Lot 61 , Old leather and cloth - A miscellany of mostly 19th and early 20th century books, including some Dickens first editions
Old leather and cloth - A miscellany of mostly 19th and early 20th century books, including some Dickens first editions
Estimate £80-120
Variable condition, approximately 75 books including Dickens - Our Mutual Friend (2 vols, 1st edition 1865), half calf, half titles; Oliver Twist (3 vols, 3rd edition, 1841) gilt calf; Edwin Drood (1st edition, 1870) gilt calf.
These bindings are reasonably good (but sold as seen), there may be 2 / 3 other Dickens firsts also.
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Sold for £550