Pictures from Italy and American Notes for General Circulation. A Tale of Two Cities. [2 volumes]
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair/No Jackets, as issued
- Seller
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Miller Place, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, [no date, c.1880]. Hardcover, half-bound in red leather. Good/Fair/No Jackets, as issued. 2 volumes from a larger uniform edition, numbers XVII and XXIII of the Works of Charles Dickens, Library Edition. Marbled boards, page edges, endpapers. Raised bands and gilt-decorated spines, although both volumes are quite worn and rubbed. Tale of Two Cities is in Fair condition only, with a broken binding, cover separated, and a clumsy tape repair. Dickens' travel writings and his classic novel of the French Revolution.
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- Bookseller
- Monkey House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9802
- Title
- Pictures from Italy and American Notes for General Circulation. A Tale of Two Cities. [2 volumes]
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, half-bound in red leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jackets, as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [no date, c.1880]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AN
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Miller Place, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...