MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK and A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND by CHARLES DICKENS, with TWENTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS
by CHARLES DICKENS, DEREK HUDSON (INTRODUCTION)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Crockett, California, United States
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About This Item
London: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1958. Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. GEORGE CATERMOLE 'PHIZ,' MARCUS STONE and F. W. TOPHAM. 531 Pp. PUBLISHED 1958. Description: BLUE LEATHER HARDBOUND, GILT STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/ORNAMENT ON FRONT BOARD/SPINE COVER, THE FRONTIS TO VOLUME I OF THE FIRST EDITION OF MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK IN BOOK FORM OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE, TOTAL OF TWENTY NINE BLACK/WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT TEXT. DIMENSIONS: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" x 1 3/8." CONDITION: VERY GOOD; RUBBED SPINE CROWN/HEEL, GENTLY RUBBED EDGE AND A COUPLE OF SCRATCHES TO LOWER SPINE, CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT TEXT.
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- De Coux and Associates Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001043
- Title
- MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK and A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND by CHARLES DICKENS, with TWENTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS
- Author
- CHARLES DICKENS, DEREK HUDSON (INTRODUCTION)
- Illustrator
- GEORGE CATERMOLE 'PHIZ,' MARCUS STONE and F. W. TOPHAM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Printing Unknown
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Classics, "English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh", General, Literary
- Size
- 12mo
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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