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1936 Doubleday, Doran Edition

Charles Dickens: His Life and Work

Stephen Leacock
Doubleday, Doran, 1936. Later printing.
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What we checked, and where to see itRCB-4cf673f34c2a · 8 photographs of this copy
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Title page reads 'Charles Dickens: His Life and Work by Stephen Leacock', Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc., Garden City / New York, 1936
examined on the copy in hand
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Copyright page states 'COPYRIGHT, 1933, 1934 BY DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, INC.'
examined on the copy in hand
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'PRINTED AT THE Country Life Press, GARDEN CITY, N.Y., U.S.A.'
examined on the copy in hand
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Title-page year (1936) postdates the copyright dates (1933/1934), indicating a reprint
examined on the copy in hand
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Edition not established either way from the copy in hand.
not established either way; recorded because we checked
Flaws, each one named
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sunned/faded and soiled spine
noted on the copy in hand
2
dark stain/spot to upper rear board
see it — photograph 3
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smaller scattered marks to rear board
noted on the copy in hand
4
rubbing and wear to spine ends and corners
noted on the copy in hand
5
ink 'X' mark in margin of page 157
see it — photograph 7
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toned/tanned page-block edges
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
1936 Doubleday, Doran Edition

What a true first shows: First published 1933/1934 (US: Doubleday, Doran, copyright 1933, 1934). A true first would carry a title page dated to the first year of issue, not a later dateline.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.