Bentley's Miscellany. Vol. I. [- Vol. V]
by (DICKENS, Charles)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1837-39. George Cruikshank. 5 vols. 8vo. Numerous plates by George Cruikshank, Phiz, and others. Modern half navy morocco and marbled boards; plates browned and foxed, some toning and occasional staingin or spotting to text, vol. V ffep loose and old paper repairs to fore-margin of contents leaf and first plate, previous owner's ink stamp to title-pages Consecutive run of the first five volumes of Bentley's Miscellany, which Charles Dickens edited from its inception through January 1839 (his Prefaces to vols. I & II are here signed "Boz"). Contains the first print appearance of Oliver Twist, serialized February 1837 to March 1839, and illustrated with 24 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Plate 19 is in its first state, reading "Dolter" for "Holter" (see Hatton and Cleaver p. 216).REFERENCE: Smith I:4, p. 36-37.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100929
- Title
- Bentley's Miscellany. Vol. I. [- Vol. V]
- Author
- (DICKENS, Charles)
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837-39
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...