May 22, 2003 - Sale 1972

Sale 1972 - Lot 482

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(SETS AND BINDINGS.) Dickens, Charles. Works . . . Library Edition. Additional engraved titles. 13 volumes [incomplete]. 8vo, publisher's sage green horizontally grained cloth elaborately blocked in blind, spines gilt, scattered moderate wear; several hinges cracked or starting. London, 1858-59

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The full set, a collaboration between Dickens's two main publishers, was issued in 22 volumes. This set includes Sketches by Boz, The Pickwick Papers (2 vols), Nicholas Nickleby (2 vols), Barnaby Rudge/Hard Times (2 vols), The Old Curiosity Shop (2 vols), Martin Chuzzlewit (2 vols), and Dombey and Son (2 vols).