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DICKENS, CHARLES

Letters of . . . Edited by His Sister-in-Law and his Eldest Daughter. In Two Volumes. [With:] Letters of . . . Vol. 3.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1880 [vols 1 & 2] and 1883 [vol. 3]. Second edition, fifth thousand, of vols 1 & 2; first edition of vol. 3. 3 vols, 8vo, original decorated maroon cloth, gilt decorations and lettering. ¶ Inscribed on half-title of volume I to “Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton / from / Algernon Charles Swinburne / August 8th 1899.” This edition of Dickens’ letters was completed in two volumes in 1880 by the editors, Mamie Dickens and Georgina Hogarth, and they considered it a supplement to Foster's Life of Dickens. When a large body of additional correspondence became available, they issued the supplementary third volume. Edges worn; rear inner hinge in volume one in need of repair; very good set, enclosed in a cloth slipcase.

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