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THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS (TWO VOLUMES)
by DICKENS, CHARLES, MAMIE DICKENS & GEORGINA HOGARTH
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
A$233.04A$186.43
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1880. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [i-vii]viii-ix [2][1]2-463; [ii] [1-3]4-464. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes, both first editions, rebound in attractive half brown leather over marbled boards, raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and lettering. New endpapers. Volume I contains a three-page preface (1879) by Dickens' two daughters, who edited the letters. Errata page bound in. Overall, a very good, to near fine, set.
A collection of letters written by Dickens.
A collection of letters written by Dickens.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004827
- Title
- THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS (TWO VOLUMES)
- Author
- DICKENS, CHARLES, MAMIE DICKENS & GEORGINA HOGARTH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Letters, Charles Dickens, Leather binding, 1880, Mamie Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, Editors, Collected letters, Idiosyncratic Letters, Vivid Letters, Amusing Letters, Dickens Canon, Pilgrim Edition, Graham Storey, Oxford University Press, Handwritten Letter
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2004
Uxbridge, Ontario
About MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
I'm an sole proprietor of Maple Ridge Books. I've been selling books for some 22 years. Although my stock is small in numbers, I am very careful to offer books in the best condition possible. I try to keep shipping costs reasonable, which is not easy these days. I am more than willing to send additional photos of books, or provide more details.
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- Raised Band(s)
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