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The Pic Nic Papers / by Various Hands ... in Two Volumes
by Dickens, Charles, Editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Lea and Blanchard, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. small 8vo 203,[5],192pp Contains 21 pieces in all (including 2 short novels , 18 short stories and 1 sonnet) by 'various hands'; the American edition d oes not include 'Charcoal Sketches' by Joseph C. Neal. Podeschi B110. 2 volumes complete, bound as one volume in 3/4 black straight-grained morocco over brown marbled boards, gilt-stamped and decorated spine, plain endpapers. VG- (slight wear and rubbing to head and foot of spine and spine edges; sl ight rubbing to covers, slight wear to foredges and corners; slight internal browning, particularly to endpapers; previous owner's ink signature at head of title page).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L024707
- Title
- The Pic Nic Papers / by Various Hands ... in Two Volumes
- Author
- Dickens, Charles, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lea and Blanchard
- Date Published
- 1841
- Keywords
- WHAR.878 Fiction (Lit-Crit, Bio. etc) DICKENS, CHARLES ENGLISH LITERATURE AMERICAN LI TERATURE 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH FICTION AMERICAN FICTION SHORT STORY PODESCHI B110 BINDING, , , , , ,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
Biblio member since 2005
Seattle, Washington
About Arundel Books of Seattle
Arundel Books stunning new store is located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, and has an eclectic stock that will satisfy both the avid reader and discriminating collector.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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