The Complete Works of Charles Dickens with Steel Photogravure Frontispiece and Illustrations from Original Designs By F. Barnard and Others: American Notes; Pictures from Italy and A Child's History of England
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: The Bibliophilist Society Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some light shelf wear, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Extremely tight binding. Wonderfully well-preserved! Very very rare and hard-to-find! Half-Leather (spine and corners) with green marbled boards and gilt lettering on the spine. Gilt upper outer page edges as well. Green marbled endpapers. Extremely scarce. No publishers date (looks to be late 19th century). One of sixteen very rare volumes. Exceptionally well-cared for. This volume contains 658 unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by historic black and white illustrations. Beautifully done. . Library Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Conover Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036184
- Title
- The Complete Works of Charles Dickens with Steel Photogravure Frontispiece and Illustrations from Original Designs By F. Barnard and Others: American Notes; Pictures from Italy and A Child's History of England
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Library Edition
- Publisher
- The Bibliophilist Society
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE LITERARY WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Conover Books
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Martinsville, Virginia
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