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.
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1837 [actually 1871]. Facsimile reprint. Read More Item Details for The Strange Gentleman; A Comic Burletta, in two acts, by "Boz'. First performed at the St. James Theatre, on Thursday, September 29, 1836; first published 1837 Add to Wish List
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London or New York: 1850-1859. A mixed set some with London imprints. Volumes I-IV & XIII (Office, 16, Wellington Street) and some with New York, Dix and Edwards (Vols. VI & VII) New York: McElbrath and Barker (Vol. VIII) etc. Household Words was considerably more popular in England than America..... Read More Item Details for Household Words (19 Volumes) including a last Volume Selection from Household Words , James Miller, N.Y.(last issue dated May, 28, 1859) Add to Wish List
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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 Item Details for The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home Add to Wish List
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London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J. B. Lippincott Co, [1915]. Rackham, Arthur. Early American Trade Edition. Read More Item Details for A Christmas Carol Add to Wish List
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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 Item Details for The Chimes Add to Wish List
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London: Chapman and Hall 186, Strand, 1844. First edition, first issue with signpost with "100£" Read More Item Details for The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Add to Wish List
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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 Item Details for Master Humphrey's Clock Add to Wish List
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![Item #217929 Mr. Pickwick [pages from The Pickwick Papers]. Charles Dickens](https://jamescumminsbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/217929.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1775233006)
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. First edition thus. Read More Item Details for Mr. Pickwick [pages from The Pickwick Papers] Add to Wish List
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1856. Later edition. Read More Item Details for The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Add to Wish List
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Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1910. Firrst Edition. Limited to 483 copies. 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 an early..... Read More Item Details for The Dickens-Kolle Letters. Supplemental to the Letters from Charles Dickens to Maria Beadnell [Introduction by Henry H. Harper]. Edited by Harry B. Smith Add to Wish List
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London: Henry Colburn, 1841. First Edition, second issue, with the error “publisher young” corrected in the Introduction. Read More Item Details for The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands Add to Wish List
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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. The originals were in Bixby's extensive collection. Read More Item Details for Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell (“Dora”) Private Correspondence between Charles Dickens and Mrs. Henry Winter (née Beadnell) the Original of Dora Spenlow in “David Copperfield” and Flora Finching in “Little Dorrit”. Edited by George Pierce Baker Add to Wish List
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New York: Sheldon & Company, 1863. Read More Item Details for Works: a handsome partial set consisting of: Hard Times (2 vol.); Sketches by Boz (2 vol.); A Tale of Two Cities (2 vol.); Little Dorrit (4 vol.) and Martin Chuzzlewit (4 vol.) Add to Wish List
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[London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. Thomson, Hugh. First Edition thus. Read More Item Details for The Chimes Add to Wish List
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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 Item Details for The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club containing a Faithful record of the Perambulations, Perils, Travels, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by Boz Add to Wish List
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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 Item Details for The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club containing a Faithful record of the Perambulations, Perils, Travels, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by Boz Add to Wish List
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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 Item Details for The Lamplighter. A Farce Add to Wish List
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouveries Street, 1858. First Edition thus. Read More Item Details for The Poor Travellers; Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn; and Mrs. Gamp Add to Wish List
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