David Copperfield
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. 2 volume set. Gutters cracked. Some dampstaining to boards - especially rear of volume 1. Some wear to leather. Volume 1 has a slight crack to head of front hinge. Cloth frayed at edges of volume 1. Ownership platea to f-feps. Front endpapers and title page heavily foxed. Illustrations throughout are heavily foxed and there is some foxing to other pages and rear pastedown. Corners bumped. Volume 2 has similar faults, but to a lesser degree. Both volumes are complete and are tight. The text is clean apart from somne foxing/browning.. First Edition, Second Issue. Half - Leather. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36652
- Title
- David Copperfield
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Issue
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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