Barnaby Rudge -and- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2 Volumes bound as one; Charles Dickens' Complete Works: The People's Edition) by DICKENS, Charles - 1881

Boston: Estes and Lauriat. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1881. Hardcover. An 1881 illustrated reprint edition presenting two novels by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). "Barnaby Rudge" was first published serially beginning in 1841 and was a historical novel set in 1775. "Edwin Drood" appeared in 1870 and was the last Dickens novel. It was not completed as the author passed away before it could be finished. Issued as part of publisher's Charles Dickens' Complete Works: The People's Edition series. With 200 black and white engraved illustrations by Cruikshank, Phiz, Barnard and others. --- In brown cloth-covered boards with spine titling & elaborate decorations in black and gilt to cover & spine. The first 20 or so pages of each novel are irregularly paginated. Lacks a dust jacket. --- The volume is quite firm and sturdy, though with wear to cover edges, light rubbing to cloth and a little yellowing to leaves. A signature at mid-book has become mis-aligned but is still firmly sewn into the binding, and a weak front hinge has been carefully reinforced prior to this listing.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 720, 306 pages .