FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES DICKENS! First Edition Set 2 Bookplates Leather Case

FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES DICKENS. Two books from his library. With two original bookplates of Charles Dickens. Complete in two volumes. Both volumes have Dickens' bookplates. Some sets from Dickens' Library only have his bookplate in volume one. Some books from the Gadshill sale don't have Dickens' actual bookplates. This set has 2 Charles Dickens bookplates. Protected in a custom case. Provenance: Original bookplates of Charles Dickens, in both volumes. Original bookplates from the Gadshill sale. Provenance records from the Sotheran / Gadshill dispersal sale, the Stonehouse catalogue, and the Charles Dickens Junior catalogue, as shown in picture 24 First Edition. The bindings are original. Protected in an archival custom bound leather case, with folding chemise insert. Bound in cloth. These are the original Victorian bindings. Intricately gilded bindings. This set is in good condition. The bindings are original. Quality rag paper. Internal hinge paper is splitting. Generalized abrasion. Looseness from use. Some foxing. Some pencil provenance dealer marks upfront. The books are approximately 8 inches tall. Charles Dickens's Copy with his bookplates. Christopher North: A Memoir of John Wilson Printed in 1862. First Edition Complete in Two Volumes With Dickens's Personal Bookplates, and 1870 Gadshill Library Dispersal Labels. A superb association set from the personal library of Charles Dickens, bearing both his engraved lion‑and‑cross bookplate and the original June 1870 Gadshill Place dispersal labelâ€"the very tag used when Dickens's belongings were sold shortly after his death. First edition. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1862. Two volumes, 8vo., original blue cloth with gilt portrait bust and titling, 734 pp. total. Housed in a custom slipcase with matching chemise. A Genuine Dickens Library Book â€" With Both Provenance Markers Present Each volume's front pastedown carries: Dickens's personal bookplate: the gold lion couchant holding a Maltese cross, adopted from the dormant 1625 coat of arms claimed by his father, John Dickens. Though Dickens mocked social pretension in his fiction, he embraced this heraldic device in his own lifeâ€"using it on bookplates, letterhead, and household items. The 1870 Gadshill Place sales label: "From the Library of Charles Dickens, Gadshill Place, June, 1870." This label was created specifically for the posthumous auction of Dickens's personal effects and is one of the most authoritative indicators of authentic Dickens provenance. Bibliographic & Historical Notes - Dickens's lion‑and‑cross emblem evolved over time as various engravers interpreted it differently. In 1840, Dickens clarified the design in a letter to cabinetmaker John Overs, specifying that the lion should hold a Maltese cross, not a cross patonce, and even supplied a sketch. The bookplate seen here reflects that corrected formâ€"one of the key identifiers used by bibliographers to authenticate volumes from his library. Provenance -This exact copy appears in: Sotheran's Price Current of Literature, vols. CLXXIV (30 Nov. 1878) & CLXXV (31 Dec. 1878) J. H. Stonehouse, Catalogue of the Library of Charles Dickens from Gadshill Place (1935) â€" Ref. S118.6c Bibliographic Details from the catalogue - Author: Mary Wilson Gordon Title: Christopher North; A Memoir of Prof. John Wilson; from Family Papers, etc. Publisher: Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh Date: 1862 Format: Post 8vo, blue cloth, gilt‑stamped, first edition, two volumes Illustrations: Portraits and "Hogarthian Sketches" by J. G. Lockhart and others Original Price: 8 shillings From Charles Dickens Jr.'s Catalogue â€" Ref. C016.03, location RR2 Condition - Good plus. Cloth shows edgewear; spines darkened; hinges cracked; scattered small stains. No dust jackets, as issued. A handsome set in a custom slipcase, with the two critical provenance markers cleanly affixed and well‑preserved. Books from Dickens's personal library are scarce; books retaining both the en.