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Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall , 1865. Hardcover. Good.. 8vo.. This is a handsome edition, dated 1865. Half bound in tan calf and red cloth boards with gilt rules. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and title labels. One label has small loss. Some bumping and wear to board edges Marbled endpapers and page edges. 8vo. Pages are age tanned with scattered foxing especially to prelims. Binding is tight. Illustrated by Marcus Stone. The two volumes of Our Mutual Friend bound together. 1878
Synopsis
Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is in many ways one of his most sophisticated works, combining deep psychological insight with rich social analysis. At one level it centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but in a deeper sense it's also about 'human values'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4866
- Title
- Our Mutual Friend
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Size
- 8vo.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Half Bound
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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....
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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