The Battle Of Life
by Dickens, Charles
Once upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought. It was fought upon a long summer day when the waving grass was green. Many a wild flower formed by the Almighty Hand to be a perfumed goblet for the dew, felt its enamelled cup filled high with blood that day, and shrinking dropped. Many an insect deriving its delicate colour from harmless leaves and herbs, was stained anew that day by dying men, and marked its frightened way with an unnatural track.
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The Battle of Life
by Dickens, Charles
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Pasadena, California, USA
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition. Fine. Vignette title in the fourth state (Smith II.8). Small 8vo: [viii], 175, [1], [2]; complete. Tipped onto the advertisement leaf is a smaller leaf advertising "Monsieur Vlieland's Works," not described in Smith. A lovely, Fine copy with some contemporary ownership markings at the front end papers, otherwise an excellent copy… Read more about this item Item Price
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Alliance, Ohio, USA
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London: Bradbury & Evans. VG. 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 3rd issue with engraved half title page & frontis plate without publishers name at the bottom. Bound in publishers original r ibbed red cloth, 16mo size, 175 pages. Spine lined and title printed i n gold. Wood-engravings throughout text by John Leech, Daniel Maclise, and others. No… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BATTLE OF LIFE - A LOVE STORY
by Charles Dickens
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Blue Hill, Maine, USA
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Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Co.. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 192 pages. No date. c 1900. Condition is Very Good; Gilt title on spine dull, gilt printing on front cover partially rubbed off, endpapers lightly toned, text is very clean, binding is tight. STK Item Price
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The Battle of Life (In Shorthand)
by Charles Dickens
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 130 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Text is in shorthand. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Item Price
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The Battle of Life
by Charles DIckens
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Pleasant Valley, New York, USA
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition, 4th State. Hardcover. Very good. David Perdue. One of the Dickens'annual Christmas Books, 175 highly illustrated pages. The gilt on the embossed cover is bright. and the interior is in very good shape.
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by DICKENS, Charles.
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London, GBR
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London: Bradbury & Evans,, 1846. Dickens at Christmas First edition, second state, rather than the far more common fourth state. The Battle of Life is the fourth of Dickens's Christmas books. The first state of the engraved title page has "A love story" without a banner, the second state with a banner and without a figure. Both were available… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BATTLE OF LIFE
by Dickens, Charles
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, fourth state. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, fourth state. Numerous b/w decorations and illustrations with a vignette and frontispiece. 175 pp. Hardcover. 16mo. Full dark green leather. Five raised bands ruled in gilt,… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Charles Dickens
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. The fourth state of the first edition of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, with charming illustrations. The first edition, fourth state of this work, with the engraved title page showing an angel holding a banner, with no publisher's information.Illustrated with a frontispiece, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle of Life: A Love Story
by DICKENS, Charles
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. Hardcover. Good. First edition, fourth state. Bookplate front pastedown, lacking the top one inch of the spine, not affecting any text, light soiling to spine and along edges of boards. This is the fourth state with the frontispiece vignette including an angel holding the banner and no publisher's information. Item Price
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The Battle of Life: A Love Story
by Dickens, Charles
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Webster, New York, USA
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. Half-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Lacks title page and first two illustrations, but appears to be some state of the 1846 first edition (unable to determine state without title page). Boards rubbed, owner bookplate and ink name on front endpaper, front and end matter heavily foxed. 175 pp. Dark green leather, gilt titles &… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle of Life
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Agoura, California, USA
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NZ$385.78
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 1846. Full Leather. VG. 175 pp. ill. Pretty copy in full red morocco binding, Gilt rules and gilt inner dentelles. Raised spine bands with gilt deco in bands. Original front cover bound in front and the original spine and rear board bound in rear. Spot where small bookseller ticket had been removed from… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle of Life: A Love Story
by Charles Dickens
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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NZ$533.98
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London: Bradbury & Evans , 1846. First edition. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4.5". D Maclise; R Dole; C Stanfield; J Leech. A first edition, fourth issue of Charles Dickens's lesser known Christmas book, complete with thirteen plates of illustrations. The fourth of Dickens's Christmas Books, narrating of a charming love story set in an English village that stands… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle of Life; A Love Story
by Dickens, Charles
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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NZ$265.76
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Fourth State. Good. Unsigned half-leather binding, rubbed at the edges and surface, a small chip at the head of the spine. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, former owner's bookplate inside the front board, inscription on the second front free endpaper, lacking the publisher's ad. One… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle of Life.
by DICKENS, Charles.
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London, GBR
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New York: Harper & Brothers,, 1847. The bibliographer's copy First US edition, beating its competitors by a single day - it was published on 26 January 1847, and three rival editions were published on 27 January. This was the copy of the bibliographer Walter Smith, with his pencilled ownership signature on the title page, and is the copy photographed… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle of Life
by DICKENS, Charles
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- 1846
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New York, New York, USA
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NZ$685.84
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London: bradbury & evans, 1846. First. hardcover. very good(-). Illustrated throughout by Dalziel, Leech, Maclise et al. Thin 12mo, full red straight grained morocco , with gilt borders & dentelles by Bayntun; marbled end-papers, all edges gilt; joints strengthened. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Fourth issue, with the cupid bearing the scroll, and without the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle of Life (A Love Story); The Cricket on the Hearth (A Fairy Tale of Home) [2 miniature volumes]
by Dickens, Charles
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- Used - , both volumes: slight rubbing to lower boards, slight loosening of first few leaves, very good condition
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- Original Edition
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- , 1906
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- , red suede with black rules to covers, black titles to upper boards, gilt titles to spines, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt,
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, GBR
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, two miniature volumes, book 1: 368 pages, 8 engraved illustrations (with some titles, including frontispieces); book 2: 390 pages, 8 engraved illustrations (with some titles, including frontispieces), inscription to upper pastedowns of both volumes, Item Price
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The Battle of Life: A Love Story
by DICKENS, CHARLES
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- 1846
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$807.04
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London: Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Bound in red cloth with gilt decoration to front board & to spine; there is also blindstamping decoration to boards. Gilt to all page edges. Illustrated throughout by various artists in black & white. Usual wear to outer extremities;… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle of Life
by Dickens, Charles
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- 1899
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Sebago, Maine, USA
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NZ$300.06
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London: Chapman & Hall. VG. 1899. Signed by Dickens' great great grandson.Half dark green leather with marbled boards. Edge wear, nick on spine. Owner name fep. . Nice Christmas present. Signed by Gerald Charles Dickens on 11/29/02 after his performance of "A Child's Journey with Dickens" in Buxton, Maine. The story written by Kate Douglas Wiggin was about… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle Of Life
by Charles Dickens
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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NZ$27.62
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A.& F.Pears Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Brown illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Battle Of Life - A Love Story
by Charles Dickens
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1893
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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NZ$35.24
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George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1893. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Marbled paper covered boards with red cloth to spine. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, frontispiece detached but still present. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers… Read more about this item Item Price
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