The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illustrations by Phiz
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chapman & Hall. Used - Very Good. 1844. Hardcover. 1850. Earlier three quarter calf, spine ruled and tooled in gilt, over marbled boards. All edges marbled. Edges of binding well rubbed, but still sound and sturdy.Housed in custom cloth slipcase. xvi, 624 pp. 39 plates, title vignette. First edition in book form. Internally, good to very good, with varying degrees of foxing, mostly to plate leaves. First issue, with errata leaf listing ten errors. This copy also has the transposed pound sign on the title vignette, no longer considered a sign of priority. (Subject: Literature.) Very Good. (Subject: Literature).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S70331
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illustrations by Phiz
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- Errata
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Plate
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- Vignette
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