List No. 3. Catalogue of Books. Dickens and Thackeray
New York: Howard J. Mahan, [circa 1940?].
Price: $35.00
Softcover. 16mo., 16cm. 12pp. Stapled printed coated self-wrappers. Faint vertical crease, soiling, very good.
Item #342708
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