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Bibliography: Dickens, Bronte, Maugham, Trollope

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Bibliography: Dickens, Bronte, Maugham, Trollope
<B>A group of works on Charles Dickens, W. Somerset Maugham, The Bronte Sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell, Anthony Trollope and the Carl Pforzheimer Library.</B></I> Consisting of six bibliographies in nine volumes in very good to as-new condition (combined published price is $880), including: <BR><B><BR>[Charles Dickens] Walter E. Smith. </B></I><B><I>Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth. </B></I></B></I>A Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Appearance of His Writings in Book Form in England. With Facsimiles of the Bindings, Title-Pages, and Other Relevant Data. Part One: The Novels and Sketches by Boz. Part Two: The Christmas Books and Selected Secondary Works. Los Angeles: The Heritage Book Shop, 1982 [and 1983]. First edition. Two quarto volumes. Green cloth, in dust jackets. This comprehensive bibliography details the original cloth bindings, textual data, and publishing histories of Dickens's first editions, and summarizes pertinent information from other published material on his original works. Photographs of primary bindings and title-pages are included, as well as descriptions of variant or secondary bindings. Smith's work amplifies and clarifies previous bibliographies of Dickens and is an invaluable complement to Hatton and Cleaver's work on the periodical issues. The two-volume set is an indispensable reference for collectors, dealers, and scholars, and constitutes an essential addition to every Dickens library. <BR><BR>[and:]<BR><BR><B>[W. Somerset Maugham]. Loren Rothschild, [editor]. Paul Theroux, [contributor]. Deborah Whiteman, [editor]. </B></I><B><I>William Somerset Maugham</B></I></B></I><B>. </B></I>A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Loren & Frances Rothschild William Somerset Maugham Collection. Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop Inc., 2001. First edition. Quarto. Original grey cloth stamped in silver. Original illustrated dust jacket.<BR><BR>[and:]<BR><BR><B>[Carl H. Pforzheimer]. </B></I><B><I>The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, English Literature, 1475-1700.</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>[New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles]: Published by The Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop, Inc., [1997]. Limited to 700 copies. Three large quarto volumes. Publisher's full red buckram. Spines lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. A fine set. Originally privately printed and limited to 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,150 books and 169 manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature. The original catalogue was compiled by Emma V. Unger and William A. Jackson and designed by Frederic Warde and Bruce Rogers. After acquisition of the Library by the University of Texas at Austin in 1986, many scholars, librarians, and booksellers urged the University to republish this rare, important, and comprehensive catalogue, which provides full descriptions of all the books and manuscripts in the collection. This new edition is published with great care and attention to quality by The Oak Knoll Press and Heritage Book Shop, Inc. In addition, books in the Library that were not included in the original catalogue are now described in a new addendum.<BR><BR>[and:]<BR><BR><B>[Bronte Sisters]. Walter E. Smith. </B></I><B><I>The Bronte Sisters</B></I></B></I><B>. </B></I>A Bibliographical Catalogue of First and Early Editions, 1846-1860, with Photographic Reproductions of Bindings and Titlepages. Los Angelesa, 1991. Quarto. Facsimiles. Cloth. Dust jacket. Fine. The definitive Bronte bibliography, with detailed descriptions of English, American, and Continental first editions, photographs of bindings, facsimiles of title pages, etc.<BR><BR>[and:]<BR><BR><B>[Elizabeth Gaskell]. Walter E. Smith. </B></I><B><I>Elizabeth C. Gaskell.</B></I></B></I> A Bibliographical Catalogue of First and Early Editions 1848-1866. With Photographic Reproductions of Bindings and Titlepages. Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, 1998. First edition. Quarto. Original Cloth. Dust jacket. Illustrated.<BR><BR>[and:]<BR><BR><B>[Anthony Trollope]. Walter E. Smith. </B></I><B><I>Anthony Trollope.</B></I></B></I><B> </B></I>A Bibliography of His First American Editions 1858-1884. Los Angeles: Heritage Book Shop, Inc., 2003. First edition. Quarto. Original green cloth lettered in gilt. Dust jacket.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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