364 pages. 4 pages publisher's advertising. Frontis illustration.
Inferior paper and printing.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1880s, History
Dimensions
Height
7-1/2 in
Width
5 in
Book Details
Author
Charles Dickens
Publisher
Porter & Coates
Place Published
City
Philadelphia
State/Province
Pennsylvania
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1880
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Binding Notes
Bound in a uniform series binding of pale green cloth stamped in black to spine and cover. Cover and spine design has leaf and flower motif stamped on a diagonal with only the background alternating from solid black to stippling. "Alta Edition" stamped to center of cover with title in a rectangular bordered panel to the top. Gold title band to spine. Brown stone endpapers.
