The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
by DICKENS, Charles
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- Hardcover
- first
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chapman and Hall, London., 1839. First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 624. 39 plates by Phiz (Hablot K. Brown) and frontispiece portrait engraving after D. Maclise. Has several (not all) of the first issue points: frontispiece not listed; first four plates have ''Chapman & Hall'' at foot; ''latter'' for ''letter'' l. 43, p.160. Nineteenth century binding of half green morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration to spine, marbled boards and endpapers.Foxing to almost all of the plates, mostly in the margins. Some rubbing to joints, bands and corners. Very good.
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
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DICKENSC021443
- Title
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall, London.
- Date Published
- 1839
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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