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The Pickwick Papers (2 vols.)

by DICKENS, Charles; VAN NOORDEN, C. (ed.)

$250 · Offered by Biblio · No longer available

Toronto: The Musson Book Company, nd. ca. 1912. The Topical Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 vols.: l, 430; xiv, 439 p. 25 cm. 43 original illustrations + 223 additional pictures of characters, places, scenes, etc. Blue cloth with gold and blank impressing. Top eges gilt. Light wear to edges. Vol. II has light soiling on front covers and a bit of wrinkling to rear cover near spine. Ink inscription on front free endpapers: "Prize in Surgery Class 1912 Presented to Miss Maud Beckett by H. A. Beatty." Paper browned. A few pages uncut. Occasional foxing or spots. Kate Maud Beckett, R.N. (1885-1960) is buried in Aylmer, Cemetery, Elgin Co., Ontario. She graduated from Toronto Western Hospital in 1912 with prizes in surgery and dietetics.

  • Publisher: The Musson Book Company
  • Year: 1912
  • Edition: The Topical Edition
  • Binding: hardcover

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