The Battle of Life. A Love Story
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 175, [2] p. 17 cm. Frontispiece engraving, engraved title page, and 11 other engraved illustrations. Burgundy cloth with gold and blank impressing. All edges gilt. 2 p. of ads at rear for Dickens' works. A little soiling to exterior. Corners a little worn. Tape repairs to hinges.
A novella by Charles Dickens, the fourth of his five "Christmas Books," coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. The setting is an English village that stands on the site of an historic battle, the battle being a metaphor for the struggles of life. A relatively unknown Dickens work, unlike the wildly popular A Christmas Carol.
A novella by Charles Dickens, the fourth of his five "Christmas Books," coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. The setting is an English village that stands on the site of an historic battle, the battle being a metaphor for the struggles of life. A relatively unknown Dickens work, unlike the wildly popular A Christmas Carol.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130265
- Title
- The Battle of Life. A Love Story
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- Literature, Novellas, Christmas Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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