Search Results: Charles Dickens from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

Undated but pre 1923 hardback as pictured. Ex-library with typical markings. Binding is firm. Green cloth boards are rubbed with some edge wear and slight fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Text is lightly tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Page 15/16 has small tears at top and bottom near hinge. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Undated fifteen volume hardcover set of Dickens' Works. Faux calf leather three-quarter bindings with marbled boards. Head and tail bands, gilt tops, five raised bands on spines, marbled endpapers. Each book has previous owner signature in pencil on blank page in the frontmatter, all dated 1902. Edges are aged, bindings firm although a few of the books have boards slightly lifting away from the hinge and the marbled boards are scuffed at the botton edge. Small tear on back free endpaper of Tale of Two Cities/Sketches by Boz. Pencil annotation on back endpaper and highlighted (in pencil) on page 162 on Nicholas Nickleby. Small tear on back endpaper of England/Reprinted Pieces. Two light pencil marks on page 30/31 on Tale of Two Cities/Sketches by Boz. Pages in the front of Bleak House has handwriting, in ink, which appears to be a list of names.The complete list of titles are: Old Curiosity Shop/Humphrey's Clock, Oliver Twist/American Notes/Pictures from Italy, Our Mutual Friend, Pickwick Papers, Tale… Read More

Four volume set from the Household Edition published in 1862. V/I 322pp, V/II 318pp, V/III 312pp and V/IV 342pp. Unjacketed hardbacks, covers as shown with this listing are rubbed, bumped, scuffed and frayed (see photos). Edges are aged and there is some water damage. Text is foxed and mottled as are the illustrated frontispiece tissue guards. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (O-Z1)

1875 hardcover as pictured. This handsome small volume is part of a multivolume Dicken's set. It is in fair condition given its age. Three quarter bound in marbled paper and tan leather with gold stamping. Spine with raised bands, black and red stamped paste on labels and head/tail bands. Binding is intact though front hinge is cracked at preface and the preceding title page and frontispiece are missing. Marbled boards are rubbed and scuffed in places. Leather is scuffed in a few places as well. Leather spine is age tanned and dry with a few small cracks. Small chip in one paste on. Marbled endpapers and edges of text block. Text is age tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes 11 b&w illustrations by Phiz. We have several other volumes from the Carleton's New Illustrated Edition set in our Biblio store. These are listed by title. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OB2

Circa 1910 leather bound New Century Library Edition as pictured. Binding is firm. Maroon soft leather boards with gold stamping are rubbed and scuffed with considerable wear along spine. Spine is faded with a 1 inch tear along front hinge at top. Name stamped on marbled FEP. Gilt top edge of text block. Text is clean and bright without markings. Purple ribbon marked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sON4

1917 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Quarter bound with cloth spine and pictorial paper boards. Boards are scuffed, rubbed and lightly soiled with considerable wear at edges and corners leaving exposed cardboard. Text is age tanned but unmarked. Includes 8 short chapters centered on Dicken's child characters with 6 tipped in beautiful full color illustrations. One illustration is torn with a small chip. A second is partially detached. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sO2/B2

Printings span from 1898 to 1900. Printed from the edition that was carefully corrected by the author in 1867 and 1868. Three quarter binding with stamped spines as illustrated. Marbled endpapers, head & tail bands, gilt tops, rough-cut fore-edge. Illustrations have a tissue guard. Edges are aged and there is some foxing to the text, however, pages appear unmarked. Some volumes have detached covers and or spine, please ask for detailed list. Price includes additional costs for mailing. Your purchase helps our small public library. p
(Between D & E)