[DICKENS, CHARLES]. The Works. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited; and Henry Frowde, n.d. [circa 1900].
Hardcover. 'The Fireside Dickens': 22 titles in 17 volumes, complete. Leather-bound. Octavo (195 x 130 mm). Finely bound in contemporary green half-morocco, unsigned but clearly produced by a leading bindery. Spines with five raised bands the compartments gilt ruled with centre tools and lettering. Green cloth boards. Top edges gilt. Fore edges and bottom edges unevenly cut. Hand-marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-titles present. Illustrated throughout by numerous artists including Cruikshank; Phiz; Cattermole; Landseer; Maclise, Tenniel, et al, each title with a frontispiece. Printed by Horace Hart, University Press, Oxford. Volumes are: A Childs History Of England with 4 illustrations by Townsend and others, bound with Christmas Books with 65 illustrations by Landseer, Maclise, Tenniel etc.; Barnaby Rudge with 76 illustrations by Cattermole and Phiz; Bleak House with 40 illustrations by Phiz; Christmas Stories with 8 illustrations by Goodman; David Copperfield with 40 illustrations by Phiz; Dombey & Son with 40 illustrations by Phiz; Hard Times with 7 illustrations by Walker and Greiffenhagen, bound with A Tale Of Two Cities with 16 illustrations by Phiz; Little Dorrit with 40 illustrations by Phiz; Martin Chuzzlewit with 40 illustrations by Phiz; Nicholas Nickleby with 39 illustrations by Phiz; Old Curiosity Shop with 75 illustrations by Cattermole and Phiz; Oliver Twist with 24 illustrations by Cruikshank, bound with American Notes/Pictures From Italy with 3 illustrations by Greiffenhagen; Our Mutual Friend with 40 illustrations by Marcus Stone; Pickwick Papers with 43 illustrations by Seymour and Phiz; Reprinted Pieces with 3 illustrations by Walker, bound with Great Expectations with 10 illustrations by Charles Green; Sketches By Boz with 43 illustrations by Cruikshank and Phiz; The Uncommercial Traveller with 4 illustrations by Harry Furniss, bound with Mystery Of Edwin Drood with 19 illustrations by Cattermole/Phiz.
Condition: FINE. Collated complete. Bindings secure with all hinges perfectly preserved. Covers and contents immaculate. Without inking or bookplates.
