Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce in One Act
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood & Company, 1877. Hardcover, original green cloth stamped in black and lettered in gold. 96 pages. Printed in the Vest-Pocket Series, with their offerings printing in red on end-papers. A short play by Dickens, in collaboration with Mark Lemon, first performed in 1851 and which featured the author and Wilkie Collins in the cast. First edition thus [first American edition], the original edition being published in 1851 and privately printed. A very nice copy of this diminutive book with only the slightest incidental rubbing to cloth. No previous ownership marks, writing or marking. Hinges sound and cloth clean. This copy in green cloth, also issued in red cloth, albeit no priority cited. A very good+ copy of an increasingly scarce title. Podeschi B215; Eckel p. 165. . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013434
- Title
- Mr. Nightingale's Diary: A Farce in One Act
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- Charles Dickens, Plays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dickens First Editions;
- Size
- 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.