The Works of Thomas Carlyle in Thirty Volumes (Centenary Edition, 1896-1899)

London: Chapman and Hall, 1896-1899.

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Hardcover. Limited large paper edition. Copy no. 80 of 300. Complete 30 volume set. Octavos. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece plates. Linen cloth boards, leather spine labels, gilt tops, with all but two volumes housed in slipcases. Ex-library with one small bookplate tipped-in at the top edge only on the front pastedown of each volume, and a small owner's bookplate likewise tipped-in in most volumes, else no other markings. Light fading to the spines, most spine labels faded and partially worn away, a few frontispiece plates neatly detached from the gutter without damage, else near fine. A handsome, clean set, rarely found complete as issued.

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Item #369392 The Works of Thomas Carlyle in Thirty Volumes (Centenary Edition, 1896-1899). Thomas CARLYLE.

Thomas Carlyle
birth name: Thomas Carlyle
born: 12/4/1795
died: 2/5/1881
nationality: Scotland

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Scottish historian and essayist who was a leading figure of the Victorian era. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore