Dickens, Charles

Complete Works.  London and New York: Merrill and Baker, [ca. 1900]



30 vols., 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.; 210 x 143 mm, uncut, mostly unopened).  30 handcolored portrait drawings after J. Clayton Clarke ("Kyd") bound in as frontispieces, numerous additional illustrations after "Kyd"; occasional minor wear and spotting.  Half red morocco, spines gilt in six compartments, red marbled boards, top edges gilt, red marbled endpapers; some wear and scuffing to spines and extremities.

30 vols., 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.; 210 x 143 mm, uncut, mostly unopened). 30 handcolored portrait drawings after J. Clayton Clarke ("Kyd") bound in as frontispieces, numerous additional illustrations after "Kyd"; occasional minor wear and spotting. Half red morocco, spines gilt in six compartments, red marbled boards, top edges gilt, red marbled endpapers; some wear and scuffing to spines and extrtemities.
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Number 128 of 500 numbered sets of the Beaux Arts editions of Dickens's works, with 30 watercolors by "Kyd."