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Complete with 18 A3 sized photogravure image plates in six volumes illustrated by Frederick Barnard, and numerous woodblock engravings by other artists. Descriptive content written by the Author Thomas Archer. Originally supplied to subscribers only.
Quote from the back cover:
"The characters which Charles Dickens has created are living, moving personalities in the minds and imaginations of the large majority of English men and women. To portray these characters in a manner which shall satisfy the aspirations of the countless multitudes of the author's admirers is a success of which any artist may feel justly proud."
Pages mostly clean with some light foxing to outer areas of the plates. Bound well with boards and cloth binding, some fading, marks and bumping to external covers.
Weight 0.76kg x 6 volumes

Hard cover Folio (15 x 12 in). Original gilt tooled full brown morocco, edges gilt marbled endpapers. Pages complete xxiv + 180, with 250 full-page black and white engravings on card with captioned tissue-guards.Containing two hundred and fifty beautiful engravings selected from the Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine with critical essays by Edmund Ollier.Page edges lightly scuffed and rubbed with some small scratches to cover boards - some remedial work done to secure the cover boards and spine, but otherwise good. Card plates bright but some foxing to the outer edges. Some foxing to the later text pages.The plate index is a little tricky to use, but all plates are present with the following corrections:Plate 75 misplaced to p130, plate 91 misplaced to p95.Note: This volume is heavy (38x31x10cm, approx 10kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

A collection of engraved plates containing a selection of Mr Hogarths paintings, with a narrative on his life and his art.
384 pages complete with approx 80 steel engraved plates on light card stock.
Pages mostly clean but with some foxing throughout and ragged edges. bound well but boards working loose, some bumping and marks to external.

Six engravings published as a promotion of fine art in Scotland dated 1873.
Front covers slightly marked and bumped. Some water spotting to rear cover. Internal pages are slightly discoloured with age and some foxing to the images, but content is clean and tightly bound. Page edges lightly marked and foxed.

Eight engravings published as a promotion of fine art in Scotland dated 1865, each with a backing page and explanatory narrative.
Front covers slightly marked and bumped. Some water marking to rear cover. Internal pages are slightly discoloured with age and some foxing to the images, but content is clean and tightly bound. Page edges lightly marked and foxed.

633 pages, typical content includes:
The War in Turkey
HMS Iris, Dispatch vessel
Famine in India
Life at a Wigan Colliery
Two copies available:
1. Good to V.Good, Covers and original spine binding intact, pages clean with some light foxing and gilt edges. Half red morocco spine, plum cloth sides, gilt year on spine of folio hardback. Price AUD580.
2. Fair, Original covers and spine cracked, bumped and marked and loose, Most pages clean, missing pages (100) replaced with digitally reproduced copies bound in place. Price AUD250.
Note: This volume is heavy (42x32x6cm, approx 6kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Six engravings published as a promotion of fine art in Scotland dated 1869.
Front covers slightly marked and bumped. Some water spotting to rear cover. Internal pages are slightly discoloured with age, but content is clean and tightly bound. Page edges lightly marked and foxed.

Seven engravings published as a promotion of fine art in Scotland dated 1882.
Front covers slightly marked and bumped. Some water marking to lower left covers. Internal pages are slightly discoloured with age, but content is clean and tightly bound. Page edges lightly marked and foxed.

Illustrated on steel engravings from pictures by C.W. Cope, R.A.; W.P. Frith, R.A.; and others.
188 page biography on Shakespeare by Charles Knight
Note: The two volumes are heavy, approximately 12kg. Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.
Spine ends bumped and split. Pages are discoloured with ageing, some pages marked and foxed, but content is mostly clean, some foxing to endpapers and page edges.
Volume 1 – 27 steel engraved plates
Volume 2 – 17 steel engraved plates

Pages clean and bound well, some bumping, small tears and marks to external covers, spine and some pages.
Some repairs and preventative work carried out, covers recovered with marbled paper.
The volume is sectioned into 36 'topics' covering the following London icons:
Parks
Gardens
Royal palaces
Westminster
The Tower
Westminster Abbey
St Paul's
Asylums
Schools
Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums
Learned Societies
Churches
Inns of Court
Lambeth Palace
Port of London
Bridges
Docks and the Thames Tunnel
Companies
Royal Exchange
Banks and Stock Exchange
Guildhall
Courts of Law
British Museum
Exhibitions of Art
Squares, Streets and shops
Markets and Clubs
Theatres
Railway stations

Nine steel engravings after the originals designed for Westminster Palace, each with an explanatory narrative.
Front covers slightly marked and bumped. Some water spotting to rear cover. Internal pages are slightly discoloured with age, but content is clean and well bound. Page edges lightly marked and foxed.

34 chromolithograph plates including 2 chromolithograph title pages, with numerous woodblock engravings. Volume I covers English life through the reign of Richard III and volume 2 from the accession of Henry VII through the nineteenth century.Pages are discoloured with age and worn in the margins with some water staining at the edges, content is mostly undamaged.
Occasional marking, bumps and small tears to covers and spine. Rubbing to edges. Contents otherwise clean and bindings tight.
Volume 1 contains 4 books, as follows:
Book 1: Before the Conquest
Book 2: From the Norman Conquest to the death of King John 1066 - 1216
Book 3: Henry III to Richard II 1216 - 1399
Book 4: Henry IV to Richard III 1399 - 1484
Volume 2 contains 4 books, as follows:
Book 5: Henry VII to Elizabeth I 1485 - 1603
Book 6: James I to End of the Stuarts 1603 - 1688
Book 7: Revolution & Civil War to George II 1688 - 1760
Book 8: The Last 100 years
Note:This set is heavy, 6kg, Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost… Read More

Illustrated with numerous engravings from the most authentic sources'. Popular Edition of Thornbury's great history of London. A street by street, sight by sight account of the city in the late 19th century and its history since Roman times. The First two volumes were written and published by Thornbury in 1872. Following Thornbury's death from exhaustion, the subsequent four volumes were completed by Edward Walford. Very good selection of historical images, including portraits and historical scenes, elements of Norden's maps and terrific contemporary engravings of London streets and architecture.
Vol 2 cover damaged.
Occasional marking, bumps and small tears to covers and spine. Rubbing to edges. Tanning to pages. Owners mark to frontispiece of each volume. Contents otherwise clean and bindings tight.
Note: This set is heavy, 10kg, Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.