"[The right of translation is reserved.]", Issued in numbered and dated wrappers. Advertising matter precedes and follows text of each number., Original wrappers., Portrait of Dickens engraved by J.H. Baker from an 1868 photograph., and Six monthly numbers issued from April to Sept. 1870. Title page follows text of no. VI along with contents, list of illustrations, and a printed note: "All that was left in manuscript of Edwin Drood is contained in the number now published ... " Frontispiece portrait of Dickens and added engraved t.p. precede text of final number.
British standard library of fiction and Selections. 1880
Description:
"One penny." "Complete.", Contains Sketches of young couples and "Muffins, Ho!" from Nicholas Nickleby., and Wrapper title. Imprint from advertising matter on p. [2-4] of wrappers.
Publisher:
George Vickers and J. & R. Maxwell
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Sketches of young couples
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens A79 15: Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination., Plates hand-colored., and Second state of first edition (cf. Gimbel) or second issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in blue and red; yellow lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1].
"London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross"--T.p. verso and colophon., "Printed for Dickens's use in his public readings ... seems never to have been employed on the stage"--Podeschi., and BEIN Gimbel/Dickens B278: Bookplate of George Barr McCutcheon.
Bound in one v. Wrapper of no. IV bound in at end; other wrappers and advertising matter not present. Two original drawings by Browne bound in., Issued in 20 monthly numbers (in 19 parts) from March 1852 to Sept. 1853. Title page at end of double number XIX-XX, along with half title, dedication, preface, contents, list of plates. Added engraved t.p. precedes text of no. XIX-XX., and Issued in numbered and month-dated wrappers. Month and year of issue appear on first p. of advertising matter that precedes text of each number. Advertising matter also at end of each number.
Publisher:
Bradbury and Evans,
Subject (Name):
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882, Browne, Hablot Knight,--1815-1882--Original art, and Burns, James Orr--Autograph
"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars"--T.p. verso., Inscribed: Ellen Jane Souther. Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination., and Second state of first edition (cf. Gimbel) or second issue (cf. Eckel): t.p. in blue and red; yellow lining papers; "Stave I" on p. [1].
Publisher:
Chapman & Hall,
Subject (Name):
Leech, John, 1817-1864 and Souther, Ellen Jane--Autograph
"T.B Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, in connection with Harper & Brothers, New York, are the only publishers in America of the works of Charles Dickens that have ever paid anything for the manuscript and advance proof-sheets of his various works, so as to enable Harper & Brothers to publish them in Harper's Weekly, and T.B. Peterson in book form simultaneously with their publication in England ... ", BEIN Gimbel/Dickens A147: Inscribed: H.L. Chapman. Advertising matter: [2] p. at end not included in pagination., Entered, according to Act of Congress, in 1860 by Harper & Brothers and in 1861 by T.B. Peterson & Brothers., and Text in two columns.
Publisher:
T.B. Peterson & Brothers,
Subject (Name):
Chapman, H. L.--Autograph and McLenan, John, 1827-1866
Pictures from Italy. and Wiley and Putnam's library of choice reading
Description:
"New and valuable books published by Wiley and Putnam": p. [i]-xx., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens A99 2: Imperfect: pt. 1 only; t.p. wanting. Inscribed: W.H. Swift. Original wrappers., and Expanded version subsequently published as: Pictures from Italy.
Publisher:
Wiley & Putnam
Subject (Geographic):
Italy--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Travel--Italy and Swift, W. H.--Autograph
