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BARNABY RUDGE
by DICKENS, CHARLES
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION IN BOOK FORM Contains: binders sheet, "Hour Glass" Frontpiece, title page dated 1842, Imprint - Stereotyped by J. Fagan, Printed by T. K. and P. G. Collins, Philadelphia, Preface - Devonshire Terrace, York Gate, November 1841, Illustrations
- Engraved on Wood, Pages 9-323, binder's sheet, Illustrations by Cattermole, Browne and Sibson - 52 woodcuts. The End of Barnaby Rudge on page 319, the concluding segments of Master Humphrey's Clock on pages 329-323, (324) blank.
Condition: Text bright and crisp, with occasional foxing spots. Recently rebound in maroon Morocco with hand marbled paper. Spine with 6 panels and labeling in gilt. New end papers. An attractive and very good copy.
- Engraved on Wood, Pages 9-323, binder's sheet, Illustrations by Cattermole, Browne and Sibson - 52 woodcuts. The End of Barnaby Rudge on page 319, the concluding segments of Master Humphrey's Clock on pages 329-323, (324) blank.
Condition: Text bright and crisp, with occasional foxing spots. Recently rebound in maroon Morocco with hand marbled paper. Spine with 6 panels and labeling in gilt. New end papers. An attractive and very good copy.
Synopsis
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty, commonly known as Barnaby Rudge , is an historical novel by the author Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels that Dickens published in his short-lived weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, which lasted from 1840 to 1841, when the book was published. It was Dickens' first attempt at an historical novel, his only other being A Tale of Two Cities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cartouche Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D017
- Title
- BARNABY RUDGE
- Author
- DICKENS, CHARLES
- Illustrator
- Cattermole, Browne and Sibson
- Format/Binding
- Half leather w. marbled paper
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- LEA & BLANCHARD
- Place of Publication
- PHILADELPHIA
- Date Published
- 1842
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 9.25x6
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cartouche Ltd.
Biblio member since 2019
Vancouver, Washington
About Cartouche Ltd.
Specializing in Early American Classics and Charles Dickens. Often we add value to challenged copies through expert restoration.
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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 Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Spine
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