Author: Dickens, Charles.
Title: Pictures from Italy (first edition).
Description: Bradbury & Evans, London, 1846. 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second state with "Twentieth Edition." noted in ad at rear for Cricket on the Hearth. Pp. 270, (2) ads, woodcut ill. on title page, others in text, 12mo, original green blindstamped cloth, gilt titles. Contents mostly VG with original hinges, clean leaves, no owner's inscriptions. Title page has a one-inch square cut from the upper corner. Rear hing cracking a bit but firm. The cloth bumped and worn through a bit at the tips but very bright and clean. Cloth and titles not faded. About 1/8 loss due to wear at head and tail of backstrip, few small chips to green covering along rear joint. Quite an attractive copy overall, priced well with respect to condition. Good.

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