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Lot 485
Nonesuch Press.- Dickens (Charles) [The Works] The Nonesuch Dickens, edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole and others, 24 vol., including box with original woodblock, one of 877 sets, Nonesuch Press, 1937-38; and Dickensiana (25)
Hammer Price: £3,200
Description
Nonesuch Press.- Dickens (Charles) [The Works] The Nonesuch Dickens, edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole and others, 24 vol., including box with original woodblock, one of 877 sets, woodcut illustrations, bookplates, original variously-coloured buckram by Leighton Straker, gilt-stamped black morocco spine labels, t.e.g., very lightly sunned spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, original woodblock with mounted engraving and publisher's signed letter of authenticity loose in box bound as the rest of the set, [Dreyfus 108], Nonesuch Press, 1937-38; and a copy of the accompanying Dickensiana, 8vo (25)
⁂ The woodblock is "Kit enters the office" drawn by H.K. Browne ("Phiz").
Description
Nonesuch Press.- Dickens (Charles) [The Works] The Nonesuch Dickens, edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole and others, 24 vol., including box with original woodblock, one of 877 sets, woodcut illustrations, bookplates, original variously-coloured buckram by Leighton Straker, gilt-stamped black morocco spine labels, t.e.g., very lightly sunned spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, original woodblock with mounted engraving and publisher's signed letter of authenticity loose in box bound as the rest of the set, [Dreyfus 108], Nonesuch Press, 1937-38; and a copy of the accompanying Dickensiana, 8vo (25)
⁂ The woodblock is "Kit enters the office" drawn by H.K. Browne ("Phiz").
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