The Works of Charles Dickens [15 Volume Set]
Charles Dickens, The Works of Charles Dickens, London: The Waverley Book Company, published circa 1910, 15 Volumes
Christmas Stories from Household Words and All the Year Round, Volume I: vi + 552 pages; Volume II: The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories, iv + 440 pages
A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations, Volume I: viii + 379 pages; Volume II: 442 pages
The Old Curiosity Shop, Volume I: ix + 435 pages; Volume II: The Old Curiosity Shop; and Reprinted Pieces, 435 pages
Little Dorrit, Volume I: xiv + 456 pages; Volume II: x + 427 pages
The Uncommercial Traveller, iv + 362 pages; Volume II: A Child’s History of England, vi + 431 pages
Bleak House, Volume I: xiv + 457 pages; Volume II: x + 454 pages
Pickwick Papers, Volume I: xviii 408 pages; Volume II: viii + 419 pages
Our Mutual Friend, Volume I: v + 441 pages; Volume II: v + 412 pages
Sketches by Boz, Volume I: xiv + 475 pages; Volume II: Oliver Twist , xviii + 438 pages
Christmas Books, Volume I: xii + 412 pages; Volume II: Pictures from Italy and American Notes for General Circulation, ix + 437 pages
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Volume I: xvi + 435 pages; Volume II: x+ 438 pages
Barnaby Rudge, Volume I: ix + 475 pages; Volume II: Hard Times, vi + 471 pages
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Volume I: xviii + 435 pages; Volume II: x + 431 pages
Dombey and Son, x + 454 pages; Volume II: viii + 459 pages
David Copperfield, Volume I: viii + 446 pages; Volume II: x + 460 pages
Blue faux leather hardbacks with gilt design and lettering to the spines, plain endpapers. Illustrated as the original volumes were by Hablot K Browne and others (each)
8 x 5.25 in (20.5 x 13.5 cm) (each)
This is the Author’s Favorite Edition, in facsimile with many full-page illustrations throughout.
An exceptionally clean and tight, smart set. Illustrated with many full-page plates throughout including illustrated Title Pages & Frontispieces. From the front free endpaper - "This is an exact Facsimile in every detail of Text and Illustration, excepting on the title pages, of the last Edition of His Works published under the eye of Charles Dickens, and described by him as this best edition of my books. The original series comprised 30 Volumes but by printing 2 volumes as 1 the Complete Edition is here contained within 15 Volumes; the Style of Binding being also copied from the Original."
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