It was listed by Donnelly Antiques Ltd. Sold pieces stay on Sellingantiques as a record of what has passed through, and the next one is rarely far away.
Donnelly Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1880s.
The 13 volumes contain the following works:-
Volume 2 - Nicholas Nickleby; 3 Dombey & Son; 4 Oliver Twist/Uncommerical Traveller; 5 Barnaby Rudge; 6 Old Curiosity Shop; 7 David Copperfield; 8 Martin Chuzzlewit; 9 Christmas Books/American Notes; 10 Bleak House; 11 Little Dorrit; 12 Great Expectations/Hard Times; 13 A Tale of Two Cities/Sketches by Boz; 14 Our Mutual Friend.
Attractively bound in maroon half calf with gilt decorated spines arranged as 6 compartments by 5 raised bands. The boards, end papers and page edges are all marbled.
Externally the spines are a little sun faded whilst the gilding remains sharp and fresh in the main. There is some bumping to corners and wear to extremities and some marks and the marbled paper to the edges of the boards is well worn in numerous places. Internally the pages are age toned and there is regular light foxing and heavy foxing tot he first and last few pages generally. A smart looking run.
Each volume is some 17.8 cm high, 13.5 cm deep and the whole has a shelf coverage of approximately 42 cm.
Donnelly Antiques Ltd has dated this piece to the 1880s.
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13 Uniformly Bound Books by Charles Dickens Circa 1880
