Dickens'Works : Reprinted Pieces : "The Long Vovage","Bill-Stricking" to a "Walk in a Workhouse".Twenty-three Stories in All
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/None Given
- Seller
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West Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
CA$73.36CA$36.69
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1891. Linen boards the titles in gilt to the spine.Part of a forty volume set which we are nine copies short.This volume is in fine condition.Top edges are brightly gilded and all edges are rough cut some uncut. The binding is fine and tight. These books will last another couple of hundred years or so.Rare with the Dodd,Mead as publishers.The boards show very light shelf wear..spines are a little faded.. First Edition. Linen Hard Cover. Fine/None Given. Illus. by Tissued Frontis Engravigs Etc.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mulberry Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 901960
- Title
- Dickens'Works : Reprinted Pieces : "The Long Vovage","Bill-Stricking" to a "Walk in a Workhouse".Twenty-three Stories in All
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- Tissued Frontis Engravigs Etc.
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None Given
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead, and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Antiquarian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Antiquarian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Mulberry Books
All books are packed and mailed by insured post.Any book may be returned if not as described and postage both ways will be paid by Mulberry Books.Please advise us of any books you wish to return.
About the Seller
Mulberry Books
Biblio member since 2005
West Jeddore, Nova Scotia
About Mulberry Books
We are a small knowledgeable books seller with many years experience.Our shop is located in West Jeddore, Nova Scotia,Canada. All requests and E-mails are replyed to promptly.Call us for inform ation we are happy to help.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...