[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. A group of 12 works by or about Dickens, comprising:

DICKENS. Oliver Twist. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1839. 20th-century cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- DICKENS, editor. The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands. L, 1841. 3 vols. 19th-century calf gilt, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf. FIRST EDITION. -- DICKENS. Bleak House. L, 1853. 19th-century half calf. FIRST EDITION, bound from the original parts, with the first issue points of "elgble" on p. 19, "chair" on p. 209, and "counsinship" on p. 275. -- DICKENS. The Story of Little Dombey. L: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. Original printed wrappers (rebacked). "The Reading Edition." -- DICKENS. Our Mutual Friend. L, 1865. 2 vols. (Lacking the engraved title-page and the catalogues at end.) 20th-century cloth. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, bound from the original parts, with very scarce "To the Reader." -- DICKENS. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. L, April-September 1870. 6 original monthly parts. Original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers; folding case. FIRST EDITION, IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, FIRST ISSUE with "Price Eighteenpence" pasted. WITH THE RARE "CORK HAT" SLIP. -- DICKENS. Great Expectations. L: Robson & Kerslake, 1885. 20 etched plates, loose as issued. Original cloth-backed board portfolio. LIMITED EDITION, 3 of 50 sets of Proofs on Japanese paper from a total edition of 200 copies. -- DICKENS. The Life of Our Lord. NY, 1934. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, in FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. -- And another copy. -- ECKEL, John C. The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens. NY: Haskell House Publishers Ltd., 1972. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, 518 of 750 copies. -- HATTON, Thomas and Arthur H. CLEAVER. A Bibliography of the Periodical Works of Charles Dickens. NY: Haskell House Publishers Ltd., 1973. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 unnumbered copies. -- SMITH, Walter E. Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth... Part One. LA: Heritage Book Shop, 1982. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 12 works in 15 volumes, various sizes, most with numerous engraved illustrations, condition generally very good.