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Fine books and manuscripts from a private Scottish library

Charles Dickens | Works, London, [c.1879], 30 volumes, contemporary maroon half-morocco

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

December 13, 02:24 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Charles Dickens


[The Works]. London: Chapman and Hall, [n.d. (spines dated 1879)]


30 volumes, 8vo (220 x 143mm.), engraved plates and illustrations by Cruikshank, Phiz, and others, contemporary maroon three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands in six compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, bookseller's ticket of Hugh Hopkins to front pastedown, light scattered spotting, occasional dampstaining, one plate detached, a fine set


A fine set of Dickens in contemporary bindings, comprising:


i. The Pickwick Papers, 2 vols


ii. Oliver Twist, 1 vol.


iii. Nicholas Nickelby, 2 vols


iv. The Old Curiosity Shop, 2 vols


v. Barbaby Rudge/ Hard Times, 2 vols


vi. Martin Chuzzlewit, 2 vols


vii. Dombey and Son, 2 vols


viii. David Copperfield, 2 vols


ix. Bleak House, 2 vols


x. Little Dorrit, 2 vols


xi. A Tale of Two Cities, 1 vol


xii. Great Expectations, 1 vol


xiii. Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols


xiv. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, etc., 1 vol


xv. Sketches by Boz, 1 vol


xvi. Christmas Books, 1 vol


xvii. Christmas Stories, 1 vol


xviii. A Child's History of England, 1 vol


xix. American Notes and Pictures from Italy, 1 vol


xx. The Uncommercial Traveller, 1 vol


PROVENANCE

Robert William McCowan, Glasgow, bookplates

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