Lot 333
[Dickens, Charles]. The Complete Works of Charles Dickens, edited by Richard Garnett, Keeper of Books at the British Museum, London: Chapman and Hall, 1900, 30 volumes. With "many Etchings and Engravings by Cruikshank, Landseer…Tenniel…and others." Bound in gray cloth and black morocco, spines gilt with floral motif. "Autograph Edition," 4to (9½ x 6½ in.). Spines are rubbed and some spine edges are rough. The interiors are toned but tight. The Autograph Edition is the most comprehensive and scholarly edition by Chapman Hall and has 103 more illustrations (many taken from the original plates), than the Deluxe Edition. Chapman and Hall were Dickens' publishers from 1840 until 1844 and again from 1858 until his death in 1870.
Estimated Value $500 - 1,000.
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