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Character Sketches from Dickens. Introduction by Kate Perugini (Charles Dickens's Daughter) ... Illustrated by Harold Copping
by Matz B. W. (compiled with Foreword by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Raphael TUCK & Sons Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Chocolate brown cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. Blind stamped decoration to the upper cover surrounding the bright gilt titling. A little light 'bumping' to the head and tail of the spine, some 'scratches' to the rear cover, but overall the covers are VG. Top edge Gilt. No dustjacket. Internally Very Good. A gift note to a former owner in ink on the front pastedown o/w No other Inscriptions or Marks. With an introduction by Kate Perungini (Charles Dickens' daughter). 146 pp. 30 coloured plates, 2 monochrome portraits and 2 facsimiles. All images, except the facsimiles, with captioned tissue guards. Overall A Very Good to VG Plus, bright, tight, clean copy. Page fore-edges very lightly foxed, but appear clean, otherwise, apart from the scratches to the rear plain cover (see images) this is a very handsome, very clean copy. Extracts from 11 of Dickens books illustrated with all the artistry and understanding of Dicken's characters that the charming illustrations done by Harold Copping show. See Images. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114684
- Title
- Character Sketches from Dickens. Introduction by Kate Perugini (Charles Dickens's Daughter) ... Illustrated by Harold Copping
- Author
- Matz B. W. (compiled with Foreword by)
- Illustrator
- Harold Copping,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Raphael TUCK & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Character Sketches From Dickens. Introduction By Kate Perugini (charles , Dickens's Daughter) ... Illustrated By Harold Copping, Character Sketches From Dickens, Illustrated By Harold Copping, Extracts From 11 Of Dickens Books Illustrated With All The
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Victorian Fiction; Eng Lit, Lit Crit & Shakespeare;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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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...
- VG
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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