DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). A group of 9 works, MOST FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM, comprising:

DICKENS ("Boz"). "Sketches by Boz" In: New York Mirror. Volume XIV. NY: The New York Mirror, 1836-1837. 20th-century cloth-backed board. FIRST EDITION OF DICKENS' FIRST LITERARY APPEARANCE IN PRINT PUBLISHED IN AMERICA. -- DICKENS. Master Humphrey's Clock. -- The Old Curiosity Shop. -- Barnaby Rudge. L, 1840-1841. 3 vols. in 2. (Lacking vol. III frontispiece.) Contemporary half calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. -- DICKENS. The Uncommercial Traveller. L, 1861. Early 20th-century half morocco gilt, original purple cloth bound in, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. -- DICKENS. A Tale of Two Cities. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson and Brothers, [1859, but 1867?]. Original cloth gilt. "Authors American Edition," [First American Edition in Book Form]. -- DICKENS. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. L, 1870. Original decorated cloth. Provenance: Marshall R. Anspach (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, IN THE FIRST ISSUE BINDING. -- And another copy of the FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, in second issue binding. -- And another copy of the FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM in 20th-century half morocco gilt, with 7pp. article "How Edwin Drood was Illustrated" tipped in after title. -- Together, 9 works in 8 volumes, various 8vo and folio sizes, condition generally very good.