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Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

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Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co., Book. Illus. by Marcus Stone. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Dated 1902 by Previous Owner. Otherwise, no date. Also no copyright page, which appears was standard for this edition.

Beautiful copy of a rare edition. Gilted titles on front cover and spine. Gilt American Presidential seal on front cover with a raised royal blue map behind the eagle. Frontispiece and plates throughout in fine condition.

Illustrated by Marcus Stone And was the first serialized Dickens novel to use woodcuts instead of steel plates for illustrations.

In Four Books, 2 Volumes. No jacket (does not appear to have been issued for this edition.) Binding is loose at front board, through page 27 which is detached and has become torn along the edges as if out of the book for a period of time. Spine has small spots where cloth has worn away. Otherwise this copy is in very good condition, especially considering it is over 100 years old, and is more than 800 pages thick!

Charles Dicken's last novel that he completed, often considered his darkest and most complex..

Extended Description and Notes

Modern critics generally consider Our Mutual Friend to be one of the great social novels of Charles Dickens later period. Centers on the effects of greed and the corruption that money brings.

Synopsis

Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is in many ways one of his most sophisticated works, combining deep psychological insight with rich social analysis. At one level it centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but in a deeper sense it's also about 'human values'.

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Bookseller
Supercalifabulistic Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000023
Title
Our Mutual Friend
Author
Charles Dickens
Illustrator
Marcus Stone
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
None as issued
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Rand McNally & Co.
Place of Publication
Chicago and New York
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Dickens final novel, rare edition, Maritime,
Bookseller catalogs
Antiques & Collectibles; Rare; Classics;
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Jacket
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New
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Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Copyright page
The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
Edges
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