THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS. 3 volumes extended to 6.

Chapman & Hall: London, 1872-74. Item #98-7654

Extra-illustrated with 54 superb watercolors by Herbert Beecroft, hand-lettered title and contents pages and more than 200 plates and engravings with views, facsimiles, playbills, scenes from the novels and plays, etc., deluxe binding by Cedric Chirers, 8.5 x 5.5, contemporary full brown morocco gilt extra, covers paneled and tooled in gilt with hand-painted decorative crests and emblems different for each front cover, turn-ins, all edges gilt, bookplate in v. 1, mild rubbing to joints, housed in custom felt-lined matching morocco slipcases, light edge wear, dimpled. Herbert Beecroft, 1864-1951, was a well-known illustrator, landscape artist, portrait artist, miniaturist, painter of religious scenes, caricaturist.

Price: $9,500.00

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