Sold for:
$5,250
$5,250
Published under the editorial direction of Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole, Walter Dexter and Thomas Hatton. Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937-1938. 22 vols. with original woodblock and two pamphlets of Dickensiana (25 total). Large 8vo, publisher's cloth in various colors, gilt-lettered black leather spine labels. Limited to 877 copies. Numerous plates, some in color, and text illustrations from the original steel plates and woodblocks. Original printing woodblock and print entitled "Nell and the Waxworks" housed in custom clamshell folding case, with certificate of authenticity. Fading to spines; light soiling to cloth.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
