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Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. Burgundy plain card covered slipcase showing minimal shelf-wear. Burgundy leather over burgundy boards, black title plate with gilt titles and folio emblem on the spine, gilt linear decoration around edge of boards front and back. Contents as new, no damage, gilt along top page edge with illustrations throughout, silk ribbon attached. "Phiz" (illustrator).…

Condition: Fine. Original stapled colour illustrated souvenir theatre programme 8½'' x 6''. Contains 12 pages with colour photographs from the play. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition, First Impression. Brand new and sealed in Folio Society's eco-wrapping paper as received directly from the publisher. Stock images. Charles Dickens's beloved Christmas story of redemption and generosity shines in this beautifully crafted Folio Society tribute, illustrated by Sarah Coomer and introduced by Simon Callow. Bound in printed paper and blocked with a design by the artist. Housed in a die-cut slipcase featuring vignettes inspired by Victorian wallpaper. Printed in full colour throughout. Evocatively illustrated by Sarah Coomer with1 full-colour frontispiece depicting the Three Ghosts of Christmas; a hand-drawn wreath on the title page; 5 full-colour double-page spreads at the beginning of each stave (chapter); and 2 additional illustrations per chapter. 128 pages. 10'' × 7½''. Printed and bound in Italy. ORDERS professionally packed, tracked and insured. U.S. BUYERS: Books remain exempt from import duty under U.S. law. I ship with a DDP service and provide accurate customs forms to protect buyers from unnecessary charges and to minimise delays. Coomer, Sarah (illustrator).…

Fine Binding. Condition: New. Limited Edition. Step into a Victorian Christmas with this exquisite Folio Society edition of 'A Christmas Carol', limited to only 350 copies which sold out within hours on the day of publication. This is #85. Dickens's beloved seasonal tale of redemption and generosity shines in this beautifully crafted tribute, illustrated by Sarah Coomer and introduced by Simon Callow and signed by both to a letterpress-printed limitation label. 'A Christmas Carol' is fully bound in red leather blocked with a golden wreath, a design inspired by the first edition of 1843. Page edges gilded on all three sides. Printed in full colour throughout. Evocatively illustrated by Sarah Coomer with 1 full-colour frontispiece depicting the Three Ghosts of Christmas, a hand-drawn wreath on the title page, a full-colour double-page spread at the beginning of each stave (chapter), and 2 additional illustrations per chapter. The book has 128 pages and measures 10'' × 7½''. This exquisite limited edition is housed in a festive clamshell box covered in green cloth decorated with an inset illustration of a traditional Victorian Christmas tree. The inner lining features a festive Victorian streetscape. * This is a new and unopened copy in the Folio Society packaging as received directly from the publisher. It will be shipped in an outer box for extra protection. HEAVY/OVERSIZE/HIGH VALUE. U.K. postage at default charge but overseas buyers will be asked for extra. Enquiries welcome. ORDERS professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured. U.S. BUYERS: Books remain exempt from import duty under U.S. law. I provide accurate customs forms to protect buyers from unnecessary charges and to minimise delays. Coomer, Sarah (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator and Intr.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Limited Edition. This volume is the first-ever facsimile reproduction of the manuscript of OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens. Of all of Dickens s novels, Oliver Twist remains among the best loved and indeed most read, so insists famed actor and Dickens enthusiast Simon Callow. The original manuscript of the novel, which appeared in 33 monthly instalments between 1837 and 1839, has never before been reproduced in printed form. Here it is, with its corrections and marks, with every ink blot. With this manuscript, all 474 folios the only ones that survived after the author's death are finally presented to the public in a deluxe edition. In this work, the pages formerly worked on by Charles Dickens are reproduced in a graphically-restored version, accompanied by George Cruikshank s iconic illustrations and prefaced with a foreword by Simon Callow. More than mere relics, they are a living testimony to the development of the narrative and to Dickens s success. The serialised novel form imposes tight constraints on the writer, as it asks him to leave the reader in suspense at the end of every chapter while maintaining a coherent plot, all without the possibility of going back to make corrections. Is it possible that the creator of Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Scrooge also pioneered the cliffhanger? This edition was produced in collaboration with the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, where the original manuscripts are housed within the Forster collection. The Charles Dickens Museum, located at 48 Doughty Street, in the house where the writer lived during the two years he wrote Oliver Twist (1837-1839), also provided a handwritten page from Chapter 10 of the novel bearing the inscription original manuscript of Oliver Twist .Charles Dickens: I have thrown my whole heart and soul into Oliver Twist, and most confidently believe he will make a feature in the work, and be very popular . . . When Charles Dickens wrote these lines at the beginning of 1837, the first two chapters of Oliver Twist had just appeared in the pages of Bentley s Miscellany, a new literary magazine founded by Richard Bentley, of which Dickens had just been named editor. Aged only 25, the young writer had already tasted success with his first novel, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Likewise, it seemed he was already beginning to sense that his young orphaned hero, Oliver Twist, would become a star. From the moment the first two chapters were published, the adventures of Oliver Twist, illustrated with etchings by George Cruikshank, were met with great success: the February issue of Bentley s Miscellany had to be reprinted with an additional 1,000 copies. The following chapters, always accompanied by Cruikshank s illustrations, followed in monthly installments until April 1839, as the young boy s popularity the first boy in English literature to be cast as the hero in a novel soared rapidly. Dickens was on the verge of becoming one of England s most famous writers. Twenty-four illustrations by George Cruikshank are reproduced in colour from a rare edition published in 1911. Born in London in 1792, twenty years before Dickens was born in Portsmouth, the illustrator George Cruikshank found great success through his political cartoons. Following 1820 he began illustrating for books and magazines. In 1836, when the publisher Richard Bentley hired a young Dickens to be the editor-in-chief of his new periodical, he also enlisted Cruikshank to liven up the magazine s pages. The artist consequently became the illustrator of Dickens s first works: Sketches by Boz, The Mudfog Papers and Oliver Twist. From May 1837, he had to provide two etchings per month for Bentley s Miscellany: one of which was always to accompany the serialised novel Oliver Twist.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited edition No. 173 of 1000. Comes with certificate. Large 33cm x 25cm x 6cm. 4kg packed. A luxury Green cloth HB in a slipcase. Fine fresh As New. This volume is the first-ever facsimile reproduction of the manuscript of OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens. Of all of Dickens s novels, Oliver Twist remains among the best loved and indeed most read, so insists famed actor and Dickens enthusiast Simon Callow. The original manuscript of the novel, which appeared in 33 monthly instalments between 1837 and 1839, has never before been reproduced in printed form. Here it is, with its corrections and marks, with every ink blot. With this manuscript, all 474 folios the only ones that survived after the author's death are finally presented to the public in a deluxe edition. In this work, the pages formerly worked on by Charles Dickens are reproduced in a graphically-restored version, accompanied by George Cruikshank s iconic illustrations and prefaced with a foreword by Simon Callow. More than mere relics, they are a living testimony to the development of the narrative and to Dickens s success. The serialised novel form imposes tight constraints on the writer, as it asks him to leave the reader in suspense at the end of every chapter while maintaining a coherent plot, all without the possibility of going back to make corrections. Is it possible that the creator of Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Scrooge also pioneered the cliffhanger? This edition was produced in collaboration with the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, where the original manuscripts are housed within the Forster collection. The Charles Dickens Museum, located at 48 Doughty Street, in the house where the writer lived during the two years he wrote Oliver Twist (1837-1839), also provided a handwritten page from Chapter 10 of the novel bearing the inscription original manuscript of Oliver Twist .Charles Dickens: I have thrown my whole heart and soul into Oliver Twist, and most confidently believe he will make a feature in the work, and be very popular . . . When Charles Dickens wrote these lines at the beginning of 1837, the first two chapters of Oliver Twist had just appeared in the pages of Bentley s Miscellany, a new literary magazine founded by Richard Bentley, of which Dickens had just been named editor. Aged only 25, the young writer had already tasted success with his first novel, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Likewise, it seemed he was already beginning to sense that his young orphaned hero, Oliver Twist, would become a star. From the moment the first two chapters were published, the adventures of Oliver Twist, illustrated with etchings by George Cruikshank, were met with great success: the February issue of Bentley s Miscellany had to be reprinted with an additional 1,000 copies. The following chapters, always accompanied by Cruikshank s illustrations, followed in monthly installments until April 1839, as the young boy s popularity the first boy in English literature to be cast as the hero in a novel soared rapidly. Dickens was on the verge of becoming one of England s most famous writers. Twenty-four illustrations by George Cruikshank are reproduced in colour from a rare edition published in 1911. Born in London in 1792, twenty years before Dickens was born in Portsmouth, the illustrator George Cruikshank found great success through his political cartoons. Following 1820 he began illustrating for books and magazines. In 1836, when the publisher Richard Bentley hired a young Dickens to be the editor-in-chief of his new periodical, he also enlisted Cruikshank to liven up the magazine s pages. The artist consequently became the illustrator of Dickens s first works: Sketches by Boz, The Mudfog Papers and Oliver Twist. From May 1837, he had to provide two etchings per month for Bentley s Miscellany: one of which was always to accompany the serialised novel Oliver Twist.…