Author: Charles Dickens
Title: The Biographical Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, 1905-1906. Leather. The complete Biographical Edition of this Charles Dickens collection, profusely illustrated and bound in attractive signed half calf by Bayntun. The Biographical Edition. Complete in nineteen volumes. An attractive and bright set of works from one of the most prominent novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens. With each volume accompanied by biographical introductions. Uniformly bound in very smart half calf, signed by Bayntun, with marbled endpapers.Each volume is profusely illustrated throughout, including work from artists such as George Cruikshank and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), both of whom became well known for their illustrations in Dickens' works. With a frontispiece, vignette title page and an array of plates and in-text illustrations throughout. As well as famous novels such as 'Oliver Twist' and 'Great Expectations', this set features some of Dickens' non-fiction works, such as his travelogue describing his journey through Italy and its famous sights ('Pictures from Italy') and 'American Notes', a critical portrait of the young American nation, as observed by Dickens during his travels through the U.S.The entirety of the set comprises the following:Vol. I: Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People Vol. II: The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club Vol. III: The Adventures of Oliver TwistVol. IV: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Vol. V: The Old Curiosity Shop Vol. VI: Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty Vol. VII: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Vol. VIII: American Notes: Pictures from Italy and a Child's History of England Vol. IX: Christmas Books and Hard Times Vol. X: Dombey and Son Vol. XI: The Personal History of David Copperfield Vol. XII: Bleak House Vol. XIII: Little Dorrit Vol. XIV: Christmas Stories from "Household Words" and "All the Year Round" and Other StoriesVol. XV: A Tale of Two Cities Vol. XVI: Great Expectations and The Uncommercial Traveller Vol. XVII: Our Mutual FriendVol. XVIII: Edwin Drood and Reprinted Pieces Vol. XIX: Collected Papers Uniformly bound in signed half calf by Bayntun. Externally, very smart, with fading and a few small marks to the spines. The odd, light mark to the boards and minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: George Cruikshank; Phiz. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Charles Dickens Biographical Edition Bayntun Illustrated Biographical Edition George Cruikshank; Phiz;
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Title: The Biographical Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, 1905-1906. Leather. The complete Biographical Edition of this Charles Dickens collection, profusely illustrated and bound in attractive signed half calf by Bayntun. The Biographical Edition. Complete in nineteen volumes. An attractive and bright set of works from one of the most prominent novelists of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens. With each volume accompanied by biographical introductions. Uniformly bound in very smart half calf, signed by Bayntun, with marbled endpapers.Each volume is profusely illustrated throughout, including work from artists such as George Cruikshank and Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz), both of whom became well known for their illustrations in Dickens' works. With a frontispiece, vignette title page and an array of plates and in-text illustrations throughout. As well as famous novels such as 'Oliver Twist' and 'Great Expectations', this set features some of Dickens' non-fiction works, such as his travelogue describing his journey through Italy and its famous sights ('Pictures from Italy') and 'American Notes', a critical portrait of the young American nation, as observed by Dickens during his travels through the U.S.The entirety of the set comprises the following:Vol. I: Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People Vol. II: The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club Vol. III: The Adventures of Oliver TwistVol. IV: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Vol. V: The Old Curiosity Shop Vol. VI: Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty Vol. VII: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Vol. VIII: American Notes: Pictures from Italy and a Child's History of England Vol. IX: Christmas Books and Hard Times Vol. X: Dombey and Son Vol. XI: The Personal History of David Copperfield Vol. XII: Bleak House Vol. XIII: Little Dorrit Vol. XIV: Christmas Stories from "Household Words" and "All the Year Round" and Other StoriesVol. XV: A Tale of Two Cities Vol. XVI: Great Expectations and The Uncommercial Traveller Vol. XVII: Our Mutual FriendVol. XVIII: Edwin Drood and Reprinted Pieces Vol. XIX: Collected Papers Uniformly bound in signed half calf by Bayntun. Externally, very smart, with fading and a few small marks to the spines. The odd, light mark to the boards and minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: George Cruikshank; Phiz. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Charles Dickens Biographical Edition Bayntun Illustrated Biographical Edition George Cruikshank; Phiz;
Price: GBP 1600.00 = appr. US$ 2284.78 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 925Y27D
- Book number: 925Y27D
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