David Copperfield
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York & London: E. P Dutton & J. M. Dent & Sons. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. Everyman's Library # 242 [Modern Dress "Circle" Dust Jacket]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 823 pages; 1928 E. P Dutton & J. M. Dent & Sons. Everyman's Library #242. This example in a resonably well preserved example of the short lived Dutton issued "Modern Dress" dust jacket in the circle design. This is the 19th EL printing of Copperfield. Tightly bound in fulll red cloth with extra gilt design to spine. Dust jacket in horizontal bands of purple, white and fuscia; jacket lightly sun dulled at spine and with an old paper tape mend to a short tear top edge of the cover panel. EL catalog or editions featured in the Modern Dress jackets is on the rear cover. NF/VG- .
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
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45803
- Title
- David Copperfield
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- E. P Dutton & J. M. Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Dust Jackets;
Terms of Sale
DogStar Books
15 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...