A multi-volume set of the works of Charles Dickens, published in London by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ltd. The volumes are uniform octavo hardcovers bound in dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped titles and decorative scrollwork to the spines. Titles visible on the spines include Dombey and Son, Bleak House, Sketches by Boz / Hard Times, Christmas Stories / Pictures from Italy, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop / A Child’s History of England, Miscellaneous Papers / Edwin Drood, Our Mutual Friend, Little Dorrit, Barnaby Rudge / The Uncommercial Traveller, David Copperfield, and American Notes / Master Humphrey’s Clock / Life of Dickens. The title page for Dombey and Son features a central circular vignette of the author’s head within a laurel wreath and an illustration at the foot showing characters in a warehouse setting. The imprint is printed as LONDON HAZELL, WATSON and VINEY, LTD.
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