Charles Dickens 1812-1870
by Una Pope-Hennesy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/missing
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
London: The Reprint Society, 1947. Reprint. Cloth. Very good/missing. A very good reprint. Brown cloth boards with bright red leather and gilt title label on spine. One small bubble to front cover; long, thin bubble to rear cover. Bumped corners. Red top edge. Binding is sturdy and square. Foxing to first four pages and last free endpaper, otherwise clean and bright text. xii, 496 pp. including index: illustrations. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches tall. Octavo. First biography written based on Dickens' collected letters; extensively researched and well-written.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1207
- Title
- Charles Dickens 1812-1870
- Author
- Una Pope-Hennesy
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
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About the Seller
Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...