Sold SOLD £100 Antique 1914 'Charles Dickens Library' Oak Bookcase & Bust of Dickens - SE13 7PG or additional £15 for delivery WITHIN SE London

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£100 Early 20th century antique vintage collection of 15 Charles Dickens novel books with solid oak bookcase, (Height. 91 cm. Width. 31 cm. Depth. 16 cm.) and bust of Dickens.
NOTE: There are other identical sets on the market, however none include the bust.
CONDITION OF BUST: Ref 5th & 6hth image note the crack which was a glue repair. I knocked it over DOH!

PRICE COMPARISON: Ref 2nd image an identical collection WITHOUT the bust sold for £365

Delivery WITHIN SE London available for additional £15 
OR 
Buyer can collect:
London Lewisham SE13 7PG

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DICKENS, Charles The Works of Charles Dickens Comprising; The Pickwick Papers, Sketches by Boz & Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge & Hard Times, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Christmas Books, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey And Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Little Dorrit, A Tale Of Two Ci

The Waverley Book Co.,

Reprinted in 1914 from the thirty volume Illustrated Library Edition of 1874 and bound in fifteen volumes. Publisher's red cloth with stamped decoration and gilt titling to the spine in the custom made free-standing bookcase as originally issued. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout the volumes. A very good set, with some fading to the spines and foxing to the page edges.

This the best edition of my books is, of right, inscribed to my dear friend John Forster, biographer of Oliver Goldsmith, in affectionate acknowledgment of his counsel, sympathy, and faithful friendship during my whole literary life - Dedication page of The Pickwick Papers.
"The Library Edition came about largely because of the suggestion of Forster that while Dickens's works were available in volumes in the Cheap Edition and in reprints of the serial parts, there was no high-quality edition that would appeal to the wealthy. Dickens eventually came round to the idea that an elegant edition could raise the stature of his writings." (Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens)

Edited October 10 by Thunderblue