![DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). [Works] London: 1837-1870. 16 works in 18 volumes. 8° or 16°. Plates. Variously in Cosway-style bindings of red, blue, brown or green morocco by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath (one binding unsigned), 16 of the bindings with the upper covers with central inset original oval portrait miniatures (6 after Daniel Maclise of Dickens as a young man, one in middle-age and 8 of the author in his late 50s; one of the character 'Little Dombey'), all elaborately tooled in gilt, one with inset faceted glass, three with onlays of contrasting-coloured leather, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2000/CKS/2000_CKS_06348_0582_000(013042).jpg?w=1)
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). [Works] London: 1837-1870. 16 works in 18 volumes. 8° or 16°. Plates. Variously in Cosway-style bindings of red, blue, brown or green morocco by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath (one binding unsigned), 16 of the bindings with the upper covers with central inset original oval portrait miniatures (6 after Daniel Maclise of Dickens as a young man, one in middle-age and 8 of the author in his late 50s; one of the character 'Little Dombey'), all elaborately tooled in gilt, one with inset faceted glass, three with onlays of contrasting-coloured leather, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges.
[With]
Gilbert Keith CHESTERTON (1874-1936). Charles Dickens. London: William Clowes & Sons for Methuen & Co., 1906. 8° (210 x 135mm). Half-title. 2 portraits, one expertly hand-coloured at a latere date, extra-illustrated with 6 portraits and 4 original watercolour drawings of Dicken's characters. Later Cosway-style red morocco gilt, the upper cover with central inset original oval portait miniature of Dickens, surrounded by decorative arabesque-work in gilt, lower cover with central panel of scrolling foliage, spine in six compartments with raised bands. Lettered in the second and third, the others with repeat pattern in gilt, gilt turn-ins, watered silk liners, gilt edges, by Bayntun (Riviere).
A FINE SELECTION OF MOST OF THE GREATEST OF DICKENS' WORKS, the majority first editions in book-form, all sumptously presented in 'Cosway' bindings.
The selection of Dickens works comprises:
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. (214 x 134mm). Half-title. Engraved title and 42 plates after Robert Seymour and Hablot K. Browne. (Light spotting to plates). Brown morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens as a young man, the surround with small faceted glass inserts (two glass inserts lacking). First edition in book-form, later issue with Buss plates replaced and Chapman & Hall imprint on each plate. Smith 3.
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz". With illustrations by George Cruickshank. London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 2 volumes, (190 x 118mm). Half-titles. Engraved frontispiece to vol.I expertly hand-coloured at a later date, 12 engraved plates by Cruickshank, extra-illustrated with 29 hand-coloured portraits, plates and views. (Lacking adverts. from vol.II). Red morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens as a young man inset to upper cover of vol.I. First edition. Eckel p.140.
Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of every-day life and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George Cruickshank. New edition, complete. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. (217 x 133mm). Half-title. Engraved title and 39 plates by Cruickshank. (Some small repaired marginal tears, some light browning to plates). Brown morocco gilt, portriat of Dickens as a young man. New edition, first appearance in a single volume. Cf. Smith 2 (Notes: 4).
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. (210 x 134mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece after Maclise, 39 etched Hablot K. Browne. (Lacks half-title and advertisements, some light browning to plates.) Dark blue morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s, red morocco onlays. First edition in book-form. Smith 5.
American Notes for general circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. 2 volumes, (190 x 117mm). Half-titles, 1p. publisher's announcement at front of vol.I, 6pp. publisher's adverts. at back of vol.II. Extra-illustrated with a 3pp. autograph letter signed, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, Saturday 21 August, 1858, from Dickens to Patrick Allen Fraser, turning down his invitation (with evident regret and some charm) to ?stay with him and ?lecture in Abroath '...my Tour is now made up and completed and every moment of my time is parcelled out alloted. I must therefore hope to receive a visit from you in Dundee..'. (List of contents leaf in vol.I with pagination on verso ['xvi'] partially scratched out.) Dark red morocco gilt, portrait of middle-aged Dickens inset to upper cover of vol.I, watered silk liners, cloth from original bindings bound in at back of each volume. First edition. Eckel p.108.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. (216 x 135mm). Half-title. Etched frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Some light discolouration to the plates.) Dark green morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens as a young man (spine slightly faded). First edition in book form. Cf. Smith 4 (Notes: 5h).
Dombey & Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. (205 x 131mm). Half-title. Etched frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Plates browned, some light marginal spotting to the plates.) Brown morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s, watered silk liners. First edition in book form. Smith 9.
The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. (212 x 136mm). Half-title. Etched frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Some browning to margins of plates.) Blue morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens as a young man. First edition in book form. Smith 9.
Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. (206 x 133mm). Half-title. Etched frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Some plates browned.) Red morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s, purple morocco onlays. First edition in book form. Smith 10.
Hard Time. For these times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. (182 x 119m). Half-title, three section titles. Red morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s. First edition in book form. Smith 11.
Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. (208 x134mm). Etched frontispiece. title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Light browning to plates.) Brown morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s, watered silk liners. First edition in book form. Smith 12.
A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. (210 x 135mm). Etched frontispiece, title and 14 plates after Hablot K. Browne. Green morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his 40s, watered silk liners. First edition in book form, earlier issue with p.'113' for p.213. Smith 13.
The Story of little Dombey. London: Chapman and Hall, 1862. 16° (165 x 102mm). Half-title. Green morocco, 'portrait' of little Dombey, seated, in a nightgown looking pensively out of a window, watered silk liners, original green paper wrappers bound at back, binding unsigned. 'Reading edition'. Eckel p.215.
Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 volumes in one, (206 x 132mm). 20 wood-engraved plates by the Dalziels or W.T. Green after Marcus Stone. (Half-titles lacking.) Brown morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s. First edition in book form. Smith 15.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. (215 x 134mm). Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece and title, 12 wood-engraved plates by the Dalziels or Charles Roberts. Green morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50's (spine slightly faded). First edition in book form. Smith 16.
[With]
Gilbert Keith CHESTERTON (1874-1936). Charles Dickens. London: William Clowes & Sons for Methuen & Co., 1906. 8° (210 x 135mm). Half-title. 2 portraits, one expertly hand-coloured at a latere date, extra-illustrated with 6 portraits and 4 original watercolour drawings of Dicken's characters. Later Cosway-style red morocco gilt, the upper cover with central inset original oval portait miniature of Dickens, surrounded by decorative arabesque-work in gilt, lower cover with central panel of scrolling foliage, spine in six compartments with raised bands. Lettered in the second and third, the others with repeat pattern in gilt, gilt turn-ins, watered silk liners, gilt edges, by Bayntun (Riviere).
A FINE SELECTION OF MOST OF THE GREATEST OF DICKENS' WORKS, the majority first editions in book-form, all sumptously presented in 'Cosway' bindings.
The selection of Dickens works comprises:
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. (214 x 134mm). Half-title. Engraved title and 42 plates after Robert Seymour and Hablot K. Browne. (Light spotting to plates). Brown morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens as a young man, the surround with small faceted glass inserts (two glass inserts lacking). First edition in book-form, later issue with Buss plates replaced and Chapman & Hall imprint on each plate. Smith 3.
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz". With illustrations by George Cruickshank. London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 2 volumes, (190 x 118mm). Half-titles. Engraved frontispiece to vol.I expertly hand-coloured at a later date, 12 engraved plates by Cruickshank, extra-illustrated with 29 hand-coloured portraits, plates and views. (Lacking adverts. from vol.II). Red morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens as a young man inset to upper cover of vol.I. First edition. Eckel p.140.
Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of every-day life and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George Cruickshank. New edition, complete. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. (217 x 133mm). Half-title. Engraved title and 39 plates by Cruickshank. (Some small repaired marginal tears, some light browning to plates). Brown morocco gilt, portriat of Dickens as a young man. New edition, first appearance in a single volume. Cf. Smith 2 (Notes: 4).
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. (210 x 134mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece after Maclise, 39 etched Hablot K. Browne. (Lacks half-title and advertisements, some light browning to plates.) Dark blue morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s, red morocco onlays. First edition in book-form. Smith 5.
American Notes for general circulation. London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. 2 volumes, (190 x 117mm). Half-titles, 1p. publisher's announcement at front of vol.I, 6pp. publisher's adverts. at back of vol.II. Extra-illustrated with a 3pp. autograph letter signed, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, Saturday 21 August, 1858, from Dickens to Patrick Allen Fraser, turning down his invitation (with evident regret and some charm) to ?stay with him and ?lecture in Abroath '...my Tour is now made up and completed and every moment of my time is parcelled out alloted. I must therefore hope to receive a visit from you in Dundee..'. (List of contents leaf in vol.I with pagination on verso ['xvi'] partially scratched out.) Dark red morocco gilt, portrait of middle-aged Dickens inset to upper cover of vol.I, watered silk liners, cloth from original bindings bound in at back of each volume. First edition. Eckel p.108.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. (216 x 135mm). Half-title. Etched frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Some light discolouration to the plates.) Dark green morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens as a young man (spine slightly faded). First edition in book form. Cf. Smith 4 (Notes: 5h).
Dombey & Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. (205 x 131mm). Half-title. Etched frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Plates browned, some light marginal spotting to the plates.) Brown morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s, watered silk liners. First edition in book form. Smith 9.
The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. (212 x 136mm). Half-title. Etched frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Some browning to margins of plates.) Blue morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens as a young man. First edition in book form. Smith 9.
Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. (206 x 133mm). Half-title. Etched frontispiece, title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Some plates browned.) Red morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s, purple morocco onlays. First edition in book form. Smith 10.
Hard Time. For these times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. (182 x 119m). Half-title, three section titles. Red morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s. First edition in book form. Smith 11.
Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. (208 x134mm). Etched frontispiece. title and 38 plates after Hablot K. Browne. (Light browning to plates.) Brown morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s, watered silk liners. First edition in book form. Smith 12.
A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. (210 x 135mm). Etched frontispiece, title and 14 plates after Hablot K. Browne. Green morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his 40s, watered silk liners. First edition in book form, earlier issue with p.'113' for p.213. Smith 13.
The Story of little Dombey. London: Chapman and Hall, 1862. 16° (165 x 102mm). Half-title. Green morocco, 'portrait' of little Dombey, seated, in a nightgown looking pensively out of a window, watered silk liners, original green paper wrappers bound at back, binding unsigned. 'Reading edition'. Eckel p.215.
Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 volumes in one, (206 x 132mm). 20 wood-engraved plates by the Dalziels or W.T. Green after Marcus Stone. (Half-titles lacking.) Brown morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50s. First edition in book form. Smith 15.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. (215 x 134mm). Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece and title, 12 wood-engraved plates by the Dalziels or Charles Roberts. Green morocco gilt, portrait of Dickens in his late 50's (spine slightly faded). First edition in book form. Smith 16.
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