Description

20 original parts bound in 19, as issued. First Edition. Decorated throughout with illustrations by Marcus Stone, and with the great bevy of advertisements as issued and bound into the front and rear of each volume. 8vo, publisher's original blue printed wrappers, now housed in a fold-over case of brown cloth with black morocco lettering label gilt decorated. A very handsome set, the sheets uncut and the text and plates all preserved very well and present. The great number of ads are also in excellent condition and include many not often encountered such as the 'Foreign Bank Notes' ad in Part 19/20; page "13" misprinted "31" in No. 10 and noted by Hatton and Cleaver as appearing in a few copies, with the yellow announcement slip for "All the Year Round" in No. 8, with the rare yellow slip "At the Bar" "In Number 335" in No. 18 as well as the yellow Mappin & Webb advertisement, the volumes are in original condition and with some expert and essentially invisible refurbishment at the spine panels, some very light wear at some edges as is to be expected, but a truly fine and lovely set in beautifully preserved condition.