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Boz on America Being the Observations and Comment of Charles Dickens, Esq., On His Visit to the United States in the Year 1842
by Burlingame, Dr. C. Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1942. Hardcover, pictorial cloth. 30 pages. First edition. Privately printed Christmas gift book by Dr Burlingame, who selected letters and passages from Dickens's "American Notes" in an effort to shed light on the author's thoughts regarding his first American sojourn. Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates. Illustration on cover taken from the title of the first edition of "Martin Chuzzlewit," depicting stage much like the one Dickens did much of his traveling on when visiting the United States. A slim 30 page book in fine condition. Uncommon thus. Podeschi D215. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001504
- Title
- Boz on America Being the Observations and Comment of Charles Dickens, Esq., On His Visit to the United States in the Year 1842
- Author
- Burlingame, Dr. C. Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William E. Rudge's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- DICKENS, DICKENSIANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dickensiana;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Staten Island, New York
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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