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Life of Charles Dickens
by Mackenzie, R. Shelton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good./Not Issued
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1870. Hardcover, dark blue cloth lettered in gold, with gilt portrait of Dickens on spine. 484 pages, with 6 page article "The Dickens Controversy" and publisher's catalog appended. First edition One of the many posthumous biographies that were published the year of Dickens' death. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a facsimile autograph. Variant blue cloth with gilt spine. No previous ownership marks. Boards are clean, gilt is bright and text is unmarked. Binding shows light wear to tips and very top of spine shaved. Tissue guard at frontispiece heavily foxed, albeit portrait is clean and title-page shows only one small spot. No underlining or marginalia. A very good copy. Podeshi H307.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good./Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013426
- Title
- Life of Charles Dickens
- Author
- Mackenzie, R. Shelton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good.
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T.B. Peterson & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, DICKENSIANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dickensiana;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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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....
- First Edition
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- Marginalia
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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