From First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
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Three volumes, complete, now bound in 6 volumes. 8vo. This is an Extra Illustrated First Edition. There are 196 extra illlustrations, not including those bound originally in the books. The illustrations follow the life of Dickens, showing locations he visited, the people he encountered, and even some portraits of characters from his novels. Of special note is the inclusion of 5 printed wrapper covers for Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, Dombey and Son, Our Mutual Friend and Martin Chuzzlewit. One plate, a large Hogarth facsimile of The Laughing Audience is folded at the hinge and occupies both pages. There is some very minor occasional spotting and offsetting from the plates. Bound now in contemporary red straight-grained morocco by Riviere and Sons. Top edges gilt. All volumes have a gilt floral design to the corners and are lettered in gilt to the spine. John Forster was a friend of Dickens and following Dickens' death received several of his manuscripts. An exceptionally beautiful set, and one of a kind. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 20016
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Life Of Charles Dickens
Publisher: Chapman And Hall, London
Publication Date: 1874
Binding: Leather bound
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition.
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