BLEAK HOUSE
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, 624 page. In Very Good condition. Bound in half green leather with marbled paper boards and gilt text on paneled spine. Boards have moderate edge wear and shelf wear, sunning to spine, heavy rubbing to corners exposing boards, black stains on spine, and wear to joints. Text block has light age toning, moderate foxing to some pages, and previous owner's name on title page. Errata listed after list of plates on xvi. First issue points present: "elgble" on page 19 line 6; "chair" on page 209, line 23; "counsinship" on page 275 line 22. JR consignment. Shelved in Case 13. 1371093. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. The story is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by omniscient narrator.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1371093
- Title
- BLEAK HOUSE
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Issue
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- British Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...