Dombey & Son Vol 2, Heron Centennial Edition.
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG+/ND
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About This Item
Heron Books, 1967-01-01. 1st. Edn. Thus 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG+/ND. Box X09 HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus* Imp: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1967* Publisher: Heron Books.* Binding and cover condition: Green simulated leather, gilt title to spine, decorations & logo to face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured and patterned end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top and fore edges, otherwise no visible faults. Yellow ribbon place marker bound in. VG++.* Illustrations: Several b/w original line drawings within text.* Pages: 365 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Description: One in the Heron Books Centennial Edition of Dickens works. Dombey and Son Vol 2. was first printed in serialised form in 1846 and in book form in 1848. A novel about the development of Victorian commerce and commonwealth. The development of the Railway and the world wide trade which made some sections of society much richer and some much poorer.* A NEAR FINE copy with ONLY MINOR FAULTS. No dust jacket.* 0
Synopsis
Bernice Eisenstein was born in 1949 in Toronto, shortly after her parents immigrated to Canada. She is an artist whose illustrations have appeared in a variety of Canadian magazines and periodicals, including the Globe and Mail . She has worked as a freelance editor while also writing the occasional book review for the Globe and Mail . She lives in Toronto. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 964
- Title
- Dombey & Son Vol 2, Heron Centennial Edition.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG+/ND
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. Thus 1st. Imp.
- Publisher
- Heron Books
- Date Published
- 1967-01-01
- Pages
- 366
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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