THE PICKWICK PAPERS (Two Volumes Complete)
Dickens, Charles; With Original Illustrations
Verkäufer The Maine Bookhouse, Oxford, ME, USA
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 23. Juni 2004
Verkäufer The Maine Bookhouse, Oxford, ME, USA
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 23. Juni 2004
Beschreibung
CHARLES DICKENS S WORKS (Illustrated) LIBRARY EDITION Vol. I… THE PICKWICK PAPERS (in Two Volumes Complete), by Charles Dickens; With ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS- 1868- Ticknor and Fields, Boston- ORIGINAL 1868 EDITION (with same 1868 date on title page)- These are NOT an ex-library books and they are NOT reprint editions- BINDINGS are ORIGINAL decorative blind-stamped dark green cloth HARDCOVERS with titles in GOLD on spine (ALL GOLD is present and with LUSTER); bindings and texts are in the same generally neat, clean and solid, VG with NO extraneous writings (only neat, previous owner VINTAGE BOOKPLATE front free page). Just light wear and normal age-coloration . Overall, nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPIES of VOLUME I (of the 30 volume Library Edition )… the UNCOMMON Ticknor and Fields 1868 LIBRARY EDITION of CHARLES DICKENS S WORKS (includes a second, FACSIMILE London: Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly TITLE PAGE with ILLUSTRATED FRONTISPIECE)… which includes the 1867 CHARLES DICKENS EXPOSITORY on the COPYRIGHT PAGE: By a SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT made with ME and my ENGLISH PUBLISHERS, (partners with me in the copyright of my works,) Messrs. TICKNOR and FIELDS, of BOSTON, have become the ONLY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES in AMERICA of the WHOLE SERIES of my books… CHARLES DICKENS; London, April, 1867 … VOLUME I, 408 pages… VOLUME II, 419 pages includes ALL ILLUSTRATIONS with tissue guarded FRONTISPIECES… with DARK BROWN END-PAPERS… The CROWDS that greeted CHARLES DICKENS in BOSTON on Nov. 19, 1867 suggested the city was ready for a message of CHRISTMAS HOPE and CHEER. His American publishers, WILLIAM TICKNOR and JAMES FIELDS, persuaded him to return for a two-year READING TOUR of a CHRISTMAS CAROL and other stories… CHARLES DICKENS made BOSTON his home away from home during his stay in America… Mr. DICKENS always regarded BOSTON as his AMERICAN HOME, wrote George Dolby, his agent. All his LITERARY FRIENDS lived there… Publisher, JAMES FIELDS, greeted the author and whisked him in a carriage to the PARKER HOUSE, where a crowd gave him an ovation. CURIOSITY SEEKERS peeked at him through the half-open dining room door as he ate… VOLUME I, 408 pages… VOLUME II, 419 pages includes ALL ILLUSTRATIONS with tissue guarded FRONTISPIECES… with DARK BROWN END-PAPERS… BK18122129. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BK18122129
Bibliografische Details
Titel: THE PICKWICK PAPERS (Two Volumes Complete)
Verlag: Ticknor and Fields, Boston
Erscheinungsdatum: 1868
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
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