WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS (Library Edition)
Language: English
Published by Chapman and Hall c. 1900, London, 1900
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United KingdomPortman Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since August 23, 2007
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 920.40
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Very good condition, 30 volumes octavo, half dark green leather with gilt rules, faint sunning to spines, green marbled boards, 5 raised bands across spine with gilt titles and decoration, top edges gilt, light wear to covers, and faint to moderate foxing to edges, marbled end papers, original illustrations, some foxing to plates mostly affecting the outer margins and occasional offsetting otherwise all plates in good condition and as called for. This is a heavy set ( 22.25 kg net weight) and will require additional for shipping. (1 and 2) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Volume I: Frontis and engraved (vignette) title page plus 22 plates. xiv plus 408 pages. Volume II: Frontis plus 18 plates. Ix plus 419 pages. (3 and 4) The life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby . Volume I: Frontis and 19 plates. xviii plus 435 pages. Volume II: Frontis and 18 plates x plus 430 pages. (5 and 6) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (two volumes). Volume I: Frontis, engraved title page (vignette) and 19 plates in very good order. xvi plus 436 pages. Volume II: Frontis (offsetting to title page) and 18 plates in very good order. x plus 436 pages. (7 and 8) The Old Curiosity Shop and Reprinted Pieces. Volume I: frontis plus 19 plates in very good order, viii plus 435 pages. Volume II: frontis plus 15 plates plus 11 then 4. vii plus 150 pages then pages 151 to 435. (9 and 10) Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times. Volume I: frontis plus 19 plates. ix plus 475 pages. Volume II: frontis plus 11 plates and then 4. vii plus 201 then 202 to 471. (11) Sketches by Boz – Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People. Largely unopened. Frontis plus engraved title and 38 plates. xiv plus 475 pages. (12) The Adventures of Oliver Twist. Frontis plus 23 plates. xviii plus 438 pages. (13 and 14) Dombey and Son. Volume I: Frontis and engraved title page and additional frontis plus 18 plates (some foxing), xii plus 454 pages. Volume II: frontis plus 18 plates (some foxing), vii plus 459 pages. (15 and 16) The Personal History of David Copperfield. Volume I: Frontis and engraved title page (foxed and some browning) plus 19 plates (generally very good order with occasional foxing), xii plus 446 pages; pages secure but some untidy sections. Volume II: Frontis (slight off setting to tile page) plus 18 plates in generally good order with occasional foxing. x plus 460 pages. (17) Pictures from Italy and American Notes for General Circulation. Frontis plus 7 plates. x plus 180 and 181 to 437 largely unopened. (18 and 19) Bleak House Volume I: Frontis and engraved title page plus 19 plates. viii plus 457 pages. Volume II: Frontis and 18 plates. ix plus 434 pages. (20 and 21) Little Dorrit . Volume I: Frontis) and engraved title page (foxed and light toning) plus 20 plates. xii plus 456 pages. Volume II: Frontis and 17 plates. vii plus 427 pages. (22) Christmas Books (A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; the Haunted Man). Frontis and 16 plates. xii plus 412 pages. (23) A Tale of Two Cities. Frontis and engraved title page (vignette) plus 14 plates. xi plus 379. (24) Great Expectations. Frontis and 7 plates. 6 unpaginated plus 442 pages. (25 and 26) Our Mutual Friend. Volume I: frontis plus 19 plates. ix plus 441 pages. Volume II: frontis plus 19 plates. ix plus 412 pages. (27) The Uncommercial Traveller. Illustrators not attributed. (W.M.; P.G.) Frontis plus 7 plates. vii plus 362 pages. (28) A Child’s History of England. Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Frontis and 7 plates. xi plus 431 pages. (29) Christmas Stories from Household Words and All The Year Round. Illustrations not attributed. Frontis plus 13 plates. vii plus 552 pages. (30) The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories. Frontis and 11 plates. vii plus 440 pages.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS (Library Edition)
- Author
- DICKENS, Charles
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall c. 1900, London
- Publication year
- 1900
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Hablot K. Browne; Robert Seymour; G. Cattermole; D. Maclise; F. Walker; G. Cruickshank;Marcus Stone; J. Tenniel; c. Stanfield; Frank Stone; S. L. Fildes ; et alia.
- Item weight
- 22.25 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Britain, Literature
Portman Rare Books
Tonbridge, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since August 23, 2007
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