Charles Dickens' Complete Works - The People's Edition - 8 vol. by Dickens, Charles
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
Item Price
CA$208.30CA$124.98
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
J.B.Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1882. Acceptable. Comprises 8 vols. of 15-vol. set; three-quarters leather with sepia, blue and white marbled boards and marbled edges, raised edges on spine, gilt lettering worm away. All but one have engraved frontis. ill. with tissue guards. All volumes unmarked--not ex-lib., no former owner's name-- but are in various conditions. All are lavishly illustrated with ill. by Cruikshank, Phiz, Barnard, among others--full-page without foxing, making them tempting to frame. Volume in best condition is "Christmas Stories"/and, Reprinted Pieces;" "Martin Chuzzlewit is missing frontis.; "Tale of Two Cities"/"Sketches by Boz" has cracked front gutter and considerable bumping on corners; "Oliver Twist"/"American Notes"/"The Uncommercial Traveler" has cracked front gutter, with signature for front matter detached; "Bleak House" has cracked front gutter and what looks like possible scorch marks on first few pages, causing chipping to edges; "Dombey and Sons" good but with smudge on back of marbled front end page; "Barnaby Rudge"/and, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" has cracked front gutter and closed tear in margin of p. 369; "A Child's History of England"/"The Holly Tree Inn, and Other Stories" has a few faint smudges on backs of front end pages.
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- Bookseller
- Robert Harper Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1026779
- Title
- Charles Dickens' Complete Works - The People's Edition - 8 vol. by Dickens, Charles
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.B.Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1882
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Harper Books LLC
Biblio member since 2016
Hyattsville, Maryland
About Robert Harper Books LLC
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...