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The Lamplighter.
by Anon. (Maria Susanna Cummins)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Author: Anon. (Maria Susanna Cummins).
Title: The Lamplighter.
Publisher: London, Clarke, Beeton and Co., Fleet Street, no date (1854). First Edition. This scarce first British edition, published in April 1854, was a joint imprint of Clarke, Beeton, and John Cassell.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 " X 4.5 ".
Pages: 412 pages.
Binding: Very good contemporary quarter calf leather binding with marbled boards (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, edges and corners worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, name of a previous owner on the half-title page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the very nice frontispiece and the title vignette.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).
The book: Scarce First British Edition of The Lamplighter -- The Lamplighter is a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins and published in 1854, and a best-selling novel of its era. A female Victorian Bildungsroman, The Lamplighter tells the story of Gertrude Flint, an abandoned and mistreated orphan rescued at the age of eight by Trueman Flint, a lamplighter, from her abusive guardian, Nan Grant. Gertrude is lovingly raised and taught virtues and religious faith. She becomes a moralistic woman. In adulthood, she is rewarded for her long-suffering with marriage to a childhood friend...
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- Bookseller
- MFLIBRA Antique Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1577212023675
- Title
- The Lamplighter.
- Author
- Anon. (Maria Susanna Cummins)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Clarke, Beeton and Co., Fleet Street, no date (1854). First Edition. This scarce first British edition, published in Apr
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Pages
- 412
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...