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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Works of Dickens, Standard Edition
by Dickens, Charles. Illustrated By William Rainey, R.I
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1912. Published 1912. The Works of Charles Dickens, Standard Edition, Volume II. Attractively bound in half warm brown leather over tan cloth, color frontis, many additional black and white plates printed on a parchment colored background, 8.25" tall. Some expected edgewear and rubbing, some light chipping to spine head, some finger smudging to the cover cloth, good hinges, sound text block, foxing to half-title, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036988
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Works of Dickens, Standard Edition
- Author
- Dickens, Charles. Illustrated By William Rainey, R.I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CLASSIC LITERATURE LEATHER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
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