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Oliver Twist and Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 704 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece. 2 titles bound together with 2 title pages. Loose front board due to cracked front hinge. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is slightly shaky, but all pages remain attached. Noticeable marking to endpapers. Boards have heavy shelf-wear, with visible corner bumping and noticeable scuffing to edges. Spine is moderately tanned, with visible crushing and splitting to ends. Gilt is slightly faded, but still legible. Heavy rubbing and scuffing overall, with visible marking also.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1676549925ADA
- Title
- Oliver Twist and Great Expectations
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
World of Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
About World of Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
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