Verlag: Odhams Press
Anbieter: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Here is a nice edition of "Nicholas Nickleby" by Charles Dickens, published circa 1965 by Odhams Press, Ltd. in Long Acre, London. Odhams Press was dissolved in 1968. Odhams chose to keep the original illustrations created by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne), which was, of course, a good decision ************************************ "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby", first issued in serial parts, was Dickens' third novel, and the one that firmly established him in the pantheon of English novelists. It is part comedic, partly a romance, and partly serious exposition (especially the latter parts of the story. Wackford Squeers, the cruel schoolmaster, is one of Dickens' great villains, based on a person that Dickens had once met. It is a complex story, in ways that only the serially issued novel might be. And it is pure Dickens. ********************************** TITLE : The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby / AUTHOR : Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) / ILLUSTRATOR : Phiz ( Hablot Knight Browne ) / IMPRINT : Odhams Press, Ltd. / PLACE : Long Acre, London / DATE : No date [ But circa 1965 ] / EDITION : Reprint Issued through a Book Club (having a stamp on the rear cover) / STATUS : This edition OP / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Illustrated trade hardcover; Contains numerous illustrations; Contains a Preface; 720 pages; 4 3/4" x 7 1/4"; red semi-flexible cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on spine. ************************************** CONDITION - VERY GOOD - A previously owned book which remains clean and attractive, with the following noted: EXTERIOR : Spine extremities are modestly compressed, else the cover displays but mild signs of handling. Text-block edges are toned and just slightly weathered (most noticeably next to the spine head), else clean / BINDING : Solid / INTERIOR : A few leaves have corner creases, else the interior is clean and presentable throughout. No writing or marking. There is a previous owner's penciled signature on the the rear paste-down.
Verlag: Independently published, 2019
ISBN 10: 168822548X ISBN 13: 9781688225480
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 531 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.33 inches. In Stock.