Charles Dickens, The Nonesuch Dickens volume set

$20,000

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Charles Dickens, The Nonesuch Dickens volume set complete with 23 volumes and original steel etching plate in slip case. Waxed cloth bound hard covers in various colours with gilt edges and applied leather and gilt labels to spines, published by Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1937.
Steel plate by John Leech for the Illustration ‘Scrooge’s Third Visitor’, with certificate of authenticity.
Includes American Notes Etc., A Tale of Two Cities, Barnaby Rudge, Bleak House, Christmas Book, Collected Papers 1, Collected Papers 2, David Copperfield, Dombey & Son, Edwin Drood & Christmas Stories, Great Expectations Hard Times, Letters 1, Letters 2, Letters 3, Little Dorrit, Martin Chuzzlewit, Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist, Old Curiosity Shop, Our Mutual Friend, Pickwick Papers, Reprinted Pieces & Sketches by Boz

Each measures 26.5cm x 17.5cm

Minor wear to edges, minor wear and fading to covers, consistent with use and age, otherwise good condition.