London: Elliot Stock, 1897 bevelled olive cloth boards with gilt titling and a gilt medallion with an owl, minimal rubbing to proud edges, original decorative endpapers, old ink inscription to fep 'Frederick W Gale | Christchurch NZ | May 1898', tissue guarded frontis, ix + (i) 245pp + plates +frontis, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, publishers prelims are deeply browned but this is just two leaves immediately after the fep and immediately prior to the rear fep and seem to have been placed to 'capture' any offset toning from the decorative endpapers, a study of Dicken's works including the bibliographic details and publishing history of them. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

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Bookseller: Fortuna Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 012841
Title: The Novels of Charles Dickens, a Bibliography and Sketch
Author: KITTON F G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Elliot Stock
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1897
Keywords: Victorian British Literature Literary Novelist Charles Dickens Bibliography Biography Frederick W Gale New Zealand
Bookseller catalogs: FICTION LITERATURE & CRITICISM;

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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...
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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...