Dickens, Charles (Boz) [1812 - 1870]

The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co, 1839. 1st US book edition (VanderPoel B125(2); cf. Edgar & Vail, p. 18; Gimbel A43, 'fourth copy'). Modern brown leather spine, gilt decorated & lettered, over original publisher's vertically-ribbed tan cloth boards. Modern cloth slipcase. i-ii, 3-5, vi - viii, 13 - 403 pp, double column of text. Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins; Stereotyped by J. Fagan, Philadelphia. 39 (of 40) inserted plates after PHIZ redrawn [primarily] by Yeager. The frontis of Dickens not available when this copy was bound, so opposite the t.p. the publisher's tipped-in a printed slip stating: "On presentation of this slip, a copy of the Authorized portrait of Mr. Dickens will be delivered to the bearer, for Lea & Blanchard's illustrated edition of Nicholas Nickleby, which is now engraving on steel, and to be ready by the end of December. The purchasers of the numbers will receive the portrait in the New Work of Mr. Dickens, to be issued next year. / Philadelphia, November, 1839. 10" x 6-1/4". Signed in 6s. Overall VG (usual foxing to text paper; plates uncommonly clean/faint period pencil pos to ffep). This issue of the work, published the same month as the 20th Part, with a tipped-in publisher slip vice the frontis portrait, is quite Rare; is the first time we've ever owned such and we find mention of no other copy thus supplied aside from that noted in the VanderPoel Collection.

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DICKENS, CHARLES

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2 Volumes in 1)

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, circa 1894. Reprint. Hardcover. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt design on spine show light wear a couple of tiny tears head and tail of spine, front hinge started but still solid. Previous owner's name on FFEP previous store stamp dated 1894 on front & back pastedown.; A bright solid, book. Both volumes contained in one book. Undated except for store sticker - a very attractive book. Frontispiece with tissue guard, a number of B&W plates. ; Works of Charles Dickens; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 464 + 460 pages; "Left penniless by the death of his improvident father, young Nicholas Nickleby assumes responsibility for his mother and sister and seeks help from his Scrooge-like Uncle Ralph. Instantly disliking Nicholas, Ralph sends him to teach in a school run by the stupidly sadistic Wackford Squeers. Nicholas decides to escape, taking with him the orphan Smike, one of Squeers’s most abused young charges, and the two embark on a series of adventurous encounters with an array of humanity’s worst and best—greedy fools, corrupt lechers, cheery innocents, and selfless benefactors.". Very Good .

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Dickens, Charles (Boz) [1812 - 1870]. Smith, Walter - Former owner

The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co, 1839. 1st US book edition (Smith AMERICAN 4, pp. ). Grayish reddish brown boards with dark red calico-texture quarter cloth; plain paper-wrapped boards; printed paper title label to spine. See p. 118 of Smith's bibliography for an image of this copy [yes, this was Walter Smith's copy, used in preparation of his Dickens bibliography]. viii, 13 - 404 pp, double column of text. 12 page publisher catalogue inserted after text. Illustrated with two inserted plates designed by Phiz, reengraved by Joseph Yeager. 10" x 6-1/4". Signed in 6s. Wear & soiling, with paper detaching from boards underneath. Rear joint cloth split. Title label mostly worn away. A Good copy only. Issued simultaneously with a cloth edition, Smith terms this boards edition as the "Cheap" edition. While no ownership markings are present, this volume was acquired from Walter Smith's estate.

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Dickens, Charles

"Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" Chapters 57-58 in The Albion (October 12, 1839)

New York, The Albion, 1839. First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Complete, original disbound issue in near fine condition with minor wear. Fine.

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Dickens, Charles

"Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" Chapter 59 in The Albion (November 9, 1839)

New York, The Albion, 1839. First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Complete, original disbound issue in near fine condition with minor wear. Fine.

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Book number: b18309

Dickens, Charles

"Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" Chapter 62 in The Albion (November 23, 1839)

New York, The Albion, 1839. First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Complete, original disbound issue in near fine condition with minor wear. Fine.

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Book number: b18311

Dickens, Charles

"Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" Chapter 64 in The Albion (November 30, 1839)

New York, The Albion, 1839. First Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Complete, original disbound issue in near fine condition with minor wear. Fine.

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Book number: b18314

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]

The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. With Illustrations by "Phiz". Two Volumes in One

New York: Robert P. Bixby & Co, 1842. "4th edition", and 1st edition thus (Edgar & Vail, p. 19; Smith American 4, p. 148). Original brown vertically-ribbed blindstamped cloth with gilt spine lettering [Title wording, followed by "Edited by Boz. / With Illustrations"]. x, 624 pp. Frontis + 21 inserted plates of illustrations after Phiz [Edgar & Vail list 21 plates total, not 22 as in this volume]. Smith notes only the frontispiece, and makes no comment regarding the additional plates [another issue?]. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". VG (bright spine gilt/lsome extremity wear & fraying/period pencil pos dated 1844/gutter break after 1st blank leaf [cords holding]/usual foxing). Scarce edition: Not in Gimbel, not in Vander Poel, and at the time of cataloguing, only 3 copies listed on OCLC. NB. Smith, "No copy was examined in its original binding.".

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Book number: 27558

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DICKENS, CHARLES. INTRODUCTION: DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE

Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Oxford University Press, USA, 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0192545086. Burgundy Hardcovers, white titles to the spine. A sound binding, other than an inscription on the front end paper, the balance of the book is bright & unmarked. The DJ is in Near Fine condition, glossy, light rubbing. Thirty-nine illustrations byPhiz. ; 5.5 X 1.75 X 7.75 inches; 864 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Dickens, Charles & Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) [illustrator]

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

Waverley Book Company, nd c 1912, reprint. Red cloth gilt, F. xviii+435+x+430pp, b/w frontis, 38 b/w plates, slight foxing to the fore edges, otherwise a fine copy in bright cloth. A facsimile of the 'Author's Favourite Edition' originally published by Chapman & Hall. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ On the verso of the half title it states : This is an exact facsimilie in every detail of text and illustration, excepting on the title pages, of the last edition of his works published under the eye of Charles Dickens, and described by him as 'this is the best edition of my books.' The Style of Binding being also copied from the original. Dickens' tale of the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies & featuring some of Dickens' most memorable characters.

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Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby... With Numerous Illustrations by Phiz

Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard, 1839. First American edition. Half brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, dark morocco spine label with gilt titles. [i-v], vi-viii, [13]- 404 pp. Illus. with 39 plates. 8vo. Double-column format. Illustrated by Phiz, re-engraved by J. Yeager. This copy does not appear bound with sheets from the parts issue, though unlike Gimbel's second copy, page iv is not a blank (containing the list of illustrations), none of the plates precedes the title page, nor is there a catalogue in the rear. Gimbel/ Podeschi A43. Amer. Imprints 55380. Boards rubbed, calf worn at edges and joints, spine a bit brittle, endpapers toned at edges, scattered foxing, 3 inch closed tear to plate at p. 110, tear to edge of one leaf, small chip to bottom margin of p. 109 and 404. Binding tight. About very good.

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Dickens, Charles & Browne, Hablot Knight (Phiz) [illustrator]

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

Odhams Press, nd c 1930, reprint. Cloth, G. 764pp, b/w frontis, b/w illustrations, cloth rubbed & marked, a nice solid reading copy. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ Dickens' tale of the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies & featuring some of Dickens' most memorable characters.

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Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]

The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. By Charles Dickens (Boz)

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co, 1839. 1st US book edition (VanderPoel B125(2); cf. Edgar & Vail, p. 18; Gimbel A43, 'fourth copy'). Original publisher's brown muslin cloth, with gilt stamped spine (professionally recased). i-ii, 3-5, vi - viii, 13 - 403, [1 (blank)], [4] pp, double column of text. Adverts last 4 pages. Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins; Stereotyped by J. Fagan, Philadelphia. 40 inserted plates after PHIZ redrawn [primarily] by Yeager. 10" x 6". Signed in 6s. Bit of cloth bubbling to front board. Usual foxing to paper. Period [1840] signature of Capt H B Sawyer, USN. A VG copy.

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Book number: 27559.1

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Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]

The LIFE And ADVENTURES Of NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. With Numerous Illustrations By Phiz

Philadelphia: Published by Getz Buck & Co, 1853. Later US edition. Not listed by Smith, though see p. 141, for an 1852 unillustrated Getz & Buck edition; see also Gimbel D13. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. viii, [13] - 403, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double column. Frontis & 39 inserted plates. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Professionally recased. Period pos to ffep. Very Good.

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DICKENS, CHARLES

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Company, 1885. Reprint. Hard Cover. Illustrated by F. Barnard. Publisher's full brown cloth with embossed black holly decoration, lettering and portrait of Dickens on the front cover, black decoration on spine with gilt lettering, blind-stamped ruled lines on rear cover, floral patterned endpapers. Illustrated with B&W full-page drawings by F. Barnard. Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, front hinge is starting but strong, else fine; unmarked, tight, square and clean. Gilt on spine exceptionally bright. VERY GOOD+. B&W drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. vii, 823 pp. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 29739

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Keywords: Fiction Charles Dickens Literature Novels Victorian Literature Nicholas Nickleby Novels, Poetry & Literature Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books