Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. Single volume.Half red leather with marbled boards, 5 raised bands to spines with gilt ruling to leather margins Gilt spine titles. All closed edges marbled. Some surface wear to edges and corners. Spotting to frontispiece and 3 of the plates and pages facing them. Other plates present and rest of contents clean. Publisher's imprint on plates up to page 25. The hinge at the half-title page can be lifted to reveal remains of the green cover from the part-issue from which the book was bound. Other errors are present - "visiter" on page 123; "latter" page160; "inscribed" on page 238; "incontestible" on page 297; "flys" on page 245. Photos of the book are.available.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Phiz. 5.5" x 8.5". Hardback.
Synopsis
Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bosco Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050896
- Title
- Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- Phiz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 5.5" x 8.5"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bosco Books
Biblio member since 2005
Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen
About Bosco Books
Bookshop in converted Chapel in Cornish fishing port. We also stock old maps, prints and original paintings by local artists.
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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