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Oliver Twist: Household Edition
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist complete in two volumes. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.
FON on FFEP of each volume.
Covers are faded and bumped, with fraying on the top of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. Volume 1 is cracked at pages 62, 94, & 160. Volume 2 is cracked at half-title and page 160; torn edge on half-title.
FON on FFEP of each volume.
Covers are faded and bumped, with fraying on the top of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains. Volume 1 is cracked at pages 62, 94, & 160. Volume 2 is cracked at half-title and page 160; torn edge on half-title.
Synopsis
Oliver Twist , published in 1838, became one of English writer Charles Dickens's better-known stories and was the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist. Oliver Twist ( Parish Boy's Progress ) focuses on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into an apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the "Artful Dodger", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by an elderly criminal Fagin . The book shows an unromantic portrayal of criminals and the treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PWK Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DH4
- Title
- Oliver Twist
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- F.O.C. Darley and John Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Two volumes.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sheldon and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1861
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- dickens, oliver twist, household edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- PWK Novels; Works of Charles Dickens; Works of Charles Dickens: Household Edition;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
PWK Books
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About the Seller
PWK Books
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Plano, Texas
About PWK Books
Independent seller of antiquarian books. Prices as listed. PWK Books sells exclusively through Biblio.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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