Excerpt from The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and Their Values: A Bibliography Nearly every collector of fine and rare books includes Dickens among his list of esteemed authors. As it has been written before, Dickens is essentially a collector's author, for the reason that his books in their original state make an irresistible appeal. To tell of the appearance of these is the purpose of this Bibliography. Due notice has been taken of the various issues of first editions, and the different points involved have been carefully assembled and explained. For the first time illustrations have been used in a Dickens bibliography to make clear such points as require them. Another feature relates to presentation copies, treated separately for the first time in any Biblio graphy. It was impossible to make this subject a complete one, though enough has been given to furnish a general idea of a number of association books and their extraordinary rise in prices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.