Excerpts from the Pickwick Papers - A Short One Showing, Among Other Matters, How Mr. Pickwick Undertook to Drive, and Mr. Winkle to Ride: And How They Both Did It
none: none, 1967.
Price: $18.00
Hardcover. Limited. Very good. No dustwrapper. #304 of 1300. Some light rubbing to spine ends. Front pictorial board. Pictorials through out pages. Corners are bumped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Charles Dickens
birth name: Charles John Huffman Dickens
born: 2/7/1812
died: 6/9/1870
nationality: Great Britain
Biography
English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Random Dickens trivia - the first professional baseball team was the Dolly Vardens, a Philadelphia, PA all-African-American, all-female baseball team formed in 1867 (two years before the Cincinnati Red Stockings). Their name came from a character in the Dickens's novella Barnaby Rudge. The Dolly Vardens folded after a short time due to lack of support.more