The Pocket Volume Edition of the Works of Dickens, 1880, 8 Books
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Item: Partial Set of 8 Books
Author: Charles Dickens
Titles:
- Book 1, Volume 1-2 "Sketches by Boz" & "The Pickwick Club"
- Book 2, Volume 3-4, "Pickwick Papers" & "Oliver Twist"
- Book 3, Volume 7-8, "The Old Body Shop" & Reprinted Pieces
- Book 4, Volume 9-10, " Barnaby Rudge" & "Hard Times"
- Book 5, Volume 13-14, "American Notes", "Pictures From Italy", & "Dombey & Son"
- Book 6, Volume 17-18, "David Copperfield" & "Bleak House"
- Book 7, Volume 21-22, "Little Dorrit" & "A Tale of Two Cities"
- Book 8, Volume 25-26, "Our Mutual Friend"
Publisher: Chapman & Hall (London, England)
Publication Date: 1880
Construction: Paper, Leather
Dimensions: Each 5 3/4 Tall x 4 1/8" Wide x approx. 1 5/8" Thick
Condition: Very good antique condition. Several (3) of the labels are loose, one is missing. Leather on spines shows considerable wear, with fading, loss of gold, fraying at tops and some deterioration. Minor wear shows on edges of boards. Endpapers and interior binding in near perfect condition, with very minor foxing on free pages. Please see photos.
Details: Printed by R. Clay, Sons and Taylor, London, these are eight books of a larger set of Dickens' works. Small scale pocket editions with Moroccan red leather spines and corners over marbled paper boards. Same marbled paper used for end papers. Edges marbled all around. Raised bands on spines with applied leather labels of dark green and dark brown brown, with gold lettering and decoration. Each volume inscribed by hand on the first free page after the end papers, "Thos. J. Hill, 29 Dec, 1882". No illustrations.