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The Battle of Life
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans. VG. 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 3rd issue with engraved half title page & frontis plate without publishers name at the bottom. Bound in publishers original r ibbed red cloth, 16mo size, 175 pages. Spine lined and title printed i n gold. Wood-engravings throughout text by John Leech, Daniel Maclise, and others. No ads at the rear. A VG copy, bottom corners have mild b umps, spine tips are rubbed with tiny frays. Front hinge starting to p ull but sewing is tight and rear hinge is firm. Interior is clean, tig ht and unmarked. Laid in loose is a certificate stating book was purch ased at Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop on Portsmouth Street in London. Th is is the fourth of Dickens' five Christmas Books. .
Synopsis
Once upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought. It was fought upon a long summer day when the waving grass was green. Many a wild flower formed by the Almighty Hand to be a perfumed goblet for the dew, felt its enamelled cup filled high with blood that day, and shrinking dropped. Many an insect deriving its delicate colour from harmless leaves and herbs, was stained anew that day by dying men, and marked its frightened way with an unnatural track.
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- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58563
- Title
- The Battle of Life
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- LITERATURE,
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- VG
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
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- Plate
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