[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully leatherbound set of the Works of Charles Dickens
Charles Agvent
agvent at erols.com
Mon Dec 29 10:32:22 EST 2008
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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CHARLES AGVENT
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