Uncommon 30-volume hardcover collection of the works of Charles Dickens, unsigned, published by The Athenaeum Society of New York and electrotyped and printed by the Colonial Press of Boston, undated. Each volume, 5.75 x 8.25, is half-bound in burgundy morocco with marbled boards, top edge gilt, and gilt titles on the spines. Includes: Barnaby Rudge I; Barnaby Rudge Etc. II; Bleak House I and II; A Child’s History of England; Christmas Books; Christmas Stories; David Copperfield I and II; Dombey and Son I and II; Great Expectations; Hard Times Etc.; Little Dorrit I and II; Martin Chuzzlewit I and II; Nicholas Nickleby I and II; The Old Curiosity Shop I; The Old Curiosity Shop Etc. II; Oliver Twist; Our Mutual Friend I and II; Pickwick Papers I; Pickwick Papers Etc. II; Reprinted Pieces: Edwin Drood; Sketches by Boz; A Tale of Two Cities Etc.; and The Uncommercial Traveler Etc. In overall good to very good condition, with moderate edgewear and scuffing, some sunning to board extremities, and bookplates affixed to front pastedowns.
