21 VOLUMES COMPLETE. LIMITED TO 7500 SETS EXCLUSIVELY FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF CHARLES DICKENS. A WONDERFUL PRODUCTION BY THE FRANKLIN MINT AND THE O.U.P. BOUND IN FULL SCARLET LEATHER ALL EDGES GILT SILK ENDPAPERS AND BOOKMARK. THREE RAISED BANDS COVERS AND SPINES RICHLY DECORATED IN 22 CARAT GOLD. GOLD FILIGREE TO THE BORDER OF THE INNER BOARDS. BLUE LEATHER PANELS TO THE FRONT BOARDS AND SPINE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL MOTIF TO THE FRONT PANEL SYMBOLIC OF THE BOOK. ILLUSTRATED. A FINE SET. POSTAGE AT COST.
Author:
DICKENS CHARLES
Place, Publisher, Date:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS/THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1985
QUARTO NICELY BOUND COPY IN GREEN BOARDS. GILT TITLE ON SPINE AND GILT PICTURE OF MAN ON FRONT BOARDS WITH TWO LIONS ( THE ATHEIST`S TRAGEDIE) SERRATED EDGES TO PAGES . PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER AND LIMITED TO 750 COPIES. WITH DECORATIONS BY FREDERICK CARTER.
LARGE QUARTO RED CLOTH WITH GILT LETTERING AND SMALL GILT TOOLED ETCHING OF HOGARTH AND DOG.THE BOOK CONTAINS SIXTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS OF HIS WORKS AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WORK. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.
1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN MAROON BOARDS WHICH HAVE SOME FADING. BOOKPLATE ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. CONTAINING AN EXACT ACCOUNT OF ALL THE PUBLIATIONS ISSUED BY THE BROTHERS WESLEY ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER WITH A LIST OF THE EARLY EDITIONS AND DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES.
ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES HISTORICAL CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY WALTER SCOTT. 18 VOLUMES COMPLETE. OCTAVO FULL CALF ALL EDGES AND END PAPERS MARBLED GILT TITLES. VERY SLIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER AND ONE VOLUME HAS A DETACHED BOARD BUT A VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT SET. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DOUGLAS GRANT CHAIR OF AMERICAN LITERATURE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS WITH HIS SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. EACH VOLUME HAS THE ARMOURIAL BOOKPLATE OF BARON ST. JOHN OF BLETSOE BEDFORDSHIRE.
