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Our Mutual Friend.

by DICKENS, Charles

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Chapman and Hall, London., 1865. First edition in book form. Octavo. Two volumes bound into one, retaining both half-title pages, probably in about 1880. pp xii, 320; viii, 309. First issue misspelling ''pricipal'' on page 115 of second volume. The author's last completed novel and the only one to be illustrated by Marcus Stone. The plates are engraved by the Dalziel Brothers and W.T. Green. Half red morocco over marbled boards, raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers.Armorial bookplate Steuart Augustus Sillem on front pastedown and his ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper. Occasional faint foxing to the plates. Covers a bit rubbed at the edges. Very good.

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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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Title
Our Mutual Friend.
Author
DICKENS, Charles
Book Condition
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Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Chapman and Hall, London.
Date Published
1865
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Morocco
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