Great Expectations
Garden City, NY: International Collectors Library, [circa 1975].
Price: $18.00
Hardcover. Octavo. Green gilt boards and spine with silk bookmark. Light wear at the edges and bookplate on front pastedown, near fine.
Item #179241
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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