LEATHER Set; WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS! First Collected Edition. Complete 1866. Library Edition.
Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1866
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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The Complete Works of Charles Dickens. Complete in 26 Volumes. First Collected Edition. Printed 1863-1866. The bindings are original. This is the first collected edition to include all of Dickens' complete novels. His final complete work, Our Mutual Friend, is included in this set. This is the first set to include all of his complete works. His posthumous works and unfinished novels are not included. Dickens died in 1870. This set was printed during Charles Dickens' lifetime. Library Edition. First Collected Edition. Printed in 1866. The first set to include all of his complete novels. Bound in leather. These are the original Victorian bindings. Intricately gilded calf leather bindings. This set is in very good condition. Leather supple. All hinges sound. Generalized shelf abrasions. This set is exceptionally well preserved. Quality paper. Approximately 8 inches tall. Marbled edges and end papers. The set is complete in 26 volumes, with all of the complete works of Charles Dickens. 26 volumes is standard for this set. The final volume is Our Mutual Friend. Bound in the original leather bindings. The bindings are original. Quality paper. The paper is still strong despite the age. The leather is supple. The hinges are all sound and strongly attached. All external hinges are sound and strongly attached. This set is complete with all Charles Dickens complete works. London: Chapman and Hall, 1863. Library Edition. Leather. 26 volumes. Octavo. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards with finely gold-tooled spine. Green title-labels with gold lettering. Marbled edges and endpapers. Some volumes with additional engraved title-page. Library edition of Dickens' works, including the classics Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, and others. Illustrated with reproductions of drawings by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), George Cruikshank, Marcus Stone, John Leech, D. Maclise, J. Tennel, C. Stanfield, Frank Stone, G. Cattermole, and F. Walker. Last collected work published in his lifetime. First set to include all of his complete novels, including Our Mutual Friend. Predecessor to the 1870s illustrated library edition containing additional material published after 1866. Some age wear on head and tail of spines, corners and parts of edges. Minor abrasions on boards. Sporadic foxing to leaves, primarily to first and last few pages. Hinges on vol. XVIII strong with technical starting, stain on front cover of same volume. Hinges on rest of volumes tight. Bindings in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. Titles: Vol. I) The Posthumos Papers of the Pickwick Club. Vol. I. 1863. xviii, 408pp. Vol. II) The Posthumos Papers of the Pickwick Club. Vol. II. 1866. viii, 419pp. Vol. III) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Vol. I. 1866. xviii, 435pp. Vol. IV) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Vol. II. 1866. x, 431pp. Vol. V) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Vol. I. 1866. xvi, 436pp. Vol. VI) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. Vol. II. 1866. x, 438pp. Vol. VII) The Old Curiosity Shop. Vol. I. 1865. ix, 435pp. Vol. VIII) The Old Curiosity Shop; and Reprinted Pieces. Vol. II. 1865. vi, 435pp. Vol. IX) Barnaby Rudge. Vol. I. 1866. ix, 475pp. Vol. X) Barnaby Rudge. Vol. II., incl. Hard Times. 1866. vi, 471pp. Vol. XI) Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. 1865. xiv, 475pp. Vol. XII) The Adventures of Oliver Twist. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 1865. xviii, 438pp. Signature of previous owner on last page. Vol. XIII) Dombey and Son. Vol. I. 1865. xii, 454pp. Vol. XIV) Dombey and Son. Vol. II. 1865. viii, 459pp. Vol. XV) The Personal History of David Copperfield. Vol. I. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. 1865. xii, 446pp. Vol. XVI. The Personal History of David Copperfield. With illustrations by H. K. Browne. Vol. II. 1865. x, 460pp. Vol. XVII) Pictures from Italy and American Notes for General Circulation. 1866. ix, 4.…
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- Title
- LEATHER Set; WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS! First Collected Edition. Complete 1866. Library Edition.
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall, London
- Publication year
- 1866
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with reproductions of drawings by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), George Cruikshank, Marcus Stone, John Leech, D. Macli
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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