THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
by CHARLES DICKENS. ILLUSTRATED BY PHIZ
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
CHAPMAN & HALL, LONDON, 1839 HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19TH CENTURY HALF LEATHER BINDING, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, AN EARLY ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH ISSUE POINTS SUCH AS CHAPMAN & HALL TO BOTTOM MARGIN OF THE FIRST FOUR PLATES AFTER FRONTIS, FRONTIS PLATE NOT LISTED IN THE PLATES LIST, VISITER FOR SISTER ON PAGE 123 & LATTER FOR LETTER ON PAGE 160. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 16 + 624 PAGES. SOME RUBBING TO MARBLED BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, INSCRIPTION DATED 1841 TO FRONT ENDPAPER, SOME WEAR TO INNER HINGE BETWEEN FRONT ENDPAPERS [NOTHING SERIOUS] HEAVY FOXING TO FRONTIS, THE USUAL LIGHT TO MODERATE FOXING OR OFFSETTING MOSTLY TO PLATES [ SEE IMAGES FOR EXAMPLES ] A FEW PAGES TO FRONT OF BOOK A LITTLE PROUD AT FORE-EDGE, PAGE 17 WITH REPAIR TO OUTER MARGIN HAVING REPAIRED A FEW SMALL CLOSED TEARS, PLATE OPPOSITE PAGE 518 HAS A CLOSED TEAR TO BOTTOM HALF, OVERALL THE USUAL FAULTS INTERNALLY WITH DICKENS BUT STILL A VERY GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY. EXTRA POSTGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Synopsis
Nicholas Nickleby is left responsible for his mother and sister when his father dies. The novel follows his attempt to succeed in supporting them, despite his uncle Ralph's antagonistic lack of belief in him. It is one of Dickens' early comic novels.
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- Bookseller
- Elder Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006563-NL7
- Title
- THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
- Author
- CHARLES DICKENS. ILLUSTRATED BY PHIZ
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- CHAPMAN & HALL, LONDON
- Date Published
- 1839
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
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