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Charles Dickens’ The Imperial Edition of the Novels of CHARLES 
DICKENS, in 16 volumes, large square 8vo, cloth 
Novels extra, gilt top, price 4s. 6d. net each volume. 
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An Ideal Issue. ONE NOVEL, ONE VOLUME. Despite 
varying lengths, the paper, &c., is so adjusted that each volume 
is uniform in thickness and size. 
The Cheapest Edition. The price of each volume is 45. 6d. 
net, making the edition the cheapest of the best editions. 
Sumptuously Bound. The cloth is of the finest and is im- 
perial red in colour. The embellishments (produced in gold) 
are an appropriate design of national arms and imperial em- 
blems by the eminent designer, Talwin Morris. 
Illustrations a Unique Feature. Every picture drawn spe- 
cially at enormous cost for this “Imperial” edition by the best 
known and most celebrated Artists of to-day. 
George Gissing’s Masterly Study. A literary character 
study, the work of this great authority, forms one of the volumes 
of this issue, and is illustrated with pictures of some of the 
quaint old hostelries and places made famous by Dickens, and 
is altogether an invaluable addition to this issue. 
Presentation Portrait. To every subscriber to this edition 
will be presented with the last volume a magnificent Photo- 
gravure of Charles Dickens. It is printed on the finest plate 
paper, 22 inches by 30 inches, and has been specially engraved 
for this edition. 
A List of the Novels. 
The following is a list of the volumes in the Imperial Edition:— 
The Pickwick Papers. 
Oliver Twist. 
Nicholas Nickleby. 
Martin Chuzzlewit. 
The Old Curiosity Shop 
Barnaby Rudge. 
David Copperfield. 
Bleak House. 
Sketches by Boz. . 
Hard Times and Master Humphrey’s Clock. ip Xi 
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Dombey and Son. 
Little Dorrit. 
A Tale of Two Cities. 
Great Expectations. 
Charles Dickens: A Critical Study. By GrorGE GissInc. 
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