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Martin Chuzzlewit; The Works of Charles Dickens
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: James G. Gregory, Publisher, 1862. Household Edition. Hardcover. VG. Octavo. 7.25 x 4.5. 1862. A very nice four volume set. Each volume has a frontispiece protected by tissue. V1. 322pps. shelf wear, some bubbling to blue cloth on front cover and a couple bumps along the right edge and top edge of the cover. V2. 299pps. shelf wear V3. 292pps. shelf wear V4. 322pps also some shelf wear.
Synopsis
While writing Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens declared it 'immeasurably the best of my stories.' Set partly in America, the novel includes a searing satire on the United States. Martin Chuzzlewit is the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have inherited the characteristic Chuzzlewit selfishness. It contrasts their diverse fates of moral redemption and worldly success for one, and increasingly desperate crime for the other. This powerful comedy involves hypocrisy, greed, and blackmail, as well as the most famous of Dickens's grotesques, Mrs. Gamp. Martin Chuzzlewit is considered one of Dickens's last picaresque novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65355
- Title
- Martin Chuzzlewit; The Works of Charles Dickens
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Household Edition
- Publisher
- James G. Gregory, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1862
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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