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Little Dorrit.
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition in book form. Very Good. Octavo (22 cm); xiv, 625 pages, and 40 engraved plates by H.K. Browne (a.k.a. Phiz). Bound in full morocco stamped with elaborate gilt cornices on both boards, spine in six compartments stamped and titled in gilt. All edges gilt. Upper hinge and upper joint expertly reinforced. Lower joint a little tender. Marginal foxing on many plates. Overall an excellent copy.
Synopsis
Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtors' prisons & mdash ; in which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The representative prison in this case is the Marshalsea where the author's own father had been imprisoned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6660
- Title
- Little Dorrit.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in book form
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Victorian literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian Books;
Terms of Sale
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
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About the Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Biblio member since 2006
Tuxedo Park, New York
About Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio owes its name and its inspiration to the traditional Italian studio bibliografico. These small antiquarian bookshops, typically run by individuals who combine deep scholarship with a love of the printed object, remind us that underlying the words "study" and "studio" is the Latin term for zeal and devotion, studium. Since 1993, my goal has been to match discerning collectors with extraordinary books and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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