DICKS' ENGLISH LIBARY OF STANDARD WORKS. Vol. X, Nos. 1-12. Containing Five Complete Novels. The Luck of Barry Lyndon by W.M. Thackeray. Don Quixote of La Mancha. [by] Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Dodd's Beauties of Shakespeare. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Mr. Midshipman Easy by Captain Marryat. Moral Tales by Maria Edgeworth. The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett.

First edition thus. Quarto. 416 pages. Frontispiece garland of portraits of the authors. Fifty-seven illustrations by various artists, including F. Gilbert, H. Émy, D.H. Friston and T. Rowlandson. Wrappers. Triple-column text. An example from one of the series of popular reprints issued by the highly successful John Dicks. Despite their large sales among a wide readership these are now far from easy to find, as they were not built to last. Pages unopened.Spine slightly splitting. Covers a bit chipped at the edges. 5cm closed tear to bottom of rear cover. Very good indeed. Preserved in a custom card slipcase.