Little Dorrit (First Bound Edition, In A Sangorski And Sutcliffe Binding) by Dickens, Charles - 1857

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co [1871], 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth, Gilt. Very Good +. 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt And Black Lettering And Design, Two Blank Front Free Endpapers, Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers, The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing, But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine, And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page [The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871, And, As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time, It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition]. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black, But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt.] 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text, Half-Page At Center Of Pages, Signed With The Dalziels' Name [In Plural] And Hughes' Initials. Very… Read More

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Second Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good. Viii, 199 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. Second Edition Stated. One Of Ruskin's More Important Books. This Copy Inscribed By Ruskin (In His Hand) At Top Of Title Page : " 'Lizzie' With John Ruskin's Affectionate Regards.1869." Shortly After This Edition Was Published, A Distraught And Somewhat Incoherent Dante Gabrielle Rossetti Disinterred His Late Wife, Ruskin's Protege, Who Was Called "Lizzie" By Ruskin And Others Prior To Her Death, On Which Occasion This Book May Have Been Inscribed; But Perhaps Ruskin Was Then Well Acquainted With Another "Lizzie" Altogether.

London: Hurst and Blackette, 1899. First Edition . Half Morocco. Very Good +. Frontispiece, Plates. Xii, 312. Finely Bound In Red Half Morocco, Red Cloth, Five Raised Bands, Gilt Lettering, Brown Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt Tooling In Other Compartments, Tooled Edges On Boards, Top Edge Gilt. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant, Minute Losses Of Leather At Corners With Professional Repairs, 1/2" X 3/16" Light Stain On Cloth Of Front Board. Marbled Endpapers, Hinges Tight, Browning At Edges Of Corners Of Endpapers. Contents Fine. Inscribed By The Author To ---- Simpson, Dated In April 1899. Pencil Ownership Signature On Free Endpaper.

London: Chapman And Hall, 1845. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. X, 11-79 Pp. Green Cloth Over Flexible Card Covers, Gilt Lettering, Embossed Borders. A Very Scarce Book Of Advice, Viz "Whatever Number Of Children You Have Under Your Care, Be It One, Be It More, Think Only Of Them..." All Gilt Brilliant And Complete, Light Rubbing At Corners, No Marks Or Stains. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Five Institutional Holdings, Including One At Harvard. Louisa Mary Bacon Was Associated With Her Father In The Editorship Of The Quarterly Musical Magazine And Review. A Talented Musician With A Fine Voice, She Played From Score At Sight. After Her Marriage With John Barwell, Wine Merchant At Norwich (Born 1798, Died 1876), She Devoted Attention To Educational Works, Developing A Comprehension Of Child Nature, Physical And Mental. She Contributed To The Quarterly Journal Of Education From About The Year 1831, Anticipating Later Views And Plans Of Education. Her Husband, Who Shared Her… Read More

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1879. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Viii, 9-217 + 6 Pp Carleton Catalog At End, Dated 1879. Brown Cloth, Stamped In Black, Light Blue Endpapers. Inscribed By The Author To Her Grandfather, Rev. Herman Halsey, Also With Ownership Signature Of Minnie Halsey At Top Of Preliminary Blank. Semi-Autobiographical Midwestern Novel About Two Young Women Who, Like The Author, Eventually Make Their Living Working In Wood. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings. Very Clean, No Fading, Wear At Corners With A Few Tiny Frays At Lower Corners, Hinges Tight, No Stains, No Other Marks. Per Wikipedia: Calista Halsey Patchin (1845 -1920) Was A Journalist And Artist Based In Washington, D.C. And Des Moines, Iowa. Patchin Was The First Woman Reporter Hired By The Washington Post Newspaper In 1878. She Was The Daughter Of Samuel Halsey, A Newspaper Man. Patchin Was Educated In Ohio And Albany, New York. She Studied Wood Carving At The Cincinnati School… Read More

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co [1871], 1872. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth, Gilt. Very Good +. 6 7/8' Tall. 203 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt And Black Lettering And Design, Two Blank Front Free Endpapers, Two Blank Rear Free Endpapers, The Elaborate Green Cloth Binding Being Very Similar To Strahan's 1871 London First Edition And The 1871 Routledge New York Printing, But With No Publisher's Name At Base Of Spine, And Lippincott Name And 1872 Date On Title Page [The Actual Publication Date Of This Lippincott Edition Is Cited As December 1871, And, As Lippincott Was Strahan's American Publisher At This Time, It Seems Likely That This Edition Is The First Authorized American Edition]. The Strahan Edition Has "Goblin" On Spine And Cover In Black, But In The Routledge And This Lippincott Edition That Word On The Spine Is In Gilt.] 30 B/W Illustrations In The Text, Half-Page At Center Of Pages, Signed With The Dalziels' Name [In Plural] And Hughes' Initials. Very… Read More

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. Second Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good. Viii, 199 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. Second Edition Stated. One Of Ruskin's More Important Books. This Copy Inscribed By Ruskin (In His Hand) At Top Of Title Page : " 'Lizzie' With John Ruskin's Affectionate Regards.1869." Shortly After This Edition Was Published, A Distraught And Somewhat Incoherent Dante Gabrielle Rossetti Disinterred His Late Wife, Ruskin's Protege, Who Was Called "Lizzie" By Ruskin And Others Prior To Her Death, On Which Occasion This Book May Have Been Inscribed; But Perhaps Ruskin Was Then Well Acquainted With Another "Lizzie" Altogether.

London: Hurst and Blackette, 1899. First Edition . Half Morocco. Very Good +. Frontispiece, Plates. Xii, 312. Finely Bound In Red Half Morocco, Red Cloth, Five Raised Bands, Gilt Lettering, Brown Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt Tooling In Other Compartments, Tooled Edges On Boards, Top Edge Gilt. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant, Minute Losses Of Leather At Corners With Professional Repairs, 1/2" X 3/16" Light Stain On Cloth Of Front Board. Marbled Endpapers, Hinges Tight, Browning At Edges Of Corners Of Endpapers. Contents Fine. Inscribed By The Author To ---- Simpson, Dated In April 1899. Pencil Ownership Signature On Free Endpaper.

London: Chapman And Hall, 1845. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. X, 11-79 Pp. Green Cloth Over Flexible Card Covers, Gilt Lettering, Embossed Borders. A Very Scarce Book Of Advice, Viz "Whatever Number Of Children You Have Under Your Care, Be It One, Be It More, Think Only Of Them..." All Gilt Brilliant And Complete, Light Rubbing At Corners, No Marks Or Stains. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Five Institutional Holdings, Including One At Harvard. Louisa Mary Bacon Was Associated With Her Father In The Editorship Of The Quarterly Musical Magazine And Review. A Talented Musician With A Fine Voice, She Played From Score At Sight. After Her Marriage With John Barwell, Wine Merchant At Norwich (Born 1798, Died 1876), She Devoted Attention To Educational Works, Developing A Comprehension Of Child Nature, Physical And Mental. She Contributed To The Quarterly Journal Of Education From About The Year 1831, Anticipating Later Views And Plans Of Education. Her Husband, Who Shared Her… Read More

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1879. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Viii, 9-217 + 6 Pp Carleton Catalog At End, Dated 1879. Brown Cloth, Stamped In Black, Light Blue Endpapers. Inscribed By The Author To Her Grandfather, Rev. Herman Halsey, Also With Ownership Signature Of Minnie Halsey At Top Of Preliminary Blank. Semi-Autobiographical Midwestern Novel About Two Young Women Who, Like The Author, Eventually Make Their Living Working In Wood. Scarce; Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings. Very Clean, No Fading, Wear At Corners With A Few Tiny Frays At Lower Corners, Hinges Tight, No Stains, No Other Marks. Per Wikipedia: Calista Halsey Patchin (1845 -1920) Was A Journalist And Artist Based In Washington, D.C. And Des Moines, Iowa. Patchin Was The First Woman Reporter Hired By The Washington Post Newspaper In 1878. She Was The Daughter Of Samuel Halsey, A Newspaper Man. Patchin Was Educated In Ohio And Albany, New York. She Studied Wood Carving At The Cincinnati School… Read More