14 ORIGINAL WATER COLOR SKETCHES From DICKENS' WORKS By JCC.
London. Ca 1883. Volume accompanied by the original 1884 / 1885 sales receipt for the sketches & binding thereof. Each drawing, ~ 5" x 3", all signed, tastefully mounted & displayed via custom matted window with the character's name & relevant descriptive text, from the novel, below. 12 characters are from Pickwick, one from Oliver Twist, and the last from David Copperfield. Folio. 13-1/4" x 11". Bound in a bespoke gilt decorated black full leather binding, which has been sympathetically respined at some point in the past. Gilt dentelles. AEG. Some general binding wear, but nothing obtrusive. Some age-toning & minor spots of foxing to drawing mounts. Color drawings still vibrant & appealing. Overall, a VG - VG+ bound collection. Item #49594
Price: $6,000.00