DICKENS, Charles. [Works], London: NONESUCH PRESS, 1937-38, 23 volumes, 4°, limited to 877 copies (this copy unnumbered), engraved plates and illustrations, original cloth in varied colours, black morocco labels, t.e.g; an original wood block entitled "Frontispiece for 'David Copperfield'" by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), with a mounted copy of the engraving and a signed letter of authenticity from the publishers, mounted in original folding case [Dreyfus 108]. Provenance: Hugh Walpole (bookplate in three volumes). (26)

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DICKENS, Charles. [Works], London: NONESUCH PRESS, 1937-38, 23 volumes, 4°, limited to 877 copies (this copy unnumbered), engraved plates and illustrations, original cloth in varied colours, black morocco labels, t.e.g; an original wood block entitled "Frontispiece for 'David Copperfield'" by H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), with a mounted copy of the engraving and a signed letter of authenticity from the publishers, mounted in original folding case [Dreyfus 108]. Provenance: Hugh Walpole (bookplate in three volumes). (26)

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Walpole was one of the editorial directors involved with the publication of this work.

Nonesuch Dickensiana (1937), and A Note by Francis Meynell on the Format of the Nonesuch Dickens (1937) are also included in this lot.

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