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Mr. Pickwick: A Comedy Freely Drawn from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers
by Young, Stanley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 8vo. Blue paper covered boards with gilt and red title to spine. Red and white illustration to front board. Minor browning to edges and minor bumping to spine ends. Inscription from the author on the front free end page reads: "For my good friend, Teddie Latouche - with love, Stanley Young." Else is clean and bright. Red and white illustrated, price clipped dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Spine is faded to beige. Minor rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. 181 pages. DRA/080416.
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- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29730
- Title
- Mr. Pickwick: A Comedy Freely Drawn from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers
- Author
- Young, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
The Kelmscott Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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