[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully leatherbound set of the Works of Charles Dickens

[Charles Agvent]

One of 150 interesting items included in our HOLIDAY 2008 Catalogue now 
posted on our web site.  Included are beautifully bound classics, signed 
books, fine press titles, poetry, illustrated books, and the unusual.

DICKENS, Charles. THE WORKS Of CHARLES DICKENS. Boston & New York:
Houghton  Mifflin  1922.  Fourteen (of fifteen, lacking  THE  PICKWICK
PAPERS)  volumes  bound  in  3/4  red  morocco  with  gilt  rules  and
beautifully  gilt-decorated spines with three raised bands, top  edges
gilt.  Illustrated with several full-page plates per volume.  Contains
DAVID  COPPERFIELD, MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, BLEAK HOUSE, THE OLD  CURIOSITY
SHOP,  HARD  TIMES, BARNABY RUDGE, MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, DOMBEY  AND
SON,   OUR  MUTUAL  FRIEND,  A   CHILD's  HISTORY  OF  ENGLAND,  GREAT
EXPECTATIONS,  THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER, OLIVER TWIST, PICTURES FROM
ITALY,  AMERICAN NOTES, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, CHRISTMAS BOOKS, TALES  AND
SKETECHES,  LITTLE  DORRIT,  A TALE OF TWO CITIES,  SKETCHES  BY  BOZ,
MASTER  HUMPHREY'S  CLOCK,  A  HOLIDAY  ROMANCE,  and  PLAYS,  POEMS &
MISCELLANIES.  The  spines  are  not numbered so there is  no  way  of
knowing  this  is not a complete set unless you look specifically  for
the  missing  title. Some rubbing and minor flaking of leather to  the
spine  edges of a few volumes; all hinges are secure and covers tight.
There  is no chipping to the spines of any volumes. Near Fine set with
a handsome shelf appearance.                                  $2000.00

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