HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: Undated but mid 1920?s* Publisher: The Library Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue leather with gilt title to spine & gilt/green logo with gilt frame to face. Some shelf wear to edges, corners, head and tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers & silk marker ribbon. Clean, crisp and tight with very light reading wear, no marks to text, considerable foxing to edges and margins. VG.* Illustrations: Illustrated title page ?Minerva and the Owl?.* Pages: 212 pp. text. iv pp. index at rear.* Description: Chapters:- 1. The Dickens Period, 2.The Boyhood of Dickens, 3. The Youth of Dickens, 4. The Pickwick Papers, 5. The Great Popularity, 6. Dickens and America, 7. Dickens and Christmas, 8. The Time of Transition, 9. Later Life and Works, 10. The Great Dickens Characters, 11. On The Alleged Optimism of Dickens, 12. A Note on the Future of Dickens. Index.* A NEAR VG+ copy with minor wear & some foxing.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 570
Title: Charles Dickens. Minerva Edition
Author: Chesterton, G K
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG+/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn. Thus,
Publisher: The Library Press
Place of Publication: London UK 216

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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Tail: The heel of the spine.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...