El Abismo

Bibliographic record 0792
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Dickens, Charles ; Collins, Wilkie
Title
El Abismo
Statement of responsibility
Traducción de Joaquín Gallardo
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Librería-Imprenta D. Ribó
Printer
Casa Editorial de Eduardo Domènech, Consejo de Ciento, Barcelona
Publication date
1913
Imprint statement
Barcelona : Librería-Imprenta D. Ribó, 1913
Language
Spanish
Original work
No Thoroughfare
Original language
English
Translator
Gallardo, Joaquín
2. Physical description
Collation
274 p.
Illustrations
Not observed in the supplied images
Maps
Does not contain
Format
Not identified
Dimensions
18,5 × 10,5 cm
Printer's signatures
No observadas en las imágenes aportadas
Paper type
Laid paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman type; text in continuous lines
Notes on physical description
Paper lightly yellowed
3. Binding
Binding type
Publisher's binding
Materials
Cloth over boards
Colours
Brown, with stamped decoration and gilding
Decoration
Front board with a stamped border, a frieze of figures and «Dickens / El Abismo» in Art-Nouveau gilt lettering
Spine
«EL ABISMO» and «Dickens y Collins» in stamped panels
Notes
Cloth rubbed at caps, edges and corners; text block firm
4. Content
Content description
Spanish translation, by Joaquín Gallardo, of No Thoroughfare, written jointly by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. A tale of intrigue structured in theatrical form, in an «Overture» and four acts —with episodes such as «The curtain rises», «Vendale declares himself», «The safety clock» or «Obenreizer's victory»—, following a plot of identities, inheritances and danger that culminates in the Alps.
5. General notes
General notes
Spanish translation of No Thoroughfare by Dickens and Wilkie Collins, by Joaquín Gallardo (Librería-Imprenta D. Ribó, Barcelona), printed at the Casa Editorial de Eduardo Domènech in 1913. Publisher's binding in stamped cloth. From the library of Alfred Gallart.
6. Subjects
Main subject
English literature
Subsubjects
Novel; tale of intrigue; translation; 19th century; Dickens; Collins
Keywords
Dickens; Wilkie Collins; No Thoroughfare; El Abismo; Joaquín Gallardo; D. Ribó
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
0792
Condition
Good; text block firm and complete; cloth rubbed at caps, edges and corners
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not identified
Manuscript annotations
Not identified
Dedications
Not identified
Stamps
Not identified
Restorations
Not identified