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Little Dorrit
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. H. K. Browne (Phiz). Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens. First edition, first state. Published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 1857. Illustrated by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"). First edition point BB2 marked "B2" (p. 371). Measures 5.5" x 8.5", 625 pp. The book is in very good condition. Rebound in contemporary calf over marbled boards with marbled fore-edges and original spine affixed. New endpapers and paste-downs.Light wear to the boards with some scuffing. Previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down. Foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves. Light spotting to the verso and margins of numerous plates.The pages of text are largely clean and bright. Charles Dicken's "Little Dorrit" is a satirical commentary on society and government in England. Centering on debtor's prisons and rigid social structure, it is the fictional account of Amy Dorrit and her family's struggles and triumphs. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store.We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.Inventory #(D8-38).
Synopsis
Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtors' prisons & mdash ; in which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The representative prison in this case is the Marshalsea where the author's own father had been imprisoned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000975
- Title
- Little Dorrit
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- H. K. Browne (Phiz)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
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Ernestoic Books
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Clarence, New York
About Ernestoic Books
Ernestoic Books, where you can find the most sought after Modern First Editions. As our name suggests, Ernest Hemingway is our specialty and our passion. We guarantee the condition of every book we sell. Returns may be made within 14 days of receipt for any reason. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
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- Marbled boards
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
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- Leaves
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- New
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- Fine
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