Charles Dickens. Minerva Edition by Chesterton, G K

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: Undated but mid 1920?s* Publisher: The Library Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue leather with gilt title to spine & gilt/green logo with gilt frame to face. Some shelf wear to edges, corners, head and tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers & silk marker ribbon. Clean, crisp and tight with very light reading wear, no marks to text, considerable foxing to edges and margins. VG.* Illustrations: Illustrated title page ?Minerva and the Owl?.* Pages: 212 pp. text. iv pp. index at rear.* Description: Chapters:- 1. The Dickens Period, 2.The Boyhood of Dickens, 3. The Youth of Dickens, 4. The Pickwick Papers, 5. The Great Popularity, 6. Dickens and America, 7. Dickens and Christmas, 8. The Time of Transition, 9. Later Life and Works, 10. The Great Dickens Characters, 11. On The Alleged Optimism of Dickens, 12. A Note on the Future of Dickens. Index.* A NEAR VG+ copy with minor wear & some foxing.*