DICKENS, Charles. A uniformly bound set of his works, all London: Chapman and Hall or Bradbury and Evans as issued except where noted, FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM except where noted, the first with a signed check, comprising:
DICKENS, Charles. A uniformly bound set of his works, all London: Chapman and Hall or Bradbury and Evans as issued except where noted, FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM except where noted, the first with a signed check, comprising:

Details
DICKENS, Charles. A uniformly bound set of his works, all London: Chapman and Hall or Bradbury and Evans as issued except where noted, FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM except where noted, the first with a signed check, comprising:

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. 1837. WITH A CHECK SIGNED BY DICKENS mounted on the front flyleaf, 2 November 1861, to Miss Jeffris, for £10. -- DICKENS, editor. GRIMALDI, Joseph. Memoirs. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 2 volumes. -- Sketches of Young Gentlemen. 1838. -- Sketches by Boz. 1839. Later edition. -- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. 1839. -- Sketches of Young Couples. 1840. -- Master Humphrey's Clock. 1840. 3 volumes. -- DICKENS, editor. The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands. London: Henry Colburn, 1841. 3 volumes. -- American Notes for General Circulation. 1842. 2 volumes. -- A Christmas Carol. 1843. Issue with red and blue title-page, blue half-title and "Stave One." -- The Chimes. 1845. -- The Battle of Life. 1846. -- The Cricket on the Hearth. 1846. -- The Haunted Man. 1848. -- The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. 1844. -- Pictures from Italy. 1846. -- Oliver Twist. 1846. Later edition. -- Dombey and Son. 1848 -- The Personal History of David Copperfield. 1850. -- To Be Read at Dusk. London: G. Barclay, 1852. Original wrappers in matching slipcase. -- A Child's History of England. 1852. 3 volumes. -- Bleak House. 1853. -- Hard Times. 1854. -- Little Dorrit. 1857. -- [Spine title:] Christmas Stories from Household Words. 1850-58. [Spine title:] Christmas Stories from All the Year Round. 1859-67. Both volumes collecting journal appearances. -- The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn and Mrs. Gamp. 1858. -- A Tale of Two Cities. 1859. -- Great Expectations. 1861. 3 volumes. -- The Uncommercial Traveller. 1861. -- Our Mutual Friend. 1865. 2 volumes. -- Speeches. London: John Camden, 1864. -- PROCTOR, Adelaide Anne. Legends and Lyrics. Intro. by Dickens. London: Bell and Daldy, 1866. Later edition. -- The Mystery of Edwin Drood. 1870. -- Hunted Down. [1870]. -- The Mudfrog Papers. 1880. -- The Letters. 1880. 3 volumes.

[With:] FORSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. 1872-74. 3 volumes. -- KITTON, Fred G., compiler. Dickensiana. London: George Redway, 1886.

Together 54 volumes, various 12o-4o sizes. Engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne, George Cruikshank, et al. Uniformly bound in tan polished calf, all but the final two with central gilt medallion portrait of Dickens, spines in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in brown and tan morocco lettering-pieces, top edges gilt, most with original cloth bound in at end, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (some light rubbing at extremities, a few spines slightly scuffed). (54)

More from Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana

View All
View All