SAMMELBAND Of LATE 19TH C. DICKENS COMMENTARY & CRITICISM
[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870] 10 extracted articles on Dickens, bound together in this volume. Divers paginations. Article sources provided in ink, by a period hand, at top of first page. 5th article with period marginalia. Newpaper clipping laid-in, dated July 21, 1918, which includes commentary on Martin Chuzzlewit. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8" Contents include: 1. The Pickwick Papers. Signed "W. S." Belgravia, July 1870. Pp. [32] - 36. 2. Art IX - Charles Dickens. "The Cheap Edition". Nat'l Review, Oct 1858. Pp. 457 - 486. 3. Charles Dickens Use of the Bible. Temple Bar, Sept 1869. Pp. 225 - 234. 4. Charles Dickens as Dramatist & Poet. Percy Fitzgerald. Gentleman's Magazine, Jan 1878. Pp. 61 - 77. 5. Mr Dickens's Amateur Theatricals, A Reminiscence. MacMillan's Magazine, Jan 1871. Pp. 206 - 215. 6. Forster's Life of Dickens. Quarterly Review, Jan 1872. Pp. 125 - 147. 7. Bulwer and Dickens, A Contrast. Temple Bar, Jan 1875. Pp. 168 - 180. 8. Art VII - Charles Dickens. [review of 5 publications]. Temple Bar, Jan 1875. Pp. 125 - 146. 9. Art VI - Letters of Charles Dickens. Dublin Review, April 1880. Pp. 409 - 438. 10. Charles Dickens on Bells. George Delamere Cowan. Temple Bar, (n. d.). Pp. 380 - 387. I found the 2nd article quite interesting, for the author concedes Dickens' early literary genius, but seemingly calls into question Dickens status as a gentleman, with such negatively impacting his later writings. "There has been much controversy about Mr Dickens's taste. A great many cultivated people will scarcely concede that has has any taste at all. Nor has Mr Dickens the gentlemanly instinct ." [p. 483]. General wear with rubs to extremities. Front joint rubbed. Bookplate of "George Pitt". A VG volume. Period red half-sheep binding with pebbled red cloth boards. Blue marbled eps- $193
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BUMBLE’S COURTSHIP. From Dickens’s “Oliver Twist” A Comic Interlude, in One Act.; The Play contains the Costumes, Bye-play, List of Proprerties, &c., &c. Published by Permission of Messrs. Chapman & Hall
[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Emson, Frank E. 11, [1 (advert)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-1/4" S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald, in his "Dickens and the Drama" [p. 112] states "I don't think it has ever been publicly acted." Minor wear & age-toning. Overall, a VG+ copy of an uncommon edition. Printed peach-colored paper wrappers, stitched. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve "French's Acting Edition". Cf Bolton OT 133, who posits 1873 / 1874 as publication date; Carr B122; Miller, p. 185.- $138
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NOTES On NURSING For The LABOURING CLASSES.; Price Sixpence
Nightingale, Florence [1820 - 1910] 114, [2] pp. Publisher advert last 2 pages. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8" [16.5 cm x 10.5 cm]. An uncommon edition of Nightingale's classic work; OCLC reports no holding of this 1885 edition. We find no copies returned on a COPAC search. NB. Bishop & Goldie state, in their entry for this work, that the 3 chapters that conclude this 1885 edition, "Convalescence, What is a Nurse, and Minding Baby" were not introduced until the 1914 "War Time" edition. obviously, they are in error. General wear & soiling to covers, with backstrip slightly sun-tanned. Age-toning to extremities. Paper chipping to spine ends. Withal, a VG copy. Original publisher's printed pale green paper wrappers 'Sixth-Third Thousand'. Cf. Bishop & Goldie 6.- $825
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U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA 1960
[Naval Air Station Unit Yearbook] Unpaginated, though 200+ pages. Filled with b/w photographic images, of shops, the station, personnel, etc. 11-1/4" x 8-1/2" General wear, with bumped corners. Dull cover lettering/graphic. Slight lean. A VG copy. Blue cloth binding with gold title printing, and unit logo, to front board- $83
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The WEEK-END DICKENS.; Being Selected Passages from the Works of Charles Dickens with an Introductory Essay by Slyvia Townsend Warner
[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Warner, Slyvia Townsend - Compiler xvi, 148, [4] pp. 12mo. Slight lean. Cloth a bit soiled. Very Good. Orange cloth binding with red stamped lettering to spine. No dust jacket- $14
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DICKENS And PHIZ
[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Steig, Michael x, 340 pp. Many b/w intratextual illustrations and photographic images. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4" VG (light stain to top text-block corner/bookplate)/VG (modest wear). Purple cloth binding, silver stamped lettering to spine. Dark purple printed DJ- $14
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The PLAYS And POEMS Of CHARLES DICKENS With A Few Miscellanies in Prose Now First Collected Edited, Prefaced and Annotated by Richard Hearne Shepherd. In Two Volumes
Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. Shepherd, Richard Hearne - Editor. Ingleby, Clement Mansfield [1823 - 1886] - Former Owner 2 volumes (406; vi, [2], 420 pp). Index in Volume II. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-5/8" A scarce set as the print run was withdrawn from the trade due to copyright issues (on No Thoroghfare) and not republished until 1885. Spine panels darkened. Bookplate of "C. M. Ingleby, L.L.D. Valentines.", the noted 19th C Shakespearian scholar. A VG set. Blue cloth binding, with gilt stamped title lettering to spine (professionally rebacked, with original spine panels laid-down). Pale yellow eps- $545
- $545
LETTERS Of CHARLES DICKENS to The BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS.; With a Biographical Introduction
[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts [1814 - 1906]. Osborne, Charles C. - Editor xii, 204, [8] pp (including Index). 8vo. "Burdett-Coutts spent the majority of her wealth on scholarships, endowments, and a wide range of philanthropic causes. One of her earliest philanthropic acts was to co-found (with Charles Dickens) a home for young women who had 'turned to a life of immorality', including theft and prostitution. The home was known as Urania Cottage." [Wiki]. The volume contains many hitherto unpublished letters to Burdett-Coutts, which gives one a good flavor of Dickens rather sympathetic nature for those less fortunate. Uncommon in jacket. VG+ (top edge dusty/offset to eps)/Abt VG (some edgewear/chipping @ hd & tail of spine). Black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket- $50
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SPEECHES, LETTERS, And SAYINGS of CHARLES DICKENS. To Which is Added A Sketch of the Author by George Augustus Sala and Dean Stanley’s Sermon
Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. Sala, George Augustus [Henry. 1828 - 1895] viii, [9] - 147 pp (double column). 2 pp publisher advert prior to text, and 4 pp publisher advert at rear (dated July 1870). Wood engraving frontispiece of Dickens. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 5-7/8" Issued shortly after Dickens' demise, and expands on a 10 June piece from the Daily Telegraph. Original green publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering (professionally recased). Gilt lettering to spine & front board- $358
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MARY ANNE WELLINGTON, The Soldier’s Daughter, Wife, and Widow. In Three Volumes
vi, [6], 300; [2], 299, [1 (blank)]; [2], 236, 24 pp. 24 page publisher catalogue concludes Vol III. Fronitspiece in each volume. 5 inserted plates, after drawings by the author. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5" Slight cock to each volume, some soiling & extremity wear, with some occasional fraying to cloth. Backstrips sunned. Period pos to Vol I ffep. A Good set. Claret weave-grain cloth, with gilt stamped spine lettering. Pale yellow eps CONTES ROSES De Ma Mere – Grand
[4], 154, [2] pp. 9 tipped-in color plates + numerous intratextual b/w drawings. 4to. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4" Binding fore-edges stained. Some other binding wear and soiling. Prior owner signature to front paste-down. A square & tight, Good copy. Mustard yellow cloth binding, with multi-color stamping. TEG INFALLIBLE LOGIC. A VISIBLE And AUTOMATIC SYSTEM Of REASONING
xxviii, [2], 659, [3] pp including index. Charts. 8-1/2" x 6" Slight lean to spine with some spotting to top and bottom text-block edges. Spine is partially sunned and distressed. Modern bookplate to ffep. Withal, a square and tight VG copy. Tan full sheep binding with maroon morocco title label to spine with gilt stamped title lettering The HUNDREDTH BOOK. A Bibliography of the Publication of the Book Club of California & a History of the Club by David Magee
xxiii, [5], 79, [3] pp including Index. Illustrated with facsimlies. Folio. 14-1/2" x 10" Sunning to top edge front board and light off-set to inside boards. A VG+ copy. Leaf designed papered boards with tan cloth spine. Gilt title lettering stamped to label on spine WINGS OVER AMERICA. Army Air Forces. Hobbs Army Air Field. Army Air Forces Flying Training Command.; Forward by General H. H. Arnold
131, [1] pp. Filled with b&w photographic images showing all aspects of Army Air Forces & the units/personnell at Hobbs Army Air Field. 4to. 12-1/4" x 9" Text through p. 26 details the history of the AAF, as well as the West Coast Training Center at Santa Ana, CA. Hobbs-specific material begins on p. 27, detailing assigned units & their personnel. This includes the 387th, 308th HQ, 953rd, 954th, 955th, 956th, 957th, 958th, 959th, 960th, 962nd, 916th, 916th, 909th QM, the Medical Detachment, 858th Signals, Finance Detachment, Veterinary Detachment, 355th and the all black 342nd and 1013th QM platoon. Uncommon unit history/year-book; OCLC records just two institutional holdings. Book - shows little wear, a Nr Fine copy. Mailing envelope - unused, though dusty & torn at flap ends. Very Good. Original blue buckram cloth binding, embossed with an eagle to the front cover. Pictorial front eps. Manila mailing envelope 1st edition. INSCRIBED by 44 former members of "The Fighting 355th" [Air Forces Band] to "Don", presumed to be Sergeant Don H. Maddux [p. 126]. The BIG TREES Of CALIFORNIA. Their History and Characteristics
104 pp. 20 illustrations from photographs. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" Clark "was a Canadian-born American conservationist and writer. He is known as the first European American to discover the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees, and is notable for his role in gaining legislation to protect it and the Yosemite area, and for 24 years serving as Guardian of Yosemite National Park." [Wiki] Slight lean, average wear & soiling to binding. Spine a bit sunned. A solid VG copy. Light green cloth binding printed in dark green. Green floral patterned-paper eps The FATAL CABINET; or the Profligate Mother. Two Volumes in One
148; 135, [1] pp. Last page a publisher advert. 12mo, gathered in 6s. 7-1/8" x 4-1/4" General binding wear. Leaf 2-5 with period sewing repair to long tear [no loss]. Usual browning & foxing to paper. A VG copy of an uncommon work. Period full brown sheep binding, flat back, with black leather title label to spine 1st US edition (American Imprints 20091). Cf. Garside & Schowerling 1810:48 for the UK edition, entitled "The Profligate Mother, or the Fatal Cabinet.". INDIANS Of The YOSEMITE VALLEY And Vicinity. Their History, Customs and Traditions
110 pp. 26 illustrations from b/w photographs. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8" Per Cowan, "One of the best available sources relating to the life and legends of these fast disappearing aboriginal inhabitants." Slight lean, average wear & soiling to binding. Spine lettering a bit dull. A solid VG copy. Light brown cloth binding printed in dark brown, cover design by Mrs Jorgensen 1st edition (Cowan, p. 126). SIGNED by Clark on the ffep, under the ownership signature of H. L. Clark [a relation?], dated 5/8/04. SIXTY FIRST SEA FOAM. A Log Book.; Originated & Compiled by Members of Sixty-First U. S. Naval Construction Battalion
218, [6] pp. Filled with b/w photographic images of the unit, it's men & their divers activities. 12-1/8" x 9" General soiling to covers. Some foxing. Very Good. Pebbled blue cloth binding with a gold, red & black embossed unit symbol to front cover The POETICAL WORKS Of THOMAS MOORE, Including His Melodies, Ballads, etc. Complete in One Volume
xxvi, [27] - 419, [1] pp. Steel engraved frontispiece of Moore. 8vo. 9" x 5-1/2" Binding extremities & spine a bit rubbed & scuffed, but not excessively so. Usual foxing to paper. A respectable VG copy. Period full brown sheep with marbled edges & eps. Gilt lettered black leather title label to spine. Gilt edge dentelles JOURNAL OF THE REV. TIMOTHY FLINT FROM THE RED RIVER TO THE QUACHITTA or WASHITA, in Louisiana in 1835″ [as published in] The SELECT CIRCULATING LIBRARY. Containing the Best Popular Literature, Including Memoirs, Biography, Novels, Tales, Travels, Voyages, &c. Part I – 1836
[4], 416 pp. Text triple column. Flint piece, pp. 284 - 288. Steel engraved plate of Frederick Marryat, drawn by Behnes, engraved by Lawson, precedes text. 4to. 11-3/8" x 9-1/8" Flint's long letter (11 columns, in small type) is dated Alexandria, La., April 21, 1835, and apparently not known to Kirkpatrick who made no reference to it in his biography of Flint [per Graff]. The cited references make mention of a separate 12mo edition of this work, and of which we find an occasional record, the last being in 1973. Rare. Marryat is represented with The NAVAL ANNUAL, in addition to the engraving. Miss Baillie [no doubt, unknowingly] contributes a number of dramatic pieces, all but two asserted to be original publications, and which, by appearing herein, constitute their first US appearance. General shelfwear, with rubs to leather extremities. Usual foxing. An Abt VG - VG copy. Publisher's maroon half-sheep binding over green marbled paper boards 1st edition thus (Howes F-202; cf. Graff 1357, Rader 1419 for the separate printing). Not in Sabin.