The Life of Samuel Johnson; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale; Quentin Durward; Nicholas Nickleby; Les Miserables; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; The Count of Monte-Cristo: Volume II; The Compleat Angler; The Imitation of Christ; The Greatest Thing in the World.

James Boswell; Robert Louis Stevenson; Sir Walter Scott; Charles Dickens; Victor Hugo; Anne Bronte; Alexandre Dumas; Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton; Thomas à Kempis; Henry Drummond

Edité par Collins Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow, 1920

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A lovely illustrated collection of Collins classics, including the likes of Dickens, Stevenson and Scott, smartly presented in red, predominantly morocco, bindings. Collection comprised of:The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell;Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, ill. by Frank Gillert;The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale by Robert Louis Stevenson, ill. by J. K. Maxton;Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott, ill. by Paul Hardy;Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, ill. by W. H. C. Groome;Les Miserables by Victor Hugo;The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, ill. by A. Pearse;The Count of Monte-Cristo: Volume II by Alexandre Dumas;The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, ill. by J. Eyre;The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis;The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond.The Life of Samuel Johnson and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeare bound in the publisher's original red cloth. All remaining copies are bound in the publisher's original maroon morocco soft covers.All works are dated circa 1920 by copies held by the British Library and University of Cambridge Libraries.Les Miserables is comprised of two parts, bound as one.Excluding The Imitation of Christ and The Greatest Thing in the World, which only contain the frontispiece, all volumes are profusely illustrated, including with a frontispiece and vignette title page.Les Miserables similarly lacks a vignette title page but contains four plates, as does The Life of Samuel Johnson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and The Count of Monte-Cristo. The Master of Ballantrae and Quentin Durward both contain five further plates, and Nicholas Nickleby and The Compleat Angler include six plates, respectively. The Life of Samuel Johnson and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeare bound in the publisher's original red cloth. All remaining copies are bound in the publisher's original maroon morocco soft covers. Externally, very smart with slight bumping and rubbing, more so to the top edge of Nicholas Nickleby, and a few marks to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound, the front hinges a little weak at points. The occasional spot, more common to the first and last few pages of each volume, otherwise a very bright and clean collection. Very Good.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Life of Samuel Johnson; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale; Quentin Durward; Nicholas Nickleby; Les Miserables; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; The Count of Monte-Cristo: Volume II; The Compleat Angler; The Imitation of Christ; The Greatest Thing in the World.
• Éditeur: Collins Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow
• Date de parution: 1920
• Reliure: Leather
• Illustrateur: Frank Gillert; J. K. Maxton; Paul Hardy; W. H. C. Groome; A. Pearse; J. Eyre
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Type de livre: book