The Life of Charles Dickens Volume Two by Forster John (9 results)

Condition: Fair. 1927. First Edition Thus. 430 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1950. Reprinted. 430 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably tanned.

Condition: Good. 1927. First Edition. 430 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Slight forward lean to text block.Boards are slightly bowed.

Condition: Good. 1969. 486 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 7.375" X 4.75" in orange hard covers with gilt titles. Clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS or better condition. Jacket - smudged and soiled: FAIR PLUS. 486pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. A 1969 reprint of the 1966 revision. Volume 2 only of John Forster's biography of England's famous Charles Dickens, covering the span of his life from 1847 and the publishing of "Dombey and Son," through his death in 1870. Forster's work was edited, with additional notes by A. J. Hoppé, and with endnotes. Includes facsimiles of letters and manuscripts, and sketches of possible depictions of Dombey and of one Dickens's homes. An index to both volumes appears at end of this one. #352 in EL's Biography series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 5. Full orange cloth-look paper-covered boards with titling, pale blue endpapers and "Everyman's Library" gilt-stamped on spine, dolphin-and-anchor device borrowed from Aldine press in gilt at tail of spine; blue topstain. In white dust jacket with Raymond Piper drawing of Dickens to front panel. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked. Dust jacket with Dent £1.10 sticker to flap, mild soiling and an area of creasing to front panel, else in great shape and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); vi, [2], 486 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good Very Good or Better. Dust Jacket Condition: No DustjacketS. Memorial Edition. John Forster (1812-1876), English biographer and critic, best known for his excellent Life of Charles Dickens. Forster met Dickens in 1836, and became his close friend and adviser. Dickens modeled Our Mutual Friend character John Podsnap on Forster, and his rooms are said to be the basis for the residence of lawyer Tulkinghorn in Bleak House. From the Pickwick Papers onwards Forster saw the manuscripts of nearly all Dicken's novels before the were published, and Dickens appointed him as his literary executor. Forster's biography was first published in three volumes - 1872-4. The copy above is the first American issue of the Memorial Edition and is undated - circa 1920s. 2 volumes, frontispieces, illustrations, plates. Vol 1 - xxxiv, 481pp. Vol 2 - xxvi, 514pp.The books are very brightand clean with tight, square binding. Unmarked except for a tiny correction noted on the tissue guard to the frontis of volume 1. Slight wear only to the blue cloth binding. Pictures available. Heavy set weighing just over 3kg prior to packing. Email for quote on postage to your destination at cost. Size: 24cm Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. REPRINT. Hard cover. The second volume of a two volume autobiography of Charles Dickens. Burgundy red cloth boards with gilt decoration and titles on spine. Moderate wear on board edges. Burgundy endpapers. NB: vintage newspaper cuttings(early to mid 20th Century) about Dickens have been stuck to the front and back endpapers. Cuttings on front give the cast of a 1940s radio adaptation of 'A Tale of Two Cities' and there is a teacard type colour illustration. Pencil inscription/note on the back endpaper. Tissue guard before title page. Foxing and tanning on page edges. Top edges of pages are gilt edged, the gilt has some wear from age. Previous owner name/date on half title page in pencil. A binding error affects pages 533-540(the bottom edges of these pages are not in alignment with the rest of the book, but they are all securely bound and no text is affected. They are all index pages). Page 309-310 appears to have some extra trim on the side edge of the page and is therefore slightly creased. Black and white illustrations. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Location: LWT12.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, NYC, 1902. Two volumes of a two volume set. First U.S. Edition Thus, First Printing Thus. Volume One covers 1812 to 1847. Volume Two covers 1847 to to 1870. Both volumes are NEAR FINE + in decorative green cloth boards with gilt lettering and a gilt top edge, as issued. The two volumes are unread and would be listed as FINE, but for a hint of toning to their respective spines. The pages are untrimmed. Volume one: 528 pp. Volume two: 558 pp. Forster was a close friend of Dickens and this biography is regarded by many as the best source on the great author's life. As always, photos are available upon request.