The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.
Price: $1,000.00
Hardcover. First edition, second state with the frontispiece engraving corrected. Bound by Nelson of Glasgow in half green morocco and green cloth. Ruled and titled, and all edges gilt. Spine slightly darkened, else a sound, near fine copy with clean plates with just the slightest of tanning.
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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