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VGC. British Books. No date given but probably 1920's. Six volume set. Pocket edition. Burgundy hardbacks (illustration and gilt lettering on the front cover, gilt lettering and decoration to the spine, small nicks, dents, scratches and a couple of small marks on the covers and spines) in VGC, no Dj cover as issued. Illustrated with b/w plates. General introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Nice and clean pages with small ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small creases and ink marks on the edges of the pages, back cover for Little Dorrit has slightly split from the spine. The books are in VGC for its age with some shelf wear. A collectable pocket edition set.

New York: Peter Fenelon Collier. , Not dated, circa 1900.. Very good examples of Dickens’ works. Occasional marks to boards. Some copies with some fraying to spine headcaps, board hinges cracked. Interiors are clean and crisp. . Binding: Full teal patterned buckram boards. Pattern on board corners and spine. Blind rules on upper and lower. Spine with gilt lettering, blind rolls, and blind floral motifs. All edges speckled teal. , Notes: Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) was a renown English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most of them published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative… Read More

Kelmscott Society, New York, 1900. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc, N.D.. Hardcover. Illustrated by Browne, Hablot Knight.; Cruikshank, George and others. Early 20th Century. The National Library Edition. Complete in twenty volumes. Publisher navy blue half morocco over patterned cloth, spines elaborately decorated in gold and with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt, title pages printed in red and black. With illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne ('Phiz'), George Cruikshank, and others. Volumes appear unread. The spines are not faded and the spine ends are intact. There are some minor scuffs to leather in some spots. Overall a very good+ set that presents quite nicely. ; Octavo.

London: Chapman and Hall. Complete set of Charles Dickens' works. Octavo, 30 volumes, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, gilt tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Charles Dickens is generally considered the greatest writer of the Victorian period. His works are characterized by attacks on social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy. "His imaginative freshness, his deep and sincere tenderness and pity, his whole-souled humor that is seldom sharpened into wit, his superabundance of creative energy, have built a deathless niche in the temple of fame for Charles Dickens" (Kunitz & Haycraft, 184).

Chapman & Hall, London, 1860's-1870's. Illustrated Library Edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. VGC.Chapman & Hall, London ,1860's-1870's.Illustrated Library Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens in complete 26 octavo volumes(I to XXVI).This set was reissued between 1861 and 1874 with illustrations and was called the Illustrated Library Edition.Hardbacks(marbled front and back covers, gilt lettering to the spine) bound in mainly contemporary half leather(four volumes are in more recent half leather, small nicks and dents on the edges of the covers and spines) in VGC. Illustrated with many b/w plates.Nice and clean pages with small ink marks,creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,small foxing marks inside some of the pages, pages 49-50 in volume I are slightly loose, previous owner's name written on a sticker inside the front cover of each book except for 4 volumes, marbled endpapers and edges of the pages. The front cover of volume XII has come loose but is repairable. Illustrations by… Read More