MRS. GAMP AND THE STROLLING PLAYERS
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Dickens, Charles. MRS. GAMP AND THE STROLLING PLAYERS. New York: Privately Printed, 1899. First separate edition, one of 85 copies printed on handmade paper at the Gillis Press. Original vegetable vellum white boards, gilt, uncut. A hint of dust to white covers, else a very fine copy of this slender volume. Dickens began writing this sketch in 1847 to raise additional money in a benefit for Leigh Hunt who was destitute at the time. A prior benefit had fallen short of its goal, but before this piece could be finished Hunt received a pension that helped him considerably and the project was dropped. The American collector Lowell M. Palmer bought the original manuscript and had this volume privately printed from the manuscript; the rare book department of Dodd, Mead sold copies for $10 each. Brussells, ANGLO-AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, EAST TO WEST, p. 86. Podeschi B182. VanderPoel B515.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mac Donnell Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21594
- Title
- MRS. GAMP AND THE STROLLING PLAYERS
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- LIMITED , WOMEN , FINE PRINTING , GILLIS PRESS , HUNT, LEIGH
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About the Seller
Mac Donnell Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Austin, Texas
About Mac Donnell Rare Books
The owner of Mac Donnell Rare Books is a former rare book librarian and widely published bibliographer with more than 40 years experience in rare books. We maintain a fine rare book inventory of 19th and 20th century American and English literary first editions, association copies, and autographs, with a specialty in Mark Twain. We also offer qualified tax and insurance appraisals, and library development consultation.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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