OLD CURIOSITY SHOP AND OTHER REPRINTED PIECES THE COMPLETE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS - POOR BOY'S STORY, SCHOOLBOY'S STORY, GHOST OF ART, OUT OF TOWN,OUT OF THE SEASON,POOR MAN'S TALE OF A PATIENT,NOBLE SAVAGE, A FLIGHT, DETECTIVE POLICE, ON DUTY, ET AL Little Nell and Her Grandfather, Long Voyage, Begging Letter Writer, Child's Dream of a Star, Our English Watering Place, Our French Watering Place, Bill Sticking, Births Mrs Meek of a Son, Lying Awake, Poor Relation's Story, Child's Story, Nobody's Story
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G+
- Seller
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Watkins Glen, New York, United States
Item Price
€116.32€93.06
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About This Item
Gebbie & Company , Publishing. G+. 1893. Later Printing. Hardcover. Rating book good plus HOWEVER covers are not. SPINE IS COMPLETELY GONE. Covers are in very good condition otherwise making for an easy rebind. FEP has 21/2 x 33/4 simple b/w paper pasteup showing library ownership and presented by Mrs. H. Drummer. Because spine is missing front cover is completely separated and rear is literally hanging by a thread. Endpapers are a bit damaged at hinge. Due date and card holder on rear end free page. ; One of 16 volumes. Artists' Japan Edition number 6 of 1,000. Other reprinted pieces included. Steel photogravure illustrations from original designs by Barnard. Rated GOOD PLUS however covers are not. Brown covers with leather spine and spillover. Gold braided detail where leather and cloth meet. Beautiful all edge gilt (AED) . Text is clean and tight despite cover condition. Frontispiece is in beautiful color detail entitled 'Little Nell and Her Grandfather'. Frontispiece is in beautiful color detail entitled 'Little Nell and Her Grandfather'. Frontispiece is in beautiful color detail entitled 'Little Nell and Her Grandfather'. Frontispiece is in beautiful color detail entitled 'Little Nell and Her Grandfather'. Other than frontispiece all illustrations are hand edged glued onto blank pages with guard page. Four are in Old Curiosity Shop and 4 are reprinted pieces. All are in sepia except one which is in blue tone. Reprinted pieces are The Long Voyage, The Begging Letter Writer, The Child's Dream Of A Star, Our English Watering Place, Our French Watering Place, Bill Sticking, Births -Mrs Meek - Of A Son, Lying Awake, The Poor Relation's Story, The Child's Story, The Poor Boy's Story, The Schoolboy's Story, Nobody's Story, The Ghost Of Art, Out Of Town, Out Of The Season, A Poor Man's Tale Of A Patient, The Noble Savage, A Flight, The Detective Police, Three 'Detective' Antedotes, On Duty With Inspector Field, Down With The Tide, A Walk In A Workhouse, Prince Bull A Fairy Tale, A Plated Article, Our Honorable Friend, Our School, Our Vestry, Our Bore, A Monument Of French Folly, A Christmas Tree. Need to send a gift? We offer free domestic drop shipping, free gift wrapping and card for almost any occasion. Just let us know the occasion and your message. This offer is also available to our international customers as long as the s/h to the drop ship address is the same as yours. You are welcome to email for more information. ; Large 8vo; 673 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3612
- Title
- OLD CURIOSITY SHOP AND OTHER REPRINTED PIECES THE COMPLETE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS - POOR BOY'S STORY, SCHOOLBOY'S STORY, GHOST OF ART, OUT OF TOWN,OUT OF THE SEASON,POOR MAN'S TALE OF A PATIENT,NOBLE SAVAGE, A FLIGHT, DETECTIVE POLICE, ON DUTY, ET AL Little Nell and Her Grandfather, Long Voyage, Begging Letter Writer, Child's Dream of a Star, Our English Watering Place, Our French Watering Place, Bill Sticking, Births Mrs Meek of a Son, Lying Awake, Poor Relation's Story, Child's Story, Nobody's Story
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Barnard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Gebbie & Company , Publishing
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Pre1900 Literature English England, Dickens Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pre-1900 Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles
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Watkins Glen, New York
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- G+
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- Spine
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