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T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, 1865-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Good SET OF 2 hardcovers. ORIGINAL 1865 EDITION. 2 volume T.B. Peterson edition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owners name emboss on front end papers. Covers show edge wear with rubbing and slightly bumped corners. Gilt design on back strip. Chipping on back strip edges. Binding in vol. 1 loosening slightly still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Harper Brothers, 1865. FIRST AMER. EDITION.. (2) + [17]-350pp. + 2 pages of ads. Full grey-brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, worn through at the bottom of the spine, occasional light foxing. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. A good gift. Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" (which is, incidentally, a quote from Our Mutual Friend, spoken by Bella at the end of book III, chapter iv.). In the opening chapter, a young man is on his way to receive his inheritance, which, according to his father's will, he can only claim if he marries Bella Wilfer, a beautiful, mercenary girl whom he has never met. However, before he can arrive, a body is found in the Thames and identified as him. The money passes on, instead, to the working-class Boffins, and the… Read More

20 parts in 19, as issued. First issue of part 1 without the printer's imprint on front wrapper, wood engraved frontispiece and 39 plates after Marcus Stone by Dalziel and W.T. Green, part 1 lacks Thorley's 4 pages of ads, part 6 lacks Armadale slip and Norton's Pills 4 pages of ads, part 7 with Thorley's Farmer's Almanack duplicated at front of ads, part 14 lacks Mappin Webb & Co. 4 pages of ads., part 18 lacks Norton's Pills and Liverpool & London & Globe ads, but with 8 pages Chapman & Hall ads not called for, part 19/20 with additional 2 ads for John F. Dunn's City Book Mark each 2 pages inserted at front and back, all other slips and advertisements as called for, Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original green wrappers. House in two red enclosures with gilt letter to spine and marbled end boards. (Hatton & Cleaver pp.343-370) First edition.
Our Mutual Friend, written in 1864–1865, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage… Read More