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    Posted 10 years ago

    BHock45
    (807 items)

    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!

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    1. antiquerose antiquerose, 10 years ago
      Sweet !!

      See if I can find anything ??
    2. BHock45 BHock45, 10 years ago
      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.
    3. BHock45 BHock45, 10 years ago
      thanks agh for the love!
    4. Agram.m Agram.m, 10 years ago
      I advise to look on the important country and homeland of all about Dickens the UK
    5. BHock45 BHock45, 10 years ago
      thank you agram for the advice. Do you have a link or contact? Have a great day!!!
    6. BHock45 BHock45, 10 years ago
      sean and mikelv thanks for the loves
    7. TubeAmp TubeAmp, 10 years ago
      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
    8. paulmartin paulmartin, 9 years ago
      Always get the complete set . Never ever split it .

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