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Little Dorrit (original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19)
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855. Original printed blue wrappers, (9 x 5.75 inches, 3.5 inches thick), housed in custom clamshell box. 19 parts in 20, illustrated by H.K. Browne. First Edition/First Issue, with errata slip in part XVI ("Rigaud" should have been "Blandois"), and Uncorrected errors in part XV. Showing some expected wear and chipping, heaviest to No. 1. Spine of box is sunned. Remains a desirable copy of the scarce first issue.. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. Illus. by H.K. Browne. Octavo.
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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- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005219
- Title
- Little Dorrit (original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19)
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- H.K. Browne
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Dickens
- Size
- Octavo
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
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