[Literature] Dickens, Charles. Group of Nine Finely Bound First Editions

1. Sparks, Timothy (Charles Dickens)
Sunday Under Three Heads...
London: Chapman and Hall, 1836. First edition. 16mo. 49 pp. Full crushed green levant, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; brown-coated endpapers, by Riviere & Son. Eckel pp. 102-03

2. Overs, John
Evenings of a Working Man, Being the Occupation of His Scanty Leisure
London: T.C. Newby, 1844. First edition. 16mo. 205, (2) pp. With a preface by Charles Dickens. Full crushed green levant, stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; brown endpapers; original cloth bound at rear, by Riviere & Son. Eckel pp. 146-47

3. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition. 16mo. 174 pp. Full green morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt; maroon-coated endpapers; all edges gilt, by Riviere & Son; book-plate of James Henry Smith on first free leaf; original cloth bound at rear. Eckel pp. 119-120

4. The Battle of Life. A Love Story.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition. 16mo. 175 pp. Bound as above; book-plate of James Henry Smith on first free leaf; original cloth bound at rear. Eckel pp. 121-123

5. The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain...
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. 16mo. 188 pp. Bound as above; book-plate of James Henry Smith on first free leaf; closed tear in upper gutter of ad leaf at front; original cloth bound at rear. Eckel pp. 124-125

6. A Child's History of England
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. In three volumes. First edition. 16mo. Full tan calf, tooled in gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, first volume boards lightly soiled and scuffed; top edges gilt; gray endpapers, by Morrell; book-plate of Ellen O'Neil Logan on front paste-down in each volume; contemporary gift inscription on half-title in first volume. Eckel pp. 128-130

7. The Poor Traveller: Boots at The Holly-Tree In: and Mrs. Gamp
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition. 16mo. 114, (1) pp. Full red levant, tooled in gilt, boards lightly soiled, joints lightly rubbed; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers, by Ramage; armorial book-plate of Joseph Turner on front paste-down; original green wrappers bound-in; scattered foxing. Eckel p. 215

8. Is She His Wife? Or, Something Singular...
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First American edition. 32mo. 80, (4) (ads) pp. Full crushed green levant, stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; brown-coated endpapers; original cloth bound at rear; by Riviere & Son; contemporary ownership signature on half-title. Eckel pp. 159-161

9. Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce in One Act
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First American edition. 32mo. 96, (2, ads) pp. Bound as above; original cloth bound at rear; by Riviere & Son (unsigned). Eckel pp 164-65

From the private library of Dr. David L. Harrar II, Sunnyvale, California

[Literature] Dickens, Charles. Group of Nine Finely Bound First Editions