Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities All The Year Round 7 Volume Set
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: No. 11, Wellington Street North, 1859. First edition. All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal. London: C. Whiting for No. 26 Wellington Street, Volumes I-II, 30 April 1859 - 7 April 1860; Volumes IV-VIII, 13 October 1860 - 21 February 1863.
FIRST APPEARANCES of A Tale of Two Cities (nos.1-31) and Great Expectations (nos.84-119) in serialized form. A Tale of Two Cities had first appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from 30 April to 26 November 1859. All the Year Round was considered a replacement or continuation of Household Words, which had ceased publication in 1857. Vol.I-II and IV-VIII of All the Year Round contain many other pieces by Dickens including several sketches which afterwards appeared in book form as The Uncommercial Traveller. Eckel, pp. 194-195; Gimbel E9-21.
These books measure approximately 9.5" x 6" with over 600 numbered pages in each volume. Volume III is missing.
Good overall condition. General shelf wear. Volume 4 & 5 front and rear boards are loose and cracked. Volume 6 front board cracked. Volume 7 front and rear boards cracked. Volume 8 rear board cracked.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (L4-2).
FIRST APPEARANCES of A Tale of Two Cities (nos.1-31) and Great Expectations (nos.84-119) in serialized form. A Tale of Two Cities had first appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from 30 April to 26 November 1859. All the Year Round was considered a replacement or continuation of Household Words, which had ceased publication in 1857. Vol.I-II and IV-VIII of All the Year Round contain many other pieces by Dickens including several sketches which afterwards appeared in book form as The Uncommercial Traveller. Eckel, pp. 194-195; Gimbel E9-21.
These books measure approximately 9.5" x 6" with over 600 numbered pages in each volume. Volume III is missing.
Good overall condition. General shelf wear. Volume 4 & 5 front and rear boards are loose and cracked. Volume 6 front board cracked. Volume 7 front and rear boards cracked. Volume 8 rear board cracked.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (L4-2).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3870
- Title
- Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities All The Year Round 7 Volume Set
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- No. 11, Wellington Street North
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1859
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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