The Nonesuch Dickens.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Contributor:

• Waugh, Arthur, 1866-1943.
• Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941.
• Dexter, Walter, 1877-1944.
• Hatton, Thomas, 1876-1943.
• Nonesuch Press.
• Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
• English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

• Works

Language:

English

Physical Description:

23 volumes : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 27 cm + 1 plate in case

Place of Publication:

Bloomsbury [London] : The Nonesuch Press, 1937-1938.

Contents:

• [v. 1] American notes. Pictures from Italy. A child's history of England. The life of Our Lord. 1938
• [v. 2] Barnaby Rudge. 1937
• [v. 3] Bleak House. 1938
• [v. 4] Christmas books. 1937
• [v. 5-6] Collected papers. 1937
• [v. 7] The personal history of David Copperfield. 1937
• [v. 8] Dombey and son. 1937
• [v. 9] Great expectations. Hard times. 1937
• [v. 10-12] The letters of Charles Dickens, edited by Walter Dexter. 1938
• [v. 13] Little Dorrit. 1937
• [v. 14] Martin Chuzzlewit. 1937
• [v. 15] The mystery of Edwin Drood. Christmas stories. 1937
• [v. 16] Nicholas Nickleby. 1938
• [v. 17] The old curiosity shop. 1937
• [v. 18] Oliver Twist. 1937
• [v. 19] Our mutual friend. 1938
• [v. 20] The Pickwick Papers. 1937
• [v. 21] Reprinted pieces. The uncommercial traveller, and other stories. 1938
• [v. 22] Sketches by Boz, and early minor works. 1938
• [v. 23] A tale of two cities. 1937
• [v. 24] Plate.

Notes:

• The Nonesuch Dickens, designed by Francis Meynell, is limited to 877 sets and printed in Scotland by R. & R. Clark, ltd., in a version of Martin's type specially cut for the edition. Each set is accompanied by one of the original steel plates or woodblocks made for Chapman & Hall's original editions of Dickens.
• Published under the editorial direction of Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole, Walter Dexter and Thomas Hatton.
• The text is taken chiefly from the "Charles Dickens" edition of Dickens' works published 1868-1870, and the illustrations are printed from the original plates and blocks.

OCLC:

530319