The Letters of Charles Dickens Edited By His Sister-In-law and His Eldest Daughter 3 Vols
by [Charles Dickens. edited By Georgina Hogarth and Mamie Dickens]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Londion: Chapman and Hall, 1880. Full-Leather. Complete three volume set. Very Good+/No Jacket. First Edition. Bound in full red crushed morocco, with raised bands, elaborately gilt inner dentelles, deep maroon endpapers, and top edges gilt. Original cloth front cover and backstrip mounted on blank prelims, original rear cover bound in at rear, each volume. Facsimile autograph each volume as half-title. Volume I 1833-1856; Volume II 1857-1870; supplemental Volume III, published in 1882, 1836-1870. Index present in Vol.II and Vol. III, 32 page publishers catalog appended Vol. III, and errata slips extant, as called for, in all three volumes. Very light rubbing to tips, raised bands and outer joints; rear joint on Vol. II cracked. All hinges solid and boards firmly attached. An attractive set in a quality fine binding. Podeschi D85. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002695
- Title
- The Letters of Charles Dickens Edited By His Sister-In-law and His Eldest Daughter 3 Vols
- Author
- [Charles Dickens. edited By Georgina Hogarth and Mamie Dickens]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- Londion
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, CHARLES DICKENS, FINE BINDING DICKENS FIRST EDITIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dickens First Editions;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...