American Notes
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Bishop, California, United States
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About This Item
Estes & Lauriat. Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Imperial. Hardcover. Stated Imperial Edition. Good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. This book never had a dust jacket. The edges and corners of the leather covers and spine are worn but that is to be expected for the book's age. A previous owner removed a sticker that was attached to the front cover and tore the marbles paper. Gilt on the top leaf ends is slighted faded. This edition is extremely hard to find. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages .
Synopsis
American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. While there he acted as a critical observer of these societies almost as if returning a status report on their progress. This can be compared to the style of his Pictures from Italy written four years later, where he wrote far more like a tourist. His American journey was also an inspiration for his novel Martin Chuzzlewit.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spellbinder Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41
- Title
- American Notes
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Imperial
- Publisher
- Estes & Lauriat
- Date Published
- 1895
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, Antiquarian, Dickens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Literature;
Terms of Sale
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Spellbinder Books
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Bishop, California
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- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.