Author: DICKENS, CHARLES (AUTHOR); CHESTERTON, G. K. (INTRODUCTION)
Title: Martin Chuzzlewit (Everyman's Library #241)
Description: London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1947. Hardcover. A 1947 reprint of the 1907 issuance. An Everyman's Library copy of the sixth novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), first published serially in 1843. "Martin Chuzzlewit" did not achieve the high level of popularity of some of Mr. Dickens's other works, resulting in financial difficulty for Dickens. As a result, he wrote his famous "A Christmas Carol" as a means of earning additional money. Includes an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Everyman's Library #241, an entry in EL's Fiction series. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full carmine cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, unmarked text and tightly-bound but with small tears near gutter of a leaf near front of book.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xviii, 803, 8 (ads) pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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