25 volumes, including Nonesuch Dickensiana and an original engraved copperplatefor an illustration by Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz").The volumes are illustrated after the original engravings by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) & others. (Large 8vo), original variously colored buckram, leather spine labels, top edges gilt. One of 877 copies, designed by Francis Meynell, printed at R. & R. Clark.
One of the most noteworthy of all collected editions of the Works of Charles Dickens, handsomely printed, and with the superbly reproduced original illustrations. The original copper printing plate after Phiz is "The Dissolution of a Partnership" from Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. A print pulled from the plate, as well as a letter of authenticity signed by an officer at Chapman & Hall, Ltd., are also included.
Comprises:
• Letters, 3 volumes
• Collected Papers, 2 volumes
• Barnaby Rudge
• Bleak House
• Christmas Books
• David Copperfield
• Dombey and Son
• Edwin Drood & Christmas Stories
• Great Expectations - Hart Times
• Little Dorrit
• Martin Chuzzlewit
• Nicholas Nickleby
• Old Curiosity Shop
• Oliver Twist
• Our Mutual Friend
• Pickwick Papers
• Reprinted Papers
• Sketches by Boz
• A Tale of Two Cities
• American Notes etc.
• Nonesuch Dickensiana
• The original printing plate
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