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DICKENS'S WORKS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS

OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF
THE WORKS OF

W. M. THACKERAY.

"... A guide to those who are great admirers of Thackeray,
and are collecting first editions of his works. The dainty little
volume, bound in parchment and printed on hand-made paper,
is very concise and convenient in form. . . . Altogether it
represents a large amount of labour and experience." — The
Spectator.

" Those who remember with pain having seen the original
yellow backs of Thackeray's works knocked to pieces and neg-
lected years ago may be recommendrd to read Mr. C. P. John-
son's ' Hints to Collectors.' " — The Saturday Review.

"... Mr. Johnson has evidently done his work with so much
loving care that we feel entire confidence in his statements. The
prices that he has appended in every case form a valuable fea-
ture of the volume, which has been produ..ed in a manner
worthy of its subject matter." — The Academy.

LONDON: GEORGE REDWAY.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS

OF ORIGINAL EDITIONS OF
THE WORKS OF

CHARLES DICKENS

BY

CHARLES PLUMPTRE JOHNSON

" He will march in the great company — with rare Ben
Jonson, with glorious John Dr)'den, with kind IMcIiere,
and patient Cervantes, with noble Walter Scott, with
gentle William Thackeray — all great humorists, all great
masters of pathos, all good and honest men." — Charles
Dickens, by Geo7-ge Augtistiis Sala, p. 99.

LONDON
GEORGE REDWAY

YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN
1885

Only five hundred and fifty copies printed, fifty of
which are on large paper.

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INTRODUCTION.

AT OT only in Great Britain, America, Australia, India, the
-^ ^ other Colonies and Dependencies of Great Britain and all
parts of the world in which the English language is read ; not
only in countries where foreign languages are read ;^ but (thanks
to the author's thoughtful generosity-) even among the blind
who can as a rule read no language at all, the works of Charles
Dickens are read, and being read, are loved.

Probably no author of our time has had so large and so miscel-
laneous a public, and no author has better deserved his success.
Dickens's books were written adoui the people, and /or the
people, and are consequently read dj the people.

As there are many readers of Dickens's works, so there are
many collectors of them in original editions. The causes of the
popularity of Dickens's books among collectors are not difficult
to trace ; everj-body can understand and appreciate them, they are
illustrated by the greatest masters of the art of book-illustrating,
and, finally, there are numerous subtle differences between the
various editions, and even between various states of the plates
in the same editions. It is these very differences that add so
much zest and excitement to a collector's pursuit, and, at the
same time, render a trustworthy guide absolutely necessary,

' The British Museum Catalogue contains translations of Dickens's
works in twelve foreign languages.

* See Dolby's "Charles Dickens as I knew Him," pp. 299-300,
where the production of "The Old Curiosity Shop," in raised type, is
recorded.

iC^'^i^S

DICKENS.

Many volumes have been published on the subject of Dickens's
books. The most useful of these are, perhaps, Mr. Shepherd's
" bibliography," Mr. D. C. Thomson's " Life of Phiz," and
Mr. Dexter's chapter of " Hints to Dickens Collectors," in the
" Dickens Memento." I know, however, of no volume that
will enable a collector, or dealer, to tell, at a glance, whether any
particular volume offered to him is of the genuine, first edition
throughout, with the plates in the first state. This has been
my object in preparing these " Hints to Collectors." For more
detailed and special information, beyond the scope of this little
book, I must refer the collector to the books mentioned above.

I would caution all collectors against the numerous dishonest
tricks that have been resorted to, for the purpose of deceiving
them as to the genuineness of some of Dickens's books. The
great demand for, and consequent rarity of, many of his works,
have made it worth while to use chemicals for the purpose of
erasing the words " Second Edition " from title-pages, and to
reprint title-pages, and even whole volumes, mfacsi7nile. These
facsimile reprints of rare volumes, though harmless in them-
selves, and even desirable when properly used, have often been
the means of deceiving unwary collectors.

I must explain that I have adopted the same rule as in my
" Hints to Collectors of Original Editions of the Works of Wm.
Makepeace Thackeray," and have referred only to the first
collected form of Dickens's writings, omitting all scattered
papers, so as to avoid encumbering the collector's shelves with
large volumes, for the sake of such papers. I have, however,
admitted such works as "The Pic Nic Papers," "Memoirs of
Grimaldi," and others, edited by Dickens, as most collectors
desire to have these.

My general plan has been to compare with the greatest
care several copies of every work (with the exception of No.
XXVI.) ; to collate them ; to note the smallest variations in

HINTS TO COLLECTORS.

title-pages, or phites ; and to put the information thus gained in
a compact and intelligible form. I have given, in each case, an
exact copy of the title-page, a full collation of pages and
illustrations, notes of differences in editions and states of
plates, and other matters to be attended to by collectors, and
finally the market value of the book. I must explain that I have
added this last particular to give the collector some idea of the
price he may expect to have to pay for a clean, uncut co^^y of the
book. If he is satisfied with the same book, in the ordinary
bound, or half-bound, condition, with margins, more or less,
clipped, he should get it at a price from twenty-five to fifty /Jtv
cent. less. For copies in fine bindings he will have to pay even
larger prices.

The reader will find not only all the information as to
Dickens's works, hitherto known to collectors, in a compact and
easily accessible form, but also notes as to variations in editions
and other peculiarities that have till now been unpublished,
if not unknown ; a list of dramatized versions of some of the
stories, and notes on more than seventy engraved portraits of
Dickens. An interesting, unique copy of the " The Chimes'' is
also described, and the long list of Dlckcnsiana, already known
to collectors, is swelled by a hitherto unknown item.

A few general hints may be of use to young collectors. If
you have a book with uncut edges and are sending it to be bound,
keep the margins intact and have only the top edges gilt. If
you have a book, issued in parts or otherwise, with an illustration
on the cover, bind the cover in and thus preserve the illustration.
Do not necessarily refuse a rare book because it is soiled, if
perfect and not torn a good binder can clean it and make it into
a fair copy. Don't go to auction rooms, and bid yourself, in the
expectation of getting a bargain ; you won't succeed ! Dealers
will be there, who know the market value of Dickens's books,
and of other books too, better than you will ever know it, and

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will take care that, if a book " goes cheap," it does not go to you.
If you see that a book, which you want badly and cannot get
elsewhere, is to be sold at auction, ask your bookseller to buy
it for you ; he will only charge you ten per cent, on the price,
will take care it is perfect, and will not give more than its fair
v^alue, unless you insist on it. Go to a bookseller of position and
ability ; an ignorant bookseller is worse than a dishonest one,
as the former, in ignorance, buys and sells pseudo first editions
that the latter would not dare to deal in. Give your bookseller
a list of your wants, and he will sell you genuine books at a fair
profit. They will certainly be better worth what you pay for them
than your " bargains" in the auction rooms.

I have to acknowledge the valuable assistance I have received
from my friend, Mr. Loftus S. Long, in verifying title-pages and,
generally, in researches at the South Kensington, and British,
Museums.

In conclusion, I trust that these notes will prove useful to all
collectors, experienced and inexperienced ; that they may afford
to the experienced collector, who has a complete set of Dickens's
works, the pleasure of verifying the genuineness of his books,
and may save the inexperienced collector the chagrin and dis-
appointment that result from his being " taken in." I hope, at
the same time, that the better class of second-hand booksellers,
who so ably and cheerfully minister to the wants of collectors,
may find that the issue of these notes will not only increase an
intelligent demand for genuine first editions, but will also serve
to protect their unwary customers from the ignorance, or dis-
honesty, of the less learned or less scrupulous members of the
Trade.

nth February, 1885,

THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS.
(1836— 1882.)

[Note. — Capital letters are used to indicate the most prominent words

on the title-pages.^

I. Title. Sketches by "Boz,7 illustrative of/ Every-Day
Life,/ and/ EvERY-D AY People./ in two Volumes./ Vol.1./
(Vol. II.) ILLUSTRATIONS BY George Cruikshank./ London :/
John Macrone, St. James's Square./ mdcccxxxvi.

Collation. Vol. I.,pp. viii-348, with eight illustrations. Vol. II.,
one unnumbered page of contents, pp. 342, wit^ eight illustra-
tions.

Notes.- Published in dark green cloth. The first edition has a preface
dated "February, 1836." It is so rare that later editions are often
made up and sold as first editions. Care should be taken to see that
the pages correspond exactly with those enumerated above.

Price. £\o to ^12.

Title. Sketches by Boz :/ illustrative of Every-Day
Life,/ and Every-Day People./ The second series./ Com-
plete in one Volume./ London :/ John Macrone, St.
James's Square./ mdcccxxxvii.

Collation, pp. viii-377, with ten illustrations.

Notes. The first edition was published in pink cloth. It contained
ten ilhistrations only. A later edition contains two more illustrations,
called "The Last Cabdriver " and "May-day in the Evening." It is
desirable to obtain these two plates, though issued later, to render the
first edition complete.

Price. ^3 to ^^4.

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I. {continued) —

Title. Sketches by Boz/ illustrative of/ Every-day Life
AND Every-day People./ With Forty illustrations/ by
George Cruikshank./ New Edition, Complete./ London :/
Chapman and Hall, i86, Strand./ 1839.

Collation, pp. viii-526, with forty illustrations, including the
illustrated title-page.

Notes. This edition was issued in numbers, in pink wrappers, and in
this state it is exceedingly scarce. The plates formerly used were re-
etched, with the exception of one, "The Free and Easy," which was
suppressed, and thirteen new plates were etched. The first issue of
this edition, in uncut slate, is scarce, and much "making up " has been
resorted to. The collector should carefully inspect the plates throughout
to see that they are all on the same paper and good impressions. lie
should also see that every plate from that at p. 121, "Greenwich Fair,"
to the end, has at the bottom the names of the publishers. If their
names are not present in these later plates, either they have been cut

off in binding, or the plates are not of the first issue.
*
Price. In numbers, £\'^. In cloth, uncut, £2> to £\o.

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II. Title. Sunday/ Under three Heads./ {Woodcut)! as it
is;/ {Woodcut)! as Sabbath bills would make it;/ {Woodcut)!
as it might be made./ By Timothy Sparks./ London :/
Chapman and Hall, i86, Strand./ 1836.

Collation, pp. v-49, with three illustrations and illustrated
cover.

Notes. This is one of tlie scarcest of Dickens's books. There are
two modern reprints, which can with care be distinguished from the
original. The first reprint, issued by Mr. Jarvis, was reproduced by
some " process," and the plates are blurred and indistinct ; the second,
issued in Manchester, has some misprints in the text, but the plates were
engraved on wood, and are very fair reproductions of the originals.

Some copies of the original have the date erased, probably by some
dealer, who bought up the remaining copies and hoped to sell them as
a new publication.

Price. ^8 to ^10.

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III. Title. The/ VILLAGE COQUETTES:/ A Comic Opera./
In two Acts./ By Charles Dickens./ The Music by John
Hullah./ London :/ Richard Bentley,/ New Burlington Street./
1836.

Collation, pp. 71.

Title. Songs,/ Choruses, and Concerted Pieces,/ in/ The
Operatic Burletta/ of/ The Village Coquettes./ as pro-
duced at/ The St. James' Theatre./ The Drama and
Words of the Songs/ By "Boz."/ The Music by John
Hullah./ The Music is Published by Messrs. Cramer and Co.,/
201, Regent Street./ Printed by Bradbury and Evans, White-
friars./ 1837. [Price Tenpencej

Collation, pp. 16.

Notes. The Opera has been reprinted 'vs\ facsimile . The reprint bears,
however, on the back of the title-page, the words, "■ h. facsimile re-
print." and cannot therefore be mistaken for the original.

The original Opera, and the Songs, cSic, quoted above, are both
very scarce.

Price. Original Opera, ^10 to ^12, Reprint, -^s. Songs,

&c., £s-

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IV. Title. The/ Strange Gentleman;/ a comic Burletta,/
In two Kci^.l BY "B0Z.7 First performed/ at/ The St.
James's Thea,tre,/ on/ Thursday, September 29, 1836./ Lon-
don :/ Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand./ MDCCCXXXvn.

Collation. One unnumbered page, " Costume," and pp. 46,
with frontispiece by " Phiz."

Notes. One of the scarcest of Dickens's works, especially with the
frontispiece. It has been reprinted, but without the frontispiece, and
with many misprints, Mr. Paihhorpe has etched a frontispiece for the
reprint.

Price. For the original, with frontispiece, from ;^I5 to ^20.
Without frontispiece, £fi to ^10. Reprint, ts.

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V. Title. The/ Posthumous Papers/ of/ The Pickv/ick
Club./ By Charles Dickens./ with/ Forty-three ilkistrations,
by R. Seymour and/ Phiz./ London:/ Chapman and Hall, i86,
Strand./ mdcccxxxvii.

Collaiio7i. pp. xiv, two unnumbered pages of Directions to the
Binder and errata, pp. 609.

Notes. Published in twenty numbers, in green wrappers, one of which
should be preserved. A volume, as large as this, might be written on
" Pickwick " alone. The collector need only be told what forms such a
complete, first edition as can now be obtained. It should have seven
plates by Seymour, thirty-six plates by " Phiz," and twn plates by Buss.
The last two, the "Cricket Match," and "Arbour Scene," are not
essential, as they were so bad that they were suppressed, and two others,
"The Influence of the Salmon," and another "Arbour Scene," by
Phiz, were substituted. .The collector should see that all these plates
are good impressions, and that they have no letterpress descriptions
under them. He should also see that the plates by Buss are original
impressions, as they have been republished in so-c^iWcd facsimile. The
republished plates were first issued on India paper only, in which form
they could deceive nobody, but I have since seen copies on ordinary
paper. The most cursory comparison of an original with one of these
impressions will, however, enable anybody to distinguish between them.
It is also desirable to have the four notices issued with Numbers 2, 3,
10 and 15 respectively.

Price. £10 to £1^, for such a copy as I have described.

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VL Title. Oliver Twist ;/ or, the/ Parish Boy's pro-
gress./ By "Boz.'V In three Volumes./ Vol. 1./ (Vol. 11.)/
(Vol. in.)/ London:/ Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street./
1838.

Collatioti. Vol. 1. One unnumbered page of List of Illustra-
tions, pp. 33 f, with nine illustrations. Vol. II., pp. 307, with
seven illustrations. Vol. III., pp. 315, with eight illustrations.

Notes. The first two volumes were originally issued in " Bentley 's Mis-
cellany." The three volumes were then published before the completion
of the third volume in the "Miscellany." The last plate, "Rose
Maylie and OHver," showing four figures in a room in front of a fire-
place, commonly called the " Fireside Plate," was cancelled, and
another plate, bearing the .same title, and representing Rose Maylie and
Oliver in front of the tomb of Oliver's mother, was substituted. This
second plate appeared in " Bentley's Miscellany" and in all but the
earliest copies of the book. Care must be taken to see that the title-
pages read as above. A second edition bearing the same date, but
with a title-page reading as follows: "Oliver Twist, by Charles
Dickens," was published, and often passes as a first edition.

Price. With the cancelled plate, £b to ^7. With the substi-
tuted plate, ^4 to £5.

Title. The/ Adventures/ of/ Oliver Twist ;/ or,/ The Parish
Boy's Progress./ By/ Charles Dickens./ With twenty-four
illustrations on Steel, by/ George Cruikshank./ A new Edition,
Revised and corrected./ London :/ Published for the Author,/
By Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars./ MDCCCXLVI,

Collation, pp. xii-311.

Notes. The first octavo edition, issued in ten numbers, with a green
wrapper by George Cruikshank, representing scenes, some of which are
not included in the original illustrations. The wrapper should be pre-
served. The plates were touched up, and I think some of them must
have been re-etched, as the variations from those in the three volume
edition are considerable.

Price. £6 to ^8, in numbers. ^3 to £^\, in cloth.

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VII. Title. Sketches/ of/ Young Gentlemen./ Dedicated
to the Young Ladies./ With six illustrations/ by/ " Phiz."/
London :/ Chapman and Hall, i86, Strand./ MDCCCXXXVIII.

Collation, pp. viii-76, with six illustrations and an illustrated
cover.

Note. The cover should be preserved, also the advertisements at the
end.

Price. £2 to £1.

VIII. Title. Memoirs/ of/ Joseph Grimaldi./ Edited by/
" B0Z.7 With illustrations by George Cruikshank./ In Two
Volumes./ Vol. I./ (Vol. 11.)/ London:/ Richard Bentley,
New Burlington Street./ 1838.

Collation. Vol. I., pp. xix, one unnumbered page " Embellish-
ments," and pp. 288, with a portrait of Grimaldi and six other
illustrations. Vol. II., pp. ix-263, with six illustrations.

Notes, The first issue was in pink cloth. Another issue, with the
same title-page, was bound in very dark cloth. In this issue the final
plate, "The Last Song," has round it a border representing panto-
mimic characters. It is, if anything, rarer in this state than without
the border.

Price. £6 to £S.

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IX. Title. The/ Life and Adventures/ of/ Nicholas
NiCKLEBV./ By Charles Dickens./ With illustrations by I'hiz./
London:/ Chapman arid Hall, 186, Strand./ MDCCCXXXix.

Collation, pp. xvi-624, with a portrait of Dickens and thirty-
nine illustrations.

Notes. Issued in twenty numbers in gieen wrappers, one of which
should be preserved. In the first edition the plates, up to and inclusive
of that opposite p. 45, bear the publishers' names.

Price. £2 los. to ^3.

X. Title. 1:\\qI Loving Ballad/ of/ Lord Bateman./ illus-
trated by/ George Cruikshank./ London :/ Charles Tilt, Fleet
Street ;/ and Mustapha Syried, Constantinople./ mdcccxxxix.

Collatiofi. pp. 40, with eleven illustrations and a page of
music, and green cloth cover with an illustration by Georpre
Cruikshank stamped on it in gold.

Notes. The notes and preface were written by Dickens. Tlie first
edition has the numbers of the pages in the middle, not in the corner,
as in later issues. In the edition of 185 1 the trees in the seventh, and
the hills in the ninth, plate had been shaded, and the plates otherwise
touched up. The cover should be preserved.

Price. £4, to ^5.

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XI. Title. Sketches/ of/ Young Couples ;/ with an/ urgent
remonstrance to the Gentlemen of England (being bachelors
or Widowers),/ on the present alarming crisis./ by/ the Author
of " Sketches of young Gentlemen."/ with sLx illustrations/ by/
" Phiz.7 London :/ Chapman and Hall, i86, Strand./ MDCCCXL.

Collation, pp. 92, with six illustrations, and an illustrated

cover.

Notes. The cover should be preserved. Also the advertisements at
the end, which include an announcement of " Master Humphrey's
Clock."

Fricc. Iz to i^.

XII. Title. Master Humphrey's Clock./ By Charles
Dickens./ With Illustrations/ By/ George Cattermole and
Hablot Browne./ Vol I./ (Vol. 11./ Vol. III./) London :/ Chap-
man and Hall, 186, Strand./ mdcccxl.

Vols. II. and III. are dated mdccCXLL

Collation. Vol. I., pp. iv-306.
Vol. II., pp. vi-306.
Vol III., pp. vi-426.

Notes. Issued in eighty-eight weekly numbers, with white, and in
twenty monthly numbers, Avith green illustrated wrappers. A copy of
each wrapper should be preserved. In numbers 9, 80, 81, 82, 83 and
87 will be found addresses by the author.

Price. £2 to ^4-

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Xin. Title. The/ Pic Nic Papers./ by various hands./
Edited by/ Charles Dickens, Esq./ Author of/ " The Pick-
wick Papers," " Nicholas Nickleby," &c./ with illustrations by
George Cruikshank, Phiz, &c./ in three volumes./ Vol. I./ (Vol.
n.)/ (Vol. III.)/ London:/ Henry Colbum, Publisher,/ Great
Marlborough Street./ mdcccxli.

Collation. Vol. I., pp. vi, one unnumbered page of illustrations,
and pp. 323, with four illustrations.

Vol. II., one unnumbered page of contents, pp. 298, with four
illustrations.

Vol. III., pp. 378, with six illustrations.

Note. The first stoiy was written, the rest of the book edited, by
Dickens.

Price. £s to £6.

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XIV. Title. American Notes/ for/ General circulation./ By
Charles Dickens./ In Two Volumes./ Vol. I./ (Vol. 11.)/
London :/ Chapman and Hall, i86, Strand./ mdcccxlii.

Collation. Vol. I., pp. xvi, one unnumbered page, Going
Away./ and the passage out./ and pp. 308.
Vol. II., pp. vii-306.

Notes. In the earliest copies of Vol. I., the preliminary pages, though
only eight in number, are paged up to sixteen. This was corrected
later, and many copies of the first edition will, consequently, be found
with the preliminary pages numbered up to eight only. A reference to
" The Life of Charles Dickens," by John Forster, vol. ii., p. 13, et scq.,
will explain the original error, as it seems probable, though Mr.
Forster does not say so, that the introductoiy chapter had been printed
before it was decided to suppress it, and the pagination of tlie earliest
copies was not altered.

Price. £2 to £2 ioj:.

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XV. Title. A Christmas Carol./ in Prose./ being/ A

GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS./ by/ CHARLES DiCKENS./ With
illustrations by John Leech./ London :/ Chapman & Hall,
186, Strand./ MDCCCXLIII.

Collation. Two unnumbered pages, preface, and contents,
and pp. 166, with four full-page coloured illustrations.

Notes. The first issue was in brown cloth, with gilt edges. The
earliest copies have green end papers, and on p. r is "Stave L", the
later copies having " Stave One," to match with the headings to the
later chapters.

Much discussion has been caused by the existence of some copies
having the date of 1844, with no acknowledgment on the title-page as
to edition, and with the parts of the title-page that are usually printed
blue, printed green. The question is, "Is this a first edition?" I
think that, though it is dated 1844, and there were several editions in

1843, it is a first edition as much as, but no more than, the red and blue
edition. My reason for saying so, is that all the red and green copies
I have seen have " Stave I." on the first page. My theory is that some
red and blue copies, dated 1843, and some red and green copies, dated

1844, were printed to enable the author to see which looked best, the
red and blue copies were preferred, and the others were consequently
not issued in any considerable number.

I am convinced that the red and blue copies are genuine first editions,
because I have in my possession a red and blue copy absolutely uncut,
having "Stave I." on p. i, and being, I believe, the very first copy
printed and sent to the binder for his guidance.

Price. £,\ to £6.

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XVI. Title. Evenings/ of/ a working man,/ being the
occupation of/ His scanty leisure :/ by JOHN Overs./ with a
preface relative to the Author,/ by Charles Dickens./ Lon-
don :/ T. C. Newby, 72, Mortimer Street,/ Cavendish Square./
1844.

Collation, pp. xiii, one unnumbered page of contents, and
pp. 205.

Note. Issued in tirown cloth, with gilt edges.

Price. £2.

XVII. Title. The/ Life and Adventures/ of/ Martin
Chuzzlewit./ By Charles Dickens./ with illustrations by
Phiz./ London :/ Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand./ mdcccxliv.

Collation, pp;' xiv, one unnumbered page of Errata, and pp.
624, with forty illustrations, including the illustrated title-page.

Notes. Published in twenty numbers in green wrappers, one of which
should be preserved. A curious mistake was made in one of the plates
etched for the illustrated title-page, the amount of the reward offered
by the notice on the signpost being pi^inted as loO;^. This was altered
in the other plates to £\oo. Copies with the mistake are scarce, and
consequently more valuable than the others.

Price. £1 to ^5-

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XVIIL Title. The Chimes :/ a Goblin Story/ of/ some bells
that rang an old year out/ and a new year in./ by Charles
Dickens./ London:/ Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand./
mdcccxlv.

Collation. One unnumbered page of illustrations, and pp. 175,
with two full-page illustrations.

Notes. Issued in red cloth covers, which should be preserved. The
ilkistrated title-page in the first issue has the publishers' names etched
on the plate. In the later issue their names are printed below the plate.

I cannot refrain from noticing here a most interesting copy of "The
Chimes " in a friend's collection. He bought it in a set of the Christmas
Books, and found to his annoyance that it was imperfect, many of the
woodcuts not having been printed in the spaces left for them. He
showed it to me, and I found that the lower part of the woodcut on p.
125 differed from that in the published book. Leech had misunderstood
his author, as in the "Battle of Life," but had been foinid out in
time. Instead of drawing Richard "with matted hair," he had drawn
a dissipated " Trotty Veck," with hat, apron and all, which was not
what Dickens intended. This is probably the only impression of this
woodcut in existence.

Price. £\ los. with the illustrated title in the first state. \^s.
to 20s. in the second state.

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XIX. Title. The/ Cricket on the Hearth./ A/ Fair)' tale
of Home./ by/ Charles Dickens./ London :/ printed and pub-
lished for the Author,/ by Bradbury and Evans, 90, Fleet Street./
and Whitefriars./ mdcccxlvi.

Collation. Two unnumbered pages of Dedication and Illus-
trations, and pp. 174, with two full-page illustrations.

Note. Issued in red cloth covers, which should be preserved.

Price. \^s.

XX. Title. Pictures from Italy./ by/ Charles Dickens./
The Vignette illustrations on Wood, by Samuel Palmer./ {Wood-
cut.)! The Street of the Tombs : Pompeii./ London :/ Pub-
lished for the Author,/ by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars./
mdcccxlvi.

Collation. One unnumbered page of contents, and pp. 270.

Azotes. Issued in dark blue cloth. This book, owing to some defect
in the paper, is almost always found with the edges discoloured.

Price, ijjr. to £i ^s.

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XXL Title. The/ Battle of Life./ A Love Story./ by/
Charles Dickens / London :/ Bradbury(S: Evans, Whitefriars./
MDCCCXLVI.

Collation. Two unnumbered pages of Dedication and Illustra-
tions, and pp. 175, with two full-page illustrations.

Notes. Issued in red cloth covers, which should be preserved. I
suppose nobody has ever seen a second edition of this book. The
title-page is always the same. There were however three issues, which
can be distinguished by the illustrated title. The first issue has " A
Love Story " printed in a simple scroll, and underneath is printed :
London :/ Published by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars./ 1846. The
second issue, which is far the scarcest, has "A Love Story," borne by
a cherub, and underneath is printed, London : Bradbury & Evans,
Whitefriars. The third issue is quite common, and is similar to the
last, but bears no publisher's name on the illustrated title.

Price. For first or second issues, £,2. For third issue, \os.

2 6 DICKENS.

XXII. Title. DoMBEV AND Son./ by/ Charles Dickens./
With Illustrations by H. K. Browne./ London:/ Bradbury and
Evans, ii, Bouverie Street./ 1848.

Collation, pp. xvi, one Unnumbered page of errata, and pp.
624, with forty illustrations, including the illustrated title-page.

Notes. Published in twenty numbers, in green wrappers, one of which
should be preserved. The collector must look carefully at the impres-
sions of the plates, as some of them are very poor. As Mr, Thomson
points out in his " Life of Phiz," if the plate at p. 547, " On the dark
Road," is in good state, the other plates are likely to be good also.

Price. £2 to £2,.

XXIII. Title. The Haunted Man/ and/ the Ghost's
bargain./ a fancy for Christmas time./ by/ Charles Dickens.
London:/ Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street./ 1848.

Collation. One unnumbered page of illustrations, and pp. 1 88,
with two full-page illustrations.

, Note. Issued in red cloth covers, which should be preserved.

Price, los. to 15^.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS. 2"

XXIV. Title. The Personal History/ of/ David COPPERFIELD./
by Charles Dickens./ with illustrations by H. K. Browne./
London :/ Bradbury «& Evans, ii, Bouverie Street./ 1850.

Collation, pp. xiv-624, and one unnumbered page of errata,
with forty illustrations, including the illustrated title-page.

Notes. Published in twenty numbers, in green wrappers, one of which
should be preserved. In the first edition the illustrated title-page
bears the date, 1850, which is absent from later editions of the same
year.

Price. £z to £A-

XXV. Title. Christmas Numbers.

There were nine Christmas numbers of " Household Words "
from 1850 to 1858, inclusive.

There were also nine Christmas numbers of "All the Year
Round" from 1859 to 1867, inclusive.

Note. These should be obtained in parts, as issued, in which form they
are very scarce.

Price. £1 to ^4.

2 8 DICKENS.

XXVI. Title. Mr. Nightingale's Dl\ry :/ A Farce./
In one Act./ by/ {This is left blank) London :/ 185 1.

Collation. One unnumbered page of Dramatis Personcr, and
pp. 26.

Title. Mr. Nightingale's Diary :/ A farce/ in one Act./ by
Charles Dickens./ Boston :/ James R. Osgood and Com-
pany,/ late Ticknor Or' Fields, and Fields, Osgood, <2r^ Co.\ 1877.

Collation, pp. 96.

Notes. The first edition was privately printed, and is practically un-
obtainable. The above particulars are taken from the copy in the
P'orster Collection at the South Kensington Museum, which is the only
copy I know of. The American edition is now scarce.

Price. American edition, 15^-. to 20s.

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XXVn. Title. A/ Child's History of England./ by/
Charles Dickens./ With a frontispiece by F. \V. Topham./
Volume I./ England from the Ancient Times, to the death of/
King John./ LONDON :/ Bradbury & Evans, ii,Bouverie Street./
1853^

Collation. Vol. L, pp. xi-210, with full-page frontispiece.

Title. A/ Child's History of England / by/ Charles
Dickens./ With a frontispiece by F. W. Topham./ Volume 11./
England from the Reign of Henry the Third, to the/ Reign of
Richard the Third./ London:/ Bradbury & Evans, 11,
Bouverie Street./ 1853.

Collation. Vol. II., pp. viii-214, with full-page frontispiece.

Title. A/ Child's History of England./ by/ Charles
Dickens./ WithafrontispiecebyF.W. Topham./ Volume III./
England from the Reign of Henry the Seventh to/ the Revolution
of 1688./ London :/ Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street./
1854.

Collation. Vol. III., pp. viii-321, with full-page frontispiece.

Notes. Issued in dull red cloth covers, with an illustration stamped
in gold, which should be preserved. The centre pictures in the frontis-
pieces are different. Care shouUl be taken to see that the date of
each volume is as above. Other editions have later dates, but are not
otherwise distinguishable from the first issues.

Price. £1 to .^4.

30 DICKENS.

XXVIII. Title. Bleak House./ by/ Charles Dickens./
With Illustrations by H. K. Browne./ London :/ Bradbury and
Evans, ii, Bouverie Street./ 1853.

Collation, pp. xvi-624, with forty illustrations, including the
illustrated title-page.

Notes. Issued in twenty numbers with green wrappers, one of which
should be preserved.

Care should be taken to see that the impressions of the plates are
good, as some, especially the darker ones, are very poor.

Price, ^i to ^2.

XXIX. Title. Hard Times./ For These Times./ bv Charles
Dickens./ London :/ Bradbury & Evans, 11, Bouverie Street./
1854.

Collation, pp. viii-352.

N'ote. Issued in green cloth .

Price. £ito£i s^.

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XXX. Title. Little Dorrit./ by/ Charles Dickens./
With Illustrations by H. K. Browne./ London :/ Bradbury and
Evans, ii, Bouverie Street./ 1857.

Collation, pp. xiv-625, with forty illustrations, including the
illustrated title-page.

Notes. Published in twenty numbers, with green wrappers, one of
which should be preserved.

The impressions of the plates vary greatly, and the collector should
see that all the dark plates especially are in good condition.

Price. £1 to/2.

XXXI. Title. The Story/ of/ Little Dombey./ by/
Charles Dickens./ London:/ Bradbury & Evans, 11,
Bouverie Street./ 1858.

Collation, pp. 121.

Notes. Revised by Dickens for his own Readings and published in a
green cover, with a woodcut of " Little Dombey." Care should be taken
to see that the date is 1858.

P7ice. £1 t.0 £\ los.

2)2 DICKENS.

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XXXII. Title. The Poor Traveller :/ Boots at the Holly-
tree Inn:/ and/ MRS. Gamp./ by/ Charles Dickens./ Lon-
don :/ Bradbury & Evans, i r, Bouverie Street./ 1858.

Collation, pp. 114,

Notes. Arranged by Dickens for his own Readings and issued in green
wrappers. Care should be taken to see that the date is 1858.

Price, i^s. to 20s.

XXXIII. Title. A/ Tale of two Cities./ by/ Charles
Dickens./ With Illustrations by H. K. Browne./ London :/
Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly ;/ and at the Office of All the
Year Round,/ 11, Wellington Street North./ mdccclix.

Collation, pp. viii, one unnumbered page " List of Plates,"
and pp. 254, with sixteen illustrations.

Notes. Originally issued in "All the Year Round," and afterwards
in eight numbers with green wrappers, one of which should be pre-
sers'ed.

The sale in numbers was very limited, and the numbers are conse-
quently scarce.

In many copies the letterpress and plates have "printed off."

Price. .^4 to ^"6.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS. 33

XXXIV. Title. Great Expectations/ by/ Charles
Dickens./ In Three Volumes./ Vol. I./ (Vol. 11.)/ (Vol. III.)/
London :/ Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly./ MDCCCLXI./
[ The right of translation is reserved.^

Collation. Vol. I., one unnumbered page of inscription, and

PP- 344-

Vol. II., pp. 351.
Vol. III., pp. 344.

Notes. The whole first edition of this book was absorbed by the
libraries, and it is, consequently, one of the most difficult of all Dickens's
books to get in clean, uncut state. Other editions were printed, bearing
on the title-pages an announcement of second, third, or otlier edition.
These editions have been transformed into first editions by some dis-
honest person, who has printed title-pages as above, and has, no doubt,
done a profitable trade with unsuspecting purchasers. The title-pages
should be carefully inspected to see if they correspond as to paper, type,
etc., with the remainder of the book.

This book has never been worthily illustrated in England ; I am glad,
therefore, to announce the issue, by Messrs. Robson and Kerslake, of
twenty-one etchings by Mr. Pailthorpe, which, from what I have seen
of them, are likely to be very successful.

Price. £7 to ^10,

34 DICKENS.

XXXV. Title. lYi^l Uncommercial Traveller/ by/
Charles Dickens./ London :/ Chapman and Hall, 193,
Piccadilly./ MDCCCLXl.

Collation. Two unnumbered pages, preface and contents, and
pp. 264.

Note. Issued in cloth, and now very scarce.

Price. £2.

XXXVI. Title. Our Mutual Friend./ By/ Charles
Dickens./ With Illustrations by Marcus Stone./ In Two
Volumes./ Vol. I./ (Vol. 11.)/ London :/ Chapman and Hall,
193 Piccadilly./ 1865./ {The right 0/ Translation is reserved."]

Collation. Vol. I., pp. xi-320, with twenty illustrations.
Vol. II., pp. vii and one unnumbered page of " Illustrations to
Volume II.", and pp. 309, with twenty illustrations.

Notes. Issued in twenty numbers, with green wrappers, one of which
should be preserved.

An explanatory note as to the title was issued on a slip of paper, and
should be bound in.

Price. £1.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS. 35

XXXVI L Title. LEGENDS and LYRICS./ by/ ADELAIDE

Anne Procter./ With an introduction by/ Charles Dickens./
New Edition, with Additions./ Illustrated by/ W. T. C. Dobson,
A.R.A., Samuel Palmer, J. Tenniel, George H. Thomas,/ Lorenz
Frohlich, W. H. Millais, G. Du Maurier, \V. P. Burton,/
J. D. Watson, Charles Keene, J. M. Carrick,/ M. E. Edwards,
T. Morten./ London : Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet Street./ 1866.

Collation. Four unnumbered pages of Contents ; one un-
numbered page of Illustrations ; eleven unnumbered pages of
Introduction, and pp. 330.

Note. The introduction only was by Dickens.

Price. £1 los. to £2.

XXXVIII. Title. The Mystery/ of/ Edwin Drood./ by/
Charles Dickens./ With twelve illustrations by S. L. Fildes,/
and a Portrait./ London :/ Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly./
1870./ \the right of Translation is reserved.^

Collation, pp. vii, one unnumbered page of Illustrations, and
pp. 190, with portrait, \'ignette on first title-page, and twelve
illustrations.

Notes. Issued in six numbers in gi-een wrappers, one of which should
be preserved. The issue was then stopped by the author's death.

Price. 6s. to los.

36 DICKENS.

XXXIX. Title. Hunted Down :/ A Story./ by/ Charles
Dickens./ With some account of/ Thomas Griffiths Waine-
wright,/ the Poisoner./ [Woodcut^] The fatal house, No. 12,
Conduit Street, JVJ London :/ John Camden Hotten,/
74 & 75, Piccadilly.

Collation, pp. 89.

Notes. Issued in green wrappers, which should be preserved. The
title-page bears no date, but the book was issued in 1870.
The story had formerly appeared in an American journal.

Price. \^s, to 20J.

XL. Title. Is She his Wife ?/ or,/ something singular./
a comic burletta/ in one act./ by Charles Dickens./ Boston :/
James R. Osgood and Company,/ late Ticknor dr' Fields, and
Fields, Osgood, &^ Co. I 1877.

Collation, pp. 80.

Note. Said to have been privately printed in 1837, but no copy is
known to exist.

Price. For the American edition, 20s.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS.

XLI. Title. The Lamplighter/ A Farce/ By/ Charles
Dickens/ (1838)/ now first printed from a manuscript in the/
Forster Collection at the South/ Kensington Museum/ London/
1879

Collation, pp. 45.

Note. 250 copies only were printed from the manuscript, in the
Forster Collection at the South Kensington Museum.

Price, ts.

XLIL Title. The/ MuDFOG Papers,/ etc./ By Charles
Dickens,/ Author of "The Pickwick Papers," etc./ Now First
Collected./ London : Richard Bentley and Son,/ Publishers in
Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen. 1 880./ {All rights reserved. )

Collation, pp. iv-198.

Notes. The papers originally appeared in Bentley's Miscellany. It is
surprising that they should not have been reprinted earlier.

Price. 6s.

■'S DICKENS.

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XLIII. Title. The Letters/ of/ Charles Dickens./
Edited by/ his Sister-in-law and his Eldest Daughter./ In two
Volumes./ Vol. I./ 1833 to 1856./ (Vol. 11./ 1857 to 1880./)
London :/ Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly./ 1880./ \The
Right of Translation is Reserved^

Collation. Vol. I., pp. ix, one unnumbered page, "Book I."
and slip of errata, and pp. 463.

Vol. II., one slip oi errata, and pp. 464.

Title. The Letters/ of/ Charles Dickens./ Edited by/
his Sister-in-Law and his Eldest Daughter/ VoL III./ 1836 to
1870./ London:/ Chapman and Hall, Limited,/ 11, Henrietta
Street, Covent Garden./ 1882./ {The Right of Translation is
Reserved.]

Collation. One unnumbered page of preface and slip of errata,
and pp. 308.

No^es. Later editions bear on the title-pages the words second, third,
or other thousand. In Mr. Shepherd's Bibliography is contained a long
list of errata, and additional letters, which is very useful.

Price. £1 los. to £2.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS. 39

XLIV. Title. The/ PLAYS and Poems/ of/ Charles
Dickens/ with a few Miscellanies in Prose/ now first Collected/
Edited Prefaced and Annotated/ by/ Richard Heme Shepherd/
In Two Volumes/ Vol. I./ (Vol. 11./) London/ W. H. Allen & Co.
13 Waterloo Place S.W./ Publishers to the India Office/ 1882/
{All rights reserved)

Collation. Vol. I., pp. 406.

Vol. II., pp. vi, one unnumbered page oi errata, and pp. 420.

Notes, This collection contained copyright matter, and was almost
immediately suppressed. Very few copies, especially of the large paper
edition, got into circulation. A new edition, dated 1885, has just been
issued, from which the copyright play of "No Thoroughfare " has been
omitted.

Price. Large paper copies, ^4 ; small paper copies, £,2,

DICKENSIANA.

[A-/ew of the more mteresting Books relating to Dickens and
his works are noted belo%vi\

(1849—1885.)

XLV. Title. i:\i&l Battle of London Life ;/ or,/ Boz
AND HIS Secretary./ By Morna./ With six Designs on
Stone by George Sala./ London :/ George Peirce, 310, Strand./
1849.

Collation, pp. iv-io6, with five full-page illustrations, not six,
as stated on the title-page.

Note. This book, described by Mr. Sala in a letter to me as a " rub-
bishing production," was written by Captain Thomas O'Keefe, and is
chiefly interesting for the portrait of Dickens in his Study by Mr. Sala.

Price. £2 to ^3.

XLVL Title. Lizzie Leigh./ By Charles Dickens.

Collation, p. 13 to p. 63 inclusive, with a portrait of the
heroine.

Notes. This story has, perhaps, as much, or rather as little, right to
claim Dickens as its author, as has " A Curious Dance round a Curious
Tree." (See No. XLVII. ) This story was written by Mrs. Gaskell, was
published in "All the Year Round," was, no doubt, f^/Z/^a' by Dickens,
and was published in "The Irving Offering" for 1851, New York,
under his name. I know of only two copies.

Price. £S'

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XLVn. Title. A Curious Dance/ Round a Curious
Tree./ By/ Charles Dickens, (n.d. [i860.])

Collation, pp. 19.

Notes. There is no title-page. Tlie title above is taken from the
cover. There are two editions of this little pamphlet, which was
written by Mr. \V. H. Wills, and originally published in "All the
Year Round." One of the copies in the British Museum, which I
believe to be the first edition, is in a purple wrapper. The other
edition, which I believe to be later, is in a pink wrapper. The pattern
on this is difterent from that on the purple wrapper ; a comma, instead
of a full stop, comes after the word "Tree," and the last seven lines
on p. 19 are printed in thick type.

Price. £2 to ^3.

XLVin. Title. The Charles Dickens Dinner./ An
Authentic Record/ of/ The Public Banquet/ given to/ Mr.
Charles Dickens,/ at the/ Freemasons' Hall, London,/ On
Saturday, November 2, 1867,/ Prior to his departure for the
United States./ With a report of the Speeches from Special
Shorthand Notes./ London :/ Chapman and Hall, 193, Picca-
dilly ;/ Ticknor and Field, Boston./ 1867.

Collation, pp. 32.

Note. This pamphlet is now becoming scarce.

Price. \os.

42 DICKENS.

XLIX. Title. Charles Dickens./ By/ George Augustus
Sala./ London :/ George Routledge and Sons,/ The Broadway,
Ludgate.

Collation, pp. x-144.

Notes. A most interesting little memoir, reprinted, with additions, from
" The Daily Telegraph." It was issued in yellow paper covers bearing
a portrait of Dickens.

Price. 5j.

L. Title. Speeches/ Literary and Social./ By/ Charles
Dickens./ {Woodcut Portrait.)] Now first collected./ With
Chapters on " Charles Dickens as a Letter Writer,/ Poet, and
Public Speaker."/ London/ John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly

Collation, pp. 372, with a photograph of Dickens from Count
D'Orsay's Drawing of him.

Note. Anether edition was shortly afterwards published without the
photograph.

Price. 1 5 J. to zos.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS. 43

LL Title. Charles Dickens/ The Story of his Life/ by the/
Author of the " Life of Thackeray "/ {}Voodad)l Bleak House at
Broadstairs/ with illustrations and facsimiles/ London/ John
Camden Hotten, Piccadilly

Collation, pp. xvi-367, and one unnumbered page of errata,
with a Photograph of Dickens, as Captain Bobadil, and ten full-
page illustrations.

Notes. Another edition, without the photograph and other illustra-
tions, was shortly afterwards published. The first edition has long been
scarce.

Price. £,\ \os. to £;2..

LIL Title. Pen Photographs/ of/ Charles Dickens's
Readings./ Taken from Life/ By Kate Field,/ An American./
With illustrations./ London :/ Trubner & Co., 60 Paternoster
Row./ Boston, U. S. :/ James R. Osgood and Company,/ Late
Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co./ 1871.

Collatioti. pp. iv, one unnumbered page of contents, and pp.
152, with a portrait and nine full-page illustrations.

Note. The first edition has a slip inserted referring to Messrs. Chap-
man and Hall's consent to its publication in England.

Price, los.

44 DICKENS.

LI 1 1. Title. The Life/ of/ Charles Dickens./ By John
Forster./ Volume the First./ 1812-1842./ London :/ Chapman
and Hall, 193, Piccadilly./ 1872./ \The Right of Translation
and Reproduction is reserved."]

The Life/ of/ Charles Dickens./ By John Forster./
Volume the Second./ 1842-1852./ London:/ Chapman and
Hall, 193, Piccadilly./ 1873./ [The Right 0/ Translation a7id
Reproduction is reserved.']

The Life/ of/ Charles Dickens./ By John Forster./
Volume the Third./ 185 2- 1870./ London :/ Chapman and Hall,
193, Piccadilly./ 1874./ {The Right of Translation and Re-
production is reserved^

Collation. Vol. L, pp. xviii, one unnumbered page of Illustra-
tions, and pp. 398, with illustrations as in list.
Vol. II., pp. xx-462, with illustrations as in list.
Vol. Ill,, pp. XV-5S2, with illustrations as in list.

Notes. The later editions have the words second, third, or other
thousand on the title-page. The brown cloth covers should be bound in.

Price. £2 10s. to ^3.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS. 45

LIV. Title. Dickens/ by/ Adolphus William Ward/ London :/
Macmillan and Co./ 1882./ The Right of Traiislation and
Reproduction is Reserved.

Collation, pp. vi, one unnumbered page of Contents, and
pp. 224.

Notes. Later issues have the words second, third, or other thousand
on the back of the title-page. Care should be taken to see these words
are not there.

Price. Si', to 105-.

LV. Title. About England/ with Dickens/ By/ Alfred
Rimmer/ Author of/ * Rambles round Eton and Harrow,' ' Our
Old Country Towns,' etc./ {Woodcut portrait of Dickens.)\ With
fifty-eight illustrations/ by C. A. Vanderhoof, Alfred Rimmer, and
Others/ London/ Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly/ 1883/ [All
rights reserved\

Collatio7i. pp. ix-307.

Note. The illustrated cloth cover should be bound in.

Price. Js.

LVL Title. The Youth and Middle Age/ of/ Charles
Dickens/ By/ James Payn/ (From Chambers's Journal)/
50 Copies Printed/ 1883

Collation. 20 unnumbered pages.

Note. Fifty copies only were reprinted from " Chambers's Journal,"'
and they are now scarce.

Price, los.

46 DICKENS.

LVII. Title. The/ Childhood and Youth/ of/ Charles
Dickens./ {Wooden t.)l Wiih retrospective notes, and Elu-
cidations, fromj his Books and Letters! By/ Robert Langton,
F.R. Hist. See./ Associate of the Manchester Academy of Fitie
Arts. I Manchester: Published by the Author at Albert
Chambers./ 1883.

Collatiojt. pp. xviii-250, with numerous illustrations, of which
there is a list.

Notes. A most interesting book, with two portraits of Dickens among
the illustrations. Large paper copies have been printed.

Price. For large paper copies, £2 2s. For small paper
copies, \2s. 6d.

LVII I. Title. Charles Dickens/ As I knew Him/ The
Story/ of the/ Reading Tours/ in/ Great Britain and America/
1 866- 1 870)/ By/ George Dolby/ London/ T Fisher Unwin/
26 Paternoster Square/ 1885

Collation, pp. xiii-466.

Notes. Issued in red cloth, with a facsimile of Dickens's signature,
which should be kept.

Price, ds.

PLAYS.

THE following list of Plays, founded on Dickens's works, is
probably incomplete, but it includes all I have been able
to find that were issued in England, and a few issued in
America and elsewhere.

1. Sam Weller,/ or, the/ Pickwickians./ A Drama,/ in
three Acts./ as performed/ At the New Strand Theatre,/ with
unexampled Success./ By W. T. Moncrieff, Esq./ London,/

1837.

2. The/ Pickwickians ;/ or,/ The Peregrinations of Sam
Weller./ A Comic Drama,/ In Three Acts./ Arranged from
Moncrieff's Adaptation of Charles Dickens' Works,/ by/ T. H.
Lacy.

(n.d. Lacy's edition.)

3. The Pickwick Club :/ or/ the age we live in !/ A Bur-
letta,/ in/ Three Acts./ PyE. Stirhng, Esq./ J. Duncombe & Co.

(n.d. [1837.] With an Etching of Pickwick in The Pound, by
Findlay.)

4. Bardell v. Pickwick./ ( The Trial Scene frem Pick-
wick.)l A Farcical Sketch,/ in One Act./ by Charles Dickens./
Arranged for the Stage from the Author's Special Reading Copy./
By John Hollingshead. New York :/ R. M. De Witt.

(N.D.)

48 DICKENS.

5. Oliver Twist./ A Serio-comic Burletta,/ In three Acts./
by/ George Almar, Comedian./ as Performed at/ The Royal
Surrey Theatre.

(n.d. With an etching, by Pierce Egan the younger. Web-
ster's edition.)

6. Oliver Twist;/ or,/ The Parish Boy's Progress./ A
Drama,/ In three Acts./ Adapted from the celebrated Novel, by/
Mr. Charles Dickens./ Thomas Hailes Lacy.

(N.D. With Frontispiece by Findlay. Lacy's edition.)

7. Oliver Twist./ A Serio-Comic Burletta,/ in Four Acts,/
By George Almar, Comedian./ New York./ Samuel French.

(N.D.)

8. Bumble's Courtship./ From/ Dickens' "Oliver Twist."/
A Comic Interlude,/ In one Act./ by/ Frank E. Emson./ Pub-
lished by Permission of Messrs. Chapman & Hall.

(n.d, Lacy's edition.)

9. Master Humphrey's Clock ;/ A Domestic Drama,/ in/
Two Acts./ By Frederick Fox Cooper, Esq.

(n.d. With Frontispiece by Mr. Findlay. Duncombe's edition.)

10. The/ Old Curiosity Shop./ A Drama,/ In two Acts./
by/ E. Stirling, Esq.

(n.d. With Frontispiece. Lacy's edition.)

11. Barnaby Rudge./ a domestic Drama,/ In Three acts./
by/ Charles Selby/ and/ Charles Melville.

(n.d. French's edition.)

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12. Nicholas NiCKLEBY,/ A Farce,/ In Two Acts./ Taken
from the popular work of that name by " Boz."/ By/ Edward

Stirling, Esq.

(n.d. Webster's edition, with an etching by Pierce Egan the
younger.)

13. The/ Fortunes of Smike,/ or a/ Sequel to Nicholas
Nickleby./ A Drama,/ In Two Acts./ By Edward Stirling, Esq.

(n.d. Webster's edition, with an etching by Pierce Egan the
younger.)

14. Martin Chuzzlewit,/ A Drama,/ In three Acts./ By
Charles Webb, Esq.

(n.d. Barth, London.)

15. Martin Chuzzlewit !/ A Drama,/ in Three Acts./
Adapted from C. Dickens, Esq. Celebrated Work,/ By Edward
Stirling, Esq.

(n.d. Thomas Hailes Lacy.)

16. Martin Chuzzlewit/ or,/ His Wills and his ways,/
What he did, and what he didn't./ A domestic Drama,/ in
Three Acts,/ founded on Charles Dickens' Popular Story./ By/
Thomas Higgle/ and/ Thomas Hailes Lacy.

(n.d. Lacy's edition.)

17. Mrs. Sarah Gamp's/ Tea and Turn Out ;/ a Bozzian
Sketch,/ In one Act./ By B, Webster, Esq.

(n.d. With an etching by Brewer. Webster's edition.)

18. Mrs. Harris./ A Farce/ in one Act,/ By Edward
Stirling.

(n.d. Thos. Hailes Lacy. With an etching by T. H. Jones.)

;0 DICKENS.

19. A/ Christmas Carol ;/ or, the/ Miser's Warning !/
(adapted from Charles Dickens' celebrated work.)/ by/ G. Z.
Barnett.

(n.d. With frontispiece. Lacy's edition.)

20. The Chimes/ A goblin Story, of/ some Bells that rang an
old year out/ and/ a new year in ;/ A Drama,/ In Four Quarters,/
Dramatised By/ Mark Lemon,/ and Gilbert A. a' Beckett.

(N.D. Webster's edition. With an etching by Clayton.)

21. The/ Cricket on the Hearth ;/ or,/ A Fairy Tale of
Home./ A Drama, in Three Acts./ Dramatized by/ Albert
Smith Esq.,/ By the express permission of the Author,/ Charles
Dickens, Esq.

(n.d. New York, Samuel French.)

22. The/ Cricket/ on the Hearth,/ A fairy tale of Home./
by/ Edward Stirling, Esq.

(n.d. With an etching by G. Dorrington. Webster's edition.)

23. The/ Cricket on the Hearth/ A Fairy Tale of Home/
in/ Three Chirps/ Adapted from/ Mr. Charles Dickens's/ Popular
Story.

(n.d. With frontispiece by T. H. Jones. Lacy's edition.)

24. The Battle of Life ;/ A Drama,/ in Three Acts./
(founded on Mr. Dickens's celebrated work.)/ By Edward
Stirling, Esq.

(n.d. Frontispiece by Mr. T. Jones. Duncombe's edition.)

25. The drama/ Founded on the new Christmas annual of/
Charles Dickens, Esq.,/ called/ The Battle of Life,/ dra-
matized by/ Albert Smith, Esq./ by the Express permission
of the Author,/ Charles Dickens Esq.

(n.d. [1846.] Nassau Press.)

HINTS TO COLLECTORS. 5 I

26. La Bataille de la Vie,/ Piece en trois Actes, melee
de chant,/ Par MAL Mdlesville et Andr^ de Goy,/ Representee,
pour la premiere fois h. Paris, sur Ic Theatre du Vaudeville,/ le
3 Septembre 1853.

(n.d. Beck, Paris.)

27. DOMBEY AND SON./ Dramatized from Dickens' Novel./
By John Brougham, Esq./ In Three Acts.
(n.d. Samuel French, New York.)

28. Little Em'ly./ ("David Copperfield.")/ A Drama,/
in Four Acts./ By Andrew HaUiday./ New York :/ De Witt.

(N.D.)

29. David Copperfield./ A Drama, in two Acts./ Adapted
from Dickens' popular work of the same name./ By John
Brougham, Esq.

(N.D. New York, Samuel French.)

30. The Tale/ of Two Cities :/ A Drama in Three Acts,/
And a Prologue,/ Adapted from Mr. Charles Dickens's Story,/
By Henry J. Rivers.

(N.D. Davidson's Actable Drama. With a lithograph.)

31. A Tale of two Cities./ A Drama,/ in two Acts and a
prologue,/ Adapted from the story of that name by/ Charles
Dickens, Esq./ by/ Tom Taylor, Esq.

(n.d. Thomas Hailes Lacy.)

32. The/ Dead Witness ;/ or,/ Sin and its Shadow./ A
Drama,/ In three acts,/ Founded on "The Widow's Story" of
the seven poor Travellers,/ by Charles Dickens./ The Drama
written by/ Wybert Reeve.

(n.d. Lacy's edition.)

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33. A/ Message From the Sea./ A drama, in three acts./
by/ Charles Dickens/ and/ Wilkie Collins./ London :/ Pub-
lished by G. Holsworth,/ At the Office of " All the Year Round."
Wellington Street, Strand./ 1861.

34. No Thorough Fare./ A Drama/ In Five Acts and
a Prologue./ By Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins.

(N.D. [1868.] R. M. De Witt.)

35. Identity;/ or,/ No Thoroughfare./ By Louis Lequel./
Dramatized from the Christmas Story of/ Charles Dickens and
Wilkie Collins.

(N.D. New York, Samuel French.)

36. L'Abime/ Drama en cinq Actes, en onze Tableaux/ par/
Charles Dickens/ M L/ Paris/ Michel Ldvy Frferes, Libraires
Editeurs/ Rue Vivienne, 2 bis, et Boulevard des Italiens, 15/
A la Librairie Nouvelle/ 1868/ Droits de reproduction, de
traduction et de representation reserves.

PORTRAITS

OF

CHARLES DICKENS.

A /TORE Portraits have probably been issued of Charles
•^*-^ Dickens than of any other Englishman, with the ex-
ception, perhaps, of George IV. I may mention that I have,
in my collection, more than ninety different Portraits of Dickens,
although there are many others that I have not been able to
obtain. I hope that the following list, though incomplete, may
prove useful to collectors. I have arranged the Portraits ap-
proximately in order of date, not of publication, but of the
period at which Dickens is represented.

1. Woodcut. Dickens as a Boy. From Langton's " Child-
hood and Youth of Charles Dickens."

2. Etching. From " David Copperfield," under the title of
" My magnificent order at the public-house." By " Phiz."

3-6. Etchings. From " Sketches by Boz," under the titles of
" Public Dinners," " Early Coaches," " A Pickpocket in Cus-
tody," and " Making a Night of it." By George Cruikshank.

7. Woodcut. From " Bentley's Miscellany." By " Phiz."

8. Engraving in Outline. By C. H. Jeens, after D. Maclise,
R.A.

9, Woodcut. By R. Herbert, after J. Stephenson.

10, Engraving. By R. Graves, A.R.A., after D. Maclise, R.A.

D 2

54 DICKENS.

IT. Lithograph. By Weld Taylor, after Samuel Lawrence,
signed " Boz."

12. Engraving. From "Nicholas Nickleby." By Finden,
after D. Maclise, R.A.

13. Engraving. An American version of the same. By J.
C. Buttre.

14. Woodcut. From " Heads to Nicholas Nickleby."

1 5. Etching. By F. W. Pailthorpe, after George Cruikshank.

16. Etching. By the same, after the same.

17. Etching. By "Phiz."

18. Woodcut. From the Prospectus of " Master Humphrey's
Clock." By " Phiz."

19. Lithograph. After a drawing by Count D'Orsay.

20. Engraving. Dickens, his Wife, and her Sister. By C.
H. Jeans, after D. Maclise, R.A.

21. Woodcut. Dickens only, after the same.

22. Engraving. From Fields' "Yesterdays with Authors."
By J. A. J. Wilcox.

23. Engraving. Dickens reading " The Chimes " in Forster's
chambers. By C. H. Jeens, after D. Maclise, R.A.

24. Engraving. By J. C. Armytage, after Miss M. Gillies.

25. Woodcut. By W. J. Linton, after the same.

26. Woodcut. An American version, after the same.

27. Engraving. An American version, after the same.

28. Woodcut. Dickens in an Arm-chair.

29. Woodcut. Dickens and other Authors, carrying Adver-
tisements of their Works, entitled, " Hints to Novelists, for 1846."

30. Woodcut. By W. J. Linton.

31. Engraving. By A. Halbert, after a Bust by H. Dexter.

32. Woodcut. By Henry Linton, after a Photograph by
Mayall.

33. Woodcut. From " Christmas Stories," under the title of
" Tom Tiddler's Ground," Doubtful.

HINTS TO COLLECTORS. 55

34. Woodcut. Dickens at the Dulwich Charity Meeting. By
Landells.

35. Lithograph. By R. J. Lane, A.R.A., after a Photograph
by C. and J. Watkins.

36. Engraving. By J. Brown, after the same.

yj. Engraving. By Oldham Barlow,R.A.,afterW. P. Frith, R.A.

38. Engraving. By R. Graves, after the same.

39. Engraving, By J. D. Pound, after a Photograph by
Mayall.

40. Lithograph. By Baugniet.

41. Lithograph. As Captain Bobadil. By T. H. Maguire,
after Leslie, R.A.

42. Woodcut. After the same.

43. Woodcut. Dickens and Forster, in "Every Man in His
Humour."

44. Engraving. By J. C. Armytage, after an American
Photograph.

45. Woodcut. Dickens reading " Little Dombey " in St.
Martin's Hall.

46. Woodcut. Dickens in " The Frozen Deep."

47. Engraving. From Edwin Drood, By J. H. Baker, after
a Photograph by Mason and Co.

48. Engraving. From a private plate. Anonymous, but
probably from the same Photograph.

49. Engraving. From Fields' "Yesterdays with Authors."
By J. Greatbach, after a Photograph by C. and J. Watkins.

50. Engraving. By J. T. Stuart, after the same.

51. Engraving. Anonymous, after the same.

52. Etching. By Pilotell.

53. Engraving. Anonymous. " Likeness rom an approved
Photograph."

54. Engraving. ' Engraved on Steel for the " Eclectic," by
Geo. E. Perine, New York.'

56 DICKENS.

55. Woodcut. By Procter. Dickens surrounded by his
Characters, taking leave of John Bull.

56. Lithograph. Published by Wood & Co., Strand.

57. Etching. In red. Dickens writing, with Pickwick,
Micawber, Fagin, and Oliver Twist in the four corners.

58. Woodcut. By C. P. & G., after a Photograph by The
London Stereoscopic Company.

59. Woodcut. From " The Uncommercial Traveller," under
the title of " Leaving the Morgue."

60. Phototype. Dickens reading to his Daughters. From
" Life."

61. Woodcut. From " The Mask." By H. Harral.

62. Woodcut. From " The Mask." By the same.

63. Woodcut. From " The Illustrated London News."

64. Woodcut. From " The Illustrated Times." After a
Daguerrotype, by Mayall.

65. Woodcut. From " The Tomahawk," printed in green.

66. Woodcut. From " Fun," with characters from his works.

67. Woodcut. From "People of the Period," printed in
colours.

68. Woodcut. From "The Hornet," with characters from
his works.

69. Woodcut. Dickens in his Garden at Gadshill.

70. Woodcut. The same subject.

71. Engraving. By T. H. Baker.

72. Woodcut. From " The Entr'acte."

73. Etching. Dickens, and Characters from his Works, round
a Calendar for 1 883.

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