DICKENS, Charles. The Works of Charles Dickens. Andrew Lang, editor. 34 volumes. [Uniformly bound with:] FORSTER, John. The Life of Charles Dickens. 2 volumes. L et al: Chapman & Hall et al, [1897-1899], 1904. ”Gadshill Edition.”
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DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Works of Charles Dickens. Andrew Lang, editor. 34 volumes. [Uniformly bound with:] FORSTER, John (1812-1876). The Life of Charles Dickens. 2 volumes. London & New York: Chapman & Hall, Ld. & Charles Scribner's Sons, [1897-1899], 1904.
Together 36 volumes, 8vo (203 x 138 mm). Engraved frontispieces and title-pages, titles-pages printed in red and blank, numerous engraved plates. (Some spotting and occasional chipping.) 20th-century half brown morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by H. Sotheran & Co. (some minor staining).
The ”Gadshill Edition” of Dickens’ works with Forster’s definitive biography of Dickens.
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