New York: Truslove, Hanson & Comba, 1899. First edition under this title, American issue. Small octavo. xxviii, 174 pp. plus seventeen full page illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine and front, floral endpapers, top edge gilt. Spine sunned and with some wear to extremities. Previous owner's presentation on front endpaper (1902). Scattered foxing. An attractive and sturdy copy of this guide to the London and England found in the novels of Dickens.Bookplate of Noel Charles Peyrouton, associate editor of the Pilgrim Edition of Dickens' Letters.

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Bookseller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 70092
Title: Rambles in Dickens' Land.
Author: ALLBUT, Robert
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Truslove, Hanson & Comba
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1899

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...