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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First Edition . Half Morocco & Marbled Boards. About Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Phiz [Hablot K. Browne]. London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First Edition [in book form; published serially by "Boz" from 1843 to 1844, then by Chapman in this form in 1844]. Half brown morocco and marbled boards, spine titled and decorated in gilt, marbled page edges. xiv, (errata sheet), 624 pp. Illustrated with 40 plates designed & etched on steel by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), including frontispiece & added title. Smith Vol. I, 7 - The vignette title with "£100" sign on signpost, the first numeral somewhat thickened ( Smith says all three states of the plate were simultaneous and used interchangeably). Binding a bit rubbed; hinges cracked but firmly bound; ownership inscription on flyleaf, "John Parris 1847.", inked, with creasing and sticker residue to same leaf, plates foxed and soiled, one plate remounted, light to moderate foxing to pages. Bright and handsome. Dickens' "adventure" classic and without doubt his most exciting novel, and one he loved well himself, in which the Ironic Wit sets forth a plot now beloved to novelists and moviemakers alike - the rich old dude who doesn't trust any of his money-grubbing kin, and must find a way to select the proper heir. Incomparably complemented by the Phiz illustrations. Handsome and strong copy of a classic, elegantly bound. L-31n
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000471
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Phiz [Hablot K. Browne]
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco & Marbled Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1844
- Pages
- 624
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Charles Dickens, classic, Antiquarian, England, English, engravings, Illustrations. Classics, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Classics of Fiction From All Eras;
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- Marbled boards
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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,...
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