Search Results: The Poor Traveller by Charles Dickens

Paperback / softback. New.

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition thus, published as part of the series of “Cheap and Uniform Editions of Mr. Dickens’s Christmas Books” by Bradbury & Evans. Sixteenmo. 114, [1, ads], [1, blank] pp. Original printed green wrappers bound in at rear. Full crushed green morocco by Riviere with triple gilt rule borders, gilt spine and turns-ins, burgundy endpapers. Front joint split but still holding. A clean and attractive copy.“Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn” was a Christmas story written for a special issue of Dickens’s Household Words, and “Mrs. Gamp” is an excerpt from Martin Chuzzlewit. Gimbel D31.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. Softcover. Fair. First "reading" edition. Small octavo. 114,(1)pp. Original green wrappers, printed in black. Wrappers quite soiled, some erosion to the extremities of the spine, a fair only copy. An edition of these works prepared for bookstores and on the occasions of Dickens's public readings.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 114, [2, Ads] Pp. 6 25/32" Tall. Full Green Crushed Morocco With Gilt Edge Ruling And Lettering With Multiple Ruled Compartments, All Compartments Ornately Gilt, Ornate Gilt Designs On Dentelles, Finely Gilt Turns, Marbled Endpapers, Bound By Riviere With Their Stamp On Inside Of Front Cover. Original Green Wrappers Bound In At Rear. Covers And Spine Bright, Clean, Unfaded, No Staining, Light Wear At Corners, But Front Board Neatly Detached (Can Be Repaired With New Cords). 2" X 1 1/2" White Paper On Front Pastedown, Remains Of Old Bookplate, With No Damage To Marbled Endpapers.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition. Paperback. Fair. 6.5" by 4". None. The first reading edition of these three tales by Charles Dickens, charming festive tales by the eminent author. The first "reading edition" of this work, the rarest of Dickens's five reading editions.Containing three charming festive tales by Charles Dickens.'Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn' had previously appeared in Dickens's 'Household Works', while 'Mrs. Gamp' is an excerpt from 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.The 'reading editions', edited by Dickens and sold in uniform green wrappers, were sold at bookshops and in large numbers at Dickens' popular public readings, with with he toured Britain and the States. With one page of publisher's advertisement to the rear.Collated, lacking the title page. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, wraps are detached but present. Edge wear to the wraps, with larger chips to the extremities of the front wrap, and a smaller chip to the head of the rear wrap. Large tide… Read More

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858 . First edition. Paperback. Good Only. 7.5" by 4.5". None. The first reading edition of Charles Dickens's christmas tale, bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. The first "reading edition" of this work, the rarest of Dickens's five reading editions.'Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn' had previously appeared in Dickens's 'Household Works', while 'Mrs. Gamp' is an excerpt from 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.The 'reading editions', edited by Dickens and sold in uniform green wrappers, were sold at bookshops and in large numbers at Dickens' popular public readings.With a publisher's advertisement to the rear.A charming collection of festive tales from Charles Dickens. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Significant losses of paper to back strip from a spill burn. Light discolouration to perimeters of front wrap. Scorch mark to head of rear wrap, with fairly significant loss. Faint pencil inscriptions to verso of front wrap. Internally, binding slightly tender. Pages… Read More

London: Bradbury and Evans,, 1858. First reading edition, the rarest of the five reading editions. The reading editions, edited by Dickens and sold in uniform green wrappers, were sold at bookshops and in large numbers at Dickens' public readings."The scarcity of these books have caused fairly high prices to prevail..." (Eckel). With the bookplate to the inner box of Oliver Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher (1881-1963), son of the governor of Windsor Castle. Octavo. Original green wrappers, printed in black. Housed in a custom brown solander box. Spine a little chipped, slight soiling to wrappers. A very good copy in the original wrappers. Eckel p. 215; Gimbel D31.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition. First edition. Superb full green crushed morocco with gilt edge ruling and lettering with multiple ruled compatments, more ornate gilt designs on dentelles by Zaehnsdorf [signed, "Bound by Zaehnsdorf 1896" in publisher's stamped letters, bottom verso of front endsheet]. Original bright green printed wrappers bound in place, i.e. entire book bound together as a unit. A superb early Zaehnsdorf binding in near fine condition; contents near fine.