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Dictionary Of Literary Characters: Over 6,500 Characters from Literature in English
by Chambers; McGovern, Una: Managing Editor
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0550101276
- ISBN 13
- 9780550101273
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A previous edition published 1994. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Rear board shows stains which bled through to the verso of the rear jacket; does not effect text block. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condtion; not price clipped - there is no printed price on flap. Size approx 10"" talll x 6 3/8"" wide x 2 1/4"" thick; 818 numbered pages. * From the flap, "". . . includes entries for more than 6,500 of the most famous and influential characters from novels, plays and poetry in English. . . . Entertaining and informative essays on such topics as 'The Detective in Fiction', 'Literary Drinkers' and 'The Characters of Charles Dickens.' "" ""Easy-to-use author / title index, including concise author biographies."" ""Fully cross-referenced. . . Unsurpassed in scope and detail.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001439
- Title
- Dictionary Of Literary Characters: Over 6,500 Characters from Literature in English
- Author
- Chambers; McGovern, Una: Managing Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0550101276
- ISBN 13
- 9780550101273
- Publisher
- Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Reference, American Literature - Dictionaries, Characters and Characteristics in literature - Dictionaries, Commonwealth literature (English) - Dictionaries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference Works;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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