1870 Eckel John C (3 results)

xvi, [2], 272 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. One of the 4 best bibliographies of Dickens' works. Essential to the collector and bookseller. As New [still in publisher's shrink-wrap]. Linen cloth with black spine lettering. Issued without dust jacket Reprint of the preferred, Revised & Expanded 1932 edition.

1st printing. 88 pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" Eckel a noted collector of Dickens works, and now primarily known for his excellent Dickens bibliography of 1932. This copy annotated with prices realized. General wear, slight lean, some age-toning. "Priced" written in middle of front cover. A VG copy. Original printed buff paper wrappers, yapp edges. …

xvi, [2], 272 pp (including Index). Illustrated with facsimiles. 8vo. The work itself is essential to any Dickens collector; this copy a collector's piece unto itself. A Fine copy, with a Custis bookplate, in a slightly sun-tanned NF dust jacket, housed in a VG+ slipcase. Laid-in are two pieces of ephemera: an Eckel Christmas card, and the order blank for Eckel's proposed Supplement to this book [which, apparently, was never issued]. Maroon buckram with gilt spine lettering. TEG. Buff dust jacket. Slipcase 1st edition thus, a Revised (& best) edition. Limited to 750 copies, this copy noted as "Presentation". Eckel has INSCRIBED the ffep "To my dear friend / John C. Custis / As a slight token of / Esteem and Affection. / From / John C. Eckel / Phila. Nov. 23, 1932.".…