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1894 The Works of Charles Dickens

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An excellent uniform collection of the 'Crown Edition' of Charles Dicken's works, bound in signed calf by Bumpus. A lovely set comprising the complete seventeen volumes that make up the 'Crown Edition'. From eminent Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens. Uniformly bound in signed half calf by Bumpus, with marbled boards and endpapers. Offering a classic selection of his works, including his most famous titles and contributions to periodicals, complete with full page and in-text illustrations from George Cruikshank, 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne) and others. Includes the following works: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - With a vignette title page and forty-two plates The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - With forty plates Dombey and Son - With a vignette title page and thirty-nine plates The Personal History of David Copperfield - With a vignette title page and thirty-nine plates Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People - With a vignette title page and thirty-nine plates The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit - With a vignette title page and thirty-nine plates The Old Curiosity Shop - With seventy-five illustrations (thirty-two plates) Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty - With seventy-six illustrations (thirty-two plates) The Adventures of Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities - With forty plates Bleak House - With a vignette title page and thirty-nine plates Little Dorrit - With a vignette title page and thirty-nine plates American Notes, Pictures from Italy and A Child's History of England - With sixteen plates Christmas Books and Hard Times - With sixty-seven illustrations (twenty-two plates) Christmas Stories from "Household Words" and "All the Year Round" and Other Stories - With thirty-four plates Great Expectations and The Uncommercial Traveller - With sixteen plates Edwin Drood and Reprinted Pieces - With sixteen plates Collated, complete. Uniformly bound in signed half calf by Bumpus, with marbled boards. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and minor discolouration to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with spotting to the foredge affecting pages slightly, more so to the first and last pages. Overall: Very Good Indeed
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    Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)
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    1894
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    Bath, GB
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    Seller: 960Y21D1stDibs: LU8925245302182

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