The Works of Charles Dickens, New Century Library, complete set in 17 volumes

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1909 - 1913; Nelson's New Century Library complete 17 volumes of the Charles Dickens series. Pocket-size; printed on India paper and all bound in maroon limp leather. All spines are toned and show wear at the heads and heels of the soft leather spines. However, the gilt lettering and floral designs running down the spines are still crisp and bright on every volume. Bright gilt top edges, along with purple ribbon markers. Six of the volumes have maroon marbled endpapers and 11 have solid black endpapers. Each volume contains a black & white frontispiece with tissue guard and all have the 2-color (red and black) half-title and title pages of the early editions. Pages in all volumes are bright, tight, smooth and unmarked. American Notes and Old Curiosity Shop have split inner front hinges (covers are still attached); Martin Chuzzlewit has a cracked inner back hinge; David Copperfield and Pickwick Papers have cracked inner front hinges. Pickwick Papers also has a scratch on the front cover corner and along the top edge of the front cover is scraped. Original paper advertisement printed by the publisher to promote all author sets in the New Century Library series is included. Unusual to find the Dickens complete set and all in such nice condition. Titles included in the set are: Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist and Sketches by Boz, Old Curiosity Shop, Martin Chuzzlewit, Barnaby Rudge, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, American Notes and A Child s History of England, Bleak House, Hard Times (includes A Christmas Carol; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Chimes; The Haunted Man and the Ghost s Bargain; The Battle of Life), Little Dorrit, Christmas Stories and Master Humphrey s Clock, Great Expectations and Pictures from Italy, Our Mutual Friend, A Tale of Two Cities and The Uncommercial Traveler, Edwin Drood (includes Hunted Down; Holiday Romance; George Silverman s Explanation and Reprinted Pieces). N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1613660192146

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