The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp.
de Charles Dickens
- Usado
- fair
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Fair
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Precio
EUR 296.30EUR 266.67
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Sobre este artículo
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition. Paperback. Fair. 6.5" by 4". None. The first reading edition of these three tales by Charles Dickens, charming festive tales by the eminent author. The first "reading edition" of this work, the rarest of Dickens's five reading editions.Containing three charming festive tales by Charles Dickens.'Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn' had previously appeared in Dickens's 'Household Works', while 'Mrs. Gamp' is an excerpt from 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.The 'reading editions', edited by Dickens and sold in uniform green wrappers, were sold at bookshops and in large numbers at Dickens' popular public readings, with with he toured Britain and the States. With one page of publisher's advertisement to the rear.Collated, lacking the title page. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, wraps are detached but present. Edge wear to the wraps, with larger chips to the extremities of the front wrap, and a smaller chip to the head of the rear wrap. Large tide mark to the head of the rear wrap. A few smaller marks to the wraps. Internally, binding is weak, gatherings B and C are detached, other gatherings may detach from one another even with careful handling, pages 111 to the end are detached but present. Pages are lightly age-toned with a few spots. Ink inscription to the head of page 3. Fair
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 878P15
- Título
- The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp.
- Autor
- Charles Dickens
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fair
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Bradbury & Evans
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1858
- Tamaño
- 6.5" by 4"
- Palabras clave
- The Poor Traveller Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn Mrs. Gamp charles dickens Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...