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Household Edition of: Our Mutual Friend The Old Curiosity Shop Dombey and Son Martin Chuzzlewit Oliver Twist Sketches by Boz The Uncommercial Traveller Bleak House Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€238.03€214.22
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, c1857. Cloth. Good Only. 10" by 7.5". J. Mahoney; C. Green; F. B. Barnard; E. G. Dalziel.. Nine volumes of the 'Household Edition' of Dickens' novels. Bound in quarter cloth with marbled paper boards. With illustrations by J. Mahoney, C. Green, F. B. Barnard and E. G. Dalziel. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 1870) pen name Boz, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. In a quarter cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with bumping and rubbing to the extremities and head and tail of spine. Some of the hinges are strained. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark. Pages slightly browned to edges. Occasional marks throughout, not affecting the text. Good Only
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SET19-20-A
- Title
- Household Edition of: Our Mutual Friend The Old Curiosity Shop Dombey and Son Martin Chuzzlewit Oliver Twist Sketches by Boz The Uncommercial Traveller Bleak House Nicholas Nickleby
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- J. Mahoney; C. Green; F. B. Barnard; E. G. Dalziel.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1857
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Dickens Mahoney Green Barnard Mahoney
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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