The Works of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1892-3.
A fantastic set, with each volume illustrated. As far as we can trace, this seems to not have been originally published as a set, but released as individual volumes, but here we have them brought together, all in their original publisher's blue cloth bindings.
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Includes: Oliver Twist (1892); The Pickwick Papers (1892); A Tale of Two Cities (1893); Christmas Books (1892); Dombey and Son (1892); David Copperfield (1892); American Notes and Reprinted Pieces (1893); Martin Chuzzlewit (1892); A Child's History of England (1893); Edwin Drood (1893); Nicholas Nickleby (1892); Little Dorrit (1893); Bleak House (1893); Hard Times and Pictures of Italy (1893); The Old Curiosity Shop (1892); Christmas Stories (1893); Great Expectations (1893); Our Mutual Friend (1893); The Uncommercial Traveller (1893); Sketches by Boz (1892); Barnaby Rudge (1892).
Size: 132 x 196 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
Contemporary full blue cloth, boards stamped in bind, the initials of Charles Dickens of the front and Chapman & Hall on the rear. Generally the set shows very attractively on the shelf, with the bindings a little rubbed, some slightly discoloured, but generally very good. All boards attached. Some volumes with some text block and spine separation, some of which have cracked in the text block but with the leaves remaining attached but fragile, others with a few leaves detached or loose. Some volumes contain engraved title pages. Front blank and half title of the Uncommercial Traveller and Hard Times untrimmed at the top. Generally very clean through all of the text blocks, text legible. The volumes were not collated for a lack of an authoritative source which couldn't be located, but they do appear to be complete despite a few volumes with detached leaves or gatherings.
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