Bleak House
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Bryn Mawr,, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
1852. DICKENS, Charles. Bleak House. Original pictorial wrappers, housed in custom green morocco-backed cloth slipcase, with inner cloth chemise. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1852-3. 20 Parts in 19. First edition in monthly parts with most of the advertisements. Collated against Hatton and Cleaver (pp.273-304). Part One has inside front wrapper blank; lacks rear advertisements; has advertisements for David Bogue, which should be in Part Two. Part Two has inside wrapper for May; lacks advertisements for David Bogue. Part Three lacks Crochet Cotton advertisement. Part Four lacks Crochet Cotton advertisement. Part Six lacks Oak Mutual Life and Crochet Cotton advertisements. Parts Seven, Eight, and Ten lack Crochet Cotton advertisement. Part Eleven fifth leaf of Advertiser has middle quarter sliced out. Part Twelve lacks Household Words slip. Part Fourteen lacks Crochet Cotton advertisement. Part Fifteen lacks Household Words slip; lacks "Village Pastor" and Mayall's Daguerreotype advertisements. Part Sixteen has Mayall's Daguerreotype advertisement from Part Fifteen; lacks Household Words slip; has duplicate advertisements for Clarke, Beeton, and Co. and Marsland. The rear inner wrapper of the final Part is for Part Fourteen. Some expert restoration to spines, early owner's name at head of front wrappers, light scattered foxing to some plates, else a very good set with all plates.
Synopsis
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. The story is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by omniscient narrator.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George S. MacManus Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72036
- Title
- Bleak House
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- PARTS, VICTORIAN LIT, LITX
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About the Seller
George S. MacManus Company
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Bryn Mawr,, Pennsylvania
About George S. MacManus Company
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