Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE ( AS NEW)/No Jacket
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition of This Edition. Red Quarter leather, cloth with gold titles, embellishments. Four raised bands. Illustrated. Ribbon bookmark ,Marbled endpapers 526pp..Private (Easily removeable) Bookplate reads "The Heirloom Library , privately printed and bound for The Heirloom Library of Wendy P. Bispham". Could be removed (safely) with label lifter. Gilt fore edges. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK ONLY). Please email for further details or pictures.. Not Inscribed or Signed. Quarter Leather Red Boards. FINE ( AS NEW)/No Jacket. Illus. by F.W. Pailthorpe . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK.
Synopsis
Great Expectations is a classic novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1861. It tells the story of Pip, a young orphan boy brought up by his abusive sister and her blacksmith husband in rural England. Pip dreams of becoming a gentleman and escaping poverty, but his life takes a dramatic turn when he receives a large fortune from an anonymous benefactor. As he rises in society, he becomes involved with a host of colorful characters, including the eccentric Miss Havisham and her adopted daughter Estella, and learns valuable lessons about love, loyalty, and the true meaning of happiness. The novel is considered one of Dickens' greatest works and a masterpiece of English literature.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfarm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013500
- Title
- Great Expectations
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- F.W. Pailthorpe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New FINE ( AS NEW)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
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