1842 Dickens First American Edition BARNABY RUDGE Victorian England Illustrated

Description: Barnaby Rudge By Charles Dickens ( Boz. ) Author of The "Old Curiosity Shop ," " Pickwick ," " Oliver Twist ," &c., &c. With Numerous Illustrations By Cattermole , Browne , And Sibson Published By Lea And Blanchard Philadelphia 1842 Hardcover. 5.75" x 9" 323 pages, including 4 pages for Master Humphrey's Clock at the rear. 181 years old. First American Edition of Dickens' novel Barnaby Rudge. Numerous illustrations. Barnaby Rudge was first printed in book form in 1841. The first American edition was printed in 1842. The cheerful, cozy domesticity of the Maypole Inn ; the uneasy relationship between dull-witted, tyrannical John Willet and elegant, cold-hearted John Chester and their sons; the sinister activities of the apprentices plotting to overthrow their masters: all these plunge the reader in the opening chapters into the tense atmosphere of England just before the Gordon Riots. When the storm breaks and Lord George Gordon embarks on this crazed ride into London, the action explodes into violence and mayhem. In his handling of the three riot leaders ( one of them being "Barnaby Rudge" - a man mentally blighted by a crime committed at his birth ), and in his depiction of an infuriated mob storming through the streets of London to burn down Newgate prison , Dickens is at his most brilliant and terrifying. ---------- Condition. As-found, as-seen in the photos; bad condition. Heavily worn, text pages are together ( except the final page ) but are separated from the covers. Cloth spine cover split and hanging and about 2/3 present. The first present page is the title-page, which is dated 1842. Some heavily worn pages. Foxed. A few separated pages. ( see the photos ) ---------- As-is and very rough, but very old. First American edition, and many great illustrations. Author Charles Dickens, born in 1812, was just 30 years old when this book was printed in the early days of the Victorian era. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

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