Charles Dickens rare books
Charles Dickens rare books, first editions and signed manuscripts for sale and auction. We have the rarest Charles Dickens first editions for sale here along with Charles Dickens historical documents and antique manuscripts including versions of his best known works which include A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickelby, Hard Times to name buy a few. Charles Dickens was a popular living writer in Victorian times and his repuation has not diminished over time. His books vividly evoke the Victorian era and have been widely filmed and adapted for movies.
Dickens is famed for his depiction of the hardships of the working class, his intricate plots, his sense of humour. But he is perhaps most famed for the characters he created. His novels were heralded early in his career for their ability to capture the everyday man and thus create characters to whom readers could relate. Beginning with Pickwick Papers in 1836, Dickens wrote numerous novels, each uniquely filled with believable personalities and vivid physical descriptions. Dickens's friend and biographer, John Forster, said that Dickens made "characters real existences, not by describing them but by letting them describe themselves." Charles Dickens rare books are, unsurprisingly, highly sought after.
Dickensian characters—especially their typically whimsical names—are among the most memorable in English literature. The likes of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes, Pip, Miss Havisham, Charles Darnay, David Copperfield, Mr. Micawber, Abel Magwitch, Daniel Quilp, Samuel Pickwick, Wackford Squeers, Uriah Heep and many others are so well known and can be believed to be living a life outside the novels that their stories have been continued by other authors.
The author worked closely with his illustrators supplying them with a summary of the work at the outset and thus ensuring that his characters and settings were exactly how he envisioned them.He would brief the illustrator on plans for each month's instalment so that work could begin before he wrote them. Marcus Stone, illustrator of Our Mutual Friend, recalled that the author was always "ready to describe down to the minutest details the personal characteristics, and ... life-history of the creations of his fancy." This close working relationship is important to readers of Dickens today. The illustrations give us a glimpse of the characters as Dickens described them. Film makers are still using the illustrations as a basis for characterisation, costume, and set design.
Often these characters were based on people he knew. In a few instances Dickens based the character too closely on the original, as in the case of Harold Skimpole in Bleak House, based on Leigh Hunt, and Miss Mowcher in David Copperfield, based on his wife's dwarf chiropodist. Indeed, the acquaintances made when reading a Dickens novel are not easily forgotten. The author, Virginia Woolf, maintained that "we remodel our psychological geography when we read Dickens" as he produces "characters who exist not in detail, not accurately or exactly, but abundantly in a cluster of wild yet extraordinarily revealing remarks." If you collect books then you'll find some fine Charles Dickens rare books for sale below.
Charles Dickens rare books for sale including first editions and signed copies.
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 Little Dorrit Charles Dickens Serial Edition 1st 1855 $12,500.00 Time Remaining: 9d 2h 33m Buy It Now for only: $12,500.00 Buy It Now |
 Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens Serial Ed 1st 1864 $12,500.00 Time Remaining: 10d 2h 11m Buy It Now for only: $12,500.00 Buy It Now |
 Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens Serial Ed 1st 1838 $12,500.00 Time Remaining: 10d 2h 51m Buy It Now for only: $12,500.00 Buy It Now |
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 Period 1900 WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS Manuscript Edition 2 50 17 fine bindings $8,935.00 Time Remaining: 22d 12h 6m Buy It Now for only: $8,935.00 Buy It Now |
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 CHARLES DICKENS 5 CHRISTMAS BOOKS 1ST EDITIONS 1844 48 $5,000.00 Time Remaining: 27d 12h 26m Buy It Now for only: $5,000.00 Buy It Now |
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 1844 1848 CHARLES DICKENS 5 CLASSIC DICKENS BOOKS 2 ARE 1ST EDITIONS $4,150.00 Time Remaining: 22d 3h 49m Buy It Now for only: $4,150.00 Buy It Now |
 CHARLES DICKENS Autograph Letter Signed to Provost of Edinburgh June 1841 $4,113.20 Time Remaining: 12d 17h 15m Buy It Now for only: $4,113.20 Buy It Now |
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 1891 Gorgeous 48 volume complete leather set THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS $3,995.95 Time Remaining: 29d 11h 13m Buy It Now for only: $3,995.95 Buy It Now |
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 Rare Antique Collection of 28 books by Charles Dickens $3,000.00 Time Remaining: 12d 2h 53m Buy It Now for only: $3,000.00 Buy It Now |
 Charles Dickens Works 36 Volumes Gadshill With Biography Fine Bindings $2,880.00 Time Remaining: 28d 2h 20m Buy It Now for only: $2,880.00 Buy It Now |
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 A Tale of Two Cities  |
 Oliver Twist |
 David Copperfield |
 A Christmas Carol |
 The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Annotated) |
 Nicholas Nickleby |
 The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
 Great Expectations |
 Our Mutual Friend |
 The Pickwick Papers |
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