Click for full-size.
Our Mutual Friend
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Glendale, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
FIRST EDITION with all points per Smith. Two Octavo volumes. [i-vii] viii-ix [x] Xi [xii], [1] 2-320, [1] - 36 (catalogue dated January 1865); [i-v] vi-vii [viii] , [1] 2-309 [ -312] (colophon and ads), [4] (catalogue dated November 1865). Forty inserted plates after Marcus Stone.
Publisher's original purple sand grain cloth, Boards conventionally blocked in blind, Spines decorated and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow in papers. Previous owners signature to front pay down of same volume; Hugh Mitchell Pitlochry. On the half title Mr. Mitchell has added his notary embossed stamp (reading High Mitchell, Notary Public, 1874). The second volume with the binders ticket (Virtue & Co.) On the lower front pace down and with our armorial plate of Beatrice Lady Ellenborough. With a small embossed stamp on front free in paper of book seller WH Smith and son. The first volume has been carefully and almost imperceptibly rebacked by the Heritage Bindery. Volume two is a bit darker than volume one extremities and tips with some light west and the rear hinge starting to slightly crack. contents are especially fresh and clean and virtually free of foxing and browning overall still a very good set with the purple holding well on the boards and gilt steel bright. Becoming increasingly hard to find in the original cloth with all the issue points. Now housed in a red quarter Morocco clamshell box by the Heritage Bindery.
Publisher's original purple sand grain cloth, Boards conventionally blocked in blind, Spines decorated and lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow in papers. Previous owners signature to front pay down of same volume; Hugh Mitchell Pitlochry. On the half title Mr. Mitchell has added his notary embossed stamp (reading High Mitchell, Notary Public, 1874). The second volume with the binders ticket (Virtue & Co.) On the lower front pace down and with our armorial plate of Beatrice Lady Ellenborough. With a small embossed stamp on front free in paper of book seller WH Smith and son. The first volume has been carefully and almost imperceptibly rebacked by the Heritage Bindery. Volume two is a bit darker than volume one extremities and tips with some light west and the rear hinge starting to slightly crack. contents are especially fresh and clean and virtually free of foxing and browning overall still a very good set with the purple holding well on the boards and gilt steel bright. Becoming increasingly hard to find in the original cloth with all the issue points. Now housed in a red quarter Morocco clamshell box by the Heritage Bindery.
Synopsis
Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is in many ways one of his most sophisticated works, combining deep psychological insight with rich social analysis. At one level it centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but in a deeper sense it's also about 'human values'.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 237
- Title
- Our Mutual Friend
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed, 1st issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- classic literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spring 2022;
Terms of Sale
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
What did people buy in 2020?
Plague journals, escapist literature, political history: explore our year in review, where we share rare book trends and a gallery of some of the most beautiful and interesting books sold in 2020.
Using and Collecting Bookmarks
Bern Marcowitz warns against paperclips and other inappropriate page-savers, and offers a bit of advice on using and collecting bookmarks.
