Works Favourite Edition by Charles Dickens (3 results)

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. A super near complete set (12 of 15 volumes), being an exact facsimile in every detail of text and illustration, excepting only the title pages, of the last edition of his works published under the eye of Charles Dickens, and described by him as "this best edition of my books" . Although the original series comprised thirty volumes, there is the complete edition contained within 15 volumes by printing two volumes as one. No date - c 1910. Beautiful burgundy cloth richly embossed with floral/Greek frieze to boards and rich gilt embossed titling to spines. Each volume illustrated in the text The volumes are A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations; Martin Chuzzlewit Volumes I + II; Christmas Stories and Edwin Drood; Sketches by Boz and Oliver Twist; Christmas Books etc; The Old Curiosity Shop Volumes I + II; Dombey and Son Volumes I+ II; David Copperfield; Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times; Bleak House; Nicholas Nickelby; Uncommercial Traveller etc. Bound in uniform red buckram with embossed pattern to the boards, making this an attractive set. Gilt embossed lettering to the spines. Numeous full page illustrations by H. K. Browne througout support the text. Slight/ light fading to the spines. Bleak House has light turning in of the cloth at the head and tail of the spine and a light bump to the head of the front board. A few light soil marks to the upper fore edges. Nicholas Nickelby has a light bump to the head and tail of the spine. Barnaby Rudge has a light bump to the cloth at the head of the spine and light turning in of the cloth at the tail of the spine. One corner slightly bumped and the top corner of the front board has been lightly bowed in. Light crease to the top corner of pp 159 - 243, not affecting any of the text. David Copperfield has light turning in of the cloth at the head and tail of the spine and there are several light foxspots to the upper fore edge. Slightest of bumps to the two corners of the front board. A Tale of Two Cities has a light bump to the cloth at the head of the spine and the cloth at the tail of the spine is lightly turned in and a slight bump to the tail of the front board. Uncommercial Traveller etc has a bump to the head of the spine. Martin Chuzzlewit has a slight bump to the head of the spine and the cloth at the tail of the spine is turned out and slightly creased. Christmas Stories has light bumps to the head and tail of the spine and to the head of the rear board. Sketches by Boz has a bump to the head of the spine with slight assocaited creasing to the cloth and there is occasional scattered light foxing to the upper fore edges. Christmas Book etc has a light bump to the head of the spine and the cloth at the tail of the spine is lightly turned in. Slight occasional foxing to the upper fore edges. Dombey and Son has bumps to the head and tail of the spine and a few very slight scrtatches to the upper fore edges, in no way affecting the page margins themselves. Old Curiosity Shop has the slightest of niks to the cloth at the head of the spine and both the head and tail of the spine is lightly turned in. The books are well preserved, being fresh and clean with tight bindings. A very good, very attractive well preserved uniform largely complete set of the Waverley novels by Charles Dickens.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 15 volume facsimile edition of the works of Charles Dickens. Comprising ; Christmas Books, Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, A tale of two cities, great expectations, bleak house, barnaby Rudge, hart times, old curiosity shop, David copperfield, our mutual friend, Edwin Drood, little Dorrit, Martin chuzzlewit, Oliver Twist, Dombey & Son, uncommercial traveller, sketches by Boz. Circa 1910. Housed in custom made oak bookshelf which has kept the 15 volumes in excellent condition. Some very light spotting to one or two copies. Some fixing to page edges. Illustrated throughout. I m very good condition. Bound in blue leather with blind tooling to the corners of the boards, Gilt title and author to spine. With elaborate gilt tooling a very handsome set. A very heavy set. Please get in touch to work out postage charges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. "This is an exact Facsimilie in every detail of Text and Illustration, excepting on the title pages, of the last Edition of His Works published under the eye of Charles Dickens, and desdcribed by Him as 'This is the Best Edition of my Books.' The original series comprised 30 Volumes but by printing 2 volumes as 1 the Complete Edition is here contained within 15 Volumes, the Style of Binding being also copied from the Original." Illustrated with many B&W FUll-Page Plates throughout including illustrated Title Pages & Frontispieces. Red cloth cover with Blind Embossed Decoration on fronts, spines & backs. Gilt Lettering and a little Decoration on spines. Spine colour a little faded but Gilt still bright. No inscriptions. Complete with original Solid Oak Cabinet specially made by the Publisher to house this set of books. (see photo) Dimensions of the Cabinet are: 36" Tall x 12" Wide x 7" Deep. Books weigh about 15 Kilos and Cabinet weighs about 9 Kilos. Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…