Dickens, Charles

tall 8vo, 24 volumes including plate volume, one of 877 copies, engraved title vignettes and plates, facsimile wrappers from the original parts, original full buckram, printed spine labels, top edges gilt, others uncut, some spines very slightly faded

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The most handsome of the later editions of Charles Dickens' Works, accompanied by an original steel plate.

The original steel plate in this copy is for John Leech's "The Dance". As usual it is set into a uniform cloth box, accompanied by a letter of authenticity signed by the Deputy Chairman of Chapman and Hall, Arthur Waugh.