The Works of Charles Dickens (The New Century Dickens) - 18 volumes
London, Edinburgh, and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, No date, circa 1900. New Century Library Edition. Leather bound. Fifteen of the volumes have half titles stating "New Century Library." Three volumes do not. Sextodecimo [16 cm] 3/4 black leather with blue cloth over boards, raised bands, gilt stamped titles and ornamental designs in gilt and red on the backstrips, and single gilt-ruled lines on the boards. Top edge gilt. Title pages printed in red and black. Frontispiece illustrations with tissue guards. Printed on India paper. The spines are sunned, however the gilt is still very bright.
Includes the following with "New Century Library" half titles: Vol. 1 - The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; Vol. 2 - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; Vol. 4 - The Old Curiosity Shop; Vol. 5 - The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit; Vol. VI - Barnaby Rudge; Vol. 7 - Dombey and Son; Vol. 8 - David Copperfield; Vol. 9 - American Notes and A Child's History of England; Vol. 10 - Bleak House; Vol. 11 - Hard Times and Christmas Books; Vol. 12 - Little Dorrit; Vol. 13 - Christmas Stories and Master Humphrey's Clock; Volume 14 - Great Expectations and Pictures from Italy; Vol. 15 - Our Mutual Friend; Vol. 17 - The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
Includes the following without the "New Century Library" half title: [Vol. 3] - The Adventures of Oliver Twist; [Vol. 16] - A Tale of Two Cities; [Vol. 18] Sketches by "Boz." Very Good. Item #63966
Dickens' classic works in a compact format with an attractive 3/4 leather binding, characteristic of the New Century Library.
Price: $500.00