New York: The Powgen Press, 1938. Wraps. Plain yellow wraps. 70 pp. Signed, with a short dedication, by Tom Boggs. A limited edition collection of lyrical poetry from 1300 to 1938, including some excerpted from longer work, some from manuscript. Includes work by William Blake, Charles Dickens and many others..... More
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1866. Cloth. Incomplete set, dating from the 1860s. Includes: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (4 vols.); Hard Times and Reprinted Pieces (2 vols.); Barnaby Rudge. A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty (3 vols.); Dombey and Son (4 vols.); The Old Curiosity Shop..... More
Philadelphia: T.S. Arthur and Co, 1854. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Pagination runs 245-320, plus a few black and white fashion plates. Double columned text. A few illustrations throughout. A single issue of this magazine devoted to literature, travel and history, among other general interest subjects. Of note are chapters 26 through..... More
Augusta, ME: William T. Johnson, Publisher, 1851. Original Wraps. Newspaper, original wraps. 4pp. Side folding newspaper, featuring "Two Scenes in the life of John Bodger," by Charles Dickens, several articles on slavery and the fugitive slave act, an article on the commissioner of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), etc. In GOOD..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1865. Half-Leather. Black half leather with dark brown cloth. 816 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, including some depicting scenes from the Civil War. Bound volume of this magazine, featuring parts of "Our Mutual Friend," by Charles Dickens; parts of "Armandale," by Wilkie Collins; description..... More
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson. Pamphlet. no date, perhaps circa 1856. Pamphlet, lacking any wraps that may have been issued (although a brown blank rear leaf is present after the text; unclear whether this was an endpaper or rear wrapper). 38 (2) pp. Double columned text. No advertisements present, with a blank..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1852. Half Leather. Half-leather with marbled boards. 864 pp. With black and white illustrations throughout, including depictions of various women's fashions. A bound volume of this literary journal, featuring several installments of 'Bleak House,' by Charles Dickens, as well as 'Drooping Buds,' also by Dickens..... More
New York: The Arundel Print. Cloth. no date, presumed mid to late 1800s. Green cloth with decorations and titling in gilt. All page edges gilt. 442 pages. A collection of poetry by Adelaide Procter, preceded by an introduction by Charles Dickens that provides a short account of his publishing of..... More