A Child's Dream of a Star
by Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by Billings, Hammatt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871. Original Cloth. First Edition. The first separate edition of this tale published in book form,. Originally published in 1850 as a selection in "Household Words", and again in 1858 in book form in the compliation "Reprinted Pieces." No contemporary English edition accompanied the American publication and it was not until 1899 that a separate book edition was privately printed in Great Britain. Bound in original terra cotta cloth stamped in black and gold. Cloth has one small nick on bevel of front board, else fine. Illustrated with 11 engravings by Hammatt Billings. A.e.g. Printed on rectos only, with all plates appearing on versos of blank page. Usually found in green cloth, this copy conforms to Podeschi's second copy, no priority. An attractive copy with cloth clean and gilt bright. Very good+. Eckel p.186-7; Podeschi B203. Hardcover. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000463
- Title
- A Child's Dream of a Star
- Author
- Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by Billings, Hammatt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- DICKENS, ORIGINAL CLOTH, FIRST EDITION, DICKENSIANA BILLINGS, HAMMATT DICKENS EDITIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dickens First Editions; Alibris2;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.