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81. DICKENS, Charles. memoirs of Joseph grimaldi. edited by “boz.” Richard Bentley. 1838.
£1,998
8vo. 2 vols.; finely bound by root & son in full dark green morocco, lettered in gilt on spine, turn-ins with gilt rules and corner flower tools, top edges gilt, pastedowns with the original pink floral patterned cloth, pp. xx + [ii] + 288; x 264; engraved frontispiece portrait of grimaldi, after a painting by s. raven, 12 etched plates by george cruikshank; a very good copy, complete with half-titles. preserved in cloth dust wrappers and slipcase. original cloth spines bound in at rear of each volume. in fine condition.
first edition, first issue, with no border around the last plate in volume ii, and with the original pink cloth preserved on the pastedowns this copy is bound without the publisher’s advertisements at the end of volume ii. the extent of dickens’s contribution to this work has been much debated. eckel, however, sums up the situation quite succinctly: “grimaldi laid the foundations for his memoirs, but in a rough and diffuse manner. he gave the manuscript to thomas egerton Wilks, who, after doing some condensing, sold the manuscript to bentley who, in turn, turned it over to dickens for the purpose of embroidery.”
Eckel pp. 140-2. 81
82.DICKENS, Charles. the charles dickens dinner. An Authentic record of the public banquet given to mr charles dickens, at the freemasons’ hall on saturday november 2 1867 prior to his departure for the united states. With a report of the speeches from special shorthabd notes. Chapman and Hall. 1867.
£750
8vo., finely bound by riviere in full dark green morocco, boards with french fillet border, spine fully gilt, rich gilt turn-ins; pp 32. spine a little sunned, sign of the pamphlet having been folded, upper joint a little tender, otherwise a very good copy.
first edition of this scarce memento of the dinner given in dickens’ honour. the toast to dickens was given by lord lytton. dickens replied and there were other toasts made by among others Anthony trollope, landseer.
and edwin
the list of diners included Wilkie collins, percy fitzgerald, gladstone, John millais, charles reade, John
tenniel,
tennyson, Eckel, p. 236
83. DICKENS, Charles. speeches literary and social by charles dickens. now first collected. With chapters on “charles dickens as a letter writer, poet, and public reader.” John Camden Hotten. [1870].
£298
8vo., original decorative wrappers bound into half dark green morocco with double gilt rules, lettered in gilt on spine. spine sunned, original wrappers a little grubby, otherwise a very good copy.
first edition. the volume was edited by richard herne shepherd and includes a bibliography at the end.
and 84
84. DICKENS, Charles. christmas books. New York. H.S Nichols. 1914.
£498
8vo., 5 volumes in original red cloth lettered in gilt on spines and with gilt decorations to upper boards. A near fine set in original rather worn slipcase.
A handsome facsimile edition of the first editions of dickens’s christmas books. the copy of A Christmas Carol is inscribed by the publisher h.A. nicholls “to John n ives, with all good wishes and to show to some slight extent my appreciation of the many kindnesses and the invaluable assistance given to his friend and admirer h.s. nichols new york christmas 1914”. Also with a pencil note by nichols about the production of the facsimiles.
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