David Copperfield
by Dickens, Charles Illustrated by Paul Degen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Duncan, Oklahoma, United States
Item Price
£23.84£17.88
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1980 Octavo (9.5 in. by 5.75 in.); 803pp.; very good hardcover; handsomely bound in brown leatherette with gilt decorated boards and spine; all edges gilt; patterned endpapers; raised bands at spine; rubbed edges; rubbed gilt at text block edges..
Synopsis
"The most perfect of all the Dickens novels' Virginia WoolfWhen David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which will lead him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak and friendship and betrayal. Over the course of his adventures, David meets an array of eccentric characters and learns hard lessons about the world before he finally discovers true happiness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chisholm Trail Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18568
- Title
- David Copperfield
- Author
- Dickens, Charles Illustrated by Paul Degen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Editions;
Terms of Sale
Chisholm Trail Bookstore
September 14, 2023
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About the Seller
Chisholm Trail Bookstore
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Duncan, Oklahoma
About Chisholm Trail Bookstore
The Chisholm Trail Bookstore is an independently owned and operated establishment selling solid, interesting, and thought-provoking tomes. Specialties are technical texts, university press books, regional Oklahoma and Western Americana books, and art catalogues. Our fine editions include numerous limited editions, first editions, signed editions, and leather-bound editions.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....