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Dickens: Martin Chuzzlewit ~ Lovell's Library 1883 ~ 2 Vols
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Martin Chuzzlewit (in 2 volumes)
Charles Dickens
Lovell's Library, John W. Lovell Company, New York. (1883) Vol. 5, No. 201 Part I & II, Sept. 11, 1883, "A Daily publication of the best current & standard literature." Part I, 429 pages, one page of ads at rear, adds on rear pane. Part II, 403 Pages (paginated 429 - 832), index of Charles Dickens' complete works appended at rear, 6 leaves of ads at rear, Lovell's Library Catalogue inside front & rear wraps, ad on rear pane. Duodecimo (7 1/8" X 4 3/4")
Softcover, perfect-bound, bi-color printed paper wraps. Great ads in rear. Condition overall is good to very good. Page edges have just a little dark spotting, very slight edge wear. The seller's stamp "R.A. Lockwood, Pharmacist, Red Bank N.J." is on the title page. Stamp's style is appropriate to the period of the publication.
John Wurtele Lovell was an independent American publisher who successfully challenged the established literary publishing houses of the mid-nineteenth century to publish popular and inexpensive editions of classic British literature, science and religion. Lovell's Library was a collection of hundreds of separate titles, published beginning in 1883 as a weekly series, later becoming tri-weekly and finally as a daily publication. Publication of these editions continued until 1890. At it's peak, Lovell's company published over seven million cheap books a year, earning him the nickname of Book-A-Day Lovell. The paperback editions sold for ten, fifteen, twenty or thirty cents. There were also hardcover editions of many of the better selling or better known works.
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