The Works of Charles Dickens : The Author's Favourite Edition in Facsimile ( 12 Volumes of 15)

London: The Waverley Book Company Limited. Red Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Browne, H. K. A super near complete set (12 of 15 volumes), being an exact facsimile in every detail of text and illustration, excepting only the title pages, of the last edition of his works published under the eye of Charles Dickens, and described by him as "this best edition of my books" . Although the original series comprised thirty volumes, there is the complete edition contained within 15 volumes by printing two volumes as one. No date - c 1910. Beautiful burgundy cloth richly embossed with floral/Greek frieze to boards and rich gilt embossed titling to spines. Each volume illustrated in the text The volumes are A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations; Martin Chuzzlewit Volumes I + II; Christmas Stories and Edwin Drood; Sketches by Boz and Oliver Twist; Christmas Books etc; The Old Curiosity Shop Volumes I + II; Dombey and Son Volumes I+ II; David Copperfield; Barnaby Rudge and Hard Times; Bleak House; Nicholas Nickelby; Uncommercial Traveller etc. Bound in uniform red buckram with embossed pattern to the boards, making this an attractive set. Gilt embossed lettering to the spines. Numeous full page illustrations by H. K. Browne througout support the text. Slight/ light fading to the spines. Bleak House has light turning in of the cloth at the head and tail of the spine and a light bump to the head of the front board. A few light soil marks to the upper fore edges. Nicholas Nickelby has a light bump to the head and tail of the spine. Barnaby Rudge has a light bump to the cloth at the head of the spine and light turning in of the cloth at the tail of the spine. One corner slightly bumped and the top corner of the front board has been lightly bowed in. Light crease to the top corner of pp 159 - 243, not affecting any of the text. David Copperfield has light turning in of the cloth at the head and tail of the spine and there are several light foxspots to the upper fore edge. Slightest of bumps to the two corners of the front board. A Tale of Two Cities has a light bump to the cloth at the head of the spine and the cloth at the tail of the spine is lightly turned in and a slight bump to the tail of the front board. Uncommercial Traveller etc has a bump to the head of the spine. Martin Chuzzlewit has a slight bump to the head of the spine and the cloth at the tail of the spine is turned out and slightly creased. Christmas Stories has light bumps to the head and tail of the spine and to the head of the rear board. Sketches by Boz has a bump to the head of the spine with slight assocaited creasing to the cloth and there is occasional scattered light foxing to the upper fore edges. Christmas Book etc has a light bump to the head of the spine and the cloth at the tail of the spine is lightly turned in. Slight occasional foxing to the upper fore edges. Dombey and Son has bumps to the head and tail of the spine and a few very slight scrtatches to the upper fore edges, in no way affecting the page margins themselves. Old Curiosity Shop has the slightest of niks to the cloth at the head of the spine and both the head and tail of the spine is lightly turned in. The books are well preserved, being fresh and clean with tight bindings. A very good, very attractive well preserved uniform largely complete set of the Waverley novels by Charles Dickens.