Antique Books, The Works of Charles Dickens, complete library and bookcase.

Description

The Works of Charles Dickens Comprising; The Pickwick Papers, Sketches by Boz,
Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge & Hard Times, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Christmas Books, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey And Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Little Dorrit, A Tale Of Two Cities, Our Mutual Friend, Christmas Stories, Uncommercial Traveller and Christmas Books etc.



An excellent volume of books with their original oak bookcase, from the The Waverley Book Co., 1914. Some minor fading to the spines.

Reprinted from the thirty volume Illustrated Library Edition of 1874 and bound in fifteen volumes. Publisher's red cloth with stamped decoration and gilt titling to the spine in the custom made free-standing bookcase as originally issued. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout the volumes.

The Library Edition came about largely because of the suggestion of John Forster (Lifetime friend of Dickens, see dedication page of 'The Pickwick Papers') that while Dickens's works were available in volumes in the Cheap Edition and in reprints of the serial parts, there was no high-quality edition that would appeal to the wealthy. Dickens eventually came round to the idea that an elegant edition could raise the stature of his writings. (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens).

A rare opportunity to own this library as these are hard to find complete with original bookcase, in such excellent condition.

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