Beck Valley Books

Undated, circa 1890. ark brown hardcovers with leather binding to corners and spine, bumped/torn at corners and top/bottom of spine, spine split from front and back covers. Gilted page edges. Some brown spotting due to age. A CHILDS HISTORY OF ENGLAND - Dickens's self-imposed task in A Child's History of England make it particularly revealing of his attitudes to history, morality (personal and social), children and education. With 15 illustrations by J McL Ralston. AMERICAN NOTES AND PICTURES FROM ITALY - With 18 illustrations by AB Frost and Gordon Thomson. THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD REPRINTED PIECES AND OTHER STORIES - Dickens' last novel is a mystery built around a presumed crime - the murder of a nephew by his uncle. Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. Beyondthe preoccupying fact of this intriguing crime, however, the novel also offers readers a characteristically Dickensian mix of the fantastical world of the imagination and a vibrantly journalistic depiction of gritty reality. With 30 illustrations by L Fildes, EG Dalziel and F Barnard. Other volumes available.


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Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Published Date: 1890
Format: Hardback
Condition: Fair Good
First Copy: N
Signed: N
Price: £14.99