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THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Octavo, 624 pages. In Good plus Condition. Bound in half green leather with marbled paper boards. Spine is paneled with gilt tooling and lettering and red spine label. Top edge of text dyed black. Boards show rubbing to corners exposing boards, partial splitting to both joints, and moderate edge wear and shelf wear. Text block has mild to moderate age toning and previous owner's name on front endpaper. With the following first issue points present: 1850 engraved into vignette title-page; chapter XXVII listed on page 283 but appearing on page 282; uncorrected "cha pter" on page 19; "viii" in preface with last "i" not aligned; uncorrected "coroboration" on page 387; 'recal' on pages 16 and 225. Lacking "screwed" for "screamed" on page 132. Interior clean, with mild foxing to plates and light waviness to text block. Shelved in Case 13. 1371232. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1371232
- Title
- THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Issue
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Keywords
- British Literature,
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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