Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857.. First edition, 8vo, xiv, 625, (1) pp. Engraved title and 39 plates with some mild foxing and a light damp stain to the lower corner, the text leaves clean, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary green half calf, gilt spine with a maroon label, slight rubbing of joints otherwise an attractive copy. Smith, I, 12.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29220
- Title
- Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Bradbury & Evans
- Date Published
- 1857.
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
Bow Windows Bookshop
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...