[DICKENS, Charles]. A group of 8 works about Dickens and his life, various 4to and 8vo sizes, many illustrated, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good or fine.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. A group of 8 works about Dickens and his life, including:
BAKER, George Pierce, ed. Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell ("Dora") Private Correspondence. Saint Louis, MO: Privately printed for William K. Bixby, 1908. Publisher’s half vellum gilt. Provenance: Mrs. H.C. Scott (contemporary gift inscription). INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER. -- LANGTON, Robert. The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1891. Publisher's tan cloth gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 180 of 300 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. 7 etchings related to Dickens laid in. -- FORSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. NY: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. 2 volumes. Contemporary dark green half morocco gilt by Stikeman & Co. “Memorial edition.”. -- WHIPPLE, Edwin Percy. Charles Dickens The Man and His Work. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. 2 volumes. Contemporary half brown morocco gilt by The Riverside Press. LIMITED EDITION, number 331 of 550 copies. -- SMITH, Francis Hopkinson. In Dickens' London. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Publisher’s half cloth. -- And 3 others. Together, 8 works in 11 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, many illustrated, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good or fine.
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