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Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People (Second Series)
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Macrone, 1837. 3/4 leather. Very Good. Along with the "First Series" of "Sketches by Boz", this, the "Second Series" (here offered by itself), constitutes Dickens' first published book. The 1st issue of the 1837 1st edition, with the 20-page publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at the rear. Tight and VG in its custom 3/4 dark morocco over marbled boards (a handsome "Tout" binding). Tasteful bookplate at the first blank endpaper, light wear to the outer hinges, very mild flaking along the spine. Light scuffing and rubbing along the panels as well. Still though, very presentable and well-preserved. 12mo, top-edge gilt.
Synopsis
Sketches by Boz collected a rich and strange mixture of reportage, observation, fancy and fiction centred on the metropolis. It was Dickens's first book, published when he was twenty-four, and in it we find him walking the London streets, in theatres, pawnshops, law-courts, prisons, along the Thames, and on the omnibus, missing nothing, recording and transforming urban and suburban life into new terrain for literature. Sketches is a remarkable achievement, and looks towards Dickens's giant novels in its profusion of characters, its glimpses of surreal modernity and its limitless fund of pathos and comic invention.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21614
- Title
- Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People (Second Series)
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- 3/4 leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Macrone
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- rare literary first editions, rare 19th century literature, rare Charles Dickens, rare Charles Dickens first editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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