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The Works of Charles Dickens
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/None
- Seller
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
P.F. Collier Publisher, no date given. Hardcover. Very good/None. Complete in six volumes, illustrated throughout. Collier's Unabridged Edition, assumed printed circa 1880. Vol I: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Our Mutual Friend; Vol II: Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, Martin Chuzzlewit; Vol III: Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities, Dombey and Son; Vol IV: The Old Curiosity Shop, Sketches by Boz, Hard Times, Master Humphrey's Clock, A Walk in the Work House, A Christmas Tree; Vol V: The Pickwick Club, Pictures from Italy, American Notes, Bleak House; Vol VI: The Uncommercial Traveller, A Child's History of England, Barnaby Rudge, The Perils of Certain English Prisoners, Tom Tilder's Ground, No Thoroughfare, The Seven Poor Travellers, Somebody's Luggage, Two Ghost Stories, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Bound in brown-burgundy leatherette with gilt portrait and stamped ornamentation on front boards and gilt titles to spines. Minor shelf wear with rubbing, scuffing and bumping to spine ends and corners. Some loss of legibility to first 2 volumes. Pages tanning throughout and light foxing to prelims. Soiling to page edges. Bindings are all firm and square aside from cracked hinges in volume 3 and front hinge starting in volume 1. Heavy wrinkling to back board of volume 1 could be an indication of previous moisture or humidity damage. No signs of mildew and no interior pages were affected. Overall, a gorgeous set.
Synopsis
Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English author of many notable works, including Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist , and A Tale of Two Cities. Multiple publishing firms have released bound collections of his works. Notable sets of Dickens Works have been published by Chapman and Hall in a 24 piece set, and Baker and Taylor in a 12 volume set.
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- Bookseller
- Sparrow's Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 05098
- Title
- The Works of Charles Dickens
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P.F. Collier Publisher
- Date Published
- no date given
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Sparrow's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2021
Denver, Colorado
About Sparrow's Bookshop
Sparrow's Bookshop is a Denver based vintage & rare bookstore specializing in hard-to-find items, unique titles and first editions. Member IOBA.
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- Mildew
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
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