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The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London : Chapman And Hall, 1839. Book. Illus. by Phiz. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, Bound From The Parts. Burgundy Half-Calf And Peach Cloth. Designed And Lettered In Gilt. Marbled End Papers. Top Edge Gilt, Other Edges Trimmed. Old Stain To Upper Corner Of Frontispiece & Preliminary Leaf, And The Last Few Leaves ( All From The Final Part Issued ). A Clean, Very Good Copy, In A Nice Binding. Bound From The Parts: Cover Of Part Iv Is Bound In At The Front. Mixed Issues, Part Iv Having " Sister " Corrected From " Visitor " On Page123, Line 17 ( Later State ), And Part Iv Having " Latter" Instead Of " Letter " On Page 160, Line 6Up ( First State ). The First Four Plates Are In A Later State, Not Having The Publisher's Imprint At The Bottom. An Attractive Copy Of The Parts Edition, Mixed States..
Synopsis
Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016246
- Title
- The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Phiz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman And Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2006
Victoria, British Columbia
About Renaissance Books
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
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