Little Dorrit Charles Dickens First Book Edition Fine Signed-Binding 1857
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens Hardcover First Book Edition (originally issued as a magazine serial, 19 installments 1855-7) Bradbury and Evans 1857. Bound by Morrell Book Binder, London, probably circa 1900, very small stamp on the top edge of the ffep: Morrell. Contains 39 illustrated plate engravings (including frontispiece). Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens author of A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, etc. Hardcover First Book Edition (originally issued as a magazine serial, 19 installments 1855-7) Bradbury and Evans, 1857.
Fine Signed-Binding Bound by Morrell Book Binder, London, probably circa 1900, very small stamp on the top edge of the ffep: Morrell. NOTE: a signed-binding means the binding was signed by the bookbinder, not by the author. Size, Collation and Condition : Very nice size 8vo/Octavo, 9"x5.5"x1.75 (22.75x14x4.5cm), bound by Morrell Book Binder, London, in light brown leather with parallel lines on front and back cover edges, decorative spine and bands.
(original bindings of Dickens books are sometimes quite rare). Frontispiece, engraved Title Page, letterpress Title Page, Dedication (iii), Preface (v-vii), Contents (ix-xii), List of Plates (xiii-xiv), Main Text (1-625). Beautiful book, with almost NO foxing on any of the pages, very clean, not often found in this condition.Just about Fine binding in Near Fine+ to Fine pages. NOTE: The picture is the actual item for sale. The picture is NOT a stock photo. Some pictures may have a slight blue colour to the gutter.
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- Subject: Literature & Fiction
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Topic: Classics
- Binding: Fine Binding
- Publisher: Bradbury and Evans
- Year Printed: 1857
- Place of Publication: London
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Region: Europe
- Language: English
- Illustrator: H. Browne
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States