, Phiz and Buss. A near prime copy, lacking just 3 of the 11 points required in Eckel's bibliography, "The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens." The three points lacking are... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (Publisher's Presentation Copy; Original parts). Annotated By Bibliographer Thomas Hatton and from His Collection
by Dickens, Charles
London (January 1843-July 1844): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Publisher's Presentation Copy, with "With The Publisher's Compliments" stamped onto front wrapper of part IV, in the same style as we have seen on other publisher presentation copies. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL ads and slips are present, as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, (except for the... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition. 12mo, 188 pages; publisher's pictorial red cloth, printed in gilt; rebacked, with original spine laid down; yellow end papers; inner hinges professionally repaired. Internally clean and bright. Very good.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First Edition. 12mo, 174 pages, 2 pages of ads; publisher's pictorial red cloth, decorated in gilt; rebacked long ago, with original spine laid down; loss at spine ends and along rear hinge. All edges gilt; inner hinges cracked, bookseller ticket of The Old Curiosity Shop tipped-in to ffep. Near very good.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
The Chimes: A Goblin Story
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman & Hall, 1845. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo, 175 pages; publisher's pictorial red cloth, printed in gilt and blind; yellow end papers. Second issue, with publisher's imprint outside engraved area on vignette title page; light foxing on frontis and vignette title, but not in text; very light dampstain in gutter of frontis/vignette title, but not showing... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Dame Durden Little Woman from Bleak House (From Dickens' Little Folks series)
by Dickens, Charles
New York: John R. Anderson. 12mo, 190 pages; publisher's green cloth decorated in black and gilt. Peach end papers. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Minor soiling to boards. A lovely copy, VG+.
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Our Mutual Friend
by Dickens, Charles
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. Hard Cover. Very Good. Second U. S. book edition. Octavo, 350 pages, 2 pages of ads; illustrated with 34 textual illustrations. Bound in purple pebble-grained cloth, now faded to tan; spine lettered in gilt. Wear at extremities, small loss at spine ends; very light damp stain to end papers; neat owner's name.... Read More
Offered by Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.