DICKENS' WORKS, FIVE VOLUMES
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/n/a
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a 5-volume lot of DICKENS' WORKS, published in 1900 by Peter Fenelon Collier & Son New York.
The original set was 30 volumes. A limited edition was leather-bound; the rest were bound in burgundy cloth.
This is five of the volumes of that set.
All are plain, with bright gilt printing on the side panels. Each book is 6" x 8".
Volume XVIII
Christmas Books & Miscellaneous: The Haunted House in Two Chapters & The Ghost in Master B.'S Room.
with Full-Page Frontipsiece & 26 Illustrations
568 pages
This book does not appear to have been read. The back and side panels are perfect; the front has a couple of scratches.
Front endpaper signed W.J. Barrett-Lennard 1901.
Volume XIX
Sketches by Boz
with Full-Page Frontipsiece & 31 Illustrations
568 Pages
The corners are whitened, as if someone tried to clean them.
Spine has pulled away slightly in a couple of places, from drying.
Front endpaper signed W.J. Barrett-Lennard 1901.
Volume XXIV
Pictures from Italy, The Uncommercial Traveler
with Full-Page Frontipsiece & 30 Illustrations
608 pages
There are no marks of any kind anywhere; I don't think this book was read. But, at the front, the spine has pulled away a little.
Covers are in superb condition
Front endpaper signed W.J. Barrett-Lennard.
Volume XXVII
American Notes & Reprinted Pieces
with Full-Page Frontispiece & 12 Illustrations
490 pages
Side Panel is Perfect
Back Panel is perfect except for a tiny dark mark on the top; it can be cleaned off but I don't want to tamper with it. The front cover has a faint water mark near the spine (see provenance).
Front endpaper signed W.J. Barrett-Lennard.
Volume XXVIII
A Child's History of England
with Full-Page Frontipsiece & 13 Illustrations
489 Pages
Covers are in near-perfect condition.
Front endpaper signed W.J. Barrett-Lennard
There is a mark on Page 7, the Table of Contents; otherwise perfect. I don't think this book was read.
Condition
The books are darker than they appear in the first image; I took the picture under a bright lamp. All have normal shelf wear at the edges of the side panels, and normal spot fading. But they are in near-perfect condition.
Provenance
All books are signed W.J. Barrett-Lennard, 1901 (except one, which is missing the date).
Barrett-Lennard was the great-grandson of Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet Barrett-Lennard, of Belhus, Essex.
Note: The price includes the high cost of postage, as long as you're in Canada or the Continental US.
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- Bookseller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15
- Title
- DICKENS' WORKS, FIVE VOLUMES
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- Hablot Knight Browne 'Phiz'
- Format/Binding
- Excellent
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peter Fenelon Collier & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sketches by Boz
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; Rare; British Fiction; Adventure, Travel & Exploration;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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