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DICKENS.
by Maurois, Andre (1885-1967)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good overall in terra cotta boards with rubbing to the spine, offsetting to the endpapers and light foxing to the edges of the t/terra cotta boards with rubbing to the spine, offsetting to the endpapers and light foxing to the edges of the textblock in a fa
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1935.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in terra cotta boards with rubbing to the spine, offsetting to the endpapers and light foxing to the edges of the textblock in a fair only example of the uncommon dust jacket (price-clipped, chipping to the edges, including one chip on the back cover which adhered to the rear board) . First American edition. Described as a wise and sympathetic portrait of Dickens by this author who was known for the his literary biographies. Translated from the French by Hamish Miles. Chronology. 206 pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82404
- Title
- DICKENS.
- Author
- Maurois, Andre (1885-1967)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Good overall in terra cotta boards with rubbing to the spine, offsetting to the endpapers and light foxing to the edges of the t
- Jacket Condition
- terra cotta boards with rubbing to the spine, offsetting to the endpapers and light foxing to the edges of the textblock in a fa
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1935.
- Keywords
- literary biography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature in translation;
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