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The Life & Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit: With Forty Illustrations By 'Phiz'
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Attractive leather-bound illustrated edition of Dickens' work. Dark green leather limp bound cover with gilt stamping on spine. Decorative endpapers. Printed on "India paper," i.e. thin tissue-like paper. Text block has gilt top. Built-in green ribbon bookmark.
Cover has wear and rubbing, particularly on top and heel of spine. Small stains on text block.
Cover has wear and rubbing, particularly on top and heel of spine. Small stains on text block.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G19
- Title
- The Life & Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- Hablot "Phiz" Knight Browne
- Format/Binding
- Leather limp bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The Oxford India Paper Dickens
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall, Limited; and Humphrey Milford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- n.d. (before 1917)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- dickens, phiz, chuzzlewit, oxford india paper
- Bookseller catalogs
- PWK Novels; Works of Charles Dickens; The Oxford India Paper Dickens;
Terms of Sale
PWK Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PWK Books
Biblio member since 2020
Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
Independent seller of antiquarian books. Prices as listed. PWK Books sells exclusively through Biblio.
Will be closed December 15-January 1.
Will be closed December 15-January 1.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Limp Bound
- A book bound in a flexible leather or cloth. The covering material is not affixed to boards, as are traditional hardcover books....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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....
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