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Little Dorrit: With Illustrations by H.K. Browne
by DICKENS, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. BROWNE, Hablot Knight. First edition, in original monthly parts: twenty numbers bound in nineteen as issued, in the original blue printed wrappers. With forty inserted plates. First state text in XV with "Rigaud" for "Blandois."
Original wrappers with the usual minor chipping and occasional splitting along spines. Some discreet repairs, a few stains and tears to wrappers, light edge-wear, some light foxing to plates. Still, a bright, very nice copy. Front wrapper of part I, with a 3-inch closed tear. Chemised and housed in a half green morocco pull-off case, spine faded to brown.
In the back of part XVI, lacking the correction slip and the "32 Fleet St." four-page slip on green paper; otherwise all parts collates complete with all wrappers correct, all"Advertisers," and all back ads. In the back ad of part XI, all ads are present but bound in a different order than as stated in Hatton & Cleaver. Part XVIII, complete with all text pages, but they are bound in incorrect order. Part VII with tearing to lower outer corner of front ads, (pg 3-6), minimally affecting text. Part XIII with a corner torn on the ad slip for "Household Words," not affecting text.
Hatton and Cleaver, 305-333. Smith, Dickens, I, 12.
HBS 68171.
$2,000.
Original wrappers with the usual minor chipping and occasional splitting along spines. Some discreet repairs, a few stains and tears to wrappers, light edge-wear, some light foxing to plates. Still, a bright, very nice copy. Front wrapper of part I, with a 3-inch closed tear. Chemised and housed in a half green morocco pull-off case, spine faded to brown.
In the back of part XVI, lacking the correction slip and the "32 Fleet St." four-page slip on green paper; otherwise all parts collates complete with all wrappers correct, all"Advertisers," and all back ads. In the back ad of part XI, all ads are present but bound in a different order than as stated in Hatton & Cleaver. Part XVIII, complete with all text pages, but they are bound in incorrect order. Part VII with tearing to lower outer corner of front ads, (pg 3-6), minimally affecting text. Part XIII with a corner torn on the ad slip for "Household Words," not affecting text.
Hatton and Cleaver, 305-333. Smith, Dickens, I, 12.
HBS 68171.
$2,000.
Synopsis
Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtors' prisons & mdash ; in which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The representative prison in this case is the Marshalsea where the author's own father had been imprisoned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68171
- Title
- Little Dorrit
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Illustrator
- BROWNE, Hablot Knight
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- English Literature|Illustrated Books|Nineteenth-Century Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Biblio member since 2006
Beverly Hills, California
About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Owned and operated by Ben Weinstein, who has been in the business of antiquarian books for over fifty years, Heritage Book Shop\'s inventory consists of some of the finest items in the areas of first editions, early printed books, bindings, illustrated books, literature, and manuscripts. Heritage Book Shop serves a clientele base consisting of private collectors as well as esteemed public institutions. We take great pride in the dedication we offer our clients. Whether you are building a first-rate collection of a favorite author or an extensive library, we look forward to offering the experience of our knowledgeable and helpful staff.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First State
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- Wrappers
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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...
- 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...
- Spine
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