Bleak House
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. Originally published in parts starting in March 1852; this is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Considered one of the greatest of Dickens works, it is a classic of English literature; a good case can be made to also consider it an early mystery; Hubin (119) includes it so. Marbled paper-covered boards with a green leather spine and tips.(now darkened to almost black); Titled on the spine in gilt, with seven gilt rules. 624 pages. Frontis illustration and 38 others within, including the ten "black plates," by H.K. Browne ("Phiz") All FE points are present. While this is a solid copy, there are issues to mention. Rubbed at the margins, heavily at the foot and head of the spine. The titling on the spine is readable, but faint. Page ends are dusty, and there is spotting and staining within, particularly around the plates. . First Edition. Quarter-Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H.K. Browne. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. The story is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by omniscient narrator.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005908
- Title
- Bleak House
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- H.K. Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic English Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Spine
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