Uniformly Bound First Edition Works of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain
1850. Cruikshank. First Edition. Uniformly bound by Bayntun Riviere in full crushed Morocco.
Twain, Mark.
WHAT IS MAN? And Other Essays.
Harper & Bros: NY, 1917. Item #99-1211
Illustr, 7.75 x 5.25, 376 pp, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED. A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark.
TOM SAWYER ABROAD/TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE, And Other Stories.
Harper & Bros.: NY, 1896. Item #99-1183
Illustr; 7.75 x 5.25, 410+ ads, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark.
THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.
Charles L. Webster: NY, 1892. Item #99-1198
Illustr, 8 x 5.5, 277 + ads, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED. A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE with Notes Containing Corrections to Date.
Harper & Bros: NY and London, 1907. Item #99-1200
Illustr, 7.75 x 5.25, 362 pp, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED. FIRST STATE. A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark.
MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES. New and Old.
American Publishing Co:, 1875. Item #99-1203
Illustr, 8.5 x6.5, 320 pp, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED, FIRST STATE. A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark.
TOM SAWYER ABROAD, BY HUCK FINN.
Charles L. Webster: NY, 1894. Item #99-1186
Illustr; 8 x 5.75 219+ ads, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. A beautiful copy.
Dickens, Charles.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.
Chapman & Hall: London, 1844. Item #99-2460
"With illustrations by Phiz." 8.25 x 5.25, finely bound in full gilt-ruled golden crushed morocco; aeg, 624 pp, covers lightly rubbed, hinges a little loose, pp toned but still a very nice, handsomely bound copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with all the points listed in Smith: Heritage Bookshop; with one of the "L100" plates as engraved extra title. Binding by Bayntun-Riviere, though not noted as such.
Twain, Mark.
EVE'S DIARY.
Harper & Bros.: NY and London, 1906. Item #99-1189
Illustr by Lester Ralph; 8 x 5. 109 pp, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST EDITION. A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark and Charles Dudley Warner.
THE GILDED AGE.
American Publishing Co: Hartford. 1873. Item #99-1201
Illustr, 8.75 x 5.5, 574 + appendix, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED. EARLY ISSUE (no ads). A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark.
MERRY TALES.
Charles L. Webster: NY, 1892. Item #99-1193
7 x 4.75, 209+ ads, blind stamped name and address on title page else vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED (state unknown but no portrait). "Fiction, Fact, And Fancy Series." A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark.
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG And Other Stories and Essays.
Harper & Bros.: NY and London, 1900. Item #99-1187
Illustr; 7.75 x 5.25, 398+ ads, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. Third State (1.25" bulk) A beautiful copy.
Twain, Mark.
EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD'S VISIT TO HEAVEN.
Harper & Bros, NY and London, 1909. Item #99-1181
Frontis, 7.5 x 5. 121 pp, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS. FIRST EDITION. A beautiful copy.
Dickens, Charles. LITTLE DORRIT.
Bradbury and Evans: London, 1857. Item #99-2458
"With illustrations by HK Browne," 8.5 x 5.25, finely bound in gilt-ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands; aeg, 625 pp, covers with minor rubbing, hinges a little loose, pp toned, illustr with some spotting else a beautifully bound copy of the FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE with "po litical" on p 50, "figetty" on p265, "chimnies" on p342, "diceing" on p 360. "B2" at bottom of p 371; but, with proper quotes before "Because" on p377, "Rigaud" for "Blandois" (with printed errata on p xiv) [Smith: Heritage Bookshop). Binding by Bayntun-Riviere, though not noted as such.
Dickens, Charles.
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD.
Chapman & Hall: London, 1870. Item #99-2455
"With twelve illustrations by S.L. Fildes, and a portrait," 8.5 x 5.25, finely bound in gilt-ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands; aeg, 190 pp ads, covers with very minor rubbing, hinges a bit loose, pp toned, illustr toned and spotted (as usual) else nice, clean, fresh copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with "Tower" on pl, "sentiment" on p131, "years" on p149, no "very" on p168, and "reflection" on p 169 [Smith: Heritage Bookshop].
Dickens, Charles.
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND [two volumes in one].
Chapman and Hall: London, 1865. Item #99-2456
two volumes in one. "With illustrations by Marcus Stone," 8.5 x 5.25, finely bound in full gilt-ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands; aeg, 320 pp. 309 pp, minor rubbing to covers, hinges a little loose, pp toned, small tear to foredge of frontis margin else a nice, finely bound copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with all the points listed in Smith: Heritage Bookshop.
Dickens, Charles.
DOMBEY AND SON.
Bradbury and Evans: London, 1848. Item #99-2453
"With illustrations by HK Browne," 8.5 x 5.25, finely bound in gilt ruled gold crushed morocco with raised bands, aeg, 624 pp, very minor cover rubbing, hinges a little loose, pp toned, illustr toned and spotted (as usual) else a beautifully bound copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with errata leaf and such points as "figetty" on p26, "amiliar" on p70, "Capatin" on p324, no period at the end of the last line on p582, and hook on left arm in title page vignette [Smith: Heritage Bookshop]. Binding by Bayntun-Riviere, though not noted as such.
Dickens, Charles.
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
Chapman & Hall: London, 1859. Item #99-2619
7.25 x 4.75, finely bound in full gilt ruled full crushed golden morocco with raised bands; aeg, binding by Bayntun-Riviere (though not identified as such), 264 pp with original cloth spine affixed to rear blank, minor cover rubbing, hingesa little loose, pp a little edge toned but still a nice, beautiful copy of the FIRST ED but with no ads in rear.
Dickens, Charles.
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK.
Chapman and Hall: London, 1840-1841. Item #99-2566
3 Vols in 1. Illustr by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, 10 x 6.5, gilt ruled crushed gold morocco with raised bands; aeg, binding by Bayntun-Riviere but not designated as such (but with a printed slip from Bayntun Riviere), 306 pp, 306 pp. 426 pp, covers with minor wear, hinges a little loose, pp browned with some finger soiling and spotting, old ink name of former owner at start of third part, else a nice, elegant, finely bound copy of FIRST ED with most of the flaws listed in Smith: Heritage Bookshop bibliography, including p 128 (1) "deessed," and p 133 (III) "THIRTY-FIFTH."
. Near Fine. Item #995
Price: $28,000.00
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