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SKETCHES BY BOZ ILLUSTRATIVE OF EVERY-DAY LIFE, AND EVERY-DAY PEOPLE
by DICKENS, CHARLES
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Macrone, 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: iii[1]2-377 [29]. FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND SERIES complete in one volume. Bound in half red morocco by Riviere. Banded gilt decorated spine, uncut edges. Original cloth covers bound in along with original endpapers and remains of the spine. 29pp. of adverts bound at the end. There is slight foxing. The style of this book "...broke new ground...written in a new style...seemed to bring a refreshing breath of reality into the literary atmosphere..." (Gissing, 'The Immortal Dickens', 1924).
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Details
- Bookseller
- MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005178
- Title
- SKETCHES BY BOZ ILLUSTRATIVE OF EVERY-DAY LIFE, AND EVERY-DAY PEOPLE
- Author
- DICKENS, CHARLES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Macrone
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.54 lbs
- Keywords
- Boz, London, Cities, People, The Easton Press, Limited Editions, Leather Bindings, Short Pieces, Newspapers, George Cruikshank, The Monthly Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, Hablot Knight Browne, John Leech,
Terms of Sale
MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
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About the Seller
MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2004
Uxbridge, Ontario
About MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
I'm an sole proprietor of Maple Ridge Books. I've been selling books for some 22 years. Although my stock is small in numbers, I am very careful to offer books in the best condition possible. I try to keep shipping costs reasonable, which is not easy these days. I am more than willing to send additional photos of books, or provide more details.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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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