“THE BIBLE OF CHRISTMAS”

DICKENS, Charles. The Christmas Books. London, 1843-48. Together, five volumes.

First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books—chief among them a first issue of his immortal Christmas Carol, the veritable "Bible of Christmas"—illustrated with 63 engravings, four in color, by Leech, Maclise, Stanfield, Doyle and Landseer, all books in the original gilt-decorated cloth. A lovely set. $28,000.

“WHETHER I SHALL TURN OUT TO BE THE HERO OF MY OWN LIFE….”

DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London, May 1849 to November 1850. Twenty parts in nineteen.

Scarce first edition in the original parts of Dickens' "largely autobiographic" masterpiece, with additional vignette title page, frontispiece and 38 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"). $13,800.

“NEVER WAS A BOOK RECEIVED WITH MORE RAPTUROUS ENTHUSIASM”

DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London, 1836.

First edition of one of Dickens' most popular works—his first novel, and his first work to appear in serialized form—here in the scarce original parts. Mixed first and later issues, as almost always when found in parts. $7500.

FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITIONS OF DICKENS’ VERY RARE FIRST BOOKS

DICKENS, Charles. Sketches by Boz. London, 1836-37. Four volumes in three (as published).

First editions of Dickens’ first and rarest work, illustrated by George Cruikshank, lovely copies of both Series, handsomely bound by Birdsall. $7000.

HANDSOME ILLUSTRATED 32-VOLUME SET OF DICKENS’ WORKS

DICKENS, Charles. Works. Boston and New York, 1894-1900. Thirty-two volumes. “New Library Edition” of Dickens’ works, with hundreds of illustrations after the originals by Cruikshank, Phiz, Leech and others, handsomely bound. $5800.

“HUMAN LIFE… SOMEHOW LARGER AND BRIGHTER THAN THE REALITY”

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London, 1838-1839. Twenty parts in nineteen.

First edition, mixed issue, in original parts of one of Dickens' most popular works, illustrated with 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). $5500.

DICKENS’ MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK

DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock. London, 1840-41. Eighty-eight weekly parts.

First edition of Master Humphrey’s Clock in the scarce original 88 weekly parts, including The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. Illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz"). An exceptional copy. $4900.

"NEVER WAS A BOOK RECEIVED WITH MORE RAPTUROUS ENTHUSIASM THAN THAT WHICH GREETED THE PICKWICK PAPERS"

DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London, 1837. First edition, first issue of one of Dickens' greatest works, with 43 illustrations by Seymour, Buss and Phiz, beautifully bound by Bayntun. $4800.

HANDSOME SET OF DICKENS’ WORKS ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS

DICKENS, Charles. The Works. London, 1903. Together, 36 volumes.

Limited Edition de Luxe of the Gadshill Edition of Dickens Works, number 100 of only 130 sets with illustrations on Japanese paper, illustrated with full-page steel-engraved plates from the original illustrations by various artists including Cruikshank, Phiz, Graves, and Tenniel. Very handsomely bound. $4800.

HANDSOME SET OF DICKENS’ WORKS, ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS

DICKENS, Charles. The Works. New York, 1902. Together, 36 volumes.

American issue of the Gadshill Edition of Dickens Works, illustrated with full-page plates from the original engraved illustrations by various artists including Cruikshank, Phiz, Graves, and Tenniel. Handsomely bound. $4800.

“A DEATHLESS NICHE IN THE TEMPLE OF FAME”

DICKENS, Charles. Works. New York, circa 1900. Twenty volumes.

“National Library Edition” of Dickens’ works, illustrated with nearly 200 black-and-white plates, handsomely bound. $4500.

“HUMAN LIFE TOUCHED BY MAJESTY AND PURPOSE”

DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London, 1846-48. Twenty parts in nineteen.

First edition in scarce original parts of Dickens' novel of "Pride," with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz"), including the famous first "dark plate." An excellent, unrestored copy, with almost all of the ads called for. $4500.

HANDSOMELY BOUND AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION OF THE PICKWICK PAPERS

DICKENS, Charles. Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London, 1836-37.

First book edition, mixed first and early issue, of one of Dickens’ greatest works, with 43 illustrations by Seymour and Phiz, extra-illustrated with a complete suite of 32 engraved plates, most by Thomas Onwyn (who has signed many of the plates as "Sam Weller"), handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt by Zaehnsdorf. $4200.

FIRST EDITION OF DICKENS’ AMERICAN NOTES, IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

DICKENS, Charles. American Notes. London, 1842. Two volumes. First edition, first issue, of Dickens' "record of impressions" of "raw" America—"far from being a model for the earth to copy"—scarce in original cloth. $3800.

“TORTURE IN LOVE, AND DESPAIR, AND MADNESS”

DICKENS, Charles. Our Mutual Friend. London, 1865. Two volumes.

First edition, bound from parts, of this classic Dickens novel about liars, deceivers, and pretenders, with 40 illustrations by Marcus Stone, handsomely bound and with an elaborate bi-directional fore-edge painting of Charles Dickens. $2800.

DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London, 1870. Six parts (all published).

First edition in original parts of Dickens' last book, a tantalizingly incomplete murder mystery, illustrated with 14 engraved plates after designs by Luke Fildes and with the wrapper of Part VI in the earliest state. $2650.

DICKENS, Charles. Mystery of Edwin Drood. London, 1870. Six parts (all published).

First edition in original parts of Dickens' last book, a tantalizingly incomplete murder mystery, illustrated with 14 engraved plates after designs by Luke Fildes and with the wrapper of Part VI in the earliest state. $2650.

“A DEATHLESS NICHE IN THE TEMPLE OF FAME”

DICKENS, Charles. Works. London and New York, 1903-07. Twenty-two volumes bound in twenty. “The Fireside Dickens,” a complete set of Dickens’ perennially popular and beloved novels and stories— including such incomparable classics as The Pickwick Papers, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol— illustrated with engravings by Cruikshank, “Phiz,” and others, handsomely bound by Morrell. $2500.

“TORTURE IN LOVE, AND DESPAIR, AND MADNESS”

DICKENS, Charles. Our Mutual Friend. London, May 1864 to November 1865. Twenty parts in nineteen.

First edition in original parts of this Dickens favorite, with a substantial complement of the advertisements issued with the original parts. A very nice copy in largely unrestored original wrappers. $2500.

“HIS SINGLE MOST FEROCIOUS ONSLAUGHT AGAINST ENGLAND”

DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London, 1857.

First edition, first issue, bound from parts, of one of Dickens’ most outspoken and outstanding novels, with 40 illustrations by Hablôt Knight Brown (“Phiz”), including frontispiece and vignette title page. $2000.

“HIS SINGLE MOST FEROCIOUS ONSLAUGHT AGAINST ENGLAND”

DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London, 1857.

First edition in book form, first issue, of one of Dickens’ most outspoken and outstanding novels, with 40 illustrations by Hablôt Knight Brown (“Phiz”), including frontispiece and vignette title page. $1750.

“A CONCORD OF AFFECTION AND BROTHERHOOD”

DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphrey"s Clock. London, 1840-41. Three volumes.

First edition, bound from parts, with frontispiece plates in each volume and almost 200 in-text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”), quite handsomely bound by Frost. $1700.

“TORTURE IN LOVE, AND DESPAIR, AND MADNESS”

DICKENS, Charles. Our Mutual Friend. London, 1865. Two volumes.

First edition, bound from parts, with 40 illustrations by Marcus Stone. $1500.

“HUMAN LIFE TOUCHED BY MAJESTY AND PURPOSE”

DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London, 1848.

First edition, bound from parts, of Dickens' novel of "Pride," with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne ("Phiz"), including the famous "dark plate." $1400.

“HUMAN LIFE TOUCHED BY MAJESTY AND PURPOSE”

DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London, 1848.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ novel of “Pride,” with 40 etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”), including the famous “dark plate.” $1400.

“THE BEST OF MY STORIES”

DICKENS, Charles. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London, 1844.

First edition in book form of Dickens’ picaresque novel of “farce, melodrama, and social criticism,” with 40 full-page etchings by Hablôt Knight Browne (“Phiz”). $1250.

DICKENS’ THE BATTLE OF LIFE, RARE CONTINENTAL EDITION

DICKENS, Charles. The Battle of Life. Leipzig, 1847.

Copyright edition for Continental Circulation of the fourth of Dickens’ five Christmas books. $1000.

"WE COUNT BY CHANGES AND EVENTS WITHIN US. NOT BY YEARS."

DICKENS, Charles. The Battle of Life. London, 1846.

First edition, fourth state, of the fourth of Dickens' five Christmas books. $850.

CRUIKSHANK’S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR DICKENS’ JOSEPH GRIMALDI

(CRUIKSHANK, George) [DICKENS, Charles]. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. London, 1846. Two volumes in one.

Second English edition of Dickens’ engaging account of “what [clowns] did with themselves out of pantomime, and off the stage,” with hand-colored frontispiece portrait of Grimaldi by Harris after DeWilde, a second frontispiece portrait by Greatbatch after Raven, and 12 full-page etchings by Cruikshank. $450.