The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp.
by DICKENS, Charles
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition thus, published as part of the series of “Cheap and Uniform Editions of Mr. Dickens’s Christmas Books” by Bradbury & Evans. Sixteenmo. 114, [1, ads], [1, blank] pp. Original printed green wrappers bound in at rear. Full crushed green morocco by Riviere with triple gilt rule borders, gilt spine and turns-ins, burgundy endpapers. Front cover needs to be rejointed. A very clean and attractive copy. The Kenyon Starling-William Self copy with both their bookplates. “Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn” was a Christmas story written for a special issue of Dickens’s Household Words, and “Mrs. Gamp” is an excerpt from Martin Chuzzlewit. Gimbel D31.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73402
- Title
- The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp.
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- 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...