Condition: Very Good: Very good condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 16 color plates. Bound in half black cloth and marbled boards. Clear, gold lettering on spine. Clean, tight pages and beautiful illustrations. Slipcase red swirl w/label; slight rub. See images for the condition of this book. Limited Editions Club- one of 1500 copies, not numbered or signed. This would be a unique, beautiful addition to anyone's collection!
Blurb: Stories selected and introduced by Walter Allen and Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Perhaps no writer in all of literature was better able to populate his world with memorable characters that immediately seemed so very true to life than Charles Dickens. Dickens' magical touch is evident throughout this delightful collection of stories including Horatio Sparkins, The Bloomsbury Christening and Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings. Bringing the stories to vivid life are the wonderful illustrations of Edward Ardizzone.
The Boarding House
Horatio Sparkings
The Bloomsbury Christening
Mr. Minns and His Cousin
Nobody's Story
Going into Society
Somebody's Luggage
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy
Dr. Marigold
Mugby Junction
"Births. Mrs. Meed, of a Son"
The Lamplighter
To be Read at Dusk
Hunted Down
George Silverman's Explanation
Blurb: Stories selected and introduced by Walter Allen and Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Perhaps no writer in all of literature was better able to populate his world with memorable characters that immediately seemed so very true to life than Charles Dickens. Dickens' magical touch is evident throughout this delightful collection of stories including Horatio Sparkins, The Bloomsbury Christening and Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings. Bringing the stories to vivid life are the wonderful illustrations of Edward Ardizzone.
The Boarding House
Horatio Sparkings
The Bloomsbury Christening
Mr. Minns and His Cousin
Nobody's Story
Going into Society
Somebody's Luggage
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy
Dr. Marigold
Mugby Junction
"Births. Mrs. Meed, of a Son"
The Lamplighter
To be Read at Dusk
Hunted Down
George Silverman's Explanation