David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
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Niagara Books is proud to offer this faux-leather edition of David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, published in 1980 by the Franklin Library of Franklin Center, Pennsylvania.
This volume of Dickens’s classic is bound in chocolate-brown faux leather with gilt designs on the spine and boards. Overall the book is in good + condition and does not have a dust jacket. There are four raised ribs and the title, author and designs are gilt. In addition, this book has gilt edged pages. All four corners are mildly bumped and rubbed. Although the page edges are lightly dinged and there is some kind of white stain (possibly paint) on the bottom edge (see picture). The binding is tight and all text block and fly-leaves are all intact and all pages are generally free from writing or other markings. The volume measures 9 ¼ x 5 ¾ x 2 and has 803 pages.
Please note, although I cannot smell smoke or mustiness in this book, I cannot guarantee that this book came from a smoke or pet free home.
About the Book
This OOP book is part of the Franklin Library 100 Greatest Books of All Time collection and is illustrated by Paul Degan.
About the Author
According to Wikipedia:
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters.
Many of his novels, with their recurrent theme of social reform, first appeared in magazines in serialized form, a popular format at the time. Unlike other authors who completed entire novels before serialization, Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. The practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by cliffhangers to keep the public looking forward to the next installment. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print.
His work has been praised for its mastery of prose and unique personalities by writers such as George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton, though the same characteristics prompted others, such as Henry James and Virginia Woolf, to criticize him for sentimentality and implausibility.
Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
Date: 1980
Format: Faux Leather - Fine Binding
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