The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Salesman's Dummy
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Fred DeFau & Company, Circa 1890. First Edition. Full leather. Very good. Octavo, salesman's dummy selling a 30 volume set of Dickens limited to 1000 numbered sets with examples of text and some illustrations in black and white and in color which appear to be hand colored. Light wear to the spine head otherwise a very good copy in full brown calf with marbled endpapers. Each inside panel shows examples of leather or cloth
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49693
- Title
- The Complete Works of Charles Dickens
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fred DeFau & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- Circa 1890
- Keywords
- English Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Old New York Book Shop
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About the Seller
Old New York Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Atlanta, Georgia
About Old New York Book Shop
The Old New York Book Shop was founded in 1971. I was located at 1069 Juniper St in Atlanta for more than 25 years. After the advent of the internet I moved to my home. I am a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America). All books are returnable for any reason within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. Books are described in adherence to the strict code of ethics and professionalism employed by the ABAA.
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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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...