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Our Mutual Friend.: With illustrations by Marcus Stone. In two volumes.
by DICKENS, Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall,, 1865. One of his very greatest works First edition in book form of Dickens's last completed novel. "Its stock has risen dramatically in recent years and it is now generally regarded as one of his very greatest works" (ODNB). It was first issued in parts from May 1864 to November 1865. Two volumes, octavo. Original purple cloth, Virtue binder's ticket to rear pastedown of vol. II, spines lettered in gilt, covers panelled in blind, light yellow endpapers. Housed in custom red cloth solander box. With 40 wood engravings including frontispieces; 36-page publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I dated January 1865 and 4-page catalogue at rear of vol. II dated November 1865 (the months of publication of each volume). Recent bookplate of collector Peter Russell mounted to inside cover of box. Spines lightly sunned and rubbed, neatly recased with repair to spine ends and inner hinges, half-titles tipped-in on guards, vol. II with repair to closed tear at head of front free endpaper, slight foxing to contents. Still a very good copy. Eckel pp. 94-5; Kremers pp. 112-117; Smith I, 15.
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
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166943
- Title
- Our Mutual Friend.
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Chapman and Hall,
- Date Published
- 1865
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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