Original green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt-decorated spine
1850 · London
by Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]
London: Chapman & Hall, 1850. 1st Cheap edition (in volume form). Original green blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt-decorated spine. VG (contemporary prior owner sig on h-t pg/sp sunned/hd & tail of spine shows some chipping & fraying).. xiv, [2], 303, [1 (blank)] pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 8vo.
The "Cheap" edition the first systematic reissuance of Dickens' works and begun in 1847, with Pickwick Papers, in weekly, monthly & volume formats. The edition characterised by the double column format and illustrated solely with a frontispiece, and contains a new preface by Dickens written expressly for this edition. (Inventory #: 4967.3)
The "Cheap" edition the first systematic reissuance of Dickens' works and begun in 1847, with Pickwick Papers, in weekly, monthly & volume formats. The edition characterised by the double column format and illustrated solely with a frontispiece, and contains a new preface by Dickens written expressly for this edition. (Inventory #: 4967.3)
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