The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club [ Part Second] [ Signed By Judge Samuel Nelson]
by [Dickens, Charles]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Cooperstown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard. Fair. 1837. Hardcover. Book is cocked. Spine edges are worn, spine label is partly loose. Binding is cracked following the front free endpaper, front inner hinge has some small splits. Covers have some corner and edge wear and some small stains. Endpapers are foxed. Scattered pages have very slight or slight foxing. ; Ownership signature of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Nelson, signed S. W. Nelson on the front free endpaper. Part Second only. .
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- Bookseller
- Willis Monie Books - ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 343543
- Title
- The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club [ Part Second] [ Signed By Judge Samuel Nelson]
- Author
- [Dickens, Charles]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Carey, Lea & Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- Fiction, Charles Dickens, Samuel Nelson, Supreme Court Justice
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Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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,...
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