The Charles Dickens Library, 13 of 18 volumes, by Charles Dickens (used)

Second-hand set — condition: fair. 13 of the 18 volumes; sold together as one lot.

The Charles Dickens Library was published in eighteen matching cloth volumes by the Educational Book Co. around 1910, illustrated throughout by Harry Furniss. Alongside the novels, the set includes The Dickens Picture Book, with some 600 illustrations including special plates by Furniss, and The Dickens Companion, a book of anecdote and reference.

Volumes in this lot: 1 Sketches by Boz; 2 Pickwick Papers; 4 Nicholas Nickleby; 5 Old Curiosity Shop and Hard Times; 6 Barnaby Rudge and Master Humphrey's Clock; 7 Martin Chuzzlewit; 8 Christmas Books; 11 Bleak House; 12 Little Dorrit; 13 A Tale of Two Cities; 16 Christmas Stories; 17 The Dickens Picture Book; 18 The Dickens Companion.

Missing: 3 Oliver Twist; 9 Dombey and Son; 10 David Copperfield; 14 Great Expectations and Reprinted Pieces; 15 Our Mutual Friend.

The Educational Book Co. Ltd., London, [c.1910]. The Charles Dickens Library edition, illustrated by Harry Furniss. Cloth hardcovers.