Martin Chuzzlewit.
de Charles Dickens:
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition, first issue (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xvi, 624pp. Engraved frontispiece, extra-title and 38 other plates. Contemporary binding of half burgundy crushed morocco, marbled boards, gilt titling to the spine. The plates are somewhat foxed (as usual), there is some light rubbing of the binding, and a short ownership inscription; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. This is the first issue of the book, with the 13-line errata page. The signpost on the extra-title reads "100£".
Sinopsis
While writing Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens declared it 'immeasurably the best of my stories.' Set partly in America, the novel includes a searing satire on the United States. Martin Chuzzlewit is the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have inherited the characteristic Chuzzlewit selfishness. It contrasts their diverse fates of moral redemption and worldly success for one, and increasingly desperate crime for the other. This powerful comedy involves hypocrisy, greed, and blackmail, as well as the most famous of Dickens's grotesques, Mrs. Gamp. Martin Chuzzlewit is considered one of Dickens's last picaresque novels.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Cornell Books Limited
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 62562
- Título
- Martin Chuzzlewit.
- Autor
- Charles Dickens:
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
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- Editorial
- London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.
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Cornell Books Limited
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Sobre el vendedor
Cornell Books Limited
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Tewkesbury
Sobre Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
