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Charles Dickens: A Gossip about his Life, Works, and Characters

by (Dickens, Charles) Archer, Thomas

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London: Cassell & Company, 1895. First edition. With 18 Full-Page Character Sketches (Reproduced in Photogravure) by Frederick Barnard and Other Illustrations by Well-Known Artists. 6 vols. Folio (17-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches). Cloth-backed printed boards. Very good. First edition. With 18 Full-Page Character Sketches (Reproduced in Photogravure) by Frederick Barnard and Other Illustrations by Well-Known Artists. 6 vols. Folio (17-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches). With 18 Superb Dickens Plates After Frederick Barnard. The complete set of six parts, each containing three photogravures of Dickens character portraits by Barnard, one of the best of his many delineators, plus numerous wood engravings, mostly depicting architecture and views of early 19th century London. The text, by a noted historian and author of Vanishing London and similar works, is replete with historical facts which serve to provide the fascinating background of the novels' places and, often, the individuals on whom their characters were based. Podeschi, The Gimbel Dickens Collection, H36

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Title
Charles Dickens: A Gossip about his Life, Works, and Characters
Author
(Dickens, Charles) Archer, Thomas
Format/Binding
With 18 Full-Page Character Sketches (Reproduced in Photogravure) by Frederick Barnard and Other Illustrations by Well-Known Art
Book Condition
Used - Cloth-backed printed boards. Very good
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Edition
First edition
Publisher
Cassell & Company
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1895
Keywords
British | Illustrated Books
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