All The Year Round [Complete First Series in 20 Volumes]
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Adelaide , South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1859. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full title: "All The Year Round. A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens. With which is incorporated Household Words". Volume 1: April 30 - October 22, 1859 through to Volume 20: June 13 - November 28, 1868; 26 weekly issues in each volume. Represents all of series 1. Includes serialised first printings of Dickens' classics "A Tale of Two Cities" [first item in Volume 1] and "Great Expectations". Also serialised first printings of Wilkie Collins' mysteries "The Woman in White" and "The Moonstone" . Initially published by Dickens out of Wellington St with later issues also published through Chapman and Hall. Volumes 2, 3, 7, 12, 14 contains ownership signature of GW [George Woodroffe] Goyder [esteemed South Australian surveyor; 1826-1898]. Some inscriptions include "Warrakilla" [Goyder's homestead in later life]. Cloth binding with gilt to the spine; varied brown to green in groups of between two and five Overall interior condition very good to good; overall cover condition good to fair. Faults include missing endpapers/title pages, pencil doodling to some endpapers, occasional loose pages, light foxing, worn extremities, split/separated hinges; semi-detached spines [more detail available on request]. Volume 11 lacks contents page and pages 1-2 [affected piece is "Quite Alone" by George Augustus Sala]; volume 13 lacks contents page. Overall a good solid set, rare in its entirety.
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- Bookseller
- ORCHARD BOOKSHOP (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010756
- Title
- All The Year Round [Complete First Series in 20 Volumes]
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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