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DICKENS, Charles (1812 – 1870). The Works. London: Chapman & Hall, n.d. (1861—74). Library edition. Small 8vo, 30 volumes. Engraved frontispieces and full-page plates by Phiz (H.K. Browne), George Cruikshank, and others. Contemporary half calf gilt, title labels, all sides and endpapers marbled (joint splitting on vol. 29, occasional rubbing and peeling). “The Library Edition came about largely because of the suggestion of Forster that while Dickens’s works were available in volumes in the Cheap Edition and in reprints of the serial parts, there was no high-quality edition that would appeal to the wealthy…With a dedication to Forster, the Library Edition appeared in 22 volumes in 1858-9…Between 1861 and 1874, this edition was reissued in 30 volumes…and came to be known as the Illustrated Library Edition.” (Oxford Companion to Dickens, p. 208).