Simon callow charles dickens biography charleston

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (NAP; University Of Pittsburgh= NAP). Signed and inscribed on the front end paper to George Crouch who was the Chairman of the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh from to Dr. Crouch was himself an author. He wrote six books on writing and effective communication, and was considered an authority on Charles Dickens. The signed inscription reads: 'To my friend George Crouch, the best chairman I ever had, from Bob Gale, April ' You can see the covers of the book in the photos. They are exceptionally clean. I don't see any soiling. The gilt lettering on the spine is nicely bright. The cover edges and corners are in excellent shape. The page edges look very clean. The book is square and the spine is straight. The binding is very solid from cover to cover with nicely tight pages and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in excellent condition. The pages are exceptionally clean. Scrolling through, I'm not finding any soiling. I'm not finding any creasing, no turned-down corners or placeholder creases. There are no markings. No attachments of any kind. And the signed inscription represents the only writing to be found in the book. You can

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