[DICKENS, CHARLES]. The Works. London: Chapman and Hall, n.d. [circa 1880].
NEW EDITIONS. 31 works bound in 16 volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (19 x 12.5 cm). English text. Finely bound by Riviere in full crushed morocco; spines in compartments with gilt titles; upper covers with gilt “JB” monogram; inner gilt dentelles; all page edges gilt; marbled endpapers; half-titles; illustrated throughout by various artists including Cruikshank, Phiz, Cattermole, Landseer, Leech, Maclise, Tenniel, et al. Printed by William Clowes. The volumes are: Great Expectations/Edwin Drood/Master Humphrey’s Clock, American Notes/Reprinted Pieces/Hard Times/Pictures From Italy, The Christmas Books [A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man]/ A Childs History Of England, Sketches By Boz/Oliver Twist, The Uncommercial Traveller/A Tale Of Two Cities, Christmas Stories, Little Dorrit, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Dombey & Son, Martin Chuzzlewit, Nicholas Nickleby, Old Curiosity Shop, Our Mutual Friend, Barnaby Rudge, Pickwick Papers. Condition: NEAR FINE. Collated complete. Bindings secure with all hinges and joints perfectly intact. Covers and contents beautifully preserved remaining largely fresh and clean. Without previous ownership markings. Exquisite.
