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Private Press, Books & Art
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Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP ![]()
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Dickens (Charles) [Works] The Nonesuch Dickens, edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole and others, 26 vol. including box with original steel plate, prospectus and 'Nonesuch Dickensiana', one of 877 sets, printed in Monotype Bulmer, plates, original steel plate with mounted print and publishers' letter of authenticity loose in box bound as the rest of the set, prospectus spotted and in original printed wrappers (soiled and frayed, tear to upper wrapper), the set in original variously-coloured buckram, by Leighton-Straker, gilt-stamped black morocco label on spines, t.e.g., others uncut, 'Nonesuch Dickensiana' in original cloth, [Dreyfus 108], 8vo, Nonesuch Press, 1937-38.***A superb example of this magnificent set, with none of the usual fading to the spines. The steel plate is 'Monmouth Street' from Sketches by Boz.. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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