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Illustrated with steel portraits and engravings from the original designs by browne, cruikshank, leech and others. The answer is the famous first edition of the charles dickens book a christmas carol. What would be the value of a set of 4 hardcover books by charles dickensthe old curiosity shop, a tale of two cities, little dorrit, and the adventures of oliver twist. This immortal novel written by charles dickens is easily one of the most loved christmas stories ever written, while the scarcity of its first edition has given some fortunate book collectors a.
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Christmas carol first edition charles dickens bauman. Charles john huffam dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the worlds bestknown fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the victorian era. I have an original etching of kenilworth castle signed by c dickens. Warren, whose price guide books have been the authority on collectibles values since 1985. Great expectations and the uncommercial traveller by charles dickens. I am interested in finding the value of the following books. You should also avoid treating leather bindings with oil. First editions 1964 can fetch thousands of dollars. This could give you an idea about the price of your own book. If you own one of these rare books, youre sitting on a. You can also choose to limit your search to first editions, signed editions, or hardcover. First editions of all five of charles dickens christmas bookschief among them a first issue of his immortal christmas carol, the veritable bible of christmasillustrated with 63 engravings, four in color, by leech, maclise, stanfield, doyle and landseer, all books in. My interest started with charlie and the chocolate factory, by roald dahl. Dickens, charles aquatint copperplate process by which the plate is bitten by exposure to acid.
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First edition of charles dickenss first book, sketches by boz 1836. Charles john huffman dickens 7 february 1812 9 june 1870 was an english writer notable of social commentary of the victorian era. Collectible books for sale, antique books, first edition book. If an antique book is torn or damaged, then do not use glue or tape on the pages and bindings, as this can devalue it. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at.
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