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A fine offering of five mid-19th-century Dickens volumes, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf leather over marbled boards, with gilt lettering and decorations to spines, raised bands, and marbled edges. Each volume profusely illustrated, with tissue-guarded frontispieces, wood engravings, and plates by Dickens's most celebrated illustrators, including Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") and George Cruikshank.
The set includes: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (Virtue & Co., 1869). Two volumes (V & VI in the 22-vol. series). Frontispieces, illustrated throughout, marbled endpapers.Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times (Bradbury, Evans & Co., Whitefriars, c. 1869). Two volumes (IX & X in the 30-vol. series). Illustrated by Phiz with 44 plates total, all tissue guards present.Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People (Chapman & Hall, c. 1869). One volume (XI in the 22-vol. series). Illustrated with Cruikshank plates, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Condition: Bindings tight and square. Some shelf wear at edges and corners, with light rubbing to marbled boards; spines with wear at crowns and heels; one volume (Sketches by Boz) with some spine loss. Pages generally clean, bright, and unmarked; all plates and tissue guards present. Size: Octavo
Condition:
Five volumes, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Bindings firm and generally sound, with expected mid-Victorian wear. Moderate rubbing to extremities and marbled boards; spine compartments rubbed with wear at crowns and heels. One volume (Sketches by Boz) exhibits partial loss to spine leather. Corners lightly worn. Marbled endpapers present. Internally, pages generally clean and bright with occasional light toning; no significant staining. All engraved plates and tissue guards present as issued. A solid and presentable period binding set.
Collector?s Note:
This handsome group of five mid-Victorian Charles Dickens volumes represents a desirable example of Chapman & Hall?s and related publishers? illustrated library editions, bound uniformly for contemporary readers in half calf over marbled boards. Issued in the late 1860s, these editions preserve Dickens?s novels in their richly illustrated nineteenth-century format, featuring engravings and plates by his most celebrated illustrators, including Hablot Knight Browne (?Phiz?) and George Cruikshank. Such uniformly bound groupings were favored by Victorian collectors for both durability and visual harmony on the shelf. Offered here with all plates and tissue guards present, this set brings together several of Dickens?s enduring works in an attractive, period binding that remains appealing to collectors of Dickens, Victorian illustration, and 19th-century English literature.
More photos on request and with our pleasure. Book will be carefully wrapped and boxed securely for safe handling during transit, with international shipping available. [Attributes: Hardcover, calf leather and marble boards, First Edition thus, Chapman's Library Illustrated Editions.].
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