Epistle to "Boz: Alias Charles Dickens. By Zedekiah Comitatus, M.P.E.C.
by DICKENS, Charles
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- Condition
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About This Item
Skaggaddahunk: Scantlewood, Timberlake & Co. Printers to the North River Society, 1867. DICKENS, Charles. DICKENS, Charles. An Epistle to "Boz". Alias Charles Dickens. By Zedekiah Comitatus, M.P.E.C. Skaggaddahunk: Scantlewood, Timberlake & Co. Printers to the North River Society, 1867.
Originally issued in wrappers, now rebound in half black cloth over floral cloth, gilt-stamped on spine. Top edge gilt. Some expected foxing throughout. Near fine. This is a satire on Dickens with a ficitious author and a fictitious place of publishing.
HBS 66262.
$1,000.
Originally issued in wrappers, now rebound in half black cloth over floral cloth, gilt-stamped on spine. Top edge gilt. Some expected foxing throughout. Near fine. This is a satire on Dickens with a ficitious author and a fictitious place of publishing.
HBS 66262.
$1,000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66262
- Title
- Epistle to "Boz
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Illustrator
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scantlewood, Timberlake & Co. Printers to the North River Society
- Place of Publication
- Skaggaddahunk
- Date Published
- 1867
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....