Posted 10 years ago
BHock45
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Please forgive me for what I am about to do.... I have very limited knowledge when it comes to books, and had no luck finding info on these books.
Today I swung by an estate sale...the guy was a wood worker, aside from some real nice pieces of imported wood, I came across a little book area. He had the entire set of these Charles Dickens books, and perhaps some others. The condition i assume to be fair. I grabbed a few familiar names...$2.00 a book. They are part of the "WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS. ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY EDITION."
I assume these were printed in 1889 it says: "REPRINTED FROM STEREOTYPE PLATES, FEBRUARY 1889."
Some other information I see: "Richard Clay and Sons Limited, London & Bungay." "ILLUSTRATED BY H.K BROWNE." They are leather bound.
I know these are probably not worth much but I would rather not take a chance. Does anyone know if these are collectible and/or are they of value? If so I will make sure I am the first one back to the sale tomorrow at 8 AM. So grateful to the CW community. Thank you!
Sweet !!
See if I can find anything ??
hi antiquerose, thanks for the comment and the love! Yeah, I am not sure if there is any value here....to be honest, I initially grabbed them because I though the leather bound would look cool on a book shelf. Then I started looking on the internet, some were valuable...others were not...and I am left confused.
thanks agh for the love!
I advise to look on the important country and homeland of all about Dickens the UK
thank you agram for the advice. Do you have a link or contact? Have a great day!!!
sean and mikelv thanks for the loves
Abebooks and Biblio are good places to look to find general information; determining the edition and state, can take some time. The value is in the complete set, not just a few volumes, generally.
T A
Always get the complete set . Never ever split it .