Charles Dickens. [The Works of Charles Dickens]. London: Chapman & Hall, n.d. [mid- to late 19th century]. Partial set (16) vols. Uniformly rebound in three-quarter polished calf over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped spine with raised bands and gilt-titled morocco labels, with marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. All 8vo. With illustrations. To include: A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield (2 vols.), Little Dorrit (2 vols.), The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (2 vols.), The Old Curiosity Shop bound with Reprinted Pieces (2 vols.), The Uncommercial Traveller, Christmas Stories, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Other Stories, American Notes for General Circulation bound with Pictures from Italy, Our Mutual Friend (vol. II only), The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (vol. II only, dated 1873), and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (vol. II only).

9 x 6 1/4 in. each

Boards scuffed with edgewear, fading and sunning (occasional heavy), and corners rubbed; spines sunned with rubbing, occasional creasing, chipping to labels, and wear to ends; joints rubbed and a few with cracking at head, A Tale of Two Cities with upper board loose; interiors lightly toned with expected offsetting, and occasional edge chipping, tear, or light grime; a couple with endpapers partially detached; interiors overall very clean with some leaves unopened; an overall about good set.