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Charles Dickens - The Life and Adventures of Martin Cuzzlewit; the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; Barnaby Rudge; the Personal History of David Copperfield; Sketches by Boz

Title: The Life and Adventures of Martin Cuzzlewit; the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; Barnaby Rudge; the Personal History of David Copperfield; Sketches by Boz
Description: London, Chapman and Hall, c1874. Cloth. A smart set of cloth-bound 'Household Edition' Charles Dickens works, illustrated throughout. This set offers five of the twenty-two volumes published of this Household Edition.In the publisher's original decorative green cloth bindings.A collection of novels and short pieces from Charles Dickens, an English novelist and social critic who created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.Comprising the following titles:The Life and Adventures of Martin Cuzzlewit - With fifty-nine illustrations and two leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear.The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club - With fifty-seven illustrations Barnaby Rudge - With forty-six illustrations The Personal History of David Copperfield - With sixty-one illustrations Sketches by Boz - With thirty-four illustrations Bearing the bookplate of Nicolas McDowall to the front pastedowns of 'Pickwick Papers' and 'David Copperfield&apos. Nicolas McDowall established the Old Stile private press with his wife Frances. Working collaboratively with printmakers and artists, the Old Stile press created beautiful, hand-printed works within idyllic surroundings. In the publisher's original decorative green cloth bindings. Externally, smart. With faded spots to the boards of 'Barnaby Rudge' and mild rubbing to the extremities of all boards. Bookplate of Nicolas McDowall to the front pastedowns of 'Pickwick Papers' and 'David Copperfield&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional scattered spots, most concentrated to the first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: F. Barnard; J. Barnard; Phiz. Very Good .

Keywords: Charles Dickens Household Edition Barnaby Rudge Pickwick Papers Household Edition Sketches by Boz Illustrated F. Barnard; J. Barnard; Phiz

Price: GBP 170.00 = appr. US$ 242.76 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 953Y4

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