The Battle of Life A Love Story
de Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by Daniel MacLise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Very Good
- Librería
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Londion: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Original Cloth. First edition, fourth state of vignette title. Deep red horizontally ribbed cloth, the front and back covers are stamped in blind with double rul ed border interspersed with 12 floral designs on each cover. Front cover stamped in gilt with two cherubs about to do battle while mounted on wasps above a decorative spray. Former owners book plate i nside front cover and bold signature on fly. Thirteen engraved vignette illustrations as follows: Daniel Maclise (4); Richard Doyle (3); Clarkson Stanfield (3); john Leech (3). light fraying to spine ends and cloth on outer joints worn, else a very good clean copy of Dickens' penultimate Christmas book. Smith II 62-65; Podeschi A116. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000842
- Título
- The Battle of Life A Love Story
- Autor
- Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by Daniel MacLise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Very Good
- Editorial
- Bradbury and Evans
- Lugar de publicación
- Londion
- Fecha de publicación
- 1846
- Palabras clave
- DICKENS FIRST EDITIONS, DICKENS, DICKENSIANA, CHRISTMAS BOOKS DANIEL MACLISE, RICHARD DOYLE, CLARKSON STANFIELD, JOHN LEECH
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Dickens First Editions; Alibris2;
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
