DICKENS, CHARLES - THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS, illustrated...

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DICKENS, CHARLES - THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS, illustrated Library Edition in 30 vols, half calf and marbled boards, gilt raised spines, titles and ruled detail, marbled end papers with book plate for Newton Hall, Cambridge to front paste down, pub. Chapman & Hall, Piccadilly, London 1874, 8vo (30)

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Pages clean unless otherwise noted.
Vol 6. Damage to both front covers, the lower corner damage extends into marble board leaving the surface 'marble' torn off, approximately 1cm. Lower back corner-similar damages. Spine tops and bottoms and corners are scuffed and bumped.
Vol 17. Top front corner has scratches to calf and to back top corner, some cracking to spine front and back. Spine tops, corners and bottoms have scuffs and bumps.
Vol 27. Some scuffing and bumps to spine and corners.
Vol 2. Scratches to front lower corner and back top corner. One on back of spine. Top of spine has a tear, bottom and sides have scuffs and slight cracking
Vol 26. Top and bottom if spine worn, scuffing to front corners and scratch to top
Vol 16. Some wear and scratches to calf corners, top and bottom of spine
Vol 19. Scratch to top and bottom front corners as well as scuffs and bumps, some pages roughly cut
Vol 18. Scuffs and wear to tops and bottom spine, scratch to front lower corner and both back corners. Some cracking to middle of spine
Vol 5. Scuffs to edges of corners
Vol 21. General wear, foxing to prelims
Vol 3. Top back corner scratched , general scuffs and bumps
Vol 22. Scratch along side of spine, general scuffs and bumps
Vol 8. Scratches and wear around top of spine
Vol 25. Scuffing to spine including title, watermark to front calf. Some cracking to edge of spine, watermark to lower edge of illustration facing page 329 and on illustration facing pg. 281 and 211 and others. The book has been wet and left stains on illustration pages.
Vol 29. Scratches to front top and bottom corner, scuffing, light cracking to spine
Vol 9. General light scuffing and bumps, scuff over title
Vol 13. Front lower corner scratched and top back corner. Mark on spine, light scuffing
Vol 24. Light scuffing and bumps, some badly cut pages particularly 173, loss to edge.
Vol 20. Scratches, scuffs and badly cracked to back of spine with tear at the bottom.
Vol 14. General scuffing
Vol 12. Scratch to front top corner, general scuffing and bumps
Vol 10. Scratch to top front corner, general scuffing and bumps
Vol 28. Scratches to top and bottom back corner, some scuffing and bumps
Vol 4. Scuffing and bumps
Vol 15. Bottom front corner
Vol 11. Top front and back corner scratches, scuffing and bumps, badly cut pages
Vol 1. Cracks to spine including titles, scuffs and bumps, wear to centre of front board
Vol 23. Section of spine loose, cracks down either side, scuffs and scratches to top corner and edges
Vol 30. Front board cracked at spine. Scuffs all round and bumps, some foxing
Vol 7. Some scratches to corners, scuffs and bumps