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THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS EDITED BY HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AND HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER IN TWO VOLUMES
by (Dickens, Charles). Hogarth, Georgina and Mary "Mamie" Dickens. (Perugini, Katherine)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1880. Second Edition - Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. Very Good +. WITH DEDICATEE'S INSCRIPTION. 8vo, olive, crushed full-leather, gilt device and gilt single-ruled front cover , raised bands and gilt on spine, decorated dentelles, aeg. Volume I: 1833 - 1856; Volume II, 1857-1870. Dickens's eldest daughter, Mary Dickens, known as Mamie, and Dickens's sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth, who dedicated the work to Dickens' youngest surviving daughter (and apparently Dickens's favorite), artist Katherine Perugini, known as Kate. On the dedication page, Kate has inscribed the book: "To Mrs. Eaton With kind love, from Kate Perugini 6th Aug. 1880". Spines a wee browned, hinges showing some wear, internals quite nice. A solid copy, uncommonly found with Dicken's younger daughter's signature.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013155
- Title
- THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS EDITED BY HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AND HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER IN TWO VOLUMES
- Author
- (Dickens, Charles). Hogarth, Georgina and Mary "Mamie" Dickens. (Perugini, Katherine)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition - Fifth Thousand
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
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- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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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....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Raised Band(s)
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