Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic whose work reached great popoularity during his life time and has continued to grow posthumously. He wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas, and hundreds of non-fiction articles and short stories. He pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction for his novels and novellas were published in weekly installments. His most notable works are: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 82 Cliff Street, 1846. Leech, John. First (?) American edition, priority not established. Uncommon American edition of Dicken's Christmas book; no priority has been established among the various American editions published in 1846. Read More about The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1931. Rackham, Arthur. First edition thus; No. 164 of 1500 copies, signed by Rackham. Read More about The Chimes
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London: Chapman and Hall 186, Strand, 1844. First edition, first issue with signpost with "100£" Read More about The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. First Edition in book form. Comprises Dickens two novels, The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge; here bound in two volumes rather than three. Read More about Master Humphrey's Clock
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1856. Later edition. Read More about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
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Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1910. Firrst Edition. Limited to 483 copies. Bixby's Copy. Bixby had had privately printed in 1898 the “Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell Private Correspondence,” the originals of which were in his collection. The Dickens-Kolle letters were in Harry B. Smith's private collection. Henry William Kolle was..... Read More about The Dickens-Kolle Letters. Supplemental to the Letters from Charles Dickens to Maria Beadnell...
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London: Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1838. First edition, later issue with Dickens on title page, Church plate in vol. III. Read More about Oliver Twist
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First Edition, first issue, with engraved title dated 1850. The misprint “screamed” (for “screwed”) is uncorrected in this copy, at p.132, line 20. Read More about The Personal History of David Copperfield
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition mixed issue, with the half-title. WITH 1837 PROVENANCE FROM SIR ROBERT BARRIE. Inscribed: "G.S. Atkinson from Sir Robt. Barrie 1837." on half-title Sir Robert Barrie KCB, KCH was a British officer of the Royal Navy noted for his service in the War of..... Read More about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. With the Buss plates. This copy with the two suppressed plates by R.W. Buss, which in later issues are replaced with plates redesigned and etched by Phiz. Read More about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
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London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1873-1876. "This the best edition of my books is, of right, inscribed to my dear friend John Forster, biographer of Oliver Goldsmith, in affectionate acknowledgment of his counsel, sympathy, and faithful friendship during my whole literary life" (dedication..... Read More about Works
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London: 1879. First edition, #50 of 250 copies. Now first printed from a Manuscript in the Forster Collection at the South Kennsington Museum. Read More about The Lamplighter. A Farce
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. First edition thus. Read More about Mr. Pickwick [pages from The Pickwick Papers
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London: The Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1931-1932. Illustrated. Copy no. 203 of 1000 of the Lombard Street Edition, signed by the editor, being an excellent facsimile of the original parts issue. Printed at the University Press, Oxford. Read More about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club containing a Faithful record of the Perambulations,...
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London: The Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1931-1932. 20 parts. Copy no. 298 of 1000 of the Lombard Street Edition, signed by the editor, being an excellent facsimile of the original parts issue. Printed at the University Press, Oxford. Read More about The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club containing a Faithful record of the Perambulations,...
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Saint Louis: Privately printed for William K. Bixby [by the University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A], 1908. Privately printed “Second Edition,” Bixby having allowed the Bibliophile Society to print their edition for their members and then producing 250 copies for presentation to his friends. Additional portraits. The originals were in Bixby's extensive..... Read More about Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell (“Dora”) Private Correspondence between Charles Dickens...
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