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Lot 17

DICKENS (CHARLES)
[Works], 26 vol., FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM, [various publishers, 1836-1870]

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DICKENS (CHARLES)

[Works], 26 vol., FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM, some mixed or later issues, engraved and wood-engraved plates, some small repairs, occasional spotting but generally clean, full red crushed morocco gilt, by Bayntun for Sotheran's, covers with single gilt line border, enclosing a portrait vignette of Dickens within a wreathed frame on each upper cover, and a facsimile signature blocked in gilt on lower, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, g.e., 8vo and 12mo, [various publishers, 1836-1870]

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A SET OF DICKENS'S MAJOR NOVELS AND CHRISTMAS BOOKS, FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN.

Comprises: Sketches by Boz, First Series, 2 vol., 1836; Sketches by Boz, Second Series, 1837; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1837; Oliver Twist, 3 vol., 1838; Nicholas Nickleby, 1839; Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol. in 2, 1841; A Christmas Carol, 1843; Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844; The Chimes, 1845; The Battle of Life, 1846; The Cricket on the Hearth, 1846; Dombey and Son, 1848; The Haunted Man, 1848; David Copperfield, 1850; Bleak House, 1853; Little Dorrit, 1857; A Tale of Two Cities, 1859; Great Expectations, 3 vol., 1861; Our Mutual Friend, 1865; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870.

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