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The Children of Dickens
by Crothers, Samuel McChord
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Excerpts from Dickens' works involving children, including Pip, David Copperfield, Micawber Junior, Joe the Fat Boy, Oliver Twist, Jellyby children, Sissy Jupe, the Cratchits, Jenny Wren, Little Nell, the Kenwidges, Bailey, the boy at Todgers's, the Dombey children, Jemmy Jackman Lirriper, Alicia in Wonderland (Alice Watkins); with brief introductions to each selection & short chapters on London & Dickens himself. Hardcover. First edition (first printing) with same date on copyright & title page, Scribner's seal on copyright page. Book shows some wear & spotting, a few small holes in the cloth, small dent to upper edge of front board, gold border of full-color pastedown on front cover rubbed; jacket shows a little edgewear & spotting, minor chipping; light foxing to page edges and some of the plates, gift note scrawled across page opposite half-title. Text clean; [vii], blank, 259 pages; 10 color plates as called for.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- t0332os
- Title
- The Children of Dickens
- Author
- Crothers, Samuel McChord
- Illustrator
- Jessie Willcox Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, Literature, English Literature, Children's Books, Illustrated Books
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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