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Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine: Volume V (5); January to June (incl. February, March, April, May); The Dreamer and the Worker-1 to 12 (Horn); History of St. Giles and St. James; Heads and Tails of Families (Bell); etc
by Douglas Jerrold; R.H. Horne, Paul Bell, Acton Tindall, H. Holl, Elliot Hoskins, W.C. Bennett, T. Westwood, Goodwyn Barmby, Angus B. Reach, Thomas Wade, et al
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Punch, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine: Volume V (5); 1847; January to June (incl. February, March, April, May); The Dreamer and the Worker-1 to 12 (Horn); History of St. Giles and St. James; Heads and Tails of Families (Bell); etc6 issues bound in one volume, issues editorially complete but without original wraps and ads. Duodecimo, 7 1/4" tall, 568 pages, 3/4 black leather over dark cloth. A very good minus, generally clean, sturdy hard cover with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corners; hinges cracked but secure, fore-edges darkened, binding solid, paper moderately yellowed.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31599
- Title
- Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine: Volume V (5); January to June (incl. February, March, April, May); The Dreamer and the Worker-1 to 12 (Horn); History of St. Giles and St. James; Heads and Tails of Families (Bell); etc
- Author
- Douglas Jerrold; R.H. Horne, Paul Bell, Acton Tindall, H. Holl, Elliot Hoskins, W.C. Bennett, T. Westwood, Goodwyn Barmby, Angus B. Reach, Thomas Wade, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Punch
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- Essay; Bound Magazine; Stories; Humor; Fiction; Literary
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Newmarket, New Hampshire
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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