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[Charles Dickens]. Three Catalogs of Dickens Collections and One Bibliography,... (Total: 4 Items)
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[Charles Dickens]. Three Catalogs of Dickens Collections and One Bibliography, including: A. S. A. Rosenbach. A Catalogue of the Writings of Charles Dickens in the Library of Harry Elkins Widener. Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1918. First edition. Quarto. 111 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles. Rubbing and edge wear to the boards. Bumped corners. Good condition. [and:] The Library of Jerome Kern. New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1929. Two quarto volumes. 468 pages total. Original wrappers. Spine of Part One missing, but binding stitches still holding. Spine head and tail of Part Two missing. Wrappers worn and toned. A fair set of auction catalogs for Anderson Galleries' sale number 2307. [and:] A Dickens Library. Exhibition Catalogue of the Sawyer Collection of the Works of Charles Dickens comprising Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Presentation Copies, The Issues in original Parts, Dickensiana, etc. Privately printed in Great Britain by The Garden City Press Limited, Letchworth: Hertfordshire, 1936. Octavo. 108 pages. Original green wrappers lettered in black with an engraving of Dickens inset on the front cover. Covers mildly worn. Spine skewed and wrinkled. Light foxing to the endpapers. Previous owner's inventory sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Frontispiece wrinkled at the gutter. A good copy. [and:] Charles Plumptre Johnson. Hints to Collectors of Original Editions of the Works of Charles Dickens. London: George Redway, 1885. Twelvemo. 56 pages plus publisher's catalog. Original full vellum with gilt titles and rules. Boards soiled, rubbed, and bowed. Spine creased. Hinge cracked at the bottom of the title page. Good condition. From the H. Barry Morris Collection.View all of [The H. Barry Morris Collection of Charles Dickens' First Editions ]
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2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
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