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Dickens' Works in Germany 1837-1937
by Gummer, Ellis N
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1940. Hardcover, dark blue cloth in original printed buff dust-jacket. 199 pages. General Bibliography, Index. An exceeding scarce and uncommon reference. Includes short bibliography at rear. The 1976 reprint has long been out of print and copies of either the Oxford or the Octagon re-issue are almost never found in dust-jacket. No writing, marking or marginalia. Dust-jacket shows chip at upper spine and mild age toning. Cloth covers clean and square. A very fine copy in rare, near fine dust-jacket, protected by brodart cover. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002611
- Title
- Dickens' Works in Germany 1837-1937
- Author
- Gummer, Ellis N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- At the Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Reference, Dickens, Dickensiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dickensiana;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- Cloth
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- Brodart
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Marginalia
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