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The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (4 volumes) Bleak House; David Copperfield; Our Mutual Friend; Christmas Books, Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Kelmscott society. Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D.. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Half calf, maroon boards stamped in gilt, gilt spine titles and top page edges. All volumes Reader copies only, perfect for rebind, uncommon Dickens printings. Heavy rubbing, name/date (1904) on first pages, a few detached but present leaves, spines largely lost, some cello tape, one board detached. International shipping billed at cost. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Boards and Wraps
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83977
- Title
- The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (4 volumes) Bleak House; David Copperfield; Our Mutual Friend; Christmas Books, Great Expectations
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Publisher
- The Kelmscott society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
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