Charles Dickens from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Chapman and Hall 1848. Small 8vo. [viii.], 344 pp. Half dark green calf binding. Gilt lettering and decoration to the spine with further gilt detail to the boards. Marbled edges and end papers. VG/ near fine condition with just some general wear to the spine and corners. Internally clean. Frontis after a painting by Geo Cattermole. . Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall c. 1880. Large 8vo. viii, 240 ; [vi], 210 pp. Half calf over buckram. Raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration, calf title label and blind stamped devices to spine. Marbled edges. Some wear to joints and edges of calf, spotting to prelims and occasionally inside, though generally internally clean. Two volumes set in newspaper/ periodical format… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society 1981 - 1988. 8vo. 16 volumes. 13 are first impressions, with the others being second impressions. Quarter dark green cloth in uniform green slipcases (Oliver Twist in a lighter slipcase). Gilt design and lettering to spines, over patterned paper-covered boards, with each volume being of a different colour. Wear to extremities of a few slipcases. All… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall c. 1920. 8vo. xx, 702 pp. Half green calf over marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt stamped devices and lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers, top-edge gilt. Staining to boards and endpapers; minor foxing to fore-edge; some of the prelim corners are slightly creased. Early ink gift inscription to FFEP. Colour frontispiece and many black-and-white illustrated plates by… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall circa 1860s. 8vo. [iv], 172 pp. Half morocco over marbled boards; all edges marbled; gilt lettering and devices to spine. Light rubbing and bumping to extremities. Scattered foxing throughout. With eight black and white illustrated plates. Dickens' American journey inspired Martin Chuzzlewit. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1860.

London: Chapman and Hall 1884. 8vo. First edition. viii, 467, [4] pp. Publisher's original green gloth with gilt lettering to the spine and decoration to the boards. Some fraying to the head and tail of the spine, alongside some rubbing to the corners. Front hinge split, internally clean. 'With illustrations of his mastery of the terrible and the picturesque'. .… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall 1866. 8vo. vii, 344 pp. Half green morocco over marbled boards; all edges marbled; gilt lettering and devices to spine. Some rubbing to extremities. Foxing to prelims, otherwise internally clean. With a frontispiece from a painting by George Cattermole. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1866.

London: Hutchinson & Co. 1891. Large 8vo. No. 186 of 300 copies in this De Luxe edition, including a scarce pamphlet by Langton 'Charles Dickens and Rochester' published in Manchester in 1880. Brown morocco with gilt panelling, raised bands and gilt lettering. A very handsome book with gilt dentelles to inner edges, clean boards and neat exterior. Marbled endpapers with… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall 1870. 8vo.Illustrated. 256 pp. Full green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front cove . With 8 black and white plates. Rubbing to the spine and edges and foxing to the extremities of leaves. Vol IX from an 18 volume set of the works of Charles Dickens. Includes 'A Christmas Carol'. . Near Fine.… Read more about this item

London: The Reprint Society 1949. 12mo. bound in 6's. 117 pp. Green hardback with gilt lettering to spine and red leather title label. Top edge stained red. Colour illustrated jacket. A few small tears and light rubbing to edges of jacket. Clean boards. Light spots to endpapers and fore-edge, but otherwise internally clean. Original colour plate illustrations and black-and-white woodcuts… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall 1870. 8vo. The 'Charles Dickens Edition'. vii, 540 pp. 8 black and white plates including frontis. Original publisher's cloth with bevelled edges and Dickens' signature in gilt to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. Spotting to edges, affecting edges of some leaves throughout. The Works of Charles Dickens in… Read more about this item

London: A. & F. Pears [c. 1912]. 8vo. 140 [2 ads] pp. Olive hardback with debossed detailing and gold lettering to front board. Slight wear to joints and extremeties, some paint marks to back cover. Some foxing to endpapers and very occasional marks inside but mostly bright and clean inside. Illustrated titlepage and frontispiece and 20 other black-and-white illustrations from… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury and Evans 1852 / 1853. 12mo. Two volumes in one. viii, 280; viii, 280 pp. Half calf over marbled boards, with raised gilt-decorated bands and gilt lettering to spine. Wear across spines and boards, with bumping to extremities. Internally quite clean, with only occasional light marking. From Dickens Journal Online (itself from Drew, 'Dickens the Journalist', 2003): 'The… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. N.d.. 12mo. A volume in The Popular Edition of the Complete Works. xii, 410 pp. Green cloth with blind stamped initials to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, though dulled. Illustrated endpapers, title page and frontis. Minor rubbing and bumping to extremities. Very occasional light foxing. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered… Read more about this item

London: The Westminster Press, Limited N.d. [1911]. 4to.Illustrated. [vii], 572 pp. Publisher's original gilt-decorated red cloth. Minor crushing to jacket extremities. Minor bumping to book extremities. Cloth bright. Light spotting to edges, but internally clean. Illustrated endpapers. With 20 tissue-guarded tipped-in colour plates by Frank Reynolds. Scarce in this fine state with dustjacket. . Fine. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1911.

London: Bradbury and Evans 1853. 8vo.Illustrated. xvi, 624 pp., First edition, first issue (Bound from the parts). With all three typographical points present. Recently bound in half black morroco over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Endpapers marbled. Illustrated H. K. Browne by with 39 plates including an extra engraved title page with vignette, plates complete.… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall Limited N. D.. Large 8vo. xiv, 624 pp. Half Morocco and marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. Raised bands. Rubbing and light bumping to extremities. Marbled edges and endpapers. Light foxing to prelims and regular light foxing along fore-edge of leaves. Ink inscription to ffep. Includes 38 black and white plates by Browne… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press 1966. Small 8vo.Illustrated. xxiv, 841 pp. Blue full leather with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt and blue ribbon page marker. Some wear to spine ends and board extremities, but a nice clean copy. Introduction by Geoffrey Russell and forty illustrations by Phiz. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1966.

Oxford: Oxford University Press 1978. 8vo.Limited Edition. xix, 877 pp. Full calf with gilt lettering to spine. Leather-covered slipcase. Top edge gilt. Ribbon marker. Light wear to slipcase extemities and across middle of spine. Limited edition company gift with company bookplate to front pastedown. Illustrations by Phiz. Very clean copy. 0192545027 . Near Fine. Full Calf. 1978.

Oxford: Oxford University Press 1978. 8vo.Limited Edition. xxvi, 826 pp. Full calf with gilt lettering to spine. Leather-covered slipcase. Top edge gilt. Ribbon marker. Minor wear to slipcase and very minor wear to rear board and spine. Limited edition company gift with company bookplate to front pastedown. Illustrations by Phiz. Very clean copy. 0192545124 . Very Good. Full Calf. 1978.… Read more about this item