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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and PHIZ.
by DICKENS, CHARLES
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Copenhagen, Denmark
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About This Item
1837. London, Chapman and Hall, 1837. Contemp. red hmorocco. Partly uncut. Raised bands, richly gilt compartments. Gilt lettering. Top of spine restored. Top edge gilt. Light wear along edges. A small crack in upper hinge. Frontispiece weakening in joint. A small nick to right margin of the engraved title-page. One plate with a few brownspots, otherwise exceptionally clean. First edition in book form, later issue.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
(DK)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55061
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and PHIZ.
- Author
- DICKENS, CHARLES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1837
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
Biblio member since 2017
Copenhagen
About Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
Herman H. J. Lynge & Son A/S was founded 1821 in Copenhagen, and has been a member of the Danish Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABF) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB-LILA) since their beginning.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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