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VERY HEAVY 20x VOLUME SET, octavo half bound grey/brown cloth boards & brown leather spines, gilt lettering to spines, illus. (colour frontispieces and further illustrations within each volume), VG- to VG+ (light soiling and scuffing to boards, generally moderate to heavy rubbing, scuffing and chipping to leather of spines, slight splitting to spine of vol. 9, moderate splitting & cracking to spine of vol. 10, small chip to spine of vol's. 11, 13; light to moderate foxing within).

Leather. Etat : Very Good Indeed. H. M. Brock; Max Cowper; William Rainey; et al. (illustrateur). A superb collection of the Standard Edition of the works of Charles Dickens, with two biographical works, in smart quarter morocco bindings. The Standard Edition of these works, published by The Gresham Publishing Company Limited, in quarter morocco bindings.A handsome and complete twenty-volume set of the works of the renowned and beloved Charles Dickens, including his most famous works, his contributions to periodicals, his short stories, and biographical works about him by George Gissing and J. A. Nicklin. To the rear of Volume XX is a dictionary of characters and settings used in Dickens's works. Each volume contains the various prefaces to different editions of the works within.All volumes are illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eight engraved plates, except for Volume XX which has twelve engraved plates. Volumes I, VI and XIII are illustrated by Max Cowper. Volumes II, IX and XV are illustrated by William Rainey. Volume III by W. S. Stacey. Volumes IV and X are illustrated by Claude A. Shepperson. Volumes V, XI and XIV are illustrated by H. M. Brock. Volume VII is illustrated by J. H. F. Bacon and Fred Pegram. Volumes VIII and XII are illustrated by J. H. F. Bacon. Volume XVI is illustrated by C. A. Shepperson; A. R. W. S., and W. S. Stacey. Volume XVII is illustrated by H. R. Millar. Volume XVIII is illustrated with H. M. Brock and E. H. Fitchew. Volume XIX is illustrated by A. Talbot Smith. Volume XX is illustrated by E. W. Haslehust and F. G. Kitton.Undated, dated from copies held at the Victoria and Albert Museum libraries. This set comprises:Volume I: Sketches by Boz, and Other Early Papers Volume II: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Volume III: The Adventures of Oliver Twist; A Child"s History of England Volume IV: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Volume V: The Old Curiosity Shop; Master Humphrey"s Clock Volume VI: Barnaby Rudge Volume VII: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit Volume VIII: Dombey and Son Volume IX: The Personal History of David Copperfield Volume X: Christmas Books; Reprinted Pieces Volume XI: Bleak House Volume XII: Little Dorrit Volume XIII: A Tale of Two Cities; The Uncommercial Traveller Volume XIV: Great Expectations and Other Stories Volume XV: Our Mutual Friend Volume XVI: The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Hard Times Volume XVII: Christmas Stories Volume XVIII: American Notes, Pictures from Italy, and Miscellaneous Papers Volume XIX: Miscellaneous Contributions to "Household Words", "All the Year Round" & c. Volume XX: "Charles Dickens" by George Gissing; "Dickens-Land" by J. A. Nicklin; Dictionary of Characters, Places &c., in the Novels and Stories In quarter morocco bindings. Externally, very smart, with only light shelf wear to the extremities. Gilt remains bright. Very small holes to the spines of Volumes I, VII, VIII, IX, XI, XII, XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX. A little rubbing to the head of the spines to Volumes V, VIII and XII; faint marks to the front board of Volume XIV; and a couple of small bumps to the extremities of Volume XVI; otherwise smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean, with just the odd spot to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed. book.