1867-1868 The Works of Charles Dickens
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Description
Illustrated, Leather Binding
An impressive fourteen volume set of Chapman and Hall's 'The Charles Dickens Edition' of the works of Charles Dickens, beautifully uniformly bound in half calf, with gilt detailing to back strips.
Published in 1867:
'Dombey and Sons', illustrated with eight plates.
'The Old Curiosity Shop', illustrated with eight plates.
'The Personal History of David Copperfield', illustrated with eight plates.
'The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club', illustrated with eight plates.
'Martin Chuzzlewit', illustrated with eight plates.
'Nicholas Nickleby', illustrated with eight plates.
'Oliver Twist', illustrated with eight plates.
Published in 1868:
'Our Mutual Friend', illustrated with eight plates.
'Sketches by Boz', illustrated with eight plates.
'A Tale of Two Cities', illustrated with eight plates.
'Bleak House', illustrated with eight plates.
'Christmas Books', illustrated with eight plates.
'American Notes and Reprinted Pieces', illustrated with eight plates.
'Barnaby Rudge', illustrated with eight plates.
Collated, complete.
Dickens is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
With the stamp of bookseller Edmund Durrant to a front blank of each volume.
Condition
In half calf bindings, with gilt detailing to back strips, and cloth covered boards. Externally, lovely. A touch of fading to back strips, as is common with calf of this shade. A touch of rubbing to back strip heads and tails. Tail of front joint of Bleak House starting, with boards firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned, with instances of significant spotting to each volume, most concentrated to leaves surrounding plates.
Very Good
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