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Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
by [Dickens, Charles], Boz, (Ed) & Charles Whithead (Revisions) & George Cruikshank (Illust)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley. Near Fine. 1846. New edition. 1/2 leather. Colored frontis and engraved plates; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 458 pages; 1846 Richard Bentley, London. New Edition with some revision by Charles Whithead to the 1838 text edited by Dicken from the manuscript left by Grimaldi. This new edition bound as two volumes in one, paged Xvii, 230; 211 pp. Very handsomely bound in 1/2 yellow morocco and marbled paper sides; top edge gilt and spine bands gilt rolled. Hand colored frontispiece; other engravings by Cruikshank. A pair of the engravings with mild foxing. All else quite bright and fresh. A finely bound and very handsome example. NF thus .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48265
- Title
- Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
- Author
- [Dickens, Charles], Boz, (Ed) & Charles Whithead (Revisions) & George Cruikshank (Illust)
- Format/Binding
- 1/2 leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Weight
- 0.00
- Bookseller catalogs
- England;
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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...
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