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Oliver Twist (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens)
by DICKENS, CHARLES
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good. Very light rubbing to joints and crown & foot of spine, with a few very tiny scrapes at the lower compartments; very
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good. Very light rubbing to joints and crown & foot of spine, with a few very tiny scrapes at the lower compartments; very lightly sunned. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright.. 12mo. 5 x 7.25 in. xxvi, 415 pp. Rebound by Bayntun-Riviere in full reddish orange polished calf, exquisitely tooled in gilt, gilt titling & tooling to spine in six compartments, with black and brown morocco title labels; all edges gilt, with dentelle & cotton-candy marbled endpapers. With 24 black & white illustrations by George Cruikshank, including frontispiece ('Oliver claimed by his Affectionate Friends') with tissue guard. Introduction by Humphry House. The otherwise common New Oxford Illustrated Dickens in a decidedly uncommon, strangely attractive signed Bayntun binding.
Synopsis
Oliver Twist , published in 1838, became one of English writer Charles Dickens's better-known stories and was the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist. Oliver Twist ( Parish Boy's Progress ) focuses on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into an apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the "Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by an elderly criminal Fagin . The book shows an unromantic portrayal of criminals and the treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 224
- Title
- Oliver Twist (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens)
- Author
- DICKENS, CHARLES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. Very light rubbing to joints and crown & foot of spine, with a few very tiny scrapes at the lower compartments; very
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1953
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Irving Book Company
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Asheville, North Carolina
About Irving Book Company
Classical, Catholic, Southern, Photographic, Poetic, Scholarly, and early Modern Library Editions, &c.
Glossary
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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"...
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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