[Rarebooks] FS: Attractive leatherbound set of CHARLES DICKENS
Charles Agvent
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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. $2,000.00
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