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David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
UK: Chapman and Hall, 1891. New Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition 1890. Illustrated with 40 plates. Came from a set of Dickens library edition but complete in it's own right. Beautifully bound in the original three quarter calf and hand marbled paper covered boards. Lovely gilt tooling and raised bands. Hand marbled endpapers and matching page edges, Book is very good and bright. Light marking/rubbing to leather and boards. Nice tight hinges. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request.Ref16471
Synopsis
"The most perfect of all the Dickens novels' Virginia WoolfWhen David Copperfield escapes from the cruelty of his childhood home, he embarks on a journey to adulthood which will lead him through comedy and tragedy, love and heartbreak and friendship and betrayal. Over the course of his adventures, David meets an array of eccentric characters and learns hard lessons about the world before he finally discovers true happiness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lasting Words Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022896
- Title
- David Copperfield
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Three-Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 16471
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lasting Words Ltd
Biblio member since 2019
Northampton, Northamptonshire
About Lasting Words Ltd
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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