Is She His Wife? or, Something Singular: A Comic Burletta in One Act
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. Very Good. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First American Edition. 16mo (12.5cm.); publisher's reddish-brown decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt; 80pp.; illus. in text, publisher's ads printed in red on endpapers. Extremities a bit rubbed and spine lettering starting to dull, textblock a bit toned and shaken in binding; overall Very Good.
The third known edition of Dickens' early attempt at light comedy, though the first published appearance of 1837 is, as Eckels mournfully notes, almost certainly extinct, the last known copy having been lost in a fire. The first "available" English edition of ca. 1873 is an impossible rarity, making this American issue essentially the earliest edition on the market.
[ECKELS, p. 178; GIMBEL B62].
The third known edition of Dickens' early attempt at light comedy, though the first published appearance of 1837 is, as Eckels mournfully notes, almost certainly extinct, the last known copy having been lost in a fire. The first "available" English edition of ca. 1873 is an impossible rarity, making this American issue essentially the earliest edition on the market.
[ECKELS, p. 178; GIMBEL B62].
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8593
- Title
- Is She His Wife? or, Something Singular: A Comic Burletta in One Act
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1877
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.