English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations

English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations

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DICKENS | A collection of 17 books in 20 volumes, 1837-1890

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December 8, 03:28 PM GMT

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500 - 700 GBP

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DICKENS, CHARLES, DICKENS, CHARLES


A collection of 17 books in 20 volumes, comprising: 


The Strange Gentleman. London: Chapman and Hall, “1837” [i.e. 1871], lacking frontispiece;


The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839;


The Pic Nic Papers. By various hands. London: Henry Colburn, 1841. 3 volumes; 


Pictures from Italy. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846;


Pictures from Italy. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846;


The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1850;


The Story of Little Dombey. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. FIRST EDITION, green pictorial wrappers;


A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859;

The Personal History of David Copperfield. A set of lithograph illustrations. 1861;


A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 1863;

The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Chapman and Hall, 1863;


The Uncommercial Traveller. London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. Cheap edition;


The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870;


The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. [bound with:] John Jasper’s Secret. London: Publishing Offices, 1872;


The Mudfog Papers. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1880. first collected edition;


The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. 2 volumes, one of 500 proof from a larger edition of 2,000 copies;


Dickens, Charles and Collins, Wilkie. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices. London: Chapman and Hall, 1890;


Various sizes and bindings

The description of The Strange Gentleman was corrected on 8 December 2020 to clarify that this is a copy of the 1871 facsimile reprint.