The Works of Charles Dickens ( 12 volumes)

London: Chapman & Hall Limited. Full Leather. Very Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrated. Type: Z A 12 volume set of the Dickens novels, bound in attractive full red leather. The set comprises Our Mutual Friend, Nicholas Nickelby, Old Curiosity Shop and A Tale of Two Cities, Sketches by Boz and Christmas Books, Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist and Hard Times, Barnaby Rudge and The Uncommercial Traveller, Dombey & Sons, Great Expectations and American Notes, David Copperfield, Matin Chuzzlewit, Pickwick Papers. All edges gilt and decoratie gilt and black embosed decoration to the spines and boards. Marbled end papers. All volumes contain frontispiece plates and a few other b/w illustration plates. A little rubbing to the head and tail of the spine of the volume of Barnaby Rudge, Oliver Twist, Pickwick Papers and Little Dorrit. A few bands on the spines are also a little rubbed as are many of the board corners -though the bindings remain very fresh, clean and bright. There is a little splitting to the fornt inner hinge to the volumes David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickelby and Little Dorrit and to the rear inner hinge of Little Dorrit - the boards remain firmly attached. The casing is sprung to the volumes Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, and Barnaby Rudge. the front board of Dombey & Sons has split from the spine, revealing the underlying binding and leaving the boards slightly shaken. neat pencil name and place inscription to the preliminary blank page of Nicholas Nickleby. There is a water stain with tide mark to half of the frontispiece plate and one other illustration plate of Old Curiosity Shop though with no other signs of moisture exposure. A little foxing to the edges of the spine strip of Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickelby. The front end paper of Oliver Twist has become detached from the rest of the textblock, several short tears and niks to the edges of the front end paper. One binding is sitting a little proud. All volumes have a little scattered foxing, mainly to the fore edges and page margins with more marked foxing to the volume Dombey & Sons, particulalry to the first few and last few pages, including frontispiece plate and title page. A few page corner tips are slightly turned. The volumes remain clean and tight. A good set in a very attractive binding.