Author: DICKENS, CHARLES (AUTHOR); KEEPING, CHARLES (ILLUSTRATIONS)
Title: Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of '80
Description: London: The Folio Society, 1987. Hardcover. ISBN: 0882720376. An attractive Folio Society illustrated edition in slipcase of the historical novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), first published in weekly installments in his Master Humphrey's Clock journal in 1841. The story is centered around the London Riots of 1780, known as the "Gordon Riots." With black & white drawings by Charles Keeping and an introduction for this edition by Christopher Hibbert. Portions of a publication offering details about this edition are laid in. --- In patterned orange paper-covered boards backed in dark green cloth, with diamond-patterned decorations and titling to spine in gilt; orange topstain. Volume housed in green paper-covered slipcase. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright and tightly-bound, though with a little foxing to textblock fore-edge & penciled price to front free endpaper. Slipcase with a little rubbing and scratching, else structurally sound. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xix, 610 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Everyman's Library Editions
Title: Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of '80
Description: London: The Folio Society, 1987. Hardcover. ISBN: 0882720376. An attractive Folio Society illustrated edition in slipcase of the historical novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), first published in weekly installments in his Master Humphrey's Clock journal in 1841. The story is centered around the London Riots of 1780, known as the "Gordon Riots." With black & white drawings by Charles Keeping and an introduction for this edition by Christopher Hibbert. Portions of a publication offering details about this edition are laid in. --- In patterned orange paper-covered boards backed in dark green cloth, with diamond-patterned decorations and titling to spine in gilt; orange topstain. Volume housed in green paper-covered slipcase. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright and tightly-bound, though with a little foxing to textblock fore-edge & penciled price to front free endpaper. Slipcase with a little rubbing and scratching, else structurally sound. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xix, 610 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Everyman's Library Editions
Price: US$ 26.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 87428
- Book number: 87428