Wonderfully bound and extra-illustrated

Heading: (Dickens, Charles)

Author: Forster, John

Title: The Life of Charles Dickens

Place Published: London

Publisher:Chapman and Hall

Date Published: 1872-1874

Description:
3 volumes in 6. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates. 21x13.3 cm (8¼x5¼"), finely bound in full green morocco decorated in gilt with red morocco details, spines stamped in gilt with raised bands, morocco doublures and moiré silk free endpapers, top edge gilt.

A gorgeously bound, extra-illustrated biography of Charles Dickens. Bindings are not signed. Volume I lacks frontispiece. A personal friend of Charles Dickens, John Forster was an historian and man of letters. He also wrote a notable biography of Oliver Goldsmith.

Comprises:

Volume the First, 1812-1842. Part 1. 1872.
Volume the First, 1812-1842. Part 2. 1872.
Volume the Second, 1842-1852. Part 1. 1873.
Volume the Second, 1842-1852. Part 2. 1873.
Volume the Third, 1852-1870. Part 1. 1874.
Volume the Third, 1852-1870. Part 2. 1874.
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