The Battle of Life A Love Story
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: H. S. Nichols. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1914. Facsimile. Hardcover. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering and ornate decoration. Minor edgewear and soil. Spine is sunned and its gilt is dulled and rubbed. Text block edges gilt. Binding sound, text unmarked. Interior lightly toned, with trace foxing. B/w illustrations. Facsimile signature of publisher facing title page. Previous owner name to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Facsimile edition of the earliest issue of the original edition, with added introduction and bibliographical data. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 175 pages .
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Details
- Seller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 9000
- Title
- The Battle of Life A Love Story
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Publisher
- H. S. Nichols
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Literature, Novels, Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Old Editions Inc.
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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