Works of Charles Dickens. [New illustrated library edition : 26 volumes]

Boston : Houghton, Mifflin [c1877], 1877. New illustrated library edition. Hardback. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked green cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age, with some light fraying evident on some spines. Scattered scuffs and dust marks to panels and spine covers. Bumped corners. Previous owner's signature to the ffep of each volume. Light tanning to page margins. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Desc.: 26v., illus., fronts., plates ; 21cm. Contents: A Child's History of England -- Pictures from Italy / American Notes -- Barnaby Rudge I -- Barnaby Rudge II -- Bleak House I -- Bleak House II -- David Copperfield I -- David Copperfield II -- Dombey & Son I -- Dombey & Son II -- Little Dorrit I -- Little Dorrit II -- Martin Chuzzlewit I -- Martin Chuzzlewit II -- Nicholas Nickleby I -- Nicholas Nickleby II -- Oliver Twist -- Pictures from Italy -- Our Mutual Friend II -- Pickwick Papers I -- Pickwick Papers II -- The Mystery of Edwin Drood and other stories -- The Old Curiosity Shop I -- The Old Curiosity Shop II -- The Uncommercial Traveller and additional Christmas stories -- The Dickens dictionary / by Gilbert A. Pierce. Notes: Introductions by Edwin P. Whipple. Illustrated with engravings on steel. This set copyright, 1877 by Hurd and Houghton --c.f. verso t.p. Lacking the following volumes: Sketches by Boz, Christmas Books, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Christmas Stories and Hard Times.