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Bleak House, WITH CHECK SIGNED BY DICKENS
by Dickens, Charles; Illustrated by H. K. Browne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title page, followed by printed title page, and 38 full-page engravings (40 total). by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), xvi, 624 pages. First Edition, First Issue, in book format with part I, page 19, line 6 with "elgble" - part VII, page 209, line 23 with "chair" - part IX, page 275, line 22 with "counsinship." Bound in contemporary half polished calf over brown buckram, ornate gilt back with red morocco label, marbled end papers and edges, WITH CHECK SIGNED BY DICKENS inserted at verso of front end page via four slits in the page. The check is drawn on Messrs. Coutts & Company and made out in Dickens holograph to Wimbledon School in the amount of one hundred fifteen pounds, thirteen shillings, and six pence and dated Second September, 1862, embossed revenue stamp right. Likely the tuition for Henry Fielding Dickens, the eighth of Dicken's ten children, who would have been 13 in 1862 and attended Wimbledon School. The book is Near Fine, with recent professional restoration re-attaching front cover and refreshing boards, in new custom clamshell case 3/4 faux leather with spine lettered in gilt, small ink spot front end page, internally clean and bright. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, basis for a 1920 British film and at least three TV mini series. A quite handsome copy, gift quality. . SIGNED. First Edition. Half Polished Calf. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009518
- Title
- Bleak House, WITH CHECK SIGNED BY DICKENS
- Author
- Dickens, Charles; Illustrated by H. K. Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Nineteenth Century;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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