OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 volumes xi [i], 320; vii [i], 306pp. 40 engraved plates by Marcus Stone. Original red haf-calf binding with marbled boards. Pub. slip at p1 bound-in explaining the meaning of the title 'Our Mutual Friend' an be found at p84. Lacking the adverts at the rear. First edition in book form, first issue with 'pricipal' for 'principal' (Vol II, p. 115, 14 lines up). Stab holes from the parts present. Fine gilt decorated spine with morocco black and red labels with attractive tooled decoration. Near fine but some shlf rubbing to the marbled papers. A little foxing to the free-endpapers but a clean text block.Each volume has the ovel bookplate of 'Charles Frederick Tootal Bibliotheca' to the inside front boards. S. Waterhouse Bookbinder Bradford tickets to both volumes. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. 1st edition. Hardback. V.g.. Illus. by Marcus Stone. 8vo.
Synopsis
Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is in many ways one of his most sophisticated works, combining deep psychological insight with rich social analysis. At one level it centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but in a deeper sense it's also about 'human values'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GT238
- Title
- OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Marcus Stone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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- Fine
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- Morocco
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