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The Nonesuch Dickens /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (Author)
Corporate Author: R. & R. Clark (Firm) (Printer)
Other Authors: Waugh, Arthur, 1866-1943 (Editor), Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941 (Editor), Dexter, Walter, 1877-1944 (Editor), Hatton, Thomas, 1876-1943 (Editor), Phiz, 1815-1882 (Illustrator), Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomsbury [London] : The Nonesuch Press, 1937-1938.
Edition:Limited to 877 copies.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Illustrations > Bibliography.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870
England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Novels.
Novellas.
Short stories.
Personal correspondence.
Discursive works.
Description
Item Description:The Nonesuch Dickens, designed by Francis Meynell, is limited to 877 sets, in a version of Martin's type specially cut for the edition. Each set is accompanied by one of the original steel plates or woodblocks made for Chapman & Hall's original editions of Dickens.
The text is taken chiefly from the "Charles Dickens" edition of Dicken's works published 1868-70, and the illustrations are printed from the original plates and blocks.
Volumes bound in various colored cloth; leather labels on spines, stamped in gold; top edges gilt.
The plate case includes a mounted copy of the printed plate, and a letter of authenticity, signed by Deputy Chairman on Chapman and Hall letterhead.
The Cushing Library/Lit./Mitchell copy is [number] 743, steel plate is "The room with the portrait" by Phiz, from Little Dorrit [facing page 58].
Physical Description:23 volumes : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 27 cm + 1 plate in case.