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[SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders]. [DICKENS, CHARLES]. FORSTER, JOHN. The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-74. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROX. 200 PLATES AND TWO ALSs. 3 volumes extended to 6 -- DICKENS. Letters. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880-82. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROX. 190 PRINTS AND ONE ALS. 3 volumes extended to 6, together 12 volumes, 8vo, later red morocco gilt, upper cover of each volume with green morocco onlay, gilt lion with Maltese cross and the initials "C.D.", above a gilt facsimile of Dickens' signature, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., stamp-signed SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE on lower turn-in of each volume; volumes I, III, V of Life and volumes III and V of Letters with green morocco gilt doublures SET WITH OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF DICKENS, EACH IN GILT-TOOLED SUNKEN COMPARTMENT WITH NAME AND AGE BELOW, all other volumes with green watered silk linings; chip to upper spine end of volume II of letters, minor wear to s
[SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders]. [DICKENS, CHARLES]. FORSTER, JOHN. The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-74. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROX. 200 PLATES AND TWO ALSs. 3 volumes extended to 6 -- DICKENS. Letters. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880-82. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROX. 190 PRINTS AND ONE ALS. 3 volumes extended to 6, together 12 volumes, 8vo, later red morocco gilt, upper cover of each volume with green morocco onlay, gilt lion with Maltese cross and the initials "C.D.", above a gilt facsimile of Dickens' signature, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., stamp-signed SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE on lower turn-in of each volume; volumes I, III, V of Life and volumes III and V of Letters with green morocco gilt doublures SET WITH OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF DICKENS, EACH IN GILT-TOOLED SUNKEN COMPARTMENT WITH NAME AND AGE BELOW, all other volumes with green watered silk linings; chip to upper spine end of volume II of letters, minor wear to spines, covers, and corners. (12)

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[SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders]. [DICKENS, CHARLES]. FORSTER, JOHN. The Life of Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872-74. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROX. 200 PLATES AND TWO ALSs. 3 volumes extended to 6 -- DICKENS. Letters. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880-82. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROX. 190 PRINTS AND ONE ALS. 3 volumes extended to 6, together 12 volumes, 8vo, later red morocco gilt, upper cover of each volume with green morocco onlay, gilt lion with Maltese cross and the initials "C.D.", above a gilt facsimile of Dickens' signature, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., stamp-signed SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE on lower turn-in of each volume; volumes I, III, V of Life and volumes III and V of Letters with green morocco gilt doublures SET WITH OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF DICKENS, EACH IN GILT-TOOLED SUNKEN COMPARTMENT WITH NAME AND AGE BELOW, all other volumes with green watered silk linings; chip to upper spine end of volume II of letters, minor wear to spines, covers, and corners. (12)
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Included in the DICKENS, Life are an ALS by David Roberts and an ALS by Anna Maria Hall. The Life lacks an ALS by Dickens called for by inscription at front of volume one. The DICKENS, Letters includes an ALS and envelope by John Forster.

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