The Poor Traveller

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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. 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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.